Pakistan v South Africa, Rawalpindi

Pakistan 272/10 & 298/10

South Africa 201/10 & 274/10

Pakistan won by 95 runs

Pakistan v South Africa 2021 · 2nd Test Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 4–8 Feb 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.18× +18%

South Africa

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Pakistan's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

133 +214

AK Markram South Africa

140 +184

Faheem Ashraf Pakistan

107 +161

T Bavuma South Africa

105 +159

Babar Azam Pakistan

85 +96

Best bowling

Top match figures

Hasan Ali5/54

A Nortje5/56

Hasan Ali5/60

GF Linde5/64

Top score

115*

Mohammad Rizwan · Pakistan

Biggest stand

123

4th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · South Africa

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 95 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

272 /10 (114.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Imran Butt	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	15	36	3	41.67
Abid Ali	c AK Markram b A Nortje	6	43	1	13.95
Azhar Ali	lbw b KA Maharaj	0	9	0	0.00
Babar Azam	c F du Plessis b A Nortje	77	127	12	60.63
Fawad Alam	run out	45	155	5	29.03
Mohammad Rizwan	c K Rabada b A Nortje	18	68	2	26.47
Faheem Ashraf*	not out	78	160	12	48.75
Hasan Ali	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	8	29	0	27.59
Yasir Shah	c & b PWA Mulder	8	27	1	29.63
Nauman Ali	c AK Markram b A Nortje	8	36	1	22.22
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c D Elgar b A Nortje	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 2, lb 2, nb 5)

Total 272/10 (114.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	21.0	2	72	0	3.43
A Nortje	24.3	8	56	5	2.29
KA Maharaj	45.0	11	90	3	2.00
GF Linde	5.5	2	4	0	0.69
D Elgar	1.1	1	6	0	5.14
PWA Mulder	17.0	7	40	1	2.35

Fall of wickets

1-21 (Imran Butt, 11.1)·2-21 (Azhar Ali, 13.4)·3-22 (Abid Ali, 14.6)·4-145 (Babar Azam, 58.2)·5-149 (Fawad Alam, 63.4)·6-190 (Mohammad Rizwan, 82.3)·7-221 (Hasan Ali, 93.2)·8-251 (Yasir Shah, 102.4)·9-272 (Nauman Ali, 114.2)·10-272 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 114.4)

South Africa

201 /10 (65.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Mohammad Rizwan b Hasan Ali	15	21	3	0	71.43
AK Markram	c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Nauman Ali	32	60	5	0	53.33
HE van der Dussen	b Hasan Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c Mohammad Rizwan b Faheem Ashraf	17	33	3	0	51.52
T Bavuma*	not out	44	138	5	0	31.88
Q de Kock	b Shaheen Shah Afridi	29	20	5	0	145.00
PWA Mulder	run out	33	83	3	1	39.76
GF Linde	b Hasan Ali	21	21	3	1	100.00
KA Maharaj	b Hasan Ali	1	15	0	0	6.67
K Rabada	run out	0	10	0	0	0.00
A Nortje	b Hasan Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (nb 9)

Total 201/10 (65.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	13.0	2	37	1	2.85
Hasan Ali	15.4	3	54	5	3.45
Faheem Ashraf	8.0	2	20	1	2.50
Nauman Ali	17.0	8	36	1	2.12
Yasir Shah	12.0	2	54	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-26 (D Elgar, 5.5)·2-26 (HE van der Dussen, 5.6)·3-55 (F du Plessis, 14.3)·4-81 (AK Markram, 23.6)·5-114 (Q de Kock, 30.4)·6-164 (PWA Mulder, 53.1)·7-186 (GF Linde, 57.5)·8-192 (KA Maharaj, 61.6)·9-201 (K Rabada, 65.3)·10-201 (A Nortje, 65.4)

Pakistan

298 /10 (102.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Butt	lbw b K Rabada	0	13	0	0	0.00
Abid Ali	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	13	53	1	0	24.53
Azhar Ali	lbw b GF Linde	33	82	3	0	40.24
Babar Azam	lbw b KA Maharaj	8	17	1	0	47.06
Fawad Alam	c AK Markram b GF Linde	12	33	2	0	36.36
Mohammad Rizwan*	not out	115	204	15	0	56.37
Faheem Ashraf	c A Nortje b GF Linde	29	49	5	0	59.18
Hasan Ali	lbw b KA Maharaj	5	18	1	0	27.78
Yasir Shah	c Q de Kock b GF Linde	23	57	3	0	40.35
Nauman Ali	c D Elgar b K Rabada	45	78	6	2	57.69
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b GF Linde	4	10	1	0	40.00

Extras 11 (b 9, nb 2)

Total 298/10 (102.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	14.0	3	34	2	2.43
A Nortje	17.0	7	57	0	3.35
KA Maharaj	38.0	4	118	3	3.11
PWA Mulder	7.0	1	16	0	2.29
GF Linde	26.0	9	64	5	2.46

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Imran Butt, 4.1)·2-28 (Abid Ali, 16.2)·3-45 (Babar Azam, 22.4)·4-63 (Azhar Ali, 31.2)·5-76 (Fawad Alam, 35.1)·6-128 (Faheem Ashraf, 49.3)·7-143 (Hasan Ali, 56.1)·8-196 (Yasir Shah, 73.5)·9-293 (Nauman Ali, 98.5)·10-298 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 101.6)

South Africa

274 /10 (91.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Imran Butt b Hasan Ali	108	243	13	3	44.44
D Elgar	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	24	4	0	70.83
HE van der Dussen	b Hasan Ali	48	97	8	0	49.48
F du Plessis	lbw b Hasan Ali	5	13	1	0	38.46
T Bavuma	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	61	125	6	0	48.80
Q de Kock	c Imran Butt b Hasan Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00
PWA Mulder	b Yasir Shah	20	40	3	0	50.00
GF Linde	c Faheem Ashraf b Hasan Ali	4	5	1	0	80.00
KA Maharaj	c Imran Butt b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	4	0	0	0.00
K Rabada	b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	0	0	0.00
A Nortje*	not out	2	3	0	0	66.67

Extras 9 (lb 2, nb 7)

Total 274/10 (91.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	21.0	6	51	4	2.43
Hasan Ali	16.0	2	60	5	3.75
Nauman Ali	20.0	6	63	0	3.15
Yasir Shah	23.4	5	56	1	2.37
Faheem Ashraf	10.0	2	37	0	3.70
Fawad Alam	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-33 (D Elgar, 8.2)·2-127 (HE van der Dussen, 41.3)·3-135 (F du Plessis, 45.5)·4-241 (AK Markram, 81.2)·5-241 (Q de Kock, 81.3)·6-253 (T Bavuma, 86.6)·7-258 (GF Linde, 87.6)·8-268 (KA Maharaj, 90.1)·9-268 (K Rabada, 90.3)·10-274 (PWA Mulder, 91.4)