Pakistan beat South Africa by 29 runs

Made to bat first after the Proteas won the toss, Pakistan scored 222 runs off 46.4 overs, a humble score given the rivals' batting prowess.

As the game was held up twice because of rain, South Africa were set a revised target of 232 under the Duckworth-Lewis method to go for their third win in four games and ensure a slot in the last eight.

But Pakistan's left-arm pacer trio  Mohammad Riaz and Rahat Ali and Wahab Riaz tore apart the Proteas by bundling them out for 202 runs, claiming three wickets apiece.

The South African batting order started falling like a nine pin with the departure of opener Quinton De Kock, who was out in the very second ball to be followed by Plessis, Hasim Amla, Rossouw, Miller and Duminy. The first six wickets fell within the 20th over when the team was at 102. Though AB De Villiers hammered a galic 77 off 58 balls to take the team to the 200-mark, he hardly received support from other batsmen.

Earlier,  Pakistan had a decent start with Sarfaraz Ahmed making a run-a-ball 49, but the rest of the batting, barring skipper Misbah Ul haq (56), who topscored for the team and to some extent Younis Khan (37) and Shahid Afridi (22), flopped.