Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024 -25: The 1st Test of the 2-match Test series between Pakistan and South Africa will be played today on 26th December at The The SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa. at 01:30 PM (IST).
| Match | Pakistan vs South Africa (PAK vs SA) |
| League | Pakistan vs South Africa Test |
| Date | Thursday, 26th December 2024 |
| Time | 01:30 PM (IST) - 08:00 AM (GMT) |
Now it is the turn of challenge between Pakistan and South Africa in the longest format of cricket. The two test match series between the two teams will start from today. The first test match is going to be held in Centurion. Here usually Boxing Day Test Match is played from 26 December every year. Earlier in the 50 over format i.e. ODI series, Pakistan had done wonders by defeating South Africa 3-0. Now the host South African team would like to settle the score of the ODI series in this two test match series. The first test match between Pakistan and South Africa will start from today at 1:30 pm according to Indian time. The toss will be at 1:00 pm. In the test series, the South African team will be led by Temba Bavuma. While the Pakistani test team will be captained by Shan Masood.
Before the first test match between South Africa and Pakistan starting today, we will tell you here how the statistics of these two teams have been in the history of test cricket. So far 28 matches have been played between the two teams in the history of test cricket. South Africa has won 15 of these matches, while Pakistan has won 6 matches. Whereas 7 test matches have been drawn. If we talk about the test matches played so far between these two teams on South African soil, then 15 test matches have been played between South Africa and Pakistan, in which South Africa has won 12 test matches. Whereas Pakistan has defeated South Africa in 2 test matches. Whereas 1 test match was a draw.
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South Africa (SA) Possible Playing 11: 1. Aiden Markram, 2. Tony de Zorzi, 3. Tristan Stubbs, 4. Temba Bavuma(C), 5. David Bedingham, 6. Kyle Verreynne(WK), 7. Marco Jansen, 8. Wiaan Mulder, 9. Keshav Maharaj, 10. Kagiso Rabada, 11. Kwena Maphaka
Pakistan (PAK) Possible Playing 11: 1. Abdullah Shafique, 2. Saim Ayub, 3. Shan Masood(C), 4. Babar Azam, 5. Mohammad Rizwan(WK), 6. Saud Shakeel, 7. Kamran Ghulam, 8. Nauman Ali, 9. Naseem-Shah, 10. Mohammad Abbas, 11. Khurram Shehzad
The first Test match between the visiting Pakistan cricket team and the host South African team will be played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The Centurion pitch has so far benefited the batsmen in Test cricket. The highest score in a Test innings here is 621 runs, which South Africa scored against Sri Lanka in 2020. At the same time, in the year 2000, the England team had registered a great figure by winning against the host South African team on the same ground while achieving the target of 251 runs. The average score of the team batting first on the SuperSport Park pitch is 327 runs. If we talk about bowlers, then fast bowlers have dominated in any format on this ground, but in Test matches, spinners can also be seen achieving success after the second and third day.
| Total matches: | 29 |
| Batting first won: | 13 |
| Bowling first won: | 12 |
| 1st inn avg score: | 326 |
| 2nd inn avg score: | 320 |
| Highest Total: | 621/10 |
| Lowest Total: | 101/10 |
The weather will be cloudy during the South Africa vs Pakistan match at Centurion, South Africa on Thursday, 26th December. The temperature is expected to be around 23°C on the match day, with 44% humidity and 4.5 km/hr wind speed. And the visibility is 10 km. There is a 78% chance of precipitation during the game.
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