ICC Champions Trophy 2017: South Africa vs Pakistan, 5 things South Africa did wrong on the night

#4 Middle order not stepping up after de Villiers' wicket

Duminy once again fell when the team needed a big contribution from him

AB de Villiers is arguably the biggest scalp in the South African side and Pakistan had him back in the hut off his very first ball. The South African middle-order boasts of some very fine players in Faf du Plessis, David Miller, JP Duminy and Chris Morris but apart from Miller none of the others stepped up.

du Plessis, Duminy and Parnell fell to a superb spell from Hasan Ali. While Parnell got a real peach, Faf and Duminy were guilty of poor shot selection. It was appalling to see South Africa fall apart in the absence of de Villiers although Miller took them to a decent total eventually.