Pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe and off-spinner Johan Botha [ Images ] took three wickets each as South Africa [ Images ] beat Pakistan by six wickets in a Twenty20 [ Images ] international clash in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
The victory gave the Proteas a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
The match was in aid of the flood victims in Pakistan.
A career-best 3 for 16 by Tsotsobe, and skipper Botha's 3 for 31 restricted Pakistan to a paltry 119.
Jean-Paul Duminy [ Images ] then hit an elegant 41 while Colin Ingram remained unbeaten with 46 as South Africa cruised to the target after losing three early wickets for 26.
Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ] gave Pakistan hope with the quick wickets of opener Loots Bosman and AB de Villiers [ Images ] in the third over.
Ingram hit two towering sixes and four boundaries during his 38-ball knock, while Duminy hit five boundaries as the two dominated the Pakistan bowling which initially looked threatening.
Earlier, Tsotsobe and off-spinner Botha bowled tight spells to derail Pakistan, who won the toss and batted on a flat pitch.
Misbah-ul-Haq, recalled after being axed following the World Twenty20 in May, top-scored with 27, inclusive of a six and two boundaries.
Skipper Shahid Afridi [ Images ] hit a rapid seven-ball 25 before he became one of Botha''s three victims.
Pakistan's home series has been shifted to United Arab Emirates [ Images ] due to security concerns back home.
The teams meet in a second Twenty20 before playing the first of two one-day internationals and the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
Dubai [ Images ] will stage the last three ODIs and the first Test.
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