Player of the Match
Player of the Match
ODI CAREER
CRR:
5.72
RRR:
0
Last 5 Overs:32/1
BATSMENRB4s6sSRThis BowlerLast 5 ovsmatrunshsave
Salman Agha*Agha Salman*(rhb)52102505(2b)5(2b)441252 13441.73
Mohammad RizwanMohammad Rizwan(rhb)32453171.119(16b)20(18b)972804131*40.63
BOWLERSOMRWEcon0s4s6sThis Spellmatwktsbbiave
Bjorn FortuinBC Fortuin(sla)6.103415.5117401.1-0-12-11618 2/2233.94
Nqabayomzi PeterN Peter(lb)401804.514014.0-0-18-046 3/5527.16
Current Partnership :
P'SHIP :
14 runs, 1.3 overs, RR: 9.33 (Mohammad Rizwan 9, Salman Agha 5)
Last Bat :
L'BAT :
Saim Ayub c Ferreira b Fortuin 77 (100m 70b 11X4 1X6) SR: 110
FoW :
FoW :
130/3 (23.4 ov)
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Match Centre

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Abhimanyu Bose

Statistics

Current Batsmen

Agha Salman
Agha Salman
5(2) 1x4 - 0x6
Control %100%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 4 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
32(45) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 1 4 6 5 3 2 7

Current bowlers

BC Fortuin
BC Fortuin
O6.1
M0
R34
W1
Eco5.51
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
N Peter
O4
M0
R18
W0
Eco4.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

PARTNERSHIPS

0
Fakhar Zaman0 (2)
Saim Ayub0 (0)
65
Babar Azam27 (32)
Saim Ayub36 (28)
65
Mohammad Rizwan23 (38)
Saim Ayub41 (42)
14*
Mohammad Rizwan9 (7)
Agha Salman5 (2)

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.10, Second Session 19.10-22.40

Match days

8 November 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

8.30pm So Pakistan record their first home ODI series win over South Africa and Shaheen Shah Afridi, in his first series as ODI skipper, lifts the trophy with his team. It's been packed houses in Faisalabad and we've seen some good cricket. For today, that is all from us. On behalf of Hemant Brar and Hashith Gowda, it's Abhimanyu signing off.

8.20pm Time for the presentation ceremony.

Shaheen Shah Afridi: "It has been teamwork and we have worked very hard across the formats so credit goes to the players. We didn't get so much help in the first five-six overs but when the spinners came in, they made it tough. [On rotating the team] When you play international cricket, you have to be ready for all situations. So every player who came in took their chances. As I said, it's teamwork and we played good cricket but we have another challenge coming up so now we have to prepare for that."

Matthew Breetzke: "Not enough runs. We were probably looking at 250. It was tough conditions and unfortunately we lost too many wickets there. It wasn't easy. Abrar bowled really nicely. Unluckily I got out to his last over, I was looking to be more positive after that. But yeah there was variable bounce. It's massive, experiencing these conditions. We can take a lot of learnings and confidence. Lhuan-dre has been really special and Nandre with his aggression in the powerplay. It's good to see what we've got in stock. [On captaining SA] It was cool, it was a different experience and I would have loved to have won the series but it was good to have the experience of captaincy."

Quinton de Kock is the player of the series: "Bit disappointed we didn't win. Batting conditions were pretty tough and we didn't get enough runs and they batted quite freely because of that. Unfortunate, but it is what it is. For sure [learning opportunity] so it was nice to learn a few things. Learned a couple of things on how to play spin, reverse-swing wickets played low as well so the younger players would have a lot of takeaways. [On learnings from the series] I think it's individual-based for everyone. Now obviously guys will go home, have a quick break and think about their game going forward when they come back to the subcontinent. It's everyone to themselves."

The player of the match, Abrar Ahmed: "I bowled as per how I read the pitch and I kept speaking to Rizwan as well. I have learned some things from my previous games and I just used that here. I try to keep things simple. I apply what I am working on, so I don't think much about being in and out of the team. I have been working on landing the ball in the right areas because that's important with variations and it worked today. I am very happy with this performance and the effort is to try and play better in pressure games."

8pm After Abrar Ahmed led the Pakistan spinners in bowling South Africa out for 143 after the visitors chose to bat, Saim Ayub played a blinder that ensured Pakistan ran away with the game before the pitch started to get tricky. Babar Azam, before he was run out, also looked sublime with some of his strokeplay, and Ayub just kept the pressure on the South Africa bowlers from the get go. Mohammad Rizwan ensured Ayub's late wicket didn't lead to any undue pressure, staying on to finish the game, having played second fiddle to Ayub for a majority of the chase. And that means Pakistan win the series to celebrate the return of international cricket to Faisalabad.

Earlier, South Africa started well with a 72-run stand but then the spinners took over. Salman Agha broke through with the first two wickets before Abrar Ahmed took over. South Africa collapsed 106 for 2 to 143 all out, with the final score stretched by some good lower order batting from Nqaba Peter. For South Africa, probably the performances of Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Quinton de Kock will be the only positives from today, but they had a lot to be happy about through the series, even if it ends in defeat.

25.1
4
Fortuin to Agha Salman, FOUR, Salman finishes it in style! Dances out and hammers an extra cover drive to finish this game just after the halfway mark of this chase. A comprehensive win to seal the series 2-1, Pakistan's first ODI series win over South Africa in Pakistan

END OF OVER:
25 | 8 Runs | PAK: 140/3 (4 runs required from 25 overs, RR: 5.60, RRR: 0.16)

  • Mohammad Rizwan32 (45b)
  • Salman Agha1 (1b)
  • Nqabayomzi Peter4-0-18-0
  • Bjorn Fortuin6-0-30-1
24.6
6
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, SIX, Rocks back and hammers it over midwicket! Was quick to adjust and punish this long hop. Pakistan one hit away now
24.5
0
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Tossed up outside off, drifting in, Rizwan drives to cover
24.4
0
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Short-ish outside off but too close to his body for the cut. He chops it onto the ground
24.3
0
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Wrong'un outside off spins in, Rizwan read it well but miscues the attempted sweep to midwicket
24.2
0
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Full outside off, blocked to cover

Faraz: "Terms like too little too late, cruising the chase, etc doesn't apply when Pakistan are chasing"

24.1
2
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs, On a length on off, punched out past the cover fielder and they pick up two with ease

END OF OVER:
24 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 132/3 (12 runs required from 26 overs, RR: 5.50, RRR: 0.46)

  • Mohammad Rizwan24 (39b)
  • Salman Agha1 (1b)
  • Bjorn Fortuin6-0-30-1
  • Nqabayomzi Peter3-0-10-0
23.6
1
Fortuin to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Short-ish outide off, cut away through point
23.5
1
Fortuin to Agha Salman, 1 run, Drives this length ball out through point

Agha Salman walks out at No. 5. He began the South African collapse today. Now he gets to close the game out too

23.4
W
Fortuin to Saim Ayub, OUT, Ayub picks out long-on. Probably too little too late as Ayub takes on this full ball outside off and can't get the distance needed. Ferreira moves to his left and holds on. Ayub leaves having all but ensured the win for Pakistan

Saim Ayub c Ferreira b Fortuin 77 (100m 70b 11x4 1x6) SR: 110

23.3
1
Fortuin to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Drives this full ball down to long-off
23.2
4
Fortuin to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR, Tossed up on off and Rizwan sweeps this into the gap through backward square. His right hand came off as he played that, but the ball still races away along the carpet

Usman: "Rare scene of Pakistan chasing with ease"

23.1
1
Fortuin to Saim Ayub, 1 run, Full ball, pushed to mid-on

END OF OVER:
23 | 4 Runs | PAK: 124/2 (20 runs required from 27 overs, RR: 5.39, RRR: 0.74)

  • Mohammad Rizwan18 (36b)
  • Saim Ayub76 (68b)
  • Nqabayomzi Peter3-0-10-0
  • Donovan Ferreira4-0-21-0
22.6
0
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Blocks this full ball on the front foot
22.5
1
Peter to Saim Ayub, 1 run, Clips this legbreak off his hips to deep square leg
22.5
1w
Peter to Saim Ayub, 1 wide, Full outside leg and it spins further away
22.4
1
Peter to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Tossed up outside off, driven down to long-off
22.3
1
Peter to Saim Ayub, 1 run, Another legbreak spins in some ways from outside off, cut to point