DURBAN: Backed by some fine bowling and impressive batting, South African women’s team comfortably defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the first Twenty20 International here at Kingsmead on Friday.
The hosts chased down a modest 125 for the loss of two wickets in 19 overs. Opening batter Tazmin Brits top scored with an unbeaten 52 off 54 balls, which included three boundaries.For Pakistan, Aimen Anwar took two wickets for 29 runs in four overs while the rest of her bowling colleagues remained wicketless.
Earlier, Ayesha Naseem top scored for Pakistan with 31 off 25 as the tourists managed a small 124 for eight off the stipulated 20 overs after captain Aliya Riaz, who took over the responsibilities due to a right hand index finger…