South Africa v Pakistan, Cape Town

Pakistan 177/10 & 294/10

South Africa 431/10 & 43/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2018 · 2nd Test Newlands, Cape Town 3–6 Jan 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than South Africa.

Pakistan

0.68× -32%

South Africa

0.95× -5%

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

74 +224

F du Plessis South Africa

106 +202

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

108 +192

Shan Masood Pakistan

105 +187

Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan

62 +181

Best bowling

Top match figures

D Olivier4/48

K Rabada4/61

DW Steyn4/85

Mohammad Amir4/88

Top score

103

F du Plessis · South Africa

Biggest stand

156

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–21

3 wkts for 21 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 9 wickets

Length4 days

Pakistan

177 /10 (51.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b VD Philander	8	21	2	0	38.10
Fakhar Zaman	c T Bavuma b DW Steyn	1	15	0	0	6.67
Shan Masood	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	44	71	5	1	61.97
Azhar Ali	c HM Amla b D Olivier	2	19	0	0	10.53
Asad Shafiq	c D Elgar b K Rabada	20	26	4	0	76.92
Babar Azam	c F du Plessis b D Olivier	2	5	0	0	40.00
Sarfraz Ahmed	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	56	81	9	0	69.14
Mohammad Amir*	not out	22	47	1	0	46.81
Yasir Shah	c F du Plessis b D Olivier	5	8	1	0	62.50
Mohammad Abbas	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	0	8	0	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	3	7	0	0	42.86

Extras 14 (b 8, lb 2, w 3, nb 1)

Total 177/10 (51.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	15.1	4	48	3	3.16
VD Philander	11.0	3	36	1	3.27
K Rabada	10.0	2	35	2	3.50
D Olivier	15.0	3	48	4	3.20

Fall of wickets

1-9 (Fakhar Zaman, 4.5)·2-13 (Imam-ul-Haq, 7.1)·3-19 (Azhar Ali, 11.5)·4-51 (Asad Shafiq, 18.3)·5-54 (Babar Azam, 19.5)·6-114 (Shan Masood, 32.3)·7-156 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 44.2)·8-162 (Yasir Shah, 46.3)·9-163 (Mohammad Abbas, 47.6)·10-177 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 51.1)

South Africa

431 /10 (124.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b Shan Masood	78	96	14	1	81.25
D Elgar	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir	20	30	2	0	66.67
HM Amla	b Mohammad Abbas	24	64	4	0	37.50
TB de Bruyn	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	32	2	0	40.62
F du Plessis	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	226	13	0	45.58
T Bavuma	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	75	162	10	0	46.30
Q de Kock	c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Amir	59	78	8	0	75.64
VD Philander	b Mohammad Amir	16	29	2	0	55.17
K Rabada	b Mohammad Amir	11	13	2	0	84.62
DW Steyn	c Fakhar Zaman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	10	1	1	130.00
D Olivier*	not out	10	8	2	0	125.00

Extras 9 (b 5, lb 1, nb 3)

Total 431/10 (124.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	33.0	9	88	4	2.67
Mohammad Abbas	34.0	8	100	1	2.94
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.1	4	123	4	4.53
Yasir Shah	21.0	1	79	0	3.76
Shan Masood	5.0	1	19	1	3.80
Asad Shafiq	4.0	0	16	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-56 (D Elgar, 11.5)·2-123 (AK Markram, 29.6)·3-126 (HM Amla, 31.5)·4-149 (TB de Bruyn, 42.3)·5-305 (T Bavuma, 95.2)·6-356 (F du Plessis, 108.6)·7-394 (Q de Kock, 117.6)·8-407 (VD Philander, 121.1)·9-408 (K Rabada, 121.3)·10-431 (DW Steyn, 124.1)

Pakistan

294 /10 (70.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	c D Elgar b DW Steyn	6	13	1	0	46.15
Shan Masood	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	61	110	9	0	55.45
Azhar Ali	lbw b K Rabada	6	13	0	0	46.15
Asad Shafiq	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	88	118	12	1	74.58
Babar Azam	c HM Amla b K Rabada	72	87	15	0	82.76
Fakhar Zaman	c & b K Rabada	7	8	1	0	87.50
Sarfraz Ahmed	lbw b D Olivier	6	24	1	0	25.00
Mohammad Amir	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0	0.00
Yasir Shah	c Zubayr Hamza b DW Steyn	5	12	1	0	41.67
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	10	29	2	0	34.48
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c VD Philander b K Rabada	14	9	1	1	155.56

Extras 19 (b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 4)

Total 294/10 (70.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	19.0	6	51	1	2.68
DW Steyn	19.0	2	85	4	4.47
D Olivier	16.0	3	84	1	5.25
K Rabada	16.4	2	61	4	3.66

Fall of wickets

1-10 (Imam-ul-Haq, 3.4)·2-27 (Azhar Ali, 10.1)·3-159 (Shan Masood, 37.5)·4-194 (Asad Shafiq, 45.4)·5-201 (Fakhar Zaman, 48.1)·6-220 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 54.2)·7-221 (Mohammad Amir, 55.3)·8-247 (Yasir Shah, 59.1)·9-270 (Babar Azam, 67.6)·10-294 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 70.4)

South Africa

43 /1 (9.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar*	not out	24	39	4	61.54
TB de Bruyn	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas	4	10	1	40.00
HM Amla*	not out	2	5	0	40.00
F du Plessis*	not out	3	6	0	50.00

Extras 10 (b 4, w 5, nb 1)

Total 43/1 (9.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	5.0	2	17	0	3.40
Mohammad Abbas	4.0	0	14	1	3.50
Azhar Ali	0.5	0	8	0	9.60

Fall of wickets

1-4 (TB de Bruyn, 3.4)