- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 gone!! Good catch by de Kock, and good, tight line by Burger, who roars in celebration. Fakhar has a word with Ayub for a possible review, but the latter asks his partner to walk back. A sharp short delivery rising considerably on middle stump, and thus cramping Fakhar for room. The bounce is too steep for him to handle, and as Fakhar attempts to pull, the ball pops up off the gloves, and right behind towards de Kock, who went low and dived forward to pouch it 1/124.3 taken!! Sharp return catch by Bosch. Ayub drives back aerially, and Bosch does well to go low while sliding towards his left, and grab the ball. He bowled it on the fuller side of a length around middle and leg, and Ayub played forward with the full face of the bat. Bosch breaks a 92-run stand with that athletic effort 114/44.1 caught at first slip!! Burger bags Babar early. Good bowling, and equally good catching. First the ball, though. Burger angled it across from over the wicket, and bowled on the shorter side of a length on the stumps. Babar was squared up by the tight line and length, and like earlier in the day, his front leg was out of the way as he looked to push at it. He ended up getting a thick outside edge, before Ferreira dived to his left to complete a quick grab 17/24.5 bowled him!! Rizwan is clueless. Burger is pumped up. The bottom edge off the bat lands on the leg stump, and the Pakistan supporters in the stands look skywards. Shorter side of a length from Burger, who angles this across, and pitches it on or around off stump. Rizwan's bat or shoulders aren't entirely raised up as the ball finishes around fifth stump, and he ends up chopping on for Burger's third wicket 22/340.6 Around the wicket, what a tremendous riposte! Pursues with the yorker ploy and hits the stick, magnificent inswinging yorker on middle and he has the last laugh, gets the settled man out 190/629.6 soft dismissal!! Talat falls after offering a return catch to Peter. The legspinner got plenty of revs on this short-of-a-length ball on middle, which straightened after pitching. Talat closed the face of the bat, and was looking to clip, but got a leading edge back to Peter, who hardly had to move in his follow through to complete the catch. With that wicket, South Africa keep Pakistan in check 131/549.5 Cries of catch it and Peter hangs onto it brilliantly, running back and taking down his throat, given a lot of air and spinning it across middle, he had to go and this time got a top-edge that ballooned up. Neverthelss it's been a magnificent innings 263/946.5 lands it short around the line off, in his hitting and doesn't go out of the park! Hit high but not entirely mighty, taken at deep square with ease. Burger knew he is going to take on the short ball and didn't give him much time to react on this occasion, strangled him on shoulder height. Pretorius hangs onto it brilliantly 233/747.1 Over the wicket, quicker legbreak outside off, wanted to pump it leg-side and got a top-edge, taken by the bowler while running to his right, as easy as you like. Captain departs without troubling the scorers much. Pakistan needed some big hits from him but looks like all the heavy-lifting work will have to be done by Nawaz. Although Wasim Jnr has the capability to hit the long ball as well 234/8Extras16 (b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 11)TOTAL269/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.38)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Fakhar Zaman, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Babar Azam, 4.1 ov), 3-22 (Mohammad Rizwan, 4.5 ov), 4-114 (Saim Ayub, 24.3 ov), 5-131 (Hussain Talat, 29.6 ov), 6-190 (Salman Agha, 40.6 ov), 7-233 (Faheem Ashraf, 46.5 ov), 8-234 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 47.1 ov), 9-263 (Mohammad Nawaz, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Burger 10 0 46 4 4.6 39 3 1 3 1 C Bosch 10 1 58 2 5.8 36 7 2 1 0 BC Fortuin 10 0 46 0 4.6 31 3 1 0 0 D Ferreira 10 0 41 0 4.1 34 3 0 2 0 GF Linde 2 0 19 0 9.5 4 1 1 0 0 N Peter 8 0 55 3 6.87 19 2 3 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.5 Edged and taken! Pakistan have their first breakthrough, nothing was going their way. Persists with the same length and gets some gyration in the channel, tries to slash it away and ends up nicking it to the keeper Rizan who a sharp catch diving forwards 81/134.2 leading edge, and he'll miss out on a hundred!! The ball goes low to Ayub at point. Ashraf bowled it on the fuller side of a length on leg, and de Zorzi went clipping it through the line. But either he seemed to have closed the face of the bat too early, or the ball stopped on the pitch, as he got a leading edge to point 234/2Extras8 (lb 3, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL270/2 (40.1 Overs, RR: 6.72)Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 11.5 ov), 2-234 (Tony de Zorzi, 34.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 7 0 41 0 5.85 27 5 2 0 0 Naseem Shah 6 0 34 0 5.66 18 4 0 1 1 Saim Ayub 3.1 0 22 0 6.94 9 2 1 0 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 8 0 48 1 6 26 6 1 1 0 Agha Salman 3 0 24 0 8 8 1 2 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 6 0 40 1 6.66 21 2 3 1 1 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 37 0 9.25 7 3 2 0 0 Hussain Talat 3 0 21 0 7 5 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
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
6 November 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 1.2: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - Babar Azam (Upheld)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 138 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 7
- Over 15.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - Agha Salman (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 58/3 in 16.0 overs (Saim Ayub 28, Agha Salman 8)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (Saim Ayub 26, Agha Salman 19, Ex 5)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.2 overs (135 balls), Extras 11
- Saim Ayub: 50 off 61 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Agha Salman: 50 off 82 balls (3 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 33.6 overs (205 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: Pakistan - 150/5 in 34.0 overs (Agha Salman 54, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 5)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 90 runs, 4 wickets)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (Agha Salman 24, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 28, Ex 2)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 42.4 overs (257 balls), Extras 15
- Over 48.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Mohammad Wasim (1) (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 49.1 overs (296 balls), Extras 16
- Mohammad Nawaz (3): 50 off 56 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 269/9 in 50.0 overs (Mohammad Wasim (1) 12, Naseem Shah 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 65 runs, 0 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (LG Pretorius 35, Q de Kock 15, Ex 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 204 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: South Africa - 98/1 in 16.0 overs (Q de Kock 44, T de Zorzi 5)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 3
- Q de Kock: 50 off 48 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (Q de Kock 33, T de Zorzi 21, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 22.3 overs (137 balls), Extras 5
- T de Zorzi: 50 off 40 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 85 balls (Q de Kock 46, T de Zorzi 52, Ex 3)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 28.5 overs (175 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: South Africa - 213/1 in 30.0 overs (Q de Kock 98, T de Zorzi 63)
- Over 30.1: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Q de Kock (Struck down)
- Q de Kock: 100 off 96 balls (7 x 4, 6 x 6)
- Over 30.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Q de Kock (Struck down)
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 131 balls (Q de Kock 72, T de Zorzi 75, Ex 3)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 37.6 overs (230 balls), Extras 7
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 1 run, 0 wicket)
Match Coverage
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