South Africa wins ODI series against Pakistan 4-1

De Villiers with the winning trophy

The last of the 5-ODI series match was held at famous Sharjha cricket stadium where Javed Miandad once scored a mighty six to bring unbelievable victory to Pakistan.

But those were other times and other players.

The present lot of Pakistani batsmen are a different breed - they talk too much and score too less. 

It was thought that Pakistan, having lost the series to the South Africans 3-1, will play for pride and display the last of their best - but it was not to be again. Chasing a target of 268, Pakistan was all out for 151 in just  35.3 Overs ( 4.25 RPO )- losing the match by 117 runs.

Pakistan's only resistance came from Sohaib Maqsood, who notched up a second, successive half-century with clean hitting and clear thinking. He demonstrated his strength off the back foot but exposed a slight weakness against the short ball, which South Africa will look to exploit in the return series later this month.

AB de Villiers was declared the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 115, who also became the became the fastest South African to 6000 ODI runs.

Ryan McLaren was the Man of the Series for his all-round effort. He scored 105 runs and took 9 wickets.

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