Overview
- South Africa chased 270 with eight wickets in hand and 59 balls to spare as Quinton de Kock finished unbeaten on 123 in Faisalabad.
- Nandre Burger ripped through Pakistan’s top order with three early strikes and completed figures of 4/46 to reduce the hosts to 22 for 3.
- Pakistan recovered to 269 for 9 through half-centuries from Salman Ali Agha (69), Mohammad Nawaz (59) and Saim Ayub (53).
- De Kock added 81 with Lhuan-dre Pretorius (46) and a match-shaping 153 with Tony de Zorzi, who scored 76 off 63 balls.
- The result tied the three-match series at 1-1, setting up Saturday’s deciding ODI in Faisalabad.