WATCH: Salman Agha takes one-handed blinder to dismiss Matthew Breetzke in ODI Tri Series 2025

South Africa scored 352 runs against Pakistan in the 3rd ODI of the Tri-series.

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Arunima Purohit
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Matthew Breetzke and Salman Agha

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The tri-series between Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa has been quite interesting. In the ongoing game, Pakistan's Salman Agha took a blinder to dismiss Matthew Breetzke in the third game. Breetzke was batting on 83 runs when Khushdil bowled a flighted delivery, deceiving the batter. He came down the track and hit it towards the cover quite hard. However, Agha grabbed the ball in one hand, dismissing the batter. 

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It was an extraordinary catch from Agha as the wicket was extremely important. Breetzke was going towards a century but missed it. He hit ten boundaries and one six and was astounding on the field. He scored a century in the previous game as well. 

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South Africa went on to score 325 runs in the first innings and the credit goes to captain Temba Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen and Matthew Breetzke for their magnificent batting performance. Pakistan have to chase the score to qualify for the finals. 

The wicket was quite good: Heinrich Klaasen

South Africa's middle order Heinrich Klaasen scored 87 runs in 56 balls, smashing 11 boundaries and three sixes. He troubled the bowlers with his game and led to a good total. After the game, he spoke about the pitch and how much he loved batting. 

"In one-day cricket, there's more time than we think there is. Today, the foundation was there for me. We've played here before, I know it's quite skiddy here. The wicket was quite good, a little bit two-paced against the spinners. When you have a good start, you always look to get close to 400. We lost a bit of momentum just before the last powerplay when we looked to take the game on which is normal," said Heinrich Klaasen. 

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