South Africa v Pakistan, Centurion

South Africa 409/10

Pakistan 156/10 & 235/10

South Africa won by 18 runs

Pakistan v South Africa 2013 · 3rd Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 22–24 Feb 2013

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.08× +8%

Pakistan

0.79× -21%

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

AB de Villiers South Africa

121 +187

HM Amla South Africa

92 +102

VD Philander South Africa

74 +101

Imran Farhat Pakistan

73 +84

Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan

57 +77

Best bowling

Top match figures

KJ Abbott7/29

Rahat Ali6/127

DW Steyn4/80

VD Philander2/30

Top score

121

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

129

7th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 18 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

409 /10 (103.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c Younis Khan b Ehsan Adil	5	21	1	23.81
AN Petersen	lbw b Rahat Ali	10	11	2	90.91
HM Amla	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	92	128	13	71.88
F du Plessis	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Ehsan Adil	29	57	6	50.88
AB de Villiers	c Asad Shafiq b Rahat Ali	121	215	15	56.28
D Elgar	lbw b Rahat Ali	7	7	1	100.00
RJ Peterson	run out (Mohammad Irfan)	28	40	4	70.00
VD Philander	c Mohammad Hafeez b Younis Khan	74	113	9	65.49
KJ Abbott	b Rahat Ali	13	28	1	46.43
RK Kleinveldt	c Saeed Ajmal b Rahat Ali	0	8	0	0.00
DW Steyn*	not out	5	4	1	125.00

Extras 25 (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 12)

Total 409/10 (103.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Irfan	21.5	3	80	0	3.66
Rahat Ali	27.2	2	127	6	4.65
Ehsan Adil	12.1	2	54	2	4.44
Saeed Ajmal	29.0	6	76	0	2.62
Younis Khan	6.0	0	28	1	4.67
Mohammad Hafeez	5.0	0	24	0	4.80
Azhar Ali	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-13 (AN Petersen, 3.1)·2-38 (GC Smith, 9.3)·3-107 (F du Plessis, 28.3)·4-186 (HM Amla, 46.4)·5-196 (D Elgar, 48.3)·6-248 (RJ Peterson, 62.5)·7-377 (VD Philander, 94.3)·8-394 (AB de Villiers, 99.4)·9-402 (RK Kleinveldt, 101.3)·10-409 (KJ Abbott, 103.2)

Pakistan

156 /10 (46.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c D Elgar b KJ Abbott	18	44	3	40.91
Imran Farhat	lbw b VD Philander	30	60	3	50.00
Azhar Ali	b VD Philander	6	6	1	100.00
Misbah-ul-Haq	c AN Petersen b KJ Abbott	10	27	2	37.04
Younis Khan	lbw b KJ Abbott	33	86	5	38.37
Asad Shafiq	lbw b DW Steyn	6	12	1	50.00
Sarfraz Ahmed	c GC Smith b KJ Abbott	17	28	3	60.71
Saeed Ajmal	c GC Smith b KJ Abbott	0	1	0	0.00
Ehsan Adil	c F du Plessis b KJ Abbott	9	13	1	69.23
Mohammad Irfan	c D Elgar b KJ Abbott	0	2	0	0.00
Rahat Ali*	not out	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 27 (lb 17, w 8, nb 2)

Total 156/10 (46.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	12.0	5	25	1	2.08
VD Philander	10.0	2	30	2	3.00
RK Kleinveldt	12.0	1	49	0	4.08
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2.49
RJ Peterson	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-46 (Imran Farhat, 16.1)·2-56 (Mohammad Hafeez, 17.6)·3-56 (Azhar Ali, 18.1)·4-75 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 25.4)·5-95 (Asad Shafiq, 29.4)·6-132 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 40.1)·7-132 (Saeed Ajmal, 40.2)·8-149 (Ehsan Adil, 44.2)·9-149 (Mohammad Irfan, 44.4)·10-156 (Younis Khan, 46.4)

Pakistan

235 /10 (78.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Younis Khan	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	11	46	1	0	23.91
Azhar Ali	run out (DW Steyn)	27	110	3	0	24.55
Imran Farhat	c AB de Villiers b KJ Abbott	43	91	5	0	47.25
Misbah-ul-Haq	c AB de Villiers b RK Kleinveldt	5	33	1	0	15.15
Asad Shafiq	c VD Philander b RK Kleinveldt	6	14	1	0	42.86
Sarfraz Ahmed	c D Elgar b DW Steyn	40	45	6	0	88.89
Saeed Ajmal	lbw b DW Steyn	31	57	4	1	54.39
Ehsan Adil	c RK Kleinveldt b KJ Abbott	12	21	2	0	57.14
Mohammad Irfan*	not out	6	25	0	0	24.00
Rahat Ali	lbw b RJ Peterson	22	27	5	0	81.48

Extras 32 (b 9, lb 10, w 11, nb 2)

Total 235/10 (78.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.0	5	80	4	3.48
VD Philander	15.0	4	32	0	2.13
KJ Abbott	17.0	7	39	2	2.29
RK Kleinveldt	13.0	2	33	2	2.54
RJ Peterson	10.0	2	32	1	3.20

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.1)·2-39 (Younis Khan, 16.2)·3-93 (Azhar Ali, 38.2)·4-107 (Imran Farhat, 45.3)·5-107 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 46.6)·6-114 (Asad Shafiq, 48.6)·7-183 (Saeed Ajmal, 64.3)·8-202 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 68.6)·9-202 (Ehsan Adil, 69.2)·10-235 (Rahat Ali, 77.6)