ICC Women's World Cup - Watch: Pakistan Lose The Plot In Last Over As South Africa Win Thriller

The South African women's team managed to clinch a thrilling victory on Friday against Pakistan as the Asian side lost the plot in the final over. Needing 10 runs to win the match in 6 balls with 2 wickets in hand and the big-hitting Diana Baig in the middle, Pakistan looked to be in a good position to eke out their first win of the tournament. But South African pacer Shabnim Ismail kept her cool to help her team win the match by 6 runs.

Baig managed to get a couple of runs on the first delivery of the final over to bring the equation down to 8 runs needed off 5 deliveries. But Baig's attempted big hit off the next delivery went high up in the air and Shabnim showed nerves of steel to hold on to a great catch off her own bowling.

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Shabnim bowled a dot ball next up and then there was a mix-up which led to a run out as Pakistan were bowled out for 217.

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With the win, South Africa, who remain unbeaten after two matches, moved to the third spot while Pakistan continued to languish at the bottom of the points table.

"You have got to love the World Cup, no game is easy. We can take the positives out of the two wins and try and see what we need to work on going ahead. We take it one game at a time and want to play our best cricket," Luus said after the match.

Put to bat, the in-form Wolvaardt played a masterful 91-ball knock, finding the fence 10 times. The opener was perfectly complimented by skipper Luus (62 off 102 balls) at the other end.

The two held the South African innings together, putting up 89 runs for the third wicket to gain momentum and the team looked set for a huge total.

However, Fatima snapped three wickets in two overs to derail South Africa's cruising