Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2024–25

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Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2024–25

	South Africa	Pakistan
Dates	10 December 2024 – 7 January 2025
Captains	Temba Bavuma (ODIs) Heinrich Klaasen (T20Is)	Shan Masood (Tests) Mohammad Rizwan (ODIs & T20Is)
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Reeza Hendricks (125)	Saim Ayub (129)
Most wickets	George Linde (5)	Abrar Ahmed (3) Abbas Afridi (3) Shaheen Afridi (3)

The Pakistan cricket team is touring South Africa in December 2024 and January 2025 to play the South Africa cricket team.^[1]^[2] The tour consists of two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[3]^[4] The Test series will form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.^[5] In May 2024, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024–25 home international season.^[6]

Squads

South Africa			Pakistan
Tests	ODIs^[7]	T20Is^[8]	Tests^[9]	ODIs^[10]	T20Is^[11]
	Temba Bavuma (c) Ottniel Baartman Tony de Zorzi Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen (wk) Keshav Maharaj Kwena Maphaka Aiden Markram David Miller Andile Phehlukwayo Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton (wk) Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs (wk) Rassie van der Dussen	Heinrich Klaasen (c, wk) Ottniel Baartman Matthew Breetzke Donovan Ferreira Dayyaan Galiem Reeza Hendricks Patrick Kruger George Linde Kwena Maphaka David Miller ~~Anrich Nortje~~ Nqaba Peter Ryan Rickelton (wk) Tabraiz Shamsi Andile Simelane Rassie van der Dussen	Shan Masood (c) Saud Shakeel (vc) Mohammad Abbas Noman Ali Salman Ali Agha Saim Ayub Babar Azam Kamran Ghulam Mir Hamza Aamir Jamal Haseebullah Khan (wk) Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Abdullah Shafique Khurram Shahzad Naseem Shah Zahid Mahmood	Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) Abrar Ahmed Salman Ali Agha Shaheen Afridi Saim Ayub Babar Azam Kamran Ghulam Mohammad Hasnain Usman Khan (wk) Irfan Khan Niazi Sufiyan Muqeem Haris Rauf Abdullah Shafique Naseem Shah Tayyab Tahir Shahnawaz Dahani Faisal Akram	Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) Abrar Ahmed Salman Ali Agha Abbas Afridi Shaheen Afridi Saim Ayub Babar Azam Mohammad Hasnain Jahandad Khan Usman Khan (wk) Irfan Khan Niazi Sufiyan Muqeem Haris Rauf Tayyab Tahir Omair Yousuf Mubasir Khan Rohail Nazir (wk)

On 12 December, Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the T20I series due to a toe injury, with Dayyaan Galiem named as his replacement.^[12]^[13]

T20I series

1st T20I

10 December 2024
18:00 (N)
Scorecard

South Africa 183/9 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 172/8 (20 overs)
David Miller 82 (40) Shaheen Afridi 3/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 74 (62) George Linde 4/21 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 11 runs
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA)
Player of the match: George Linde (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Shaheen Afridi (Pak) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.^[14]

2nd T20I

13 December 2024
18:00 (N)
Scorecard

Pakistan 206/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 210/3 (19.3 overs)
Saim Ayub 98* (57) Dayyaan Galiem 2/21 (4 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 117 (63) Jahandad Khan 2/40 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets
Centurion Park, Centurion
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA)
Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (SA)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Dayyaan Galiem (SA) made his T20I debut.
Reeza Hendricks (SA) scored his first century in T20Is.^[15]^[16]

3rd T20I

14 December 2024
18:00 (N)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Match abandoned
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA)

No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.

ODI series

1st ODI

17 December 2024
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Boland Park, Paarl

2nd ODI

19 December 2024
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

3rd ODI

22 December 2024
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Test series

1st Test

26–30 December 2024
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Centurion Park, Centurion

2nd Test

3–7 January 2025
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

References

^ "South Africa to host Sri Lanka, Pakistan in 2024-25 home season". Cricbuzz. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "South Africa announces Sri Lanka, Pakistan home series in 2024-25". Sportstar. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "CSA announces schedule of Sri Lanka and Pakistan's tour of South Africa". The Times of India. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "South Africa announce exciting summer of cricket for the 2024-25 season". International Cricket Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "South Africa to host Sri Lanka and Pakistan men's teams during 2024-25 home summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "CSA Announces International Inbound Fixtures for 2024/25 Season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "South Africa name strong squad for Pakistan ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Klaasen to lead Proteas in KFC T20I series against Pakistan". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Pakistan name squads for South Africa tour". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Star quick to skip Tests as Pakistan reveal squads for South Africa tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Babar, Naseem recalled for South Africa tour". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ Moonde, Firdose. "Fractured toe puts Anrich Nortje out of T20Is against Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Key South Africa pacer ruled out of white-ball contests against Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Shaheen Afridi achieves major milestone in first T20I against South Africa". A Sports. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "PAK vs SA: Hendricks' maiden century leads South Africa to T20 series win over Pakistan". Sportstar. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ "Hendricks' maiden T20I century seals series win for South Africa, first since August 2022". Times of Oman. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

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