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After a thrilling contest, South Africa and Pakistan In the ODI and T20I series, the two sides will face off again in two Test matches. After winning 3-0 in the ODI format, Pakistan entered the red-ball clash against the Proteas with their heads held high.
On the other hand, the home team will be looking to get back to the winning ways after registering a flawless 2-0 win in the T20I series and earn some valuable points for the ongoing round-robin tournament. ICC World Test Championship. South Africa currently leads the WTC standings with 6 wins and 1 loss from 10 games.
SA vs PAK cricket test match head to head record
- Played a test match:28
- South Africa wins:15
- pakistan wins: 6
- draw: 7
- South Africa has highest goal total against Pakistan: 620/7 days
- South Africa’s lowest total score against Pakistan: 124
- Pakistan’s highest goal total against South Africa:456
- Pakistan’s lowest goal total against South Africa:49
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Test statistics and records at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium
- total games:29
- Whoever bats first wins the match: 13
- Win the bowling match first:12
- Average score in first inning:326
- Average score in second game:320
- average score in third game: 227
- fourth inning average: 162
- Highest overall record: 621/10 (142.1 Ovs) SA vs SL
- lowest total recorded: 101/10 (34.4 Ovs) England vs SA
Supersport Park Cricket Ground Pitch Report
The SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium, formerly known as Centurion Park, has always been a batsman-friendly pitch, with the ball usually falling to the bat. However, there is plenty of seam movement for the Pacers. The pitch changed its behavior on the fourth and fifth days of the Test match. At this point scoring runs becomes a challenge for the batsman. The ballpark has a fast outfield that provides intense competition between bat and ball.
Squad:
South Africa: Tamba Bavuma (three)David Bedingham, Corbin Bose, Matthew Bretzke, Tony de Zolz, Marco Janssen, Keshav Maharaj, Quinna Ma Farka, Aiden Markram, Vian Mulder, Senuran Mutusamy, Dane Patterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Veraine.
Pakistan: Jean Massoud (three)Saud Shakeel, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha.
