- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.2 Appeal for a caught behind, a prolonged appeal and finally the umpire raises the finger in agreement. That is a massive breakthrough, exactly what the doctor prescribed for Pakistan. Length and gets some lateral movement away from off, wobble seam, he throws his hands at it and gets a thick under-edge which is terrifically snaffled by Mohammad Rizwan. Man in imperious form goes back into the hut and this will surely lift Pakistan after a flat first hour or so 61/1131.4 launched again... but he's not got hold of it! There's a moment of silence as mid-on settles under the catch, before the Newlands crowd rise to their feet again to applaud Ryan Rickelton from the field. He departs with the joint-seventh highest Test score for his country, an epic knock from a man playing only his tenth Test 557/720.5 Superb bowling! Thick edge and Mulder departs! Couldn't resist the temptation and went flirting at the tempter on a fifth stump line. Back of a length and shaping in at off, ball takes the outside edge and Rizwan dives to his right and takes a cool catch. This is beautiful bowling from Abbas; hits the tight lines and lengths with unerring accuracy and gets reward for his disciplined bowling. Now the lunch will taste better to Pakistan 70/222.5 How often have we seen Salman do this in the recent past especially in the ODI series? Salman provides a bonus wicket. Tossed up outside off and he slinks back, trying to punch it to mid-off and gets a healthy edge that is pouched safely by Mohammad Rizwan - he seldom drops those, and it's been a brilliant comeback by Pakistan in the second hour - picked up three wickets and fought their way back after a lean start. It'll be lunch 72/376.4 That will cheer up Pakistan and the millions of their fans! Temba Bavuma's resistance melts away but not after he has done inflicted substantial damage to the opposition; just a slight lapse of concentration and he edges one to Rizwan, who takes a sharp catch. A really fine knock by the captain and he receives warm applause from his coach and teammates. It was an innings of utter dominance and class. Now then Pakistan have a window and would love to pick a few quickly before Stumps 307/483.4 Edged and gone! Pakistan find an early breakthrough early in the morning session with the new ball. Back of a length delivery with hardly any discernable movement in the channel, quite away from him, and he looks to go for a hack, ends up getting a faint edge to the keeper. Subdued celebration as Abbas gets reward for his disciplined bowling. Bedingham wanted to score quickly and perished in the process. Fifth catch for Rizwan in this innings 323/5120.3 One slip in place. Cries of catch it. Down on one knee and goes for a full-blooded slog sweep, Aamer Jamal lost it in the air and but somehow managed to pouch it down his throat at deep square despite sun getting in his eyes; Verreynne wanted to slug it out of the screws and accelerate as they should, but high risk sometimes brings a wicket but nevertheless a superb knock and useful contribution 471/6135.4 Miscues it. Tad short and slanted across off, he sees the width and wanted to pick the bones out of that, ended up slicing it straight to Babar at cover who takes a comfortable catch and Jansen departs not before joining the party and belting Pakistan bowlers; it was a entertaining innings 572/8140.6 Bouncer shoots up quickly on middle-stump line, ruffled by the short one and tries to hook it away but ends up getting a feather edge to Rizwan. Khurram, with a belated appeal, gets the desired decision from the umpire. A quickfire 40 has further damaged Pakistan and he played the situation. No celebration from Pakistan 614/9141.3 Rattles the stumps with a scorcher! Probing line and length and the ball deviates just enough to breach his defence, he gets squared up and beaten by the late away movement, ball crashes onto the middle and off-stump and it was a lovely sight for Abbas who enjoyed the dismissal (his 100th scalp), ending with three wickets and that also brings end to South Africa's innings and a long-tiring five sessions for Pakistan in the field 615/10Extras15 (lb 10, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL615 all out (141.3 Overs, RR: 4.34)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Aiden Markram, 15.2 ov), 2-70 (Wiaan Mulder, 20.5 ov), 3-72 (Tristan Stubbs, 22.5 ov), 4-307 (Temba Bavuma, 76.4 ov), 5-323 (David Bedingham, 83.4 ov), 6-471 (Kyle Verreynne, 120.3 ov), 7-557 (Ryan Rickelton, 131.4 ov), 8-572 (Marco Jansen, 135.4 ov), 9-614 (Keshav Maharaj, 140.6 ov), 10-615 (Kwena Maphaka, 141.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 27.3 1 94 3 3.41 0 1 Mir Hamza 30 3 127 2 4.23 0 1 Khurram Shahzad 25 4 123 2 4.92 0 0 Aamer Jamal 20 0 110 0 5.5 1 1 Agha Salman 38 4 148 3 3.89 0 0 Kamran Ghulam 1 0 3 0 3 0 1
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 Rabada produces an absolute pearler and Shan departs after just adding two runs. Around the wicket angle, length delivery and it nibbles away just enough to scratch his outside edge and it's taken by Bedlingham quite low; Pakistan captain departs and that doesn't send a good signal to the dressing room. Credit to Rabada were bowling an absolute ripper and tempted him to go feeling for it. Shan got a good one. Ideal start for South Africa 2/134.5 down the leg side, a flick off the hips, and there's a snick to the keeper! Maphaka has his maiden Test wicket, at the age of 18! It wasn't the best ball he'll ever bowl, sliding past Babar's pads as he attempted the leg glance, but it matters not! Wild celebrations, and it's a 'look in the scorebook' moment. First Test scalp: Babar Azam! 118/45.6 Stumps shattered, what a sight for Jansen! Through the gate from around the wicket and wrecks the off-stump. Created an awkward angle and Ghulam couldn't negotiate it; pegged back and trying to get his bat behind the line, the ball bounced enough, and Ghulam had no answers to it, ended up with a feeble inside edge. Excellent delivery and he is all pumped up. Pakistan in a spot of bother. That extra kick that Jansen got and in combination with Ghulam's short stature made things tougher 18/28.4 but they can celebrate this one...! Pitched up, draws the drive with just enough movement away from the bat - and a thick edge is pouched low by Bedingham at first slip. Loose from Shakeel and Rabada has another. Very similar to Masood's dismissal, in fact. Pakistan are under a frog's backside at the bottom of a coal mine, as the Hungarians say 20/339.2 goes for the gallop, under-edges into his stumps! Oh my, that's a horrible stroke, and it's blown this innings wide open! There was no need for such a rush of blood... Pakistan were doing the needful in this session, but with his fifty in sight, Rizwan wanted to get their with a statement... and failed. Lost his shape as he mowed for the hills, and was already contorted into a look at his stumps as the ball splintered them 144/543.4 ripper, and Pakistan are six-down! Wonderful flight and drift from Maharaj, lured his man out of the crease, found late dip on a full length, beat Agha's push with just enough turn past the edge, and the keeper whipped off the bails with his back leg in mid-air! The umpire sent it upstairs, but Verreynne was already celebrating! 155/650.1 139ks bumper ends Jamal's cameo. Don't think it was a bona-fide bouncer, it may have landed around the eight-metre length, but just shot up. Was going down leg, Jamal was swivelling, hoping to pull it with the angle. But he was hurried, and he gloved it a few feet up. First slip hovered behind to complete the catch. Rabada gestures as if to say 'see how easy that was' 172/754.2 Stubbs moves swiftly to the right, gets low and takes it low while on the move. Was a wide fullish ball that Shahzad tried square driving but couldn't keep it down 194/1053.5 Right in the trap Hamza falls. Maharaj is helped by great fielding from Bedingham at short leg, he went down and scraped it low in the air. The fact that he didn't flinch made it impressive. Hamza went back in the crease to work a length ball. De Zorzi imitates shooting while facing his team-mates from the dugout, which seems to be part of a celebration routine 194/8Extras15 (lb 2, nb 13)TOTAL194 all out (54.2 Overs, RR: 3.57)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Shan Masood, 0.6 ov), 2-18 (Kamran Ghulam, 5.6 ov), 3-20 (Saud Shakeel, 8.4 ov), 4-118 (Babar Azam, 34.5 ov), 5-144 (Mohammad Rizwan, 39.2 ov), 6-155 (Salman Agha, 43.4 ov), 7-172 (Aamer Jamal, 50.1 ov), 8-194 (Mir Hamza, 53.5 ov), 9-194 (Khurram Shahzad, 54.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB K Rabada 15 3 55 3 3.66 0 4 M Jansen 12 4 36 1 3 0 3 KT Maphaka 8.2 1 43 2 5.16 0 0 PWA Mulder 11 0 44 1 4 0 6 KA Maharaj 8 2 14 2 1.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR83.3 skids through so low! This must be close! Verreynne thinks it's outside the line, but I'm not so sure about that! South Africa review... it was back of a length, Shan was squared up as the ball stayed at knee-height. And it's three reds on off stump! Shan troops off for a magnificent 145, but what a priceless breakthrough for the youngster! He earned his share of the new ball, and is making it talk! 329/546.2 You live by the cover-driving sword... and you edge to gully close to stumps to miss out on a ton. But the 81 has given Pakistan a platform to build on. He went after this because of the fullness in length, maybe the angle in from around the wicket. 134ks - pace. Janse natually delivers from wide of the crease there. The full-blooded cover drive was attempted, so the carry wasn't an issue despite the pitch being slow and the bounce low. In fact, Bedingham squatted low and took it fingers pointing up as it was spearing in at him. 205/158.1 there's the breakthrough! And you have to say it had been coming. Khurram pushes with an open face, feet planted outside leg stump as Jansen finds some lift and away movement from over the wicket. Maharaj at point snaffles the offering and South Africa are in the mixer 235/266.6 last word for Rabada, pegs back off stump! He punches the air in furious jubilation. He's fine on the front line this time, and the bowling coach will be a touch happier, too. Ghulam had been chancy against pace throughout and once again fails to protect his timbers. Expansive drive, ball nipping back, that's a bingo 278/382.6 there's the edge, there's the wicket! Rabada's relentless command of line and length does the trick, round the wicket, angling in at pace, straightening off the pitch, squaring Shakeel up, and Markram at second slip stays low to scoop it up! 329/4109.2 checked drive to short cover! Maharaj has the key wicket, his first of the innings, and a priceless one! Rizwan just went too hard at that one, Ollie Pope-esque in his eagerness to keep things ticking, and popped up the simple chance when a standard block would have sufficed. It's a decent hand all the same, but has it left too much for Salman to do? 417/6115.5 superb take at slip! Agha lived dangerously in that over... this was a hard push on the front foot, asking for trouble if the ball gripped at all, which it did, a fat flying edge to Markram's right, and he made it look easy with a strong grab in both hands 441/7121.3 miscued to backward point! A tame end after another fighting knock for the Pakistan cause. Jamal turned himself around early to reverse-sweep, looking to cudgel it with the spin through the off side - but in the end could only lob a catch to the edge of the square 478/8122.1 big hack, top-edged to point! Red rover for Pakistan. Hamza throws the bat one last time and only manages to balloon a catch. Maphaka, the boy wonder on debut, holds it securely and South Africa now know the final equation for victory 478/10Extras44 (b 7, lb 19, nb 18)TOTAL478 all out (f/o) (122.1 Overs, RR: 3.91)Fall of wickets: 1-205 (Babar Azam, 46.2 ov), 2-235 (Khurram Shahzad, 58.1 ov), 3-278 (Kamran Ghulam, 66.6 ov), 4-329 (Saud Shakeel, 82.6 ov), 5-329 (Shan Masood, 83.3 ov), 6-417 (Mohammad Rizwan, 109.2 ov), 7-441 (Salman Agha, 115.5 ov), 8-478 (Aamer Jamal, 121.3 ov), 9-478 (Mir Hamza, 122.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB K Rabada 25.1 2 115 3 4.56 0 13 M Jansen 24 0 101 2 4.2 0 2 PWA Mulder 12 1 38 0 3.16 0 3 KT Maphaka 13 0 47 1 3.61 0 0 KA Maharaj 45 5 137 3 3.04 0 0 AK Markram 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL61/0 (7.1 Overs, RR: 8.51)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 2 0 19 0 9.5 0 0 Agha Salman 3 0 25 0 8.33 0 0 Kamran Ghulam 2 0 13 0 6.5 0 0 Saud Shakeel 0.1 0 4 0 24 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
3,4,5,6,7 January 2025 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
South Africa 12, Pakistan 0
Close of Play
- day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 316/4 (RD Rickelton 176*, DG Bedingham 4*, 80 ov)
- day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 64/3 (Babar Azam 31*, Mohammad Rizwan 9*, 21 ov)
- day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 213/1 (Shan Masood 102*, Khurram Shahzad 8*, 49 ov)
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 61.4 overs (380 balls), Extras 27
- Drinks: Pakistan - 262/2 in 64.0 overs (Shan Masood 119, Kamran Ghulam 16)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 73.4 overs (456 balls), Extras 32
- Lunch: Pakistan - 312/3 in 77.0 overs (Shan Masood 137, Saud Shakeel 16)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (Shan Masood 24, Saud Shakeel 23, Ex 3)
- New ball taken at 81.5 overs
- Over 83.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - Shan Masood (Upheld)
- Over 88.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Agha Salman (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 89.2 overs (550 balls), Extras 35
- Drinks: Pakistan - 352/5 in 90.0 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 10, Agha Salman 11)
- Over 92.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 28, Agha Salman 21, Ex 3)
- Tea: Pakistan - 398/5 in 103.0 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 31, Agha Salman 31)
- Over 104.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Agha Salman (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 400 runs in 105.2 overs (647 balls), Extras 41
- Over 115.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - Agha Salman (Upheld)
- Pakistan: 450 runs in 117.3 overs (722 balls), Extras 43
- Drinks: Pakistan - 457/7 in 119.0 overs (Aamer Jamal 26, Mir Hamza 3)
- Over 119.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - Aamer Jamal (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 478/10 in 122.1 overs (Mohammad Abbas 0)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (DG Bedingham 40, AK Markram 10, Ex 0)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (Babar Azam 31, Mohammad Rizwan 11, Ex 8)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 30.3 overs (194 balls), Extras 13
- Babar Azam: 50 off 112 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 116/3 in 34.0 overs (Babar Azam 57, Mohammad Rizwan 32)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 40.6 overs (257 balls), Extras 13
- Lunch: Pakistan - 155/6 in 45.0 overs (Aamer Jamal 5, Khurram Shahzad 0)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 194/10 in 54.2 overs (Mohammad Abbas 0)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (Shan Masood 30, Babar Azam 16, Ex 4)
- Tea: Pakistan - 80/0 in 17.0 overs (Shan Masood 37, Babar Azam 34)
- Over 20.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Shan Masood (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (132 balls), Extras 10
- Shan Masood: 50 off 70 balls (8 x 4)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 132 balls (Shan Masood 50, Babar Azam 41, Ex 10)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 73 balls (6 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (214 balls), Extras 14
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 214 balls (Shan Masood 76, Babar Azam 60, Ex 14)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 152/0 in 35.0 overs (Shan Masood 78, Babar Azam 60)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 44.5 overs (279 balls), Extras 22
- 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 279 balls (Shan Masood 98, Babar Azam 80, Ex 22)
- Shan Masood: 100 off 159 balls (14 x 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 213/1 in 49.0 overs (Shan Masood 102, Khurram Shahzad 8)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Over 85.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - K Verreynne (Struck down)
- South Africa: 350 runs in 91.5 overs (554 balls), Extras 8
- RD Rickelton: 200 off 266 balls (24 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: South Africa - 361/5 in 93.0 overs (RD Rickelton 204, K Verreynne 16)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (RD Rickelton 23, K Verreynne 29, Ex 0)
- Over 97.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - K Verreynne (Struck down)
- South Africa: 400 runs in 101.4 overs (613 balls), Extras 8
- K Verreynne: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 132 balls (RD Rickelton 31, K Verreynne 70, Ex 1)
- Lunch: South Africa - 429/5 in 107.0 overs (RD Rickelton 213, K Verreynne 74)
- South Africa: 450 runs in 112.2 overs (677 balls), Extras 9
- K Verreynne: 100 off 144 balls (9 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Drinks: South Africa - 477/6 in 122.0 overs (RD Rickelton 233, M Jansen 0)
- South Africa: 500 runs in 126.4 overs (764 balls), Extras 15
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (RD Rickelton 20, M Jansen 25, Ex 5)
- RD Rickelton: 250 off 336 balls (27 x 4, 3 x 6)
- M Jansen: 50 off 42 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- South Africa: 550 runs in 131.2 overs (792 balls), Extras 15
- Tea: South Africa - 566/7 in 134.0 overs (M Jansen 57, KA Maharaj 2)
- South Africa: 600 runs in 139.2 overs (840 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: South Africa - 615/10 in 141.3 overs (K Rabada 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 24/3 in 11.0 overs (Babar Azam 5, Mohammad Rizwan 2)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 8
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 64/3 in 21.0 overs (Babar Azam 31, Mohammad Rizwan 9)
- Over 0.1: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - AK Markram (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (AK Markram 16, RD Rickelton 36, Ex 0)
- Drinks: South Africa - 52/0 in 12.0 overs (AK Markram 16, RD Rickelton 36)
- RD Rickelton: 50 off 73 balls (7 x 4)
- Lunch: South Africa - 72/3 in 22.5 overs (RD Rickelton 50)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 29.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 0
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (RD Rickelton 26, T Bavuma 24, Ex 0)
- Drinks: South Africa - 141/3 in 37.0 overs (RD Rickelton 82, T Bavuma 33)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 37.5 overs (227 balls), Extras 4
- RD Rickelton: 100 off 135 balls (14 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 136 balls (RD Rickelton 53, T Bavuma 45, Ex 4)
- T Bavuma: 50 off 82 balls (6 x 4)
- Tea: South Africa - 184/3 in 50.0 overs (RD Rickelton 106, T Bavuma 51)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 54.2 overs (327 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 215 balls (RD Rickelton 75, T Bavuma 70, Ex 5)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 62.1 overs (374 balls), Extras 5
- RD Rickelton: 150 off 190 balls (19 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: South Africa - 269/3 in 67.0 overs (RD Rickelton 153, T Bavuma 89)
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 277 balls (RD Rickelton 105, T Bavuma 90, Ex 5)
- T Bavuma: 100 off 167 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 75.4 overs (455 balls), Extras 6
- End Of Day: South Africa - 316/4 in 80.0 overs (RD Rickelton 176, DG Bedingham 4)
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