- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.2 uses his and looks to go aerial down the ground. Agha angles it towards leg stump, denying any room. Pretorius looks to go inside out, which robs him of power and he ends up slicing it towards long-off where Babar takes the catch 72/124.3 Goes for the sweep and misses and the finger goes up immediately! And he is walking!. Nawaz was kept away from the left-armers but he's the one who gets the big wicket of Quinton de Kock. Full ball, fired in quicker, spins in from outside off and beats the attempted shot and that was plumb in front. De Kock walks off shaking his head. Gives a word of advice to the debutant Rubin Hermann as he walks into a tricky situation 106/318.5 chipped to cover! Salman strikes again as he goes full outside off and de Zorzi can only check-drive it uppishly to Shaheen Afridi, who makes no mistake. The pressure was building on de Zorzi, and it tells 87/233.2 a fast-turning legbreak. Pitched around off as Breetzke looked to push at it and missed. Rizwan appealed for caught behind straightaway but the umpire is unmoved. Pakistan review and yes, there is a spike on UltraEdge. Breetzke walks back for 16 and South Africa are eight down 130/825.1 Bowled 'im! A nonchalant celebration from Abrar after nailing the googly at 78.7kph that the debutant Hermann couldn't pick at all. The ball pitches outside off, and spins past the outside edge to rattle off stump 109/427.3 bowled around his legs! Ferreira goes low and looks to paddle this legbreak fine but it goes past him and hits leg stump! Abrar is fired up with that one! 117/527.4 Gets a first-baller! Abrar with a beauty of a googly! Pitches outside off and spins in through his defences, with the ball staying low and Bosch too slow to get his bat down. South Africa collapsing here! 117/628.6 Oh that looks plumb, and is given! This is full and it stays low and Fortuin went to play on the back foot and misses it. Pitching on middle and spinning away to beat the outside edge and rap him on his pads. And South Africa lose another! Nawaz has his second 122/737.4 Knocks him over! First wicket for a fast bowler in this innings and it's the Pakistan skipper into the action. Length ball outside off and it beats the inside edge as Peter drives away from the body. This one angled in and deceived Peter, who falls for a career-best 16. A pretty impressive knock, given the circumstances! 143/937.5 What a way to wrap up the innings! Cleans him up with a beaut! Shaheen Shah Afridi finishes with two wickets, knocking South Africa over for 143! A near perfect yorker that was swinging away. Ngidi was nowhere near it as it went past his outside edge to rattle the stumps 143/10Extras3 (lb 2, w 1)TOTAL143 all out (37.5 Overs, RR: 3.77)Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 14.2 ov), 2-87 (Tony de Zorzi, 18.5 ov), 3-106 (Quinton de Kock, 24.3 ov), 4-109 (Rubin Hermann, 25.1 ov), 5-117 (Donovan Ferreira, 27.3 ov), 6-117 (Corbin Bosch, 27.4 ov), 7-122 (Bjorn Fortuin, 28.6 ov), 8-130 (Matthew Breetzke, 33.2 ov), 9-143 (Nqabayomzi Peter, 37.4 ov), 10-143 (Lungi Ngidi, 37.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.5 0 18 2 3.72 21 3 0 0 0 Saim Ayub 7 0 30 0 4.28 24 1 1 0 0 Haris Rauf 3 0 17 0 5.66 11 3 0 0 0 Agha Salman 4 0 18 2 4.5 16 1 1 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 10 1 27 4 2.7 42 3 0 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 9 0 31 2 3.44 31 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 cleans him up! A second consecutive duck for Fakhar. A length ball that came in with the angle and sneaked through the gap Fakhar had left between the bat and the pad as he looked to defend 0/123.4 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 130/310.2 another edge but Bosch puts in a valiant chase from short third and fires in the throw. Babar was coming back for the third. It looks close as the keeper breaks the wicket. We are going upstairs and replays show Babar was just short. He walks back for 27 65/2Extras3 (lb 2, w 1)TOTAL144/3 (25.1 Overs, RR: 5.72)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fakhar Zaman, 0.2 ov), 2-65 (Babar Azam, 10.2 ov), 3-130 (Saim Ayub, 23.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Burger 5 1 29 1 5.8 18 5 0 0 0 L Ngidi 3 1 17 0 5.66 13 4 0 0 0 C Bosch 3 0 23 0 7.66 12 4 1 0 0 BC Fortuin 6.1 0 34 1 5.51 17 4 0 0 0 D Ferreira 4 0 21 0 5.25 13 3 0 0 0 N Peter 4 0 18 0 4.5 14 0 1 1 0
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
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 96 runs, 10 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (LG Pretorius 30, Q de Kock 19, Ex 1)
- Drinks: South Africa - 87/2 in 18.5 overs (Q de Kock 44)
- Over 19.1: Review by South Africa (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Faisal Afridi, Batter - Q de Kock (Upheld)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 23.3 overs (141 balls), Extras 2
- Q de Kock: 50 off 68 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 33.2: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Faisal Afridi, Batter - MP Breetzke (Upheld)
- Drinks: South Africa - 135/8 in 35.0 overs (N Peter 12, N Burger 0)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 143/10 in 37.5 overs (N Burger 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 2.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - Saim Ayub (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (Saim Ayub 27, Babar Azam 21, Ex 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 85 runs, 2 wickets)
- Saim Ayub: 50 off 39 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 90/2 in 15.0 overs (Saim Ayub 54, Mohammad Rizwan 7)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (Saim Ayub 37, Mohammad Rizwan 16, Ex 0)
Match Coverage
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