Pakistan stunned South Africa by 19 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis Method in yet another rain-marred ICC Champions Trophy 2017 match at Edgbaston on Wednesday and former all-rounder Shahid Afridi said it would be a mistake to write them off.
Sent into the bowl first, Pakistan restricted South Africa to 220 runs for eight wickets in Group B day/night One-day worldwide.
Arthur's words must still have been ringing in their ears, as they were much improved against their coach's country of birth in all facets of the game, restricting the Proteas to 219-8 off their 50 overs and reaching 119-3 in reply when rain prevented any further play. David Miller with a sedate 75 from 104 balls was the only South African batsman to put up a real fight.
Miller received good support from Chris Morris (28) and Kagiso Rabada (26) in seventh and eight-wicket stands of 47 and 48 respectively.
Hasan Ali stole the show for Pakistan, taking three wickets in eight overs. Junaid Khan and Imad Wasim took two wickets each.
And when fast bowler Morne Morkel took two wickets in three balls, Pakistan were faltering at 41 for two under the Edgbaston floodlights.
And the Proteas started the second innings well with the ball, dismissing Azhar Ali (nine from 22 balls) and Fakhar Zaman (31 from 23) relatively early.
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South Africa go into their final game against India needing a victory while hoping Sri Lanka can do them a favour by beating Pakistan in the final Group B matches.
"Credit goes to the team, every player played his part with bowlers and fielders did the best to the team", he said. South Africa only hit 12 boundaries in total. They were criminally amateur against India while South Africa was sensational in their win against Sri Lanka. Off-spinner Hafeez then had Quinton de Kock (33) lbw on the sweep.
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South Africa at the other hand would like to upgrade to semis by winning this encounter as their next match will be against India and could be a hard nut to crack.
As light drizzle fell, Hafeez drove Tahir for six.
The first straightened to find the outside edge of JP Duminy, well caught by diving slip Babar Azam, while the next, on a similar line, knocked over Wayne Parnell's off-stump to raucous cheers from the large Pakistan contingent in the crowd.
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