Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique notched up an undesirable file as he joined the checklist of batters who’ve been dismissed for 3 consecutive geese in ODIs.
Shafique has had a collection to overlook in opposition to South Africa, scoring his latest duck within the third ODI in opposition to the Proteas on Sunday in Johannesburg the place he was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada within the first ball of the match.
Within the 1st and 2nd ODI on the Paarl and Cape City respectively, the Pakistan opener additionally went scoreless with Marco Jansen snapping him up in each events.
This led to Shafique be a part of a listing which has Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav, Andrew Symonds, Salman Butt and Anil Kumble amongst others.
If Shafique scores one other duck in his subsequent ODI, he’ll be a part of the likes of Lasith Malinga, Craig White and Henry Olonga within the checklist of batters with 4 consecutive 0s in ODIs.
Pakistan have already gained the ODI collection vs South Africa, their second straight main one-day worldwide collection away from house once they defeated the hosts within the 2nd match.
After beating Australia 2-1 final month, Pakistan had taken the Proteas down 2-0 with a sport to spare. The match on Sunday will probably be to see in Pakistan can full a whitewash.
In that match, half-centuries by Babar Azam, captain Mohammad Rizwan and allrounder Kamran Ghulam staked Pakistan to 329 all out.
Heinrich Klaasen hit 97 however South Africa’s chase was strangled by Pakistan, and quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi ended the final significant resistance with three wickets in three overs. Klaasen was the final man out on 248 within the forty fourth over.
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