South Africa v Pakistan, Cape Town

South Africa 615/10 & 58/0

Pakistan 194/9 & 478/9

South Africa won by 10 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2024 · 2nd Test Newlands, Cape Town, Cape Town 3–6 Jan 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.13× +13%

Pakistan

0.77× -23%

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

RD Rickelton South Africa

259 +312

Shan Masood Pakistan

147 +198

Babar Azam Pakistan

139 +191

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

87 +111

T Bavuma South Africa

106 +107

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada3/55

Mohammad Abbas3/94

K Rabada3/115

KA Maharaj3/137

Top score

259

RD Rickelton · South Africa

Biggest stand

235

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–50

4 wkts for 50 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 10 wickets

Length4 days

South Africa

615 /10 (141.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Mohammad Rizwan b Khurram Shahzad	17	40	3	0	42.50
RD Rickelton	c Mohammad Abbas b Mir Hamza	259	343	29	3	75.51
PWA Mulder	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	5	18	1	0	27.78
T Stubbs	c Mohammad Rizwan b Agha Salman	0	6	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma	c Mohammad Rizwan b Agha Salman	106	179	9	2	59.22
DG Bedingham	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	5	19	0	0	26.32
K Verreynne	c Aamer Jamal b Agha Salman	100	147	9	5	68.03
M Jansen	c Babar Azam b Mir Hamza	62	54	8	3	114.81
KA Maharaj	c Mohammad Rizwan b Khurram Shahzad	40	35	4	2	114.29
K Rabada*	not out	6	10	0	0	60.00
KT Maphaka	b Mohammad Abbas	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (lb 10, w 1, nb 4)

Total 615/10 (141.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	27.3	1	94	3	3.42
Mir Hamza	30.0	3	127	2	4.23
Khurram Shahzad	25.0	4	123	2	4.92
Aamer Jamal	20.0	0	110	0	5.50
Agha Salman	38.0	4	148	3	3.89
Kamran Ghulam	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-61 (AK Markram, 15.2)·2-70 (PWA Mulder, 20.5)·3-72 (T Stubbs, 22.5)·4-307 (T Bavuma, 76.4)·5-323 (DG Bedingham, 83.4)·6-471 (K Verreynne, 120.3)·7-557 (RD Rickelton, 131.4)·8-572 (M Jansen, 135.4)·9-614 (KA Maharaj, 140.6)·10-615 (KT Maphaka, 141.3)

Pakistan

194 /9 (54.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	2	6	0	0	33.33
Babar Azam	c K Verreynne b KT Maphaka	58	127	7	0	45.67
Kamran Ghulam	b M Jansen	12	17	2	0	70.59
Saud Shakeel	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	0	6	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Rizwan	b PWA Mulder	46	82	2	1	56.10
Agha Salman	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	19	22	3	0	86.36
Aamer Jamal	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	15	36	2	0	41.67
Khurram Shahzad	c T Stubbs b KT Maphaka	14	29	2	0	48.28
Mir Hamza	c DG Bedingham b KA Maharaj	13	13	1	1	100.00
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (lb 2, nb 13)

Total 194/9 (54.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	15.0	3	55	3	3.67
M Jansen	12.0	4	36	1	3.00
KT Maphaka	8.2	2	43	2	5.16
PWA Mulder	11.0	0	44	1	4.00
KA Maharaj	8.0	2	14	2	1.75

Fall of wickets

1-2 (Shan Masood, 0.6)·2-18 (Kamran Ghulam, 5.6)·3-20 (Saud Shakeel, 8.4)·4-118 (Babar Azam, 34.5)·5-144 (Mohammad Rizwan, 39.2)·6-155 (Agha Salman, 43.4)·7-172 (Aamer Jamal, 50.1)·8-194 (Mir Hamza, 53.5)·9-194 (Khurram Shahzad, 54.2)

Pakistan

478 /9 (122.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	lbw b KT Maphaka	145	251	17	0	57.77
Babar Azam	c DG Bedingham b M Jansen	81	124	10	0	65.32
Khurram Shahzad	c KA Maharaj b M Jansen	18	47	3	0	38.30
Kamran Ghulam	b K Rabada	28	42	4	0	66.67
Saud Shakeel	c AK Markram b K Rabada	23	51	0	0	45.10
Agha Salman	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	48	95	5	0	50.53
Mohammad Rizwan	c T Bavuma b KA Maharaj	41	75	2	0	54.67
Aamer Jamal	c DG Bedingham b KA Maharaj	34	43	7	0	79.07
Mir Hamza	c KT Maphaka b K Rabada	16	20	0	1	80.00
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 44 (b 7, lb 19, nb 18)

Total 478/9 (122.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	25.1	3	115	3	4.57
M Jansen	24.0	0	101	2	4.21
PWA Mulder	12.0	1	38	0	3.17
KT Maphaka	13.0	0	47	1	3.62
KA Maharaj	45.0	5	137	3	3.04
AK Markram	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-205 (Babar Azam, 46.2)·2-235 (Khurram Shahzad, 58.1)·3-278 (Kamran Ghulam, 66.7)·4-329 (Saud Shakeel, 82.6)·5-329 (Shan Masood, 83.3)·6-417 (Mohammad Rizwan, 109.2)·7-441 (Agha Salman, 115.5)·8-478 (Aamer Jamal, 121.3)·9-478 (Mir Hamza, 122.1)

South Africa

58 /0 (7.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DG Bedingham*	not out	44	30	4	2	146.67
AK Markram*	not out	14	13	1	0	107.69

Extras 0

Total 58/0 (7.1 ov)

Bowler	O	R	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	2.0	19	9.50
Agha Salman	3.0	25	8.33
Kamran Ghulam	2.0	13	6.50
Saud Shakeel	0.1	1	6.00