Pakistan v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa in Pakistan - 2021 (2020/21) · National Stadium, Karachi · 26 January 2021

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

Pakistan won by 7 wickets. Fawad Alam top-scored with 109 for Pakistan. Noman Ali took 5/35.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa in Pakistan - 2021 (2020/21)
Ground: National Stadium, Karachi
Dates: 26 January 2021 to 29 January 2021
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Player of the match: Fawad Alam
Captains: Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Debuts: Imran Butt (Pakistan), Noman Ali (Pakistan)
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Aleem Dar
Match referee: Muhammad Javed

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. Imran Butt and Noman Ali played their first Tests.

South Africa batted first and made 220 all out. Dean Elgar top-scored with 58 off 106 balls. Yasir Shah took 3 for 54 for Pakistan. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at National Stadium, 393 across 5 Tests.

Pakistan replied with 378 all out. Fawad Alam top-scored with 109 off 245 balls, and Faheem Ashraf made 64. Kagiso Rabada took 3 for 70 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 102-run stand for the seventh wicket between Fawad Alam and Faheem Ashraf. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 27 runs, to 27 for 4. Pakistan led by 158 on first innings.

South Africa made 245 all out in their second innings. Aiden Markram top-scored with 74 off 224 balls, and Rassie van der Dussen made 64. Noman Ali took 5 for 35 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 127-run stand for the second wicket between Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram, 52% of the total. From 175 for 2 they lost 4 wickets for 17 runs, to 192 for 6.

Set 88 to win, Pakistan made 90 for 3. Azhar Ali top-scored with 31 not out off 47 balls.

Pakistan won by 7 wickets.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 220 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Babar Azam b Noman Ali	58	106
Aiden Markram	c Imran Butt b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	16
Rassie van der Dussen	run out (Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan)	17	30
Faf du Plessis	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	23	46
Quinton de Kock	c Imran Butt b Noman Ali	15	23
Temba Bavuma	run out (Hasan Ali, Mohammad Rizwan)	17	67
George Linde	c Mohammad Nawaz b Hasan Ali	35	64
Keshav Maharaj	b Yasir Shah	0	11
Kagiso Rabada	not out	21	36
Anrich Nortje	b Yasir Shah	0	9
Lungi Ngidi	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	8	15

Extras 13 · Total 220 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Shaheen Shah Afridi	11.2	0	49	2
Hasan Ali	14	5	61	1
Faheem Ashraf	5	0	12	0
Noman Ali	17	4	38	2
Yasir Shah	22	6	54	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-30 (Aiden Markram, 4.6 ov), 2-63 (Rassie van der Dussen, 15.2 ov), 3-108 (Faf du Plessis, 28.3 ov), 4-133 (Quinton de Kock, 35.2 ov), 5-136 (Dean Elgar, 37.4 ov), 6-179 (Temba Bavuma, 54.3 ov), 7-179 (Keshav Maharaj, 58.2 ov), 8-194 (George Linde, 61.2 ov), 9-195 (Anrich Nortje, 64.3 ov), 10-220 (Lungi Ngidi, 69.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (16) and Aiden Markram (13)	30	31
second	Dean Elgar (15) and Rassie van der Dussen (17)	33	61
third	Faf du Plessis (23) and Dean Elgar (16)	45	81
fourth	Dean Elgar (10) and Quinton de Kock (15)	25	41
fifth	Dean Elgar (1) and Temba Bavuma (2)	3	14
sixth	Temba Bavuma (14) and George Linde (25)	43	102
seventh	Keshav Maharaj (0) and George Linde (0)	0	23
eighth	George Linde (10) and Kagiso Rabada (4)	15	19
ninth	Anrich Nortje (0) and Kagiso Rabada (0)	1	20
tenth	Lungi Ngidi (8) and Kagiso Rabada (17)	25	29

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 378 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Imran Butt	c Keegan Petersen b Kagiso Rabada	9	25
Abid Ali	b Kagiso Rabada	4	9
Azhar Ali	c Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj	51	151
Babar Azam	lbw b Keshav Maharaj	7	30
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b Anrich Nortje	0	4
Fawad Alam	c Temba Bavuma b Lungi Ngidi	109	245
Mohammad Rizwan	c Faf du Plessis b Lungi Ngidi	33	59
Faheem Ashraf	b Anrich Nortje	64	84
Hasan Ali	b Kagiso Rabada	21	33
Noman Ali	lbw b Keshav Maharaj	24	49
Yasir Shah	not out	38	37

Extras 18 · Total 378 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	27	7	70	3
Anrich Nortje	27	4	105	2
Lungi Ngidi	17	1	57	2
Keshav Maharaj	32.2	4	90	3
George Linde	13	4	38	0
Aiden Markram	3	0	10	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Abid Ali, 4.1 ov), 2-15 (Imran Butt, 6.4 ov), 3-26 (Babar Azam, 15.3 ov), 4-27 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 16.2 ov), 5-121 (Azhar Ali, 53.6 ov), 6-176 (Mohammad Rizwan, 72.3 ov), 7-278 (Fawad Alam, 97.5 ov), 8-295 (Faheem Ashraf, 100.6 ov), 9-323 (Hasan Ali, 108.5 ov), 10-378 (Noman Ali, 119.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Abid Ali (4) and Imran Butt (1)	5	25
second	Azhar Ali (1) and Imran Butt (8)	10	16
third	Azhar Ali (2) and Babar Azam (7)	11	55
fourth	Azhar Ali (1) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (0)	1	5
fifth	Azhar Ali (47) and Fawad Alam (42)	94	228
sixth	Fawad Alam (20) and Mohammad Rizwan (33)	55	113
seventh	Fawad Alam (47) and Faheem Ashraf (54)	102	152
eighth	Faheem Ashraf (10) and Hasan Ali (6)	17	20
ninth	Noman Ali (11) and Hasan Ali (15)	28	48
tenth	Yasir Shah (38) and Noman Ali (13)	55	64

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 245 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Aiden Markram	c Abid Ali b Noman Ali	74	224
Dean Elgar	c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah	29	45
Rassie van der Dussen	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	64	151
Faf du Plessis	lbw b Yasir Shah	10	21
Keshav Maharaj	b Hasan Ali	2	7
Quinton de Kock	c Abid Ali b Yasir Shah	2	17
Temba Bavuma	lbw b Noman Ali	40	93
George Linde	c Imran Butt b Noman Ali	11	29
Kagiso Rabada	b Noman Ali	1	11
Anrich Nortje	c Fawad Alam b Noman Ali	0	8
Lungi Ngidi	not out	3	4

Extras 9 · Total 245 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	1	61	0
Hasan Ali	16	1	61	1
Noman Ali	25.3	8	35	5
Yasir Shah	33	7	79	4
Faheem Ashraf	9	6	8	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-48 (Dean Elgar, 16.1 ov), 2-175 (Rassie van der Dussen, 67.1 ov), 3-185 (Faf du Plessis, 71.6 ov), 4-185 (Aiden Markram, 72.3 ov), 5-187 (Keshav Maharaj, 75.1 ov), 6-192 (Quinton de Kock, 78.2 ov), 7-234 (George Linde, 92.6 ov), 8-238 (Kagiso Rabada, 96.6 ov), 9-240 (Anrich Nortje, 98.5 ov), 10-245 (Temba Bavuma, 100.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (29) and Aiden Markram (16)	48	99
second	Rassie van der Dussen (64) and Aiden Markram (58)	127	310
third	Faf du Plessis (10) and Aiden Markram (0)	10	29
fourth	Keshav Maharaj (0) and Aiden Markram (0)	0	3
fifth	Keshav Maharaj (2) and Quinton de Kock (0)	2	16
sixth	Temba Bavuma (2) and Quinton de Kock (2)	5	20
seventh	Temba Bavuma (31) and George Linde (11)	42	88
eighth	Temba Bavuma (3) and Kagiso Rabada (1)	4	24
ninth	Temba Bavuma (2) and Anrich Nortje (0)	2	11
tenth	Temba Bavuma (2) and Lungi Ngidi (3)	5	10

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 90 FOR 3

Batter	How out	R	B
Imran Butt	c Quinton de Kock b Anrich Nortje	12	30
Abid Ali	b Anrich Nortje	10	17
Azhar Ali	not out	31	47
Babar Azam	lbw b Keshav Maharaj	30	39
Fawad Alam	not out	4	4

Did not bat: Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Noman Ali, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi

Extras 3 · Total 90 for 3

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	8	2	21	0
Anrich Nortje	7	1	24	2
Keshav Maharaj	1.5	0	12	1
Lungi Ngidi	3	0	17	0
George Linde	3	0	13	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Abid Ali, 7.1 ov), 2-23 (Imran Butt, 7.6 ov), 3-86 (Babar Azam, 22.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Abid Ali (10) and Imran Butt (12)	22	43
second	Azhar Ali (1) and Imran Butt (0)	1	5
third	Azhar Ali (30) and Babar Azam (30)	63	85
fourth	Azhar Ali (0) and Fawad Alam (4)	4	4

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