Pakistan-South Africa Tests

Pakistan-South Africa Tests - Head to Head

by Muhammad Asim
(to 10th October 2003)

Test Series Summary

Season   Host  Tests    Pak     SA      Draw    Series
1994-95  SA     1       -       1       -       SA
1997-98  Pak    3       -       1       2       SA
1997-98  SA     3       1       1       1       Drawn
2002-03  SA     2       -       2       -       SA
Total in Pak    3       -       1       2
Total in SA     6       1       4       1
Grand Total     9       1       5       3

Match by match synopsis of Pakistan-South Africa Test fixtures

Start Date      Venue           Toss    Result
19 Jan 1995     Johannesburg    SA      SA won by 324 runs
 6 Oct 1997     Rawalpindi      Pak     Match Drawn
17 Oct 1997     Sheikhupura     SA      Match Drawn
24 Oct 1997     Faisalabad      SA      SA won by 53 runs
14 Feb 1998     Johannesburg    Pak     Match Drawn
26 Feb 1998     Durban          SA      Pak won by 29 runs
 6 Mar 1998     Port Elizabeth  Pak     SA won by 259 runs
26 Dec 2002     Durban          Pak     SA won by 10 wkts
 2 Jan 2003     Cape Town       SA      SA won by an inn & 142 runs

Team Records

Highest totals for Pakistan (400 runs or more)

456     Rawalpindi      1997-98

Highest totals for South Africa (400 runs or more)

620-7d  Cape Town       2002-03
460     Johannesburg    1994-95
403     Rawalpindi      1997-98
402     Sheikhupura     1997-98

Lowest totals for Pakistan (200 runs or less)

 92     Faisalabad      1997-98
106     Port Elizabeth  1997-98
134     Port Elizabeth  1997-98
161     Durban          2002-03
165     Johannesburg    1994-95

Lowest totals for South Africa (250 runs or less)

214     Faisalabad      1997-98
225     Durban          1997-98
231     Durban          1997-98
239     Faisalabad      1997-98

Batting Records

Individual 100s for Pakistan (6)

Azhar Mahmood   136     Johannesburg    1997-98
Taufeeq Umar    135     Cape Town       2002-03
Azhar Mahmood   132     Durban          1997-98
Azhar Mahmood   128*    Rawalpindi      1997-98
Saeed Anwar     118     Durban          1997-98
Ali Naqvi       115     Rawalpindi      1997-98

Individual 100s for South Africa (6)

HH Gibbs        228     Cape Town       2002-03
GC Smith        151     Cape Town       2002-03
BM McMillan     113     Johannesburg    1994-95
PL Symcox       108     Johannesburg    1997-98
JH Kallis       105     Durban          2002-03
G Kirsten       100*    Faisalabad      1997-98

Most individual Test runs (200 runs or more) (14)

                For     M      Inn     No      Runs      Hs      Avg   50s    100s
G Kirsten       SA      9       14      2       567     100*    47.25   4       1
Azhar Mahmood   Pak     6        9      2       530     136     75.71   1       3
Inzamam-ul-Haq  Pak     8       13      0       412      96     31.69   4       -
SM Pollock      SA      8       11      3       379      82     47.37   2       -
JH Kallis       SA      6        8      0       356     105     44.50   2       1
WJ Cronje       SA      6       10      1       299      85     33.22   2       -
Taufeeq Umar    Pak     2        4      0       280     135     70.00   1       1
Saeed Anwar     Pak     7       12      0       279     118     23.25   1       1
HH Gibbs        SA      3        4      1       268     228     89.33   -       1
PL Symcox       SA      4        5      0       266     108     53.20   2       1
AM Bacher       SA      6       10      1       258      96     28.66   2       -
MV Boucher      SA      6        8      0       256      78     32.00   4       -
Moin Khan       Pak     7       11      1       233      80     23.30   1       -

Highest partnerships for Pakistan

1st     101     Aamer Sohail & Saeed Anwar      Durban          1997-98
2nd     116     Younis Khan & Taufeeq Umar      Cape Town       2002-03
3rd     121     Inzamam-ul-Haq & Taufeeq Umar   Cape Town       2002-03
4th      93     Asif Mujtaba & Inzamam-ul-Haq   Johannesburg    1994-95
5th      54     Yousuf Youhana & Faisal Iqbal   Cape Town       2002-03
6th     144     Inzamam-ul-Haq & Moin Khan      Faisalabad      1997-98
7th      35     Saleem Malik & Wasim Akram      Johannesburg    1994-95
8th      40     Kabir Khan & Inzamam-ul-Haq     Johannesburg    1994-95
9th      80     Shoaib Akhtar & Azhar Mahmood   Durban          1997-98
10th    151     Mushtaq Ahmed & Azhar Mahmood   Rawalpindi      1997-98

Highest partnerships for South Africa

1st     368     GC Smith & HH Gibbs             Cape Town       2002-03
2nd     114     JH Kallis & G Kirsten           Rawalpindi      1997-98
3rd     122     G Kirsten & JH Kallis           Durban          2002-03
4th      79     WJ Cronje & G Kirsten           Johannesburg    1994-95
5th      85     ND McKenzie & HH Dippenaar      Cape Town       2002-03
6th     157     JN Rhodes & BM McMillan         Johannesburg    1994-95
7th     106     SM Pollock & DJ Richardson      Rawalpindi      1997-98
8th     124     PL Symcox & G Kirsten           Faisalabad      1997-98
9th     195     PL Symcox & MV Boucher          Johannesburg    1997-98
10th     71     AA Donald & PS de Villiers      Johannesburg    1994-95

Bowling records

Test 10WM for Pakistan (1)

Waqar Younis    10-133     Port Elizabeth     1997-98

Test 10WM for South Africa (1)

PS de Villiers  10-108     Johannesburg       1994-95

Most individual Test wickets (10 wkts or more) (9)

                For    Inn     Balls   Mdns    Runs    Wkts      Avg
SM Pollock      SA      14      1483    67      600     29      20.68
AA Donald       SA      11      1080    32      604     27      22.37
Mushtaq Ahmed   Pak      8      1517    66      666     27      24.66
Waqar Younis    Pak     11      1215    37      690     24      28.75
PS de Villiers  SA       6       594    29      262     20      13.10
Saqlain Mushtaq Pak      8      1334    37      733     18      40.72
M Ntini         SA       4       449    15      227     13      17.46
Wasim Akram     Pak      7       846    35      387     13      29.76
M Hayward       SA       4       298     7      219     10      21.90