Pakistan and South Africa will clash at the Lord’s London in match number 30 of the ICC World Cup, 2019 Championship on Sunday, 23 June 2019.
The match will begin at 10.30am local time, 09.30 GMT. Pakistan, who were outclassed by India in all the departments in the previous game will have to win this match to remain in contention.
The South African team is almost out of contention in the tournament after their narrow loss against New Zealand on Wednesday.
Live updates:
South Africa : 70/1 in 16 overs
Pakistan 308 in 50 overs
PTV Sports and Ten Sports live telecast info
PTV Sports and Ten Sports will telecast Pakistan, and South Africa match live in Pakistan. http://sports.ptv.com.pk/ and www.sonyliv.com will provide live streaming of the game through the app and the website for the premium users.
SuperSport will beam live television coverage in South Africa. www.supersport.com and SuperSport/DStv will live stream the game for the fans in South Africa.
Star Sports will telecast in India with live stream on Hotstar.com
Read: Cricket live score: Pakistan vs India online streaming on PTV Sports website on Sunday
A must win match for Pakistan
Coming to the fortunes of both the teams, they are just above Afghanistan on the points table.
South Africa had already defeated Afghanistan while Pakistan also created the biggest upset in the tournament by defeating hosts England in an earlier match of ICC World Cup 2019. The fortunes of many teams which figure in the lower end of the point’s table can change if they win the rest of their matches.
South African Coach Otis Gibson feels that the South African team has got a fighting chance and they will play their natural game. It will be the last World Cup match for most members of the team, and they will be putting everything in the remaining matches to bid goodbye to the game in a suitable manner.
Shoaib Mallik could be replaced
The fortunes of the Pakistani team have fluctuated between the two extremes much akin to their batting and bowling performance on the field.
After a spectacular start, they floundered away their advantage in the next two matches.
They were handed out a crushing 41 run defeat by the Australians followed by a sound drubbing at the hands of arch-rivals India. In both the games, the Pakistani batting collapsed like a house of cards. Among the bowlers, only Mohammad Amir created some impact.
Shoaib Mallik, the most experienced of all the Pakistani players, has also not been able to perform and is most likely o be replaced by Haris Sohail for the Sunday match.