12/10Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 12-15 2025
Pakistan won by 93 runs
Player of the Match
Noman Ali
Noman AliPakistan
12/10Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 12-15 2025
Pakistan won by 93 runs
Player of the Match
Noman Ali
Noman AliPakistan

3:38pm Well, that happened rather quickly. Pakistan, just moments before the tea interval, seemed to be in a position of solidity. Then Shakeel fell on the stroke of the break and it was a bit of a procession after it, with the last six wickets adding just 17 runs. Prior to that, Babar showed decent application to get himself to 42. Shafique, a little more chancy, was also enterprising enough for his 41, with Shakeel's 38 being the other notable contribution.

SA, meanwhile, will be chuffed by how they have wrapped things up post-tea. Muthusamy was front and centre again, but they will also be pleased with how Harmer bowled. He got the ball to dip, drift and spin and the two aforementioned spinners combined for nine wickets, with Rabada bagging the other. That means SA now have a 277-run target in front of them. It will not be easy but they will take heart from the fact that it could have been a lot more. Join us in a bit for the world champion's chase.

46.1
W
Harmer to Sajid Khan, OUT, Sajid tries his luck at a big shot, and Pakistan have been rolled over for 167, despite being 150-4 at one stage! Harmer dangles the carrot outside off and Sajid bites. He rushes down the track, looking to tonk this into tomorrow but loses his shape completely. An ungainly mow across the line in the end and the ball skews up towards deep mid on. Brevis tracks it all the way and then gobbles up the chance over his right shoulder. SA will have to chase down 277 to win this game and take a 1-0 lead!

Sajid Khan c Brevis b Harmer 1 (9m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20

Hasan Ali is the last batter in. Sajid on strike for now

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | PAK: 167/9

  • Sajid Khan1 (4b)
  • Senuran Muthusamy17-1-57-5
  • Simon Harmer14-3-51-3
45.6
W
Muthusamy to Noman Ali, OUT, another lbw shout, and the finger goes up yet again! And we have another review! This could be a wasted one, though. Speared in full, perhaps pitching just in line with leg stump. Noman, like Shaheen before him, looks for the reverse and makes a complete hash of it. Gets thumped on the front pad and with the ball straightening, this could be curtains for him. No bat involved, as expected. Pitching is on middle stump, and the ball is cannoning into middle stump two-thirds of the way up. Muthusamy has eleven in the game (finally), and he also has back-to-back five-wicket hauls!

Noman Ali lbw b Muthusamy 11 (22m 16b 0x4 1x6) SR: 68.75

Around the wicket to Noman as well

45.5
1
Muthusamy to Sajid Khan, 1 run, fuller on off stump. Sajid gives himself a bit of room and drives it enough to mid off's left to get off the mark
45.4
0
Muthusamy to Sajid Khan, no run, tossed up full just outside off. Sajid presses forward fully and blocks
45.3
0
Muthusamy to Sajid Khan, no run, flighted up full outside off. Sajid gets onto the front foot and prods it towards extra cover
45.2
0
Muthusamy to Sajid Khan, no run, Muthusamy is off on a celebrappeal, and ten wickets in the match becomes eleven in the game! But hang on, Sajid wants to have another look! Angled in on a length on middle and leg. Grips in the surface and straightens. Sajid, swinging like a rusty gate, gets nowhere close to it and gets pinned on the back leg. Looked pretty good in real time. Height could be what saves him. Clearly no bat involved. Ball Tracking comes up and...shows the ball to be bouncing over off stump. Bouncing over considerably too. Muthusamy has to wait for his 11th in the match!

Sajid is the new batter in

45.1
W
Muthusamy to Agha Salman, OUT, bowled'im round his legs, and Muthusamy has ten in the Test! What a moment for the 31-year-old, and Pakistan are now eight down! Tossed up on a length just outside leg. Salman plants his front foot outside off and looks to sweep it away. Cuts himself off in the end because of his rather early decision to go so far across and he cannot access the ball. It squirms under his swiping blade and then thuds into the stumps. Muthusamy is all smiles. He becomes only the fourth South African spinner to bag a ten-wicket haul in a Test, and this is a game he will remember for a long, long time!

Agha Salman b Muthusamy 4 (26m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 36.36

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South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13AK MarkramRD Rickelton
2nd5RD RickeltonPWA Mulder
3rd33RD RickeltonT de Zorzi
4th4T StubbsRD Rickelton
5th73RD RickeltonD Brevis
6th6K VerreynneRD Rickelton
7th10S MuthusamyK Verreynne
8th29SR HarmerK Verreynne
9th10SR HarmerP Subrayen
10th0SR HarmerK Rabada