Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19

Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19
	South Africa	Pakistan
Dates	19 December 2018 – 6 February 2019
Captains	Faf du Plessis [n 1]	Sarfaraz Ahmed (Tests & ODIs) [n 2] Shoaib Malik (T20Is)
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Quinton de Kock (251)	Shan Masood (228)
Most wickets	Duanne Olivier (24)	Mohammad Amir (12)
Player of the series	Duanne Olivier (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Rassie van der Dussen (241)	Imam-ul-Haq (271)
Most wickets	Andile Phehlukwayo (8)	Shaheen Afridi (6)
Player of the series	Imam-ul-Haq (Pak)
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Reeza Hendricks (107)	Babar Azam (151)
Most wickets	Beuran Hendricks (8)	Mohammad Amir (3) Imad Wasim (3) Faheem Ashraf (3) Usman Shinwari (3)
Player of the series	David Miller (SA)

The Pakistan cricket team toured South Africa between December 2018 and February 2019 to play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. ^[4]

South Africa's Boxing Day Test was held at Centurion Park in Centurion for the first time. ^[5] In the first session of the match, Dale Steyn became South Africa's leading wicket-taker in Tests, taking his 422nd wicket, surpassing Shaun Pollock who had held the record for ten years. ^[6] South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis was penalised for a slow over-rate in the second Test and was suspended for the third and final Test of the series. ^[7] Dean Elgar was named as the stand-in captain for the third Test. ^[8] South Africa won the Test series 3–0. ^[9]

During the second ODI, Pakistan's captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was caught on the stump mics making a racist comment towards Andile Phehlukwayo. ^[10] Sarfraz played in the third ODI match, but was then suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the next four matches, missing the last two ODIs and the first two T20Is of the tour. ^[11] Shoaib Malik was named as the captain for the fourth and fifth ODIs and the T20I series. ^{[12] [13]} The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were disappointed with the ICC's decision to suspend Sarfraz, after Sarfraz apologised in person to Phehlukwayo before the start of the third ODI. ^{[12] [14]} South Africa went on to win the ODI series 3–2. ^[15]

Faf du Plessis was rested for the last two T20Is of the series, ^[16] with David Miller named as the captain of South Africa in his place. ^[17] South Africa won the T20I series 2–1. ^[18]

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
South Africa [19]	Pakistan [20]	South Africa [21]	Pakistan [22]	South Africa [23]	Pakistan [24]
Faf du Plessis (c) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Theunis de Bruyn Dean Elgar Zubayr Hamza Quinton de Kock (wk) Keshav Maharaj Pieter Malan Aiden Markram Duanne Olivier Dane Paterson Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn	Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk) Mohammad Abbas Shaheen Afridi Azhar Ali Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Babar Azam Imam-ul-Haq Shadab Khan Shan Masood Mohammad Rizwan Asad Shafiq Yasir Shah Haris Sohail Fakhar Zaman	Faf du Plessis (c) Hashim Amla Quinton de Kock Beuran Hendricks Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Aiden Markram David Miller Wiaan Mulder Duanne Olivier Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Rassie van der Dussen	Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk) Shaheen Afridi Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Babar Azam Imam-ul-Haq Mohammad Hafeez Shadab Khan Shoaib Malik Shan Masood Mohammad Rizwan Usman Shinwari Hussain Talat Imad Wasim Fakhar Zaman	Faf du Plessis (c) Gihahn Cloete Junior Dala Quinton de Kock Beuran Hendricks Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Janneman Malan David Miller Chris Morris Wiaan Mulder Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Lutho Sipamla Rassie van der Dussen	Shoaib Malik (c) Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk) Shaheen Afridi Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Asif Ali Babar Azam Sahibzada Farhan Mohammad Hafeez Shadab Khan Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Usman Shinwari Hussain Talat Imad Wasim Fakhar Zaman

Dane Paterson was added to South Africa's squad for the first Test, replacing Vernon Philander, who had a finger injury. ^[25] Pakistan's Haris Sohail suffered an injury before the start of the first Test and was later ruled out of the rest of the series. ^[26] Pieter Malan was named as cover for Aiden Markram in South Africa's squad ahead of the third Test. ^[27]

For the first two ODIs, South Africa rested Dale Steyn and Quinton de Kock, replacing them with Duanne Olivier and Aiden Markram. ^[28] For the last three ODIs, Beuran Hendricks was added to South Africa's squad. ^[29] Quinton de Kock and Dale Steyn were re-added to South Africa's squad for the last three matches after being rested, with Duanne Olivier, Dane Paterson and Heinrich Klaasen being dropped. ^[29] Wiaan Mulder was added to South Africa's squad for the fifth ODI. ^[30]

Mohammad Rizwan was added to Pakistan's squad for the T20I series, after Sarfaraz Ahmed was suspended. ^[12] Asif Ali was also added to Pakistan's T20I squad. ^[31] Quinton de Kock was ruled out of South Africa's T20I squad with a groin injury and was replaced by Janneman Malan. ^[32] Mohammad Amir was added to Pakistan's squad for the final T20I of the series. ^[33]

Tour match

Three-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs Pakistan

19–21 December 2018 Scorecard

Cricket South Africa Invitation XI	v	Pakistan
318/7d (84.3 overs) Marques Ackerman 103* (132) Azhar Ali 2/19 (8 overs)		306/7d (78.2 overs) Babar Azam 104* (129) Thandolwethu Mnyaka 3/45 (16 overs)
182/7d (50.3 overs) Neil Brand 71 (145) Mohammad Amir 3/35 (12 overs)		195/4 (40.2 overs) Haris Sohail 73* (87) Kyle Simmonds 2/79 (16 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)

• Cricket South Africa Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

26–30 December 2018 [n 3] Scorecard

Pakistan	v	South Africa
181 (47 overs) Babar Azam 71 (79) Duanne Olivier 6/37 (14 overs)		223 (60 overs) Temba Bavuma 53 (87) Mohammad Amir 4/62 (20 overs)
190 (56 overs) Shan Masood 65 (120) Duanne Olivier 5/59 (15 overs)		151/4 (50.4 overs) Hashim Amla 63* (148) Shan Masood 1/6 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Duanne Olivier (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dale Steyn became South Africa's leading wicket-taker in Tests, taking his 422nd wicket. ^[34]
• Duanne Olivier (SA) took his first five-wicket haul and ten-wicket haul in Tests. ^{[35] [36]}
• Faf du Plessis (SA) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak) failed to score any runs in the match. It was the first instance of both captains being dismissed for a pair in a completed Test. ^{[37] [38]}

2nd Test

3–7 January 2019 [n 3] Scorecard

Pakistan	v	South Africa
177 (51.1 overs) Sarfaraz Ahmed 56 (81) Duanne Olivier 4/48 (15 overs)		431 (124.1 overs) Faf du Plessis 103 (226) Mohammad Amir 4/88 (33 overs)
294 (70.4 overs) Asad Shafiq 88 (118) Kagiso Rabada 4/61 (16.4 overs)		43/1 (9.5 overs) Dean Elgar 24* (39) Mohammad Abbas 1/14 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Quinton de Kock (SA) scored his 2,000th run in Tests. ^[39]

3rd Test

11–15 January 2019 [n 3] Scorecard

South Africa	v	Pakistan
262 (77.4 overs) Aiden Markram 90 (124) Faheem Ashraf 3/57 (15 overs)		185 (49.4 overs) Sarfaraz Ahmed 50 (40) Duanne Olivier 5/51 (13 overs)
303 (80.3 overs) Quinton de Kock 129 (138) Shadab Khan 3/41 (11.3 overs)		273 (65.4 overs) Asad Shafiq 65 (71) Duanne Olivier 3/74 (15 overs)

South Africa won by 107 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zubayr Hamza (SA) made his Test debut, and became South Africa's 100th Test player since readmission. ^[40]
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak) set a new record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper captain in a Test match, with ten. ^[41]

ODI series

1st ODI

19 January 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa   266/2 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 267/5 (49.1 overs)
Hashim Amla 108* (120) Shadab Khan 1/41 (10 overs)		Imam-ul-Haq 86 (101) Duanne Olivier 2/73 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Duanne Olivier and Rassie van der Dussen (SA) both made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

22 January 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan   203 (45.5 overs)	v	South Africa 207/5 (42 overs)
Hasan Ali 59 (45) Andile Phehlukwayo 4/22 (9.5 overs)		Rassie van der Dussen 80* (123) Shaheen Afridi 3/44 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Andile Phehlukwayo (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Hussain Talat (Pak) made his ODI debut.
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak) played in his 100th ODI. ^[42]

3rd ODI

25 January 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan   317/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 187/2 (33 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 101 (116) Dale Steyn 2/43 (10 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 83* (90) Hasan Ali 1/33 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 13 runs (DLS method) Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain during South Africa's innings prevented any further play.
• Beuran Hendricks (SA) made his ODI debut.
• Imam-ul-Haq (Pak) became the second fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 1,000 runs in ODIs (19). ^[43]

4th ODI

27 January 2019 10:00 Scorecard

South Africa   164 (41 overs)	v	Pakistan 168/2 (31.3 overs)
Hashim Amla 59 (75) Usman Shinwari 4/35 (7 overs)		Imam-ul-Haq 71 (91) Andile Phehlukwayo 1/17 (2.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Usman Shinwari (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Quinton de Kock (SA) played in his 100th ODI. ^[44]

5th ODI

30 January 2019 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan   240/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 241/3 (40 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 70 (73) Andile Phehlukwayo 2/42 (9 overs)		Quinton de Kock 83 (58) Shaheen Afridi 1/34 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Andile Phehlukwayo (SA) took his 50th wicket in ODIs. ^[45]

T20I series

1st T20I

1 February 2019 18:00 (N) Scorecard

South Africa   192/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 186/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 78 (45) Usman Shinwari 3/31 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 49 (31) Tabraiz Shamsi 2/33 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 6 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

3 February 2019 14:30 Scorecard

South Africa   188/3 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 181/7 (20 overs)
David Miller 65* (29) Imad Wasim 1/9 (4 overs)		Babar Azam 90 (58) Andile Phehlukwayo 3/36 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 7 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Janneman Malan and Lutho Sipamla (SA) both made their T20I debuts.
• David Miller captained South Africa for the first time in T20Is. ^[46]
• This was Pakistan's first bilateral series loss since January 2016. ^[47]

3rd T20I

6 February 2019 18:00 (N) Scorecard

Pakistan   168/9 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 141/9 (20 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 26 (22) Beuran Hendricks 4/14 (4 overs)		Chris Morris 55* (29) Mohammad Amir 3/27 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 27 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Pak)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

1. Dean Elgar captained South Africa for the third Test. David Miller captained South Africa for the second and third T20Is.
2. Shoaib Malik captained Pakistan for the fourth and fifth ODIs.
3. While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in three days, and the second and third Tests reached a result in four days.

References

1. "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
2. "South Africa to host Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2018-19 season". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. "CSA announces bumper 2018/19 home international season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
4. "Centurion takes Boxing Day Test as CSA confirm 2018–19 fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
5. "Historic Boxing Day Test a month away for Centurion". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
6. "Steyn surpasses Pollock to become South Africa's top wicket-taker". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
7. "Faf du Plessis suspended for one Test due to second over-rate offence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
8. "CONFIRMED: Elgar to captain Proteas at Wanderers". Sport24. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
9. "South Africa jump to second position in MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
10. "On-field taunt could land Sarfraz Ahmed in the dock". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
11. "Sarfaraz gets four-match suspension for breach of Anti-Racism Code". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
12. "PCB disappointed with ICC decision on Sarfaraz". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
13. "Sarfraz Ahmed suspended for Durban comments". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
14. "Sarfraz apologises to Phehlukwayo in person for racially-charged taunt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
15. "Proteas power to series victory with Newlands win". Sport24. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
16. "Faf du Plessis rested for last two T20Is against Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
17. "Du Plessis rested, Miller appointed stand-in captain". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
18. "Shadab and Amir star in Pakistan's consolation win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
19. "Zubayr Hamza gets call-up for Tests against Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
20. "Amir and Shadab back in Pakistan's Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
21. "Van der Dussen called up to South Africa's ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
22. "Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan back in Pakistan ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
23. "Uncapped Lutho Sipamla in South Africa T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
24. "Mohammad Amir back in Pakistan's T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
25. "Uncapped Dane Paterson replaces injured Philander in South Africa Boxing Day Test squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
26. "Knee injury forces Haris Sohail out of South Africa tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
27. "Dean Elgar named stand-in captain for Johannesburg Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
28. "Dale Steyn, Quinton de Kock rested from first two ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
29. "Beuran Hendricks called up for last three ODIs; Steyn, de Kock return". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
30. "Wiaan Mulder added to South Africa's squad for fifth ODI". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
31. "T20 series: Asif Ali, Sahibzada Farhan depart for South Africa". Geo TV. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
32. "De Kock out of Pakistan T20Is with groin injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
33. "Mulder T20I debut likely as Pakistan look to avoid whitewash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
34. "Dale Steyn becomes South Africa's highest wicket-taker". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
35. "Olivier takes six wickets to overshadow Steyn record". Yahoo News. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
36. "Duanne Olivier puts South Africa on top against Pakistan after second five-wicket haul in match". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
37. "Olivier, Amla, Elgar shine as South Africa go 1-0 up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
38. "Record ducks by captains: Sarfraz Ahmed, Faf du Plessis register unwanted record in Test cricket". DNA India. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
39. "Du Plessis Takes Center Stage in South Africa's Dominant Batting Display". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
40. "Zubayr Hamza aims at earning South Africa's 100th Test cap". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
41. "South Africa vs Pakistan: Sarfraz sets new record in Johannesburg Test, surpasses Dhoni & Gilchrist". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
42. "South Africa opt to field against Pakistan in second ODI". Geo TV. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
43. "Imam outpaces Kohli and Azam, reaches 1000 ODI runs". Business Recorder. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
44. "Pakistan bowl first as Sarfraz suspended over Phehlukwayo incident". Sport24. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
45. "Is Phehlukwayo the answer to South Africa's No. 7 question?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
46. "Miller to captain SA as Pakistan eye redemption". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
47. "Babar Azam's 90 in vain as Pakistan lose T20 series winning streak". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo