Afghanistan all out at 169 with the help of Gurbaz's 89

Rahmanullah Gurbaz fell 11 runs short of a second successive ODI century but held together an Afghanistan innings where no one else in the top eight scored more than 10. AM Ghazanfar, batting at No.9, contributed 31 off 15 balls to push the innings past 160 but Afghanistan will have to complete the sixth-lowest successful defence at Sharjah to secure a 3-0 sweep against South Africa. South Africa will feel like they have at long last shown up in the challenge in the wake of being totally defeated in the initial two matches. Their bowlers adjusted to conditions and wickets were shared all over, however it was their handling that stuck out. Run-outs represented three of the 10 Afghan wickets as South Africa bowled Afghanistan out in 34 overs. Lungi Ngidi was phenomenal forthright, with his scope of cutters and more slow balls and made an early leap forward when debutant opener Abdul Malik played generally around a straight conveyance and was nailed to the cushion. His most memorable ODI innings with simply 9 to his name. Ngidi ostensibly made a more significant forward leap in his next finished, when Gurbaz drove him loftily, he stood out his right hand and the ball cut his finger and kicked back away from Rahmat Shah and onto the stumps. Rahmat, at the non-striker's end, was well shy of his ground. Rahmat was messy in getting back in time however Hashmatullah Shahidi's absence of criticalness was more awful. He hit Aiden Markam behind square and called for two yet ran the second too leisurely and strayed away from a straight line to give Tristan Stubbs enough time at sweeper cover to toss to Kyle Verreynne and run the Afghan skipper out. Things deteriorated in the following over when legspinner Nqaba Peter bowled Azmatullah Omarzai. By then, at that point, Gurbaz had previously raised a 47-ball 50, bound with his trademark clean-hitting down the ground and on the leg side. He managed the wickets by batting as typically as could really be expected, even as he became baffled with his accomplice's errors. Ikram Alikhil was close to misconceive when Gurbaz base edged a draw off Markram to midwicket, allowing for a solitary. Alikhil was mostly down the wicket when Gurbaz sent him back however Temba Bavuma was onto the ball and ran Alikhil out. Mohammad Nabi was Afghanistan's last perceived player and South Africa kept him calm. They ought to have had him out for 5 when he missed a Bjorn Fortuin arm ball. South Africa didn't audit however replays showed he would have been out lbw. In Fortuin's next finished, he got his own back when Nabi edged him to Verreynne and Bavuma surveyed effectively. Gurbaz's push for a century finished when he attempted to hit Andile Phehlukwayo over additional cover and was very much gotten by Reeza Hendricks jumping forward to leave Afghanistan 133 for 7. Phehlukwayo required a second wicket in three balls before Ngidi and Peter disposed of the tail. Afghanistan forgot about 16 overs there and will be frustrated with their capitulation after two prevailing exhibitions prior in the week.