Pakistan beat South Africa by 49 runs at Lord's in London and registered their second win of this World Cup while South Africa suffered their fifth loss.
Earlier Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first and openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam ul Haq gave a good start of 81 runs but both couldn't convert their starts into big innings and got out in 40s. Mohammad Hafeez also got out cheaply and Pakistan were 143/3 in 30 overs. Babar Azam and Haris Sohail continued to score runs at a good rate. Babar Azam brought up his second fifty of this World Cup but he too couldn't convert it into a hundred. Haris Sohail continued to smash South African bowlers and his 89 off 59 balls knock helped Pakistan to post a good total of 308/7 in 50 overs.
In reply, South Africa had a poor start and lost Hashim Amla for 2 runs in the second over. Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis started the rebuilding phase and had added 87 runs for the second wicket before de Kock got out for 47 off Shadab Khan's bowling. Aiden Markram failed once again and got out for just 7 runs. Faf du Plessis brought up his fifty but Mohammad Amir sent him back to pavilion for 63 runs. David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen's 53 runs partnership kept South Africa in the game but Shadab Khan broke this stand and after that they gave up and kept losing wickets and eventually finished on 259/9 in 50 overs. Wahab Riaz and Shadab Khan took 3 wickets each and Mohammad Amir took 2 wickets.
All the major stats and facts from match 30 between Pakistan and South Africa in Lord's
1 - For the first time South Africa failed to reach the knock-out stage since World Cup 2003.
South Africa in World Cups -
1992 : Semifinal
1996 : Quarterfinal
1999 : Semifinal
2003 : Group stage
2007 : Semifinal
2011 : Quarterfinal
2015 : Semifinal
2019 : Group stage
6 - Pakistan have won 6 of the last 7 matches they played against South Africa in ICC events (World Cup, Champions Trophy and WT20).
PAK vs SA in ICC Events in last 10 years -
WT20 2009 : Pakistan won
WT20 2010 : Pakistan won
WT20 2012 : Pakistan won
CT 2013 : South Africa won
WC 2015 : Pakistan won
CT 2017 : Pakistan won
WC 2019 : Pakistan won
32 - Wahab Riaz has taken 32 wickets in World Cups - the third most for Pakistan.
Most World Cup wickets for Pakistan -
55 - Wasim Akram
34 - Imran Khan
32 - Wahab Riaz
30 - Shoaib Akhtar / Shahid Afridi
26 - Mushtaq Ahmed
39 - Number of wickets Imran Tahir has taken in World Cups - the most for South Africa.
Most wickets for SA in World Cups -
39 - Imran Tahir
38 - Allan Donald
31 - Shaun Pollock
26 - Morne Morkel
23 - Dale Steyn
52 - Shadab Khan completed 50 wickets in ODIs. He has taken 52 wickets in 38 ODIs so far.
150.84 - Haris Sohail's strike rate in his 89 runs off 59 balls knock - the third highest strike rate in a 50 plus runs innings for Pakistan in World Cups.
Highest batting strike rate in an innings for PAK in World Cups (Min 50 runs)
169.7 - Imran Khan (56* off 33 balls) vs SL at Swansea, 1983
162.2 - Inzamam ul Haq (60 off 37 balls) vs NZ at Auckland, 1992
150.84 - Haris Sohail (89 off 59 balls) vs SA at Lord's, 2019
138.5 - Javed Miandad (72 off 52 balls) vs SL at Swansea, 1983
