Shahid Afridi made a typically manic 25 runs in seven balls olny

ABU DHABI: Pace man Lonwabo Tsotsobe and off spinner Johan Botha took 3 wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Pakistan by 6 wickets in the first of two T20 matches here on 26/10/2010.
Misbah-ul-Haq ( 27runs ), recalled after being axed following the World T20 in May this year, topscored with 27 with a six and 2 Fours.
Skipper Shahid Afridi hit a rapid seven ball 25 before he became one of Botha's three victims.
Pakistan had raced to 16 in the second over before Tsotsobe removed openers Imran Farhat (10 runs) and Shahzaib Hasan (9 runs) in the 6th.
Botha then removed Mohammad Hafeez ( 13 runs), Afridi and Abdul Razzaq (four) to end Pakistan's hopes of reaching a respectable total.
This is Pakistan's home series shifted to United Arab Emirates due to security fears.