Colin Ingram and Rory Kleinveldt produced performances of note for the Castle Lager Proteas as the home side claimed an easy 125-run win over Pakistan at Chevrolet Park in Bloemfontein on Sunday.<\/p>\n
South Africa now have a 1-0 lead in the five-match Momentum ODI series.<\/p>\n
Ingram scored his third ODI century in just his 19th match as the Proteas piled up 315-5 and Kleinveldt followed up with a career-best 4-22 in just 5.2 overs to help dismiss the tourists for 190.<\/p>\n
All six of the Proteas top-order made significant contributions although those of openers Graeme Smith (30) and Hashim Amla were more important than their scores suggested.<\/p>\n
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq\u2019s gamble on his seamers finding early movement in the morning was justified \u2013 but with no reward.<\/p>\n
A combination of good fortune and ruthless efficiency in dealing with the loose deliveries during an opening stand of 72 laid the platform for AB de Villiers (65 from 63 balls) and Ingram to compile a third-wicket stand of 120 as the sun flattened the wicket and the white balls softened.<\/p>\n
Faf du Plessis added 26 from 29 balls and Farhaan Behardien produced a frenzy of hitting in the final two overs which yielded 34 from just 14 deliveries with three fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n
Ingram completed his century \u2013 \u201cprobably my best innings for South Africa\u201d \u2013 in the final over to finish with an unbeaten 105 from 104 deliveries with 10 boundaries.<\/p>\n
Kleinveldt made the first breakthrough after a promising opening stand of 42 between Nasir Jamshed (25) and Mohammad Hafeez (25) and then had a hand, literally, in the second wicket.<\/p>\n