SA vs PAK: Pakan’s Abdullah Shafique joins l of batters to score 3 consecutive ducks in ODIs | Cricket News

Pakan batter Abdullah Shafique notched up an unwanted record as he joined the l of batters who have been dismissed for 3 consecutive ducks in ODIs.
Shafique has had a series to forget against South Africa, scoring his recent duck in the third ODI against the Proteas on Sunday in Johannesburg where he was dismissed Kagiso Rabada in the first ball of the match.
In the 1st and 2nd ODI at the Paarl and Cape Town respectively, the Pakan opener also went scoreless with Marco Jansen snapping him up in both occasions.
This led to Shafique join a l which has Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav, Andrew Symonds, Salman Butt and Anil Kumble among others.
If Shafique scores another duck in his next ODI, he will join the likes of Lasith Malinga, Craig White and Henry Olonga in the l of batters with 4 consecutive 0s in ODIs.
Pakan have already won the ODI series vs South Africa, their second straight major one-day international series away from home when they defeated the hosts in the 2nd match.
After beating Australia 2-1 last month, Pakan had taken the Proteas down 2-0 with a game to spare. The match on Sunday will be to see in Pakan can complete a whitewash.
In that match, half-centuries Babar Azam, captain Mohammad Rizwan and allrounder Kamran Ghulam staked Pakan to 329 all out.

Heinrich Klaasen hit 97 but South Africa’s chase was strangled Pakan, and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi ended the last meaningful resance with three wickets in three overs. Klaasen was the last man out on 248 in the 44th over.

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