TestNo. 2406MenUpset 63

South Africa v Pakistan

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

South Africa tour of Pakistan, Match 126 January 2021 to 29 January 2021National Stadium, Karachi

South Africabatted first

220 & 245100.3 ov

Pakistan

378 & 90/322.5 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match Fawad Alam

South Africa innings

22069.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Babar Azam b Nauman Ali	58	106	9	0	54.7
AK Markram	c Imran Butt b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	16	3	0	81.3
HE van der Dussen	run out	17	30	3	0	56.7
F du Plessis	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	23	46	4	0	50.0
Q de Kock	c Imran Butt b Nauman Ali	15	23	1	0	65.2
T Bavuma	run out	17	67	0	0	25.4
GF Linde	c Mohammad Nawaz (3) (sub) b Hasan Ali	35	64	5	0	54.7
KA Maharaj	b Yasir Shah	0	11	0	0	0.0
K Rabada	not out	21*	36	3	1	58.3
A Nortje	b Yasir Shah	0	9	0	0	0.0
L Ngidi	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	8	15	2	0	53.3
Extras	b 5, lb 1, nb 7	13
Total	all out, 69.2 overs, run rate 3.17	220

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-30 AK Markram2-63 HE van der Dussen3-108 F du Plessis4-133 Q de Kock5-136 D Elgar6-179 T Bavuma7-179 KA Maharaj8-194 GF Linde9-195 A Nortje10-220 L Ngidi

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Shaheen Shah Afridi	11.2	0	49	2	4.32	51	8	0	3
Hasan Ali	14	5	61	1	4.36	65	13	0	2
Faheem Ashraf	5	0	12	0	2.40	25	2	0	0
Nauman Ali	17	4	38	2	2.24	77	3	0	1
Yasir Shah	22	6	54	3	2.45	102	4	1	1

Pakistan innings

378119.2 ov

Pakistan batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Butt	c KD Petersen (sub) b K Rabada	9	25	1	0	36.0
Abid Ali	b K Rabada	4	9	0	0	44.4
Azhar Ali	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	51	151	4	0	33.8
Babar Azam	lbw b KA Maharaj	7	30	0	0	23.3
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b A Nortje	0	4	0	0	0.0
Fawad Alam	c T Bavuma b L Ngidi	109	245	9	2	44.5
Mohammad Rizwan	c F du Plessis b L Ngidi	33	59	6	0	55.9
Faheem Ashraf	b A Nortje	64	84	9	0	76.2
Hasan Ali	b K Rabada	21	33	2	0	63.6
Nauman Ali	lbw b KA Maharaj	24	49	3	0	49.0
Yasir Shah	not out	38*	37	4	1	102.7
Extras	b 1, lb 7, nb 10	18
Total	all out, 119.2 overs, run rate 3.17	378

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-5 Abid Ali2-15 Imran Butt3-26 Babar Azam4-27 Shaheen Shah Afridi5-121 Azhar Ali6-176 Mohammad Rizwan7-278 Fawad Alam8-295 Faheem Ashraf9-323 Hasan Ali10-378 Nauman Ali

Bowling to Pakistan
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
K Rabada	27	7	70	3	2.59	120	6	0	3
A Nortje	27	4	105	2	3.89	109	12	0	1
L Ngidi	17	1	57	2	3.35	71	7	0	3
KA Maharaj	32.2	4	90	3	2.78	148	7	2	3
GF Linde	13	4	38	0	2.92	60	5	1	0
AK Markram	3	0	10	0	3.33	11	1	0	0

South Africa innings

245100.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Abid Ali b Nauman Ali	74	224	10	0	33.0
D Elgar	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	29	45	4	0	64.4
HE van der Dussen	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	64	151	5	0	42.4
F du Plessis	lbw b Yasir Shah	10	21	1	0	47.6
KA Maharaj	b Hasan Ali	2	7	0	0	28.6
Q de Kock	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	2	17	0	0	11.8
T Bavuma	lbw b Nauman Ali	40	93	3	0	43.0
GF Linde	c Imran Butt b Nauman Ali	11	29	2	0	37.9
K Rabada	b Nauman Ali	1	11	0	0	9.1
A Nortje	c Fawad Alam b Nauman Ali	0	8	0	0	0.0
L Ngidi	not out	3*	4	0	0	75.0
Extras	lb 1, w 1, nb 7	9
Total	all out, 100.3 overs, run rate 2.44	245

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-48 D Elgar2-175 HE van der Dussen3-185 F du Plessis4-185 AK Markram5-187 KA Maharaj6-192 Q de Kock7-234 GF Linde8-238 K Rabada9-240 A Nortje10-245 T Bavuma

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	1	61	0	3.59	73	8	0	3
Hasan Ali	16	1	61	1	3.81	70	8	1	3
Nauman Ali	25.3	8	35	5	1.37	133	2	0	1
Yasir Shah	33	7	79	4	2.39	149	6	0	0
Faheem Ashraf	9	6	8	0	0.89	50	1	0	0

Pakistan innings

90/322.5 ov

Pakistan batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Butt	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	12	30	3	0	40.0
Abid Ali	b A Nortje	10	17	2	0	58.8
Azhar Ali	not out	31*	47	4	0	66.0
Babar Azam	lbw b KA Maharaj	30	39	6	0	76.9
Fawad Alam	not out	4*	4	1	0	100.0
Extras	b 1, lb 2	3
Total	3 wickets, 22.5 overs, run rate 3.94	90

Did not batShaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Yasir Shah

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-22 Abid Ali2-23 Imran Butt3-86 Babar Azam

Bowling to Pakistan
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
K Rabada	8	2	21	0	2.63	41	4
A Nortje	7	1	24	2	3.43	33	4
KA Maharaj	1.5	0	12	1	6.55	8	3
L Ngidi	3	0	17	0	5.67	11	3
GF Linde	3	0	13	0	4.33	13	2

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Player of the match

Fawad AlamPakistan

109off 245 balls, 9 fours and 2 sixes, strike rate 44.5

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2406
Competition: South Africa tour of Pakistan
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Aleem Dar
TV umpire: Asif Yaqoob
Match referee: Muhammad Javed
Season: 2020/21

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 24 / 14°C, dry
Day 2: 25 / 14°C, dry
Day 3: 25 / 14°C, dry
Day 4: 25 / 14°C, dry

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