Pakistan v South Africa, Centurion

Pakistan 211/10 & 237/10

South Africa 301/10 & 150/8

South Africa won by 2 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2024 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion, Centurion 26–29 Dec 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than South Africa.

Pakistan

0.77× -23%

South Africa

0.96× -4%

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

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

98 +249

C Bosch South Africa

81 +176

AK Markram South Africa

126 +167

Kamran Ghulam Pakistan

58 +95

T Bavuma South Africa

71 +91

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Jansen6/52

Mohammad Abbas6/54

D Paterson5/61

C Bosch4/63

Top score

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

5th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 2 wickets

Length4 days

Pakistan

211 /10 (57.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	c M Jansen b C Bosch	17	58	2	0	29.31
Saim Ayub	c K Verreynne b D Paterson	14	35	2	0	40.00
Babar Azam	c AK Markram b D Paterson	4	11	1	0	36.36
Kamran Ghulam	c K Rabada b D Paterson	54	71	8	1	76.06
Saud Shakeel	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	14	6	3	0	233.33
Mohammad Rizwan	c AK Markram b D Paterson	27	62	2	0	43.55
Agha Salman	c RD Rickelton b D Paterson	18	34	2	0	52.94
Aamer Jamal	b C Bosch	28	27	4	1	103.70
Naseem Shah	c K Rabada b C Bosch	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	10	28	1	0	35.71
Khurram Shahzad	c D Paterson b M Jansen	11	16	2	0	68.75

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 5, nb 5)

Total 211/10 (57.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	14.0	2	35	0	2.50
M Jansen	12.3	1	43	1	3.44
D Paterson	16.0	4	61	5	3.81
C Bosch	15.0	4	63	4	4.20

Fall of wickets

1-36 (Shan Masood, 14.1)·2-40 (Saim Ayub, 15.4)·3-41 (Babar Azam, 17.2)·4-56 (Saud Shakeel, 18.3)·5-137 (Kamran Ghulam, 37.7)·6-142 (Mohammad Rizwan, 39.6)·7-189 (Aamer Jamal, 48.5)·8-189 (Agha Salman, 49.6)·9-189 (Naseem Shah, 50.1)·10-211 (Khurram Shahzad, 57.3)

South Africa

301 /10 (73.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Mohammad Rizwan b Khurram Shahzad	89	144	15	0	61.81
T de Zorzi	b Khurram Shahzad	2	8	0	0	25.00
RD Rickelton	c Mohammad Rizwan b Khurram Shahzad	8	10	2	0	80.00
T Stubbs	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	9	28	2	0	32.14
T Bavuma	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	31	74	4	0	41.89
DG Bedingham	c Kamran Ghulam b Naseem Shah	30	33	5	0	90.91
K Verreynne	c Agha Salman b Naseem Shah	2	13	0	0	15.38
M Jansen	c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah	2	13	0	0	15.38
C Bosch*	not out	81	93	15	0	87.10
K Rabada	c Babar Azam b Aamer Jamal	13	15	1	0	86.67
D Paterson	c Khurram Shahzad b Saim Ayub	12	16	1	1	75.00

Extras 22 (b 10, lb 6, w 1, nb 5)

Total 301/10 (73.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Khurram Shahzad	20.0	1	75	3	3.75
Mohammad Abbas	21.0	4	79	1	3.76
Naseem Shah	22.0	1	92	3	4.18
Aamer Jamal	8.0	1	36	2	4.50
Saim Ayub	2.4	0	3	1	1.12

Fall of wickets

1-7 (T de Zorzi, 2.6)·2-24 (RD Rickelton, 6.4)·3-66 (T Stubbs, 15.4)·4-136 (T Bavuma, 36.5)·5-178 (DG Bedingham, 44.6)·6-188 (K Verreynne, 48.3)·7-191 (M Jansen, 50.5)·8-213 (AK Markram, 55.5)·9-254 (K Rabada, 62.5)·10-301 (D Paterson, 73.4)

Pakistan

237 /10 (59.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Saim Ayub	b K Rabada	27	36	6	0	75.00
Shan Masood	c T Stubbs b M Jansen	28	47	4	0	59.57
Babar Azam	c C Bosch b M Jansen	50	85	9	0	58.82
Kamran Ghulam	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	4	8	1	0	50.00
Saud Shakeel	lbw b M Jansen	84	113	10	1	74.34
Mohammad Rizwan	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	3	7	0	0	42.86
Agha Salman	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	1	3	0	0	33.33
Aamer Jamal	c RD Rickelton b D Paterson	18	32	2	0	56.25
Naseem Shah	c T Stubbs b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.00
Khurram Shahzad*	not out	9	18	1	0	50.00
Mohammad Abbas	c AK Markram b C Bosch	0	10	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 2, lb 6, nb 5)

Total 237/10 (59.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	16.0	2	68	2	4.25
C Bosch	11.4	1	54	1	4.63
D Paterson	18.0	3	55	1	3.06
M Jansen	14.0	3	52	6	3.71

Fall of wickets

1-49 (Saim Ayub, 10.3)·2-70 (Shan Masood, 16.3)·3-74 (Kamran Ghulam, 18.5)·4-153 (Babar Azam, 36.5)·5-172 (Mohammad Rizwan, 40.6)·6-176 (Agha Salman, 42.1)·7-208 (Aamer Jamal, 49.5)·8-209 (Naseem Shah, 50.4)·9-236 (Saud Shakeel, 56.4)·10-237 (Mohammad Abbas, 59.4)

South Africa

150 /8 (39.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	2	13	0	0	15.38
AK Markram	b Mohammad Abbas	37	63	6	0	58.73
RD Rickelton	lbw b Khurram Shahzad	0	5	0	0	0.00
T Stubbs	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	1	10	0	0	10.00
T Bavuma	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	40	78	4	1	51.28
DG Bedingham	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	14	14	2	0	100.00
K Verreynne	b Naseem Shah	2	6	0	0	33.33
C Bosch	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	0	1	0	0	0.00
K Rabada*	not out	31	26	5	0	119.23
M Jansen*	not out	16	24	3	0	66.67

Extras 7 (lb 4, nb 3)

Total 150/8 (39.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Khurram Shahzad	10.0	0	47	1	4.70
Mohammad Abbas	19.3	6	54	6	2.77
Naseem Shah	9.0	0	34	1	3.78
Aamer Jamal	1.0	0	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets

1-11 (T de Zorzi, 3.3)·2-12 (RD Rickelton, 4.5)·3-19 (T Stubbs, 7.5)·4-62 (AK Markram, 23.3)·5-96 (T Bavuma, 29.5)·6-99 (K Verreynne, 30.6)·7-99 (DG Bedingham, 31.2)·8-99 (C Bosch, 31.3)