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Pakistan 148/7 (Umar Akmal 51, Kamran Akmal 37, Langeveldt 4-19) South Africa 137/7 (de Villiers 53, Ajmal 4-26) Pakistan beat South Africa by 11 runsPakistan defeated South Africa in the Super Eights stage of the World T20 tournament to keep their hopes alive to qualify for the semi-final stage of the tournament. Akmal brothers played important role in Pakistans maiden victory against South Africa.Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first however Pakistan could not get off to a good start and at one stage Pakistan was 23-3 then Akmal brothers batted sensibly and provided the platform for posting a challenging total of 149 to South Africa. Skipper Afridi also scored 30 crucial runs of 18 deliveries. Langerveldt took four important Pakistani wickets.Ab de Villiers was prominent with 53 for South Africa while Saeed Ajmal grabbed four South African wickets.It is pertinent to note that if England beat New Zealand than Pakistan would automatically qualify for the semifinal stage of the tournament on the basis of superior net run rate.
