David Miller played one of his most dazzling T20I innings as he slammed 82 in 40 balls, including four fours and eight sixes, while George Linde provided the South African innings with a fine climax with 48 off 24 balls in the first T20I against Pakistan at Kingsmead in Durban on Tuesday.
Miller and Linde proved to be the lone guns for the home team, however, as Pakistan restricted the Proteas to 183 for nine in their 20 overs after skipper Heinrich Klaasen had won the toss and chosen to bat in front of a noisy Kingsmead crowd on a humid Durban night.
Miller was at the crease much earlier than usual, in only the second over, but he immediately looked in fine fettle, clipping Shaheen Afridi off his legs for four before striking an exquisite back-foot drive to the fence. A century was his for the taking until he marginally mistimed a flat pull of Shaheen Afridi to deep midwicket in the 14th over. The dynamic left-hander's disappointment was obvious but he had played one of his most brilliant T20I innings, his eighth half-century at this level.
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