Lungi Ngidi, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Lungi Ngidi to share the new ball, not KG, that's a surprise
0.6
Marco Jansen to Gurbaz, no run, Jansen shortens the length outside off, climbs across the right-hander - Gurbaz tries to play it down with soft hands and the under-edge bounces past the off-stump
0.5
Marco Jansen to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, length ball around off, pushed in front of mid-off and they're off for a quick single - Bavuma with a direct hit at the bowler's end, but Ibrahim Zadran was always comfortable
0.4
Marco Jansen to Ibrahim Zadran, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Ibrahim leans across and pushes it to cover-point
Gurbaz squeezed the inside edge onto the fleshy part of the thigh, he's down immediately at the bowler's end and needs some medical attention
0.3
Marco Jansen to Gurbaz, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Gurbaz prods across and squeezes an inside edge towards square leg, calls for a quick single and they complete it with ease
0.3
Marco Jansen to Gurbaz, wide, Jansen pushes one across the right-hander, but it's well past the tramlines and is called as a wide
0.2
Marco Jansen to Gurbaz, no run
0.1
Marco Jansen to Gurbaz, no run, short of a good length and slanting across the right-hander, Gurbaz covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Marco Jansen will open the attack
We're back for the chase. Afghanistan's highest successful chase in ODIs is 286, so they'll have to beat that record by 30 runs. That'll automatically make South Africa favourites going into the second half of the game..
STAT:19 overs of wrist-spin today. The only other instance of more than 10 overs of wrist-spin in an innings in the Champions Trophy came in the very first game of the competition’s history back in 1998 in Dhaka: Paul Strang and Murray Goodwin (Zimbabwe) bowled 14 overs between them against New Zealand.
300-plus totals for SA in Champions Trophy 316/5 vs KEN, Colombo RPS, 2002 315/6 vs AFG, Karachi, 2025 305 vs IND, Cardiff, 2013 301/9 vs ENG, Centurion, 2009
Four (or more) 50-plus scores in an innings in CT 4 - IND vs PAK, Edgbatson, 2017 4 - SA vs AFG, Karachi, 2025
Fastest 50s for SA in Champions Trophy (by balls faced) 33 - Aiden Markram vs AFG, Karachi, 2025 40 - Graeme Smith vs SL, Centurion, 2009 40 - Ryan McLaren vs IND, Cardiff, 2013
Rassie van der Dussen: I think we set it up nicely, the guys in the top-3 allowed the batters to come in set-up to bat with intensity, pretty happy with how we've played. The bounce is up and down, reminding me of the Wanderers wicket, there's bounce, but there's cracks as well, one or two stayed low, some bounced, there's some grassy pitches, skids on, stay on the wicket and don't give the batters any easy runs (on the way to bowl on this wicket). Pretty happy with my innings.
17:42 Local Time, 12:42 GMT, 18:12 IST: It has been a pretty good batting performance from the Proteas after opting to bat.
49.6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Mulder, SIX, Mulder finishes with a flourish! A slower short ball on leg-stump, Mulder lines it up and pulls it powerfully over long leg
49.5
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Mulder, FOUR, to deep backward point
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