Pak vs SA stats: Umar Akmal becomes 2nd Pakistani to score 1,000 runs in T20s

# Pakistan's triumph by 6 runs is their narrowest victory margin over South Africa in T20Is, obliterating the 7-run win at Nottingham on June 18, 2009. (Match report)

# Thanks to their aforesaid win, Pakistan have levelled the series 1-1.

# Pakistan have won five and lost six out of eleven played vs South Africa in T20Is - winning % 45.45.

# Pakistan (176 for four) have registered their second highest total vs South Africa in T20Is next only to the 195 for seven at Centurion on March 3, 2013.

# South Africa's 170 for four is their highest total vs Pakistan in T20Is, obliterating the 153 for seven at Johannesburg on November 20, 2013.

# Wayne Parnell has bowled his second maiden over in Twenty20 Internationals - his first was against Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS) on August 2, 2013.

# Since posting 98 not out (a career-best) vs Zimbabwe at Harare on August 24, 2013, Ahmed Shehzad has recorded 0, 21, 9 & 9 - all vs South Africa in T20Is.

# Shehzad is averaging 17.00 vs South Africa (85 in five innings) as against his average of 26.72 in T20Is.

# Nasir Jamshed (19) has equalled his highest score vs South Africa in T20Is - his aggregate being 69 in five innings at an average of 13.80.

# Umar Akmal has become the second Pakistani batsman to manage 1,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals - 1060 (ave.28.64) in 28 matches.

# Umar (64 off 37 balls) has emulated his highest score in T20Is. He had recorded 64 off 31 balls vs Australia at Birmingham on July 5, 2010.

# Umar's fifth fifty in T20Is is his second vs South Africa.

# Umar, with 255 runs in nine matches at an average of 36.42 is the top run-getter in Pakistan-South Africa T20Is.

# For South Africa, Jean-Paul Duminy is the top run-scorer - his tally being 214 at an average of 53.50 in seven innings.

# Duminy's strike rate of 180.76 (47 not out off 26 balls) is his best in T20Is (minimum qualification: 40).

# Mohammad Hafeez is the top run-scorer for Pakistan in T20Is - 1169 (ave.24.87) in 51 matches.

# Hafeez is the first Pakistani batsman to register seven fifties in T20Is - his second vs South Africa.

# Hafeez's 63 off 41 balls is his second highest vs South Africa, next only to the 86 off 51 balls at Centurion on March 3, 2013.

# Hafeez's tally of 30 sixes is bettered only by Shahid Afridi (36) for Pakistan in T20Is.

# Hafeez's second Man of the Match award vs South Africa is his seventh in T20Is. He has been adjudged the Player of the series for the second time.

# Hafeez is one of the three players to have received two Player of the series awards in T20Is - the first two being Kevin Pietersen and Shahid Afridi.

# Akmal and Hafeez were involved in a stand of 102 - Pakistan's highest for any wicket vs South Africa in T20Is, obliterating the 83 for the second wicket between Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez at Centurion on March 3, 2013.

# The 102-run partnership is now Pakistan's highest for the third wicket in T20Is, eclipsing the 85 between Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq vs Australia at Dubai (DSC) on May 7, 2009.

# The above partnership is the highest for the third wicket by any pair vs South Africa in T20Is, outstripping the 88 between Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh for India at Gros Islet on May 2, 2010.

# Dale Steyn, with 46 wickets at 15.78 runs apiece in 33 matches, is the top wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is.

# Shahid Afridi (3/28) has recorded his best figures vs South Africa in T20Is, surpassing the 2 for 16 at Nottingham on June 18, 2009.

# The top three wicket-takers in T20Is are Saeed Ajmal (77), Umar Gul (74) and Shahid Afridi (71).

Courtesy: Safdar Afzal