South Africa v Pakistan, Centurion

Pakistan 181/10 & 190/10

South Africa 223/10 & 151/4

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2018 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 26–28 Dec 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than South Africa.

Pakistan

0.72× -28%

South Africa

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Babar Azam Pakistan

77 +265

Shan Masood Pakistan

84 +203

Imam-ul-Haq Pakistan

57 +104

T Bavuma South Africa

66 +96

Q de Kock South Africa

45 +87

Best bowling

Top match figures

D Olivier6/37

D Olivier5/59

Mohammad Amir4/62

Shaheen Shah Afridi4/64

Top score

Babar Azam · Pakistan

Biggest stand

119

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 6 wickets

Length3 days

Pakistan

181 /10 (47.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b K Rabada	0	9	0	0	0.00
Fakhar Zaman	c D Elgar b DW Steyn	12	17	2	0	70.59
Shan Masood	b D Olivier	19	34	2	0	55.88
Azhar Ali	c TB de Bruyn b D Olivier	36	69	7	0	52.17
Asad Shafiq	lbw b D Olivier	7	12	1	0	58.33
Babar Azam	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	71	79	15	0	89.87
Sarfraz Ahmed	b D Olivier	0	4	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Amir	b D Olivier	1	15	0	0	6.67
Yasir Shah	lbw b K Rabada	4	10	1	0	40.00
Hasan Ali*	not out	21	28	2	1	75.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 7, lb 2, w 1)

Total 181/10 (47.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	13.0	1	66	1	5.08
K Rabada	17.0	4	59	3	3.47
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	2.64
KA Maharaj	3.0	1	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-1 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.4)·2-17 (Fakhar Zaman, 6.1)·3-54 (Shan Masood, 15.2)·4-62 (Asad Shafiq, 17.5)·5-86 (Azhar Ali, 28.1)·6-86 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 28.5)·7-96 (Mohammad Amir, 32.5)·8-111 (Yasir Shah, 35.5)·9-178 (Babar Azam, 45.3)·10-181 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 46.6)

South Africa

223 /10 (60.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	lbw b Hasan Ali	12	19	3	0	63.16
D Elgar	c Azhar Ali b Shaheen Shah Afridi	22	50	5	0	44.00
HM Amla	c Babar Azam b Mohammad Amir	8	16	1	0	50.00
TB de Bruyn	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir	29	71	3	1	40.85
F du Plessis	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	1	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	53	87	9	0	60.92
DW Steyn	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir	23	23	4	0	100.00
Q de Kock	c Fakhar Zaman b Mohammad Amir	45	53	5	0	84.91
KA Maharaj	lbw b Hasan Ali	4	15	0	0	26.67
K Rabada	c Asad Shafiq b Shaheen Shah Afridi	19	25	4	0	76.00
D Olivier*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 8 (lb 3, w 2, nb 3)

Total 223/10 (60.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	20.0	6	62	4	3.10
Hasan Ali	18.0	4	70	2	3.89
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.0	1	64	4	3.56
Yasir Shah	4.0	0	24	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (AK Markram, 5.6)·2-43 (HM Amla, 13.2)·3-43 (D Elgar, 14.5)·4-43 (F du Plessis, 14.6)·5-112 (TB de Bruyn, 32.5)·6-146 (DW Steyn, 40.1)·7-170 (T Bavuma, 47.6)·8-189 (KA Maharaj, 52.3)·9-220 (K Rabada, 58.3)·10-223 (Q de Kock, 59.7)

Pakistan

190 /10 (56.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	b D Olivier	57	96	8	1	59.38
Fakhar Zaman	c K Rabada b D Olivier	12	38	2	0	31.58
Shan Masood	c KA Maharaj b DW Steyn	65	120	7	1	54.17
Azhar Ali	c K Rabada b D Olivier	0	3	0	0	0.00
Asad Shafiq	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	6	20	0	0	30.00
Babar Azam	b K Rabada	6	24	1	0	25.00
Sarfraz Ahmed	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Amir	b K Rabada	12	10	2	0	120.00
Yasir Shah	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	0	1	0	0	0.00
Hasan Ali*	not out	11	13	2	0	84.62
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c AK Markram b D Olivier	4	9	1	0	44.44

Extras 17 (b 6, lb 10, w 1)

Total 190/10 (56.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	15.0	4	34	2	2.27
K Rabada	15.0	4	47	3	3.13
D Olivier	15.0	3	59	5	3.93
KA Maharaj	11.0	2	34	0	3.09

Fall of wickets

1-44 (Fakhar Zaman, 12.7)·2-101 (Imam-ul-Haq, 28.5)·3-103 (Azhar Ali, 30.2)·4-134 (Asad Shafiq, 38.6)·5-142 (Babar Azam, 44.6)·6-142 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 46.2)·7-158 (Mohammad Amir, 48.6)·8-159 (Yasir Shah, 49.2)·9-185 (Shan Masood, 54.2)·10-190 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 55.6)

South Africa

151 /4 (50.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shan Masood	50	123	10	40.65
AK Markram	lbw b Hasan Ali	0	2	0	0.00
HM Amla*	not out	63	148	11	42.57
TB de Bruyn	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	10	15	2	66.67
F du Plessis	c Hasan Ali b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	6	0	0.00
T Bavuma*	not out	13	10	2	130.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 5, w 6)

Total 151/4 (50.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	12.0	5	24	0	2.00
Hasan Ali	13.0	6	39	1	3.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	15.0	1	53	1	3.53
Yasir Shah	7.4	1	20	1	2.61
Shan Masood	3.0	1	6	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AK Markram, 1.2)·2-119 (D Elgar, 41.3)·3-136 (TB de Bruyn, 46.1)·4-137 (F du Plessis, 47.2)