South Africa tour of Pakistan (Tests, ODIs & T20Is) 2025/26

1st T20I: Pakistan vs South Africa  |  South Africa won by 55 runs

Match Details
Toss Pakistan, who chose to field Series South Africa Tour Of Pakistan (Tests, ODIs & T20Is) 2025/26
Umpires
Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Match Date 28 Oct 2025
Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Ground Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi
TV Umpire Faisal Khan Aafreedi (Pakistan)    
Player of Match George Linde (South Africa)    

South Africa Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Reeza Hendricks b Abrar Ahmed 60 0 40 5 1 150.00
2 Quinton de Kock † c Faheem Ashraf b Saim Ayub 23 0 13 5 0 176.92
3 Tony de Zorzi st Usman Khan b Mohammad Nawaz 33 0 16 5 1 206.25
4 Dewald Brevis b Mohammad Nawaz 9 0 5 0 1 180.00
5 Matthew Breetzke c Mohammad Nawaz b Saim Ayub 1 0 4 0 0 25.00
6 Donovan Ferreira * b Mohammad Nawaz 10 0 12 1 0 83.33
7 George Linde b Naseem Shah 36 0 22 4 1 163.64
8 Corbin Bosch c Faheem Ashraf b Shaheen Shah Afridi 7 0 5 1 0 140.00
9 Lizaad Williams run out Usman Khan 3 0 2 0 0 150.00
10 Nandre Burger not out 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
11 Lungi Ngidi Did not bat
Extra lb 1, w 10, nb 1 12
Total 9 wickets; 20.0 overs; 194 9.7 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-44 ( Quinton de Kock, 3.5 ) ;   2-93 ( Tony de Zorzi, 7.4 ) ;   3-109 ( Dewald Brevis, 9.3 ) ;   4-112 ( Matthew Breetzke, 10.3 ) ;   5-139 ( Donovan Ferreira, 14.0 ) ;   6-178 ( Reeza Hendricks, 17.3 ) ;   7-186 ( George Linde, 18.5 ) ;   8-194 ( Corbin Bosch, 19.4 ) ;   9-194 ( Lizaad Williams, 20.0 )

Bowling

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0 0 45 1 2 0
Naseem Shah 3.0 0 34 1 1 0
Saim Ayub 4.0 0 31 2 2 0
Abrar Ahmed 4.0 0 42 1 3 0
Salman Ali Agha * 1.0 0 15 0 0 0
Mohammad Nawaz 4.0 0 26 3 2 1

Pakistan Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Sahibzada Farhan b Lizaad Williams 24 0 19 4 0 126.32
2 Saim Ayub c Donovan Ferreira b George Linde 37 0 28 1 4 132.14
3 Babar Azam c Reeza Hendricks b Corbin Bosch 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
4 Salman Ali Agha * lbw Corbin Bosch 2 0 7 0 0 28.57
5 Usman Khan † st Quinton de Kock b George Linde 12 0 12 1 0 100.00
6 Hasan Nawaz b Lungi Ngidi 3 0 4 0 0 75.00
7 Mohammad Nawaz c Corbin Bosch b Lizaad Williams 36 0 20 4 2 180.00
8 Faheem Ashraf c Lizaad Williams b George Linde 1 0 3 0 0 33.33
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi c & b Corbin Bosch 4 0 5 1 0 80.00
10 Naseem Shah c Quinton de Kock b Corbin Bosch 9 0 9 2 0 100.00
11 Abrar Ahmed not out 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extra lb 3, w 7, nb 1 11
Total 10 wickets; 18.1 overs; 0 mins 139 7.65 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-31 ( Saim Ayub, 4.5 ) ;   2-33 ( Babar Azam, 5.3 ) ;   3-43 ( Salman Ali Agha, 7.2 ) ;   4-82 ( Saim Ayub, 10.5 ) ;   5-85 ( Hasan Nawaz, 11.3 ) ;   6-87 ( Usman Khan, 12.1 ) ;   7-89 ( Faheem Ashraf, 12.5 ) ;   8-109 ( Shaheen Shah Afridi, 14.4 ) ;   9-124 ( Naseem Shah, 17.0 ) ;   10-139 ( Mohammad Nawaz, 18.1 )

Bowling

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Nandre Burger 4.0 0 35 0 3 1
Lungi Ngidi 4.0 0 35 1 0 0
Lizaad Williams 3.1 0 21 2 2 0
Corbin Bosch 4.0 0 14 4 1 0
George Linde 3.0 0 31 3 1 0

Match Notes

South Africa Inning

  • South Africa : 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 3
  • 2nd Wicket : 50 runs in 14 balls (Reeza Hendricks 9 , Tony de Zorzi 25 , Ex 0)
  • South Africa : 100 runs in 9.0 overs (54 balls), Extras 4
  • Reeza Hendricks : 50 off 33 balls ( 5 x 4  1 x 6  )
  • South Africa : 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 9
  • Innings Break : South Africa - 194/9 in 20.0 overs (Nandre Burger 0