3rd T20I, Shaheen Afridi floors South Africa with three-fer: Stats
What's the story
Shaheen Afridi performed well against South Africa in the 3rd and final T20I on Saturday. The match being held in Lahore, saw Pakistan stalwart Afridi finish with three wickets. He claimed 3/26 from his four overs. Notably, Afridi handed his side a dream start, picking 2 wickets in the 1st over. South Africa were restricted to 139/9 in 20 overs in this decider.
Bowling
Three wickets for Shaheen Afridi
A solid 1st over saw Afridi dismiss Quinton de Kock and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, reducing the visitors to 0/2 after three deliveries. De Kock was bowled after getting a thick inside edge. Pretorius then walked in and was caught. Afridi then claimed his 3rd wicket in the 19th over of SA's innings. Lizaad Williams was his final victim of the night.
Stats
Afridi races to 122 wickets in T20Is
Playing his 94th T20I, Afridi has raced to 122 scalps at an average of 21.54. As per ESPNcricinfo, he has amassed 17 wickets from 14 matches against the Proteas at 24.11. Meanwhile, 28 of his 122 T20I wickets have come in Pakistan at 19.46. Overall in T20s, Afridi has bagged a total of 330 scalps from 237 matches at 20.84.
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2nd dismissal for de Kock against Afridi
Across three T20Is, Afridi has now dismissed de Kock twice. The batter owns 10 runs from 13 matches in this duel. He averages 5.