{"id":14033,"date":"2025-10-29T06:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/linde-stars-as-sa-beat-pakistan-in-t20-opener\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:42","slug":"linde-stars-as-sa-beat-pakistan-in-t20-opener","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/linde-stars-as-sa-beat-pakistan-in-t20-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Linde stars as SA beat Pakistan in T20 Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa (SA) all-rounder George Linde produced a match-winning performance with both bat and ball as the Proteas defeated Pakistan by 55 runs in the first of three T20 Internationals in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Put into bat first, SA posted a competitive total of 194, with Linde contributing a crucial 36 runs. He then turned to the ball to claim 3 wickets for 31 runs, helping bundle the hosts out for 139. His efforts earned him the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, Linde said the team knew they could defend their score despite the high-scoring conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we know it\u2019s a high-scoring ground, but we felt that if we bowled well, which we did, we could defend 195,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, SA took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14034,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14033","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa (SA) all-rounder George Linde produced a match-winning performance","published_date":"2025-10-29 08:24:49","news_description":"South Africa (SA) all-rounder George Linde produced a match-winning performance","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18879,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14033\/revisions\/18879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}