Pakistan v South Africa, Rawalpindi

Pakistan 333/10 & 138/10

South Africa 404/10 & 73/2

South Africa won by 8 wickets

Pakistan v South Africa 2025 · 2nd Test Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 20–23 Oct 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.04× +4%

South Africa

0.95× -5%

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

S Muthusamy South Africa

89 +229

K Rabada South Africa

71 +157

Shan Masood Pakistan

87 +102

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

77 +101

Babar Azam Pakistan

66 +100

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj7/102

SR Harmer6/50

Asif Afridi6/79

KA Maharaj2/34

Top score

89*

S Muthusamy · South Africa

Biggest stand

113

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 8 wickets

Length4 days

Pakistan

333 /10 (113.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c K Verreynne b SR Harmer	57	146	4	0	39.04
Imam-ul-Haq	b SR Harmer	17	35	2	0	48.57
Shan Masood	c M Jansen b KA Maharaj	87	176	2	3	49.43
Babar Azam	c T de Zorzi b KA Maharaj	16	22	3	0	72.73
Saud Shakeel	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	66	147	4	0	44.90
Mohammad Rizwan	lbw b K Rabada	19	39	2	0	48.72
Agha Salman	lbw b KA Maharaj	45	76	5	0	59.21
Nauman Ali*	not out	6	19	0	0	31.58
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b KA Maharaj	0	7	0	0	0.00
Sajid Khan	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	5	14	1	0	35.71
Asif Afridi	b KA Maharaj	4	3	1	0	133.33

Extras 11 (b 6, lb 3, nb 2)

Total 333/10 (113.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	18.0	2	60	1	3.33
M Jansen	20.0	6	58	0	2.90
KA Maharaj	42.4	5	102	7	2.39
SR Harmer	25.0	3	75	2	3.00
S Muthusamy	4.0	0	17	0	4.25
AK Markram	4.0	0	12	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-35 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.3)·2-146 (Abdullah Shafique, 50.5)·3-167 (Babar Azam, 55.6)·4-212 (Shan Masood, 73.3)·5-246 (Mohammad Rizwan, 84.5)·6-316 (Agha Salman, 105.5)·7-321 (Saud Shakeel, 107.5)·8-323 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 109.3)·9-329 (Sajid Khan, 113.1)·10-333 (Asif Afridi, 113.4)

South Africa

404 /10 (119.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Saud Shakeel b Sajid Khan	32	62	4	1	51.61
RD Rickelton	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	14	26	1	0	53.85
T Stubbs	lbw b Asif Afridi	76	205	6	1	37.07
T de Zorzi	lbw b Asif Afridi	55	93	1	2	59.14
D Brevis	c Agha Salman b Asif Afridi	0	4	0	0	0.00
K Verreynne	c Mohammad Rizwan b Asif Afridi	10	29	0	0	34.48
S Muthusamy*	not out	89	155	8	0	57.42
SR Harmer	lbw b Asif Afridi	2	7	0	0	28.57
M Jansen	lbw b Nauman Ali	12	26	1	0	46.15
KA Maharaj	st Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	30	53	3	0	56.60
K Rabada	c Abdullah Shafique b Asif Afridi	71	61	4	4	116.39

Extras 13 (b 5, lb 4, nb 4)

Total 404/10 (119.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	26.0	2	95	1	3.65
Nauman Ali	28.0	3	92	2	3.29
Asif Afridi	34.3	7	79	6	2.29
Sajid Khan	29.0	3	119	1	4.10
Agha Salman	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-22 (RD Rickelton, 8.2)·2-54 (AK Markram, 20.4)·3-167 (T de Zorzi, 57.5)·4-171 (D Brevis, 59.3)·5-185 (K Verreynne, 65.4)·6-204 (T Stubbs, 73.4)·7-210 (SR Harmer, 75.5)·8-235 (M Jansen, 84.4)·9-306 (KA Maharaj, 99.6)·10-404 (K Rabada, 119.3)

Pakistan

138 /10 (49.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b SR Harmer	9	14	2	0	64.29
Abdullah Shafique	c M Jansen b K Rabada	6	19	0	0	31.58
Shan Masood	lbw b SR Harmer	0	5	0	0	0.00
Saud Shakeel	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	11	43	1	0	25.58
Babar Azam	lbw b SR Harmer	50	87	7	0	57.47
Mohammad Rizwan	c T de Zorzi b SR Harmer	18	64	1	0	28.12
Agha Salman	b KA Maharaj	28	42	2	0	66.67
Nauman Ali	c K Verreynne b SR Harmer	0	3	0	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	run out (RD Rickelton)	0	5	0	0	0.00
Sajid Khan	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	13	16	1	1	81.25
Asif Afridi*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (nb 3)

Total 138/10 (49.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	11.0	3	38	1	3.45
SR Harmer	20.0	5	50	6	2.50
KA Maharaj	11.3	1	34	2	2.96
S Muthusamy	4.0	0	11	0	2.75
M Jansen	3.0	1	5	0	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-12 (Imam-ul-Haq, 3.6)·2-16 (Shan Masood, 5.6)·3-16 (Abdullah Shafique, 6.1)·4-60 (Saud Shakeel, 20.1)·5-96 (Babar Azam, 35.5)·6-105 (Mohammad Rizwan, 39.4)·7-105 (Nauman Ali, 41.1)·8-105 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 42.1)·9-129 (Agha Salman, 47.5)·10-138 (Sajid Khan, 49.3)

South Africa

73 /2 (12.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RD Rickelton*	not out	25	29	2	1	86.21
AK Markram	lbw b Nauman Ali	42	45	8	0	93.33
T Stubbs	c Agha Salman b Nauman Ali	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (lb 3, nb 3)

Total 73/2 (12.3 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Asif Afridi	4.0	15	0	3.75
Nauman Ali	6.0	40	2	6.67
Sajid Khan	2.3	15	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-64 (AK Markram, 11.3)·2-65 (T Stubbs, 11.7)