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Pakistan vs South Africa Scorecard, 2nd ODI, South Africa vs Pakistan 2024/2025
Result · Dec 19 2024, Thu - 05:30 PM (IST)
PAKISTAN329
SOUTH AFRICA248
Pakistan won by 81 runs
CRR:5.75
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Pakistan in South Africa 2024/2025 |
| Date: | Dec 19 2024, Thu - 05:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Cape Town |
| Venue: | World Sports Betting Newlands Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Kwena Maphaka, Tabraiz Shamsi |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan (c) (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Irfan Khan Niazi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed |
- Pakistan have won four of their last six men's ODIs against South Africa including a three-wicket win in the first match of this series; as a result, they’ll be looking to clinch a third series win in their last four bilateral men’s ODI series against South Africa after losing all their previous seven.
- South Africa have won five of their six men’s ODIs against Pakistan at Newlands in Cape Town, including a seven-wicket win when they met there in January 2019 – their most recent encounter at the venue.
- South Africa have won their last four consecutive men’s ODIs at Newlands in Cape Town after winning only three of their previous six games at the venue; however, this will be the first time they’ve played there in the format since January 2022 when they defeated India by four runs.
- South Africa have never lost back-to-back bilateral men’s ODI series at home in the history of the format but are in danger of doing so after losing the first match of this series and losing 1-2 to India in their previous home series.
- Pakistan have won five of their last six men’s ODIs including their last three in a row, after winning only two of their previous eight games in the format; indeed, the last time they won more than three straight games in the format was a five-game streak from August to September in 2023.
- 32.7% of South Africa’s dismissed batters in men’s ODIs in 2024 have been bowled out, which is the second-highest rate of any full member nation behind only Ireland (38.3%); indeed, Bjorn Fortuin has been bowled out three times this year which is just one fewer than the most of any player in 2024.
- Pakistan have bowled on a short length on 5.1% of their total deliveries in men’s ODIs in 2024, the highest rate of any full member nation in the format; they’ve taken five wickets via this length which is ranked behind only Bangladesh (7) and Ireland (6) among full member nations this year.
- Andile Phehlukwayo (South Africa) has taken 96 career ODI wickets and needs just four more to become the 13th player to take 100 for South Africa in the men’s edition of the format; the last time he took four wickets in an innings was on 22 January 2019 against Pakistan (4/22).
- Despite being dismissed for just eight runs in the first match of this men’s ODI series between South Africa and Pakistan, Rassie van der Dussen has a batting average of 81.5 against Pakistan which is the highest of any player to have batted at least four innings in matches between the teams; indeed, he has one century and four half-centuries across nine innings against Pakistan in the format.
- Saim Ayub (Pakistan) has scored 253 runs at an average of 126.5 across his last three ODI innings, logging two centuries in that frame; indeed, he has a career batting average of 64.8 from his seven innings in the format which is the highest of any Pakistan player to bat at least four innings.