PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Match 9 Highlights: Pakistan champions break South Africa's winning streak

PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Match 9 Highlights: Man of the Match 

Umar Amin was the man of the match for his brilliant innings of 58 runs in 42 balls. He played this innings at a time when Pakistan needed more than anything special. Their top order gave them an aggressive start, but to keep it going, Pakistan needed a strong innings, which was played by Umar Amin. He also hit three sixes and 4 fours in this amazing inning. The bowlers of the South African champions tried hard, but nobody could stop him early. Certainly, due to his excellent game, Pakistan scored 198 runs which helped them win the match by a good margin.

PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Match 9 Highlights: Top Performers 

Umar Amin - 58(42)

Umar Amin comes to bat after the Pakistani top batsmen are dismissed. In this excellent innings, he scored 58 runs in 42 balls, with a strike rate of over 138. Which includes three sixes and four excellent fours. Umar Amin's excellent batting played a big role in helping Pakistan achieve the total of 198 runs. By batting aggressively, he did not give any South African bowler a chance to take his wicket. His excellent innings was definitely a match-winning knock for Pakistan.

Shoaib Malik - 46(34)

Shoaib Malik has once again shown by his excellent performance that even today he is as eager to play cricket as he used to be earlier. His fitness level is also good due to which he is also getting easy victories in close matches. In this match, he played an innings of 46 runs in 34 balls after which he was not out. He scored five fours in his bowling while his strike rate remained above 135. He faced all the bowlers of the South African champions bravely. His good innings certainly helped Pakistan score a big total of 198 runs

Morne van Myk - 44(20)

Morne van Wyk was the only player who performed well for the South African champions in this match. At one time, he surprised the Pakistani bowlers with his aggressive batting style. He played a brilliant innings of 44 runs in 20 balls in which his strike rate was 220. Along with this, he accelerated the scoreboard of the South African champions by hitting two sixes and five fours. Certainly, his brilliant innings helped South Africa reach the score of 167; otherwise, they could have lost the match by a big margin. 

PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Match 9 Highlights: 1st Innings Summary 

South Africa won the toss in this match and chose to bowl first. With this, Pakistan came out to bat first in this match, and both the batsmen of Pakistan's champions gave an aggressive start to the team. However, this aggressive start did not last long and Sharjeel Khan was out in the third over after scoring 19 runs in 11 balls. After which Umar Amin came to bat and played responsibly with Kamran Akmal. However, these two batsmen could not make a long partnership and Kamran Akmal also got out after scoring 17 runs in 11 balls. After that, Mohammed Hafiz also could not do well today and got out after scoring 8 runs in 7 balls. 

After Pakistan lost three wickets, Shoaib Malik and Umar Amin took charge of the innings of the Pakistan champions. Both batsmen played aggressively and made a brilliant partnership of 79 runs. After which Umra Amin was out after scoring 58 runs in 42 balls. But Asif Ali gave a good finish to the Pakistani team by scoring 23 runs in 11 balls in the death overs. In this way, Pakistan posted a strong total of 198 runs on the scoreboard. This included a brilliant innings of 46 runs in 34 balls by Shoaib Malik. Dwane Olivier bowled well for South Africa, taking two wickets for 19 runs in three overs.

PNC vs SAC WCL 2025 Match 9 Highlights: Second innings Summary 

The South African champions, who had a target of 199 runs, did not have a good start. They lost JJ Smuts and Henry Davids in the first power play. While JJ Smuts was dismissed after scoring 10 runs, Henry Davids also returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. After that, Pakistan bowlers bowled well and kept taking wickets continuously, due to which the South Africa champions could not make any suitable partnership. Although Morne Van Wyk batted well at one end, there was no other batsman to support him at the other end. He showed a great aggressive game and scored 44 runs in 20 balls at a strike rate of 220. But he alone could not play the innings that would have brought South Africa champions closer to the target. However, in the end, Wayne Parnell tried his best to reduce the margin of defeat for the South African champions by scoring 21 runs in nine balls. Eventually, South Africa managed to reach only 167 runs in the match and lost the match by 31 runs. From Pakistan's side, Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Hafeez displayed excellent bowling and took two wickets each. Due to which Pakistan won this match very easily.

Key Moment of the Match

1. Umar Amin's innings of 58 runs in 42 balls was the big key moment of the match. 
2. Shoaib Malik's 46 off 34 balls and Asif Ali's 23 off 11 balls took the Pakistan champions to a good finish, which was a key moment for the Pakistan Champions.
3. The Pakistani team was given a quick start by the openers again, due to which their team was seen playing aggressively right from the beginning
4. Morne Van Wyk batted well and scored 44 runs in 20 balls at a strike rate of 220, which was a key moment of the match for the South Africa Champions.
5. Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Hafeez bowled well and took two wickets each, also a key moment of the match.