South Africa v Pakistan, Karachi

South Africa 220/10 & 245/10

Pakistan 378/10 & 90/3

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2021 · 1st Test National Stadium, Karachi 26–29 Jan 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Pakistan.

South Africa

1.04× +4%

Pakistan

1.13× +13%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Fawad Alam Pakistan

113 +163

AK Markram South Africa

87 +108

Faheem Ashraf Pakistan

64 +108

HE van der Dussen South Africa

81 +103

D Elgar South Africa

87 +95

Best bowling

Top match figures

Nauman Ali5/35

Yasir Shah4/79

Yasir Shah3/54

K Rabada3/70

Top score

109

Fawad Alam · Pakistan

Biggest stand

127

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultPakistan won by 7 wickets

Length4 days

South Africa

220 /10 (69.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Babar Azam b Nauman Ali	58	106	9	0	54.72
AK Markram	c Imran Butt b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	16	3	0	81.25
HE van der Dussen	run out	17	30	3	0	56.67
F du Plessis	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	23	46	4	0	50.00
Q de Kock	c Imran Butt b Nauman Ali	15	23	1	0	65.22
T Bavuma	run out	17	67	0	0	25.37
GF Linde	c Mohammad Nawaz (3) b Hasan Ali	35	64	5	0	54.69
KA Maharaj	b Yasir Shah	0	11	0	0	0.00
K Rabada*	not out	21	36	3	1	58.33
A Nortje	b Yasir Shah	0	9	0	0	0.00
L Ngidi	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	8	15	2	0	53.33

Extras 13 (b 5, lb 1, nb 7)

Total 220/10 (69.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	11.2	0	49	2	4.32
Hasan Ali	14.0	5	61	1	4.36
Faheem Ashraf	5.0	0	12	0	2.40
Nauman Ali	17.0	4	38	2	2.24
Yasir Shah	22.0	6	54	3	2.45

Fall of wickets

1-30 (AK Markram, 4.7)·2-63 (HE van der Dussen, 15.2)·3-108 (F du Plessis, 28.3)·4-133 (Q de Kock, 35.2)·5-136 (D Elgar, 37.4)·6-179 (T Bavuma, 54.3)·7-179 (KA Maharaj, 58.2)·8-194 (GF Linde, 61.2)·9-195 (A Nortje, 64.3)·10-220 (L Ngidi, 69.2)

Pakistan

378 /10 (119.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Butt	c KD Petersen b K Rabada	9	25	1	0	36.00
Abid Ali	b K Rabada	4	9	0	0	44.44
Azhar Ali	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	51	151	4	0	33.77
Babar Azam	lbw b KA Maharaj	7	30	0	0	23.33
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b A Nortje	0	4	0	0	0.00
Fawad Alam	c T Bavuma b L Ngidi	109	245	9	2	44.49
Mohammad Rizwan	c F du Plessis b L Ngidi	33	59	6	0	55.93
Faheem Ashraf	b A Nortje	64	84	9	0	76.19
Hasan Ali	b K Rabada	21	33	2	0	63.64
Nauman Ali	lbw b KA Maharaj	24	49	3	0	48.98
Yasir Shah*	not out	38	37	4	1	102.70

Extras 18 (b 1, lb 7, nb 10)

Total 378/10 (119.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	27.0	7	70	3	2.59
A Nortje	27.0	4	105	2	3.89
L Ngidi	17.0	1	57	2	3.35
KA Maharaj	32.2	5	90	3	2.78
GF Linde	13.0	4	38	0	2.92
AK Markram	3.0	0	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-5 (Abid Ali, 4.1)·2-15 (Imran Butt, 6.5)·3-26 (Babar Azam, 15.3)·4-27 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 16.2)·5-121 (Azhar Ali, 53.6)·6-176 (Mohammad Rizwan, 72.3)·7-278 (Fawad Alam, 97.5)·8-295 (Faheem Ashraf, 100.6)·9-323 (Hasan Ali, 108.5)·10-378 (Nauman Ali, 119.2)

South Africa

245 /10 (100.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AK Markram	c Abid Ali b Nauman Ali	74	224	10	33.04
D Elgar	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	29	45	4	64.44
HE van der Dussen	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	64	151	6	42.38
F du Plessis	lbw b Yasir Shah	10	21	1	47.62
Q de Kock	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	2	17	0	11.76
KA Maharaj	b Hasan Ali	2	7	0	28.57
T Bavuma	lbw b Nauman Ali	40	93	3	43.01
GF Linde	c Imran Butt b Nauman Ali	11	29	2	37.93
K Rabada	b Nauman Ali	1	11	0	9.09
A Nortje	c Fawad Alam b Nauman Ali	0	8	0	0.00
L Ngidi*	not out	3	4	0	75.00

Extras 9 (lb 1, w 1, nb 7)

Total 245/10 (100.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17.0	1	61	0	3.59
Hasan Ali	16.0	1	61	1	3.81
Nauman Ali	25.3	9	35	5	1.37
Yasir Shah	33.0	7	79	4	2.39
Faheem Ashraf	9.0	6	8	0	0.89

Fall of wickets

1-48 (D Elgar, 16.1)·2-175 (HE van der Dussen, 67.1)·3-185 (F du Plessis, 71.6)·4-185 (AK Markram, 72.3)·5-187 (KA Maharaj, 75.1)·6-192 (Q de Kock, 78.2)·7-234 (GF Linde, 92.6)·8-238 (K Rabada, 96.6)·9-240 (A Nortje, 98.5)·10-245 (T Bavuma, 100.3)

Pakistan

90 /3 (22.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Imran Butt	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	12	30	3	40.00
Abid Ali	b A Nortje	10	17	2	58.82
Azhar Ali*	not out	31	47	4	65.96
Babar Azam	lbw b KA Maharaj	30	39	6	76.92
Fawad Alam*	not out	4	4	1	100.00

Extras 3 (b 1, lb 2)

Total 90/3 (22.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	8.0	2	21	0	2.62
A Nortje	7.0	1	24	2	3.43
KA Maharaj	1.5	0	12	1	6.55
L Ngidi	3.0	0	17	0	5.67
GF Linde	3.0	0	13	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-22 (Abid Ali, 7.1)·2-23 (Imran Butt, 7.6)·3-86 (Babar Azam, 22.1)