Afghanistan vs South Africa Match Stats

Shorter, on the pads, Mohammad Nabi looks to nudge it towards the on side but misses. The ball hits his pads and deviates towards the off side. The batters take a leg bye.

WIDE! Tabraiz Shamsi delivers this way down the leg side. Gulbadin Naib leaves it alone. Wide called.

Full ball, on the pads, Gulbadin Naib works it away towards mid-wicket for a single.

On the pads, again, Mohammad Nabi looks to clip it away but the ball hits his pads. Dot ball.

Fuller, on the stumps, Mohammad Nabi works it away towards square leg for a single.

Shorter, around off, Gulbadin Naib pushes it to point.

Fuller, on the stumps, Gulbadin Naib nudges it to square leg for a single.

Full ball, on the pads, Gulbadin Naib works it in the gap towards the mid-wicket area and gets a couple.

Fuller, quicker, Gulbadin Naib nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

Shorter length, Mohammad Nabi goes for the pull shot but gets no timing on that. Gets a single to deep mid-wicket.

Full ball, Gulbadin Naib looks to go big dancing down the track but instead the ball hit his pads. The ball deflects away towards short third man for a couple.

Fuller, again, Gulbadin Naib goes for a big heave again but gets hit on the hands instead. Dot ball.

Another dot ball to end the over! Full, on the stumps, Gulbadin Naib pushes it away towards the on side.

Outside off, hit through mid off for a single.

Width offered outside off, Gulbadin Naib slaps this to the long off region for one. 

WIDE. Outside the tramline on the off side, left alone. 

Yorker outside off, Nabi looks to dig this out but fails to do so. 

DROPPED AND SIX! A good effort but it was not enough. On a length, around off, Mohammad Nabi stays back and slams this one towards the long off region. David Miller leaps high, gets his fingertips on the ball, but does not hold on and the ball ricochets past the ropes for a biggie. 

WIDE. Fuller, way outside off, Nabi leaves it. 

Hit down to the left of the long on fielder for a single. 

WIDE. Poor from Dwaine Pretorius as he bowls his third wide of the over! Wider outside off, fuller too, Naib does not play at this. Wided. 

A dot to end! Slower, length, outside off, Naib misses his shot. 

SIX! Nicely struck by Nabi! In the arc around off, on a length, Mohammad Nabi whacks this one over the long off fence for a biggie. 

Well bowled now! Yorker, outside off, Nabi looks to dig this one out but misses. 

Slower, shorter, around off, hooked to the deep square leg fielder on the bounce for one. 

SIX! Afghanistan are getting some boundaries now! But, it seems like it's too late! A juicy full toss, around off, Gulbadin Naib gets low and hammers this one well over deep mid-wicket. 

Good-length delivery, around off, angling in, slower, a swing and a miss from Naib. 

Short and around off, pulled to the fine leg fielder for a couple of runs. 

SIX! Biggie! Tossed up, on off, Mohammad Nabi makes room and goes inside-out over covers for a maximum. Mohammad Nabi is getting some much-needed boundaries for his confidence. 46 needed off 11 balls.

Tabraiz Shamsi fires this wide outside off, Mohammad Nabi skips down the track and just about manages to get bat on that one. Pushes it to point.

Full ball, on the stumps, Mohammad Nabi sweeps it to short fine leg for a single.

OUT! Gulbadin Naib is gone now! Full ball, on off, Gulbadin Naib looks to get under it and go big downtown. But gets the bottom part of his blade as the ball goes high in the air towards extra cover. He comes ahead from long off and takes a fine catch in the end.

Tossed up, on off, Mohammad Nabi drills it to long on for a single.

On middle, pushed away to the off side. Just one more over of formality left.

Short of a length, around off, punched to covers for one. 

Fuller, wider, outside off, Khan looks to drive but misses. 

OUT! TAKEN! Rashid Khan departs now! Short this time, around off, Rashid Khan lines up and plays a flat-batted shot towards the deep mid-wicket region, where Wiaan Mulder gulps this down. 

A good effort but the ball does not stick! Around off, on a length, Mohammad Nabi lofts this one towards the mid off region. He was looking to clear the man there but he does not get the distance on this. The man backtracks, leaps, gets his fingertips on this but the ball pops out.

Back of a length, on off, Mohammad Nabi pulls it powerfully towards mid-wicket for a single.

Dot ball to end the match! South Africa win by 41 runs! Back of a length, outside off, Mujeeb Ur Rahman goes for a reverse-hit but misses.