Pakistan v South Africa, Lahore

Pakistan 378/10 & 167/10

South Africa 269/10 & 183/10

Pakistan won by 93 runs

Pakistan v South Africa 2025 · 1st Test Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Lahore 12–15 Oct 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.09× +9%

South Africa

0.92× -8%

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

T de Zorzi South Africa

120 +199

RD Rickelton South Africa

116 +150

Agha Salman Pakistan

97 +149

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

89 +112

Imam-ul-Haq Pakistan

93 +99

Best bowling

Top match figures

Nauman Ali6/112

S Muthusamy6/117

S Muthusamy5/57

Shaheen Shah Afridi4/33

Top score

104

T de Zorzi · South Africa

Biggest stand

163

6th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

5–17

5 wkts for 17 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 93 runs

Length4 days

Pakistan

378 /10 (110.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	lbw b K Rabada	2	3	0	0	66.67
Shan Masood	lbw b P Subrayen	76	147	9	1	51.70
Imam-ul-Haq	c T de Zorzi b S Muthusamy	93	153	7	1	60.78
Babar Azam	lbw b SR Harmer	23	48	4	0	47.92
Saud Shakeel	c & b S Muthusamy	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Rizwan	c K Verreynne b S Muthusamy	75	140	2	2	53.57
Agha Salman	c S Muthusamy b P Subrayen	93	145	5	3	64.14
Nauman Ali	b S Muthusamy	0	2	0	0	0.00
Sajid Khan	c AK Markram b S Muthusamy	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b S Muthusamy	7	23	1	0	30.43
Hasan Ali*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 7, nb 2)

Total 378/10 (110.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	17.0	2	56	1	3.29
PWA Mulder	2.0	0	13	0	6.50
P Subrayen	25.4	2	78	2	3.04
SR Harmer	33.0	5	101	1	3.06
S Muthusamy	32.0	6	117	6	3.66
AK Markram	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.3)·2-163 (Shan Masood, 47.3)·3-199 (Imam-ul-Haq, 56.5)·4-199 (Saud Shakeel, 56.6)·5-199 (Babar Azam, 59.2)·6-362 (Mohammad Rizwan, 101.3)·7-362 (Nauman Ali, 101.5)·8-362 (Sajid Khan, 101.6)·9-378 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 109.3)·10-378 (Agha Salman, 110.4)

South Africa

269 /10 (84.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	20	37	1	0	54.05
RD Rickelton	c Babar Azam b Agha Salman	71	137	9	2	51.82
PWA Mulder	c Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	17	41	3	0	41.46
T de Zorzi	c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Nauman Ali	104	171	10	2	60.82
T Stubbs	c Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	8	17	0	0	47.06
D Brevis	c Shan Masood b Sajid Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
K Verreynne	lbw b Nauman Ali	2	13	0	0	15.38
S Muthusamy	c Agha Salman b Sajid Khan	11	34	1	0	32.35
SR Harmer*	not out	19	36	2	0	52.78
P Subrayen	c Agha Salman b Nauman Ali	4	11	0	0	36.36
K Rabada	b Sajid Khan	0	9	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 3)

Total 269/10 (84.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	5.0	2	15	0	3.00
Nauman Ali	35.0	3	112	6	3.20
Sajid Khan	33.0	2	98	3	2.97
Hasan Ali	4.0	2	14	0	3.50
Agha Salman	7.0	2	21	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-45 (AK Markram, 11.5)·2-80 (PWA Mulder, 24.5)·3-174 (RD Rickelton, 50.1)·4-192 (T Stubbs, 54.6)·5-193 (D Brevis, 55.6)·6-200 (K Verreynne, 60.3)·7-228 (S Muthusamy, 71.4)·8-256 (T de Zorzi, 78.1)·9-268 (P Subrayen, 82.2)·10-269 (K Rabada, 83.6)

Pakistan

167 /10 (46.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c & b S Muthusamy	41	73	6	0	56.16
Imam-ul-Haq	st K Verreynne b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shan Masood	lbw b SR Harmer	7	17	1	0	41.18
Babar Azam	lbw b K Rabada	42	72	5	0	58.33
Saud Shakeel	c T Stubbs b S Muthusamy	38	53	7	0	71.70
Mohammad Rizwan	b SR Harmer	14	27	1	0	51.85
Agha Salman	b S Muthusamy	4	11	0	0	36.36
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c PWA Mulder b S Muthusamy	0	6	0	0	0.00
Nauman Ali	lbw b S Muthusamy	11	16	0	1	68.75
Sajid Khan	c D Brevis b SR Harmer	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 9 (lb 4, nb 5)

Total 167/10 (46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	10.0	0	33	1	3.30
SR Harmer	14.1	4	51	4	3.60
S Muthusamy	17.0	1	57	5	3.35
P Subrayen	5.0	0	22	0	4.40

Fall of wickets

1-2 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.4)·2-33 (Shan Masood, 9.2)·3-64 (Abdullah Shafique, 18.6)·4-119 (Babar Azam, 30.5)·5-150 (Saud Shakeel, 39.4)·6-150 (Mohammad Rizwan, 40.1)·7-151 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 41.3)·8-166 (Agha Salman, 45.1)·9-167 (Nauman Ali, 45.6)·10-167 (Sajid Khan, 46.1)

South Africa

183 /10 (60.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RD Rickelton	c Agha Salman b Sajid Khan	45	145	4	0	31.03
AK Markram	b Nauman Ali	3	11	0	0	27.27
PWA Mulder	c Agha Salman b Nauman Ali	0	3	0	0	0.00
T de Zorzi	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	16	47	0	0	34.04
T Stubbs	c Agha Salman b Nauman Ali	2	8	0	0	25.00
D Brevis	b Nauman Ali	54	54	6	2	100.00
K Verreynne	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	19	48	1	0	39.58
S Muthusamy	lbw b Sajid Khan	6	14	0	0	42.86
SR Harmer*	not out	14	29	1	0	48.28
P Subrayen	b Shaheen Shah Afridi	8	8	1	0	100.00
K Rabada	b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 8, nb 4)

Total 183/10 (60.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Hasan Ali	6.0	0	14	0	2.33
Nauman Ali	28.0	4	79	4	2.82
Sajid Khan	14.0	1	38	2	2.71
Agha Salman	4.0	1	7	0	1.75
Shaheen Shah Afridi	8.5	2	33	4	3.74

Fall of wickets

1-13 (AK Markram, 5.5)·2-18 (PWA Mulder, 7.1)·3-51 (T de Zorzi, 22.3)·4-55 (T Stubbs, 25.2)·5-128 (D Brevis, 41.3)·6-134 (RD Rickelton, 46.2)·7-144 (S Muthusamy, 50.4)·8-173 (K Verreynne, 58.1)·9-183 (P Subrayen, 60.3)·10-183 (K Rabada, 60.5)