Pakistan Vs South Africa Match 3 12 February 2025

3rd ODI • National Stadium • Karachi

South Africa

352/5 (50)

Pakistan

355/4 (49)

PAK won by 6 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

12 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

3rd ODI,

Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

Schedule

Umpires

Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), Michael Gough (England), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

Pitch Report

Lightning quick outfield here which gives you full value for your shots. It's often a welcoming pitch here for the batters and offers something for spin. There could be a bit of dew maybe. The pitch is well rolled in and it looks hard. The ball will come onto the bat nicely.

1st Innings

262Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

92.36Avg SR

2nd Innings

219Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

85.33Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PAK

7- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Pakistan

South Africa

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Matthew Breetzke

SA . BAT

150 Runs

1 Match

Fakhar Zaman

PAK . BAT

84 Runs

1 Match

Wiaan Mulder

SA . ALL

64 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Shaheen Afridi

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Abrar Ahmed

PAK . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Senuran Muthusamy

SA . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

National Stadium, Karachi

1st Innings

262Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

92.36Avg SR

2nd Innings

219Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

85.33Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

58%Bat First Bowl First42%

Team Batting First

50%Wins Losses50%

Recent Matches on venue

5th ODI • May 7 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 252/10 (46.1)

NZ 299/10 (49.3)

NZ won by 47 runs

vs live score

4th ODI • May 5 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 334/6 (50)

NZ 232/10 (43.4)

PAK won by 102 runs

vs live score

3rd ODI • May 3 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 287/6 (50)

NZ 261/10 (49.1)

PAK won by 26 runs

vs live score

3rd ODI • Jan 13 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 280/9 (50)

NZ 281/8 (48.1)

NZ won by 2 wickets

vs live score

2nd ODI • Jan 11 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 182/10 (43)

NZ 261/10 (49.5)

NZ won by 79 runs

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1st ODI • Jan 9 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 258/4 (48.1)

NZ 255/9 (50)

PAK won by 6 wickets

vs live score

3rd ODI • Oct 2 • Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan

PAK 299/5 (48.2)

SL 297/9 (50)

PAK won by 5 wkts (10b rem)

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2nd ODI • Sep 30 • Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan

PAK 305/7 (50)

SL 238/10 (46.5)

PAK won by 67 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Pakistan

South Africa

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PAK

7- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

215

Average Score

230

329/10

Highest Score

343/4

60/6

Lowest Score

106/10

Player of the Match Agha Salman

134(103)

0/33

PAK

Info

South Africa

352/5 (50)

Batters

Temba Bavuma

(C)

85.42

runout (S Shakeel)

Tony de Zorzi

122.22

c A Salman b S Afridi

Matthew Breetzke

98.81

c A Salman b Khushdil Shah

Heinrich Klaasen

155.36

c S Afridi b N Shah

Wiaan Mulder

33.33

c S Shakeel b S Afridi

Kyle Verreynne

137.50

Not out

Corbin Bosch

166.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 7, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 7.04)

352/5

Did not Bat

Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Bowlers

EXT

6.60

6.80

6.30

9.00

6.60

5.57

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tony de Zorzi

c A Salman b S Afridi

1-51

7.6

Temba Bavuma

runout (S Shakeel)

2-170

28.5

Matthew Breetzke

c A Salman b Khushdil Shah

3-238

38.1

Wiaan Mulder

c S Shakeel b S Afridi

4-241

39.3

Heinrich Klaasen

c S Afridi b N Shah

5-319

47.2

Pakistan

355/4 (49)

Batters

Fakhar Zaman

146.43

c H Klaasen b PWA Mulder

Babar Azam

121.05

lbw b PWA Mulder

Saud Shakeel

93.75

c PWA Mulder b C Bosch

Mohammad Rizwan *

(C)

122

128

95.31

Not out

Agha Salman

134

103

130.10

c K Verreynne b L Ngidi

Tayyab Tahir

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 7, NB: 1, W: 7)

TOTAL

(49 Ov, RR: 7.24)

355/4

Did not Bat

Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

Bowlers

EXT

8.22

8.75

7.90

5.89

5.40

5.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Babar Azam

lbw b PWA Mulder

1-57

6.1

Saud Shakeel

c PWA Mulder b C Bosch

2-87

9.4

Fakhar Zaman

c H Klaasen b PWA Mulder

3-91

10.4

Agha Salman

c K Verreynne b L Ngidi

4-351

48.5

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

3rd ODI,

Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

Schedule

Umpires

Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), Michael Gough (England), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

0 1 1 0 4 1

Over 46

Runs: 7

4 1 1 1 1 1

Over 47

Runs: 9

0 1 4 1 0 0

Over 48

Runs: 6

4 1 0 1 W 4

Over 49

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Agha Salman

134(103)

0/33

Commentary

Right - that is all we have for you from the league phase of the 2025 Pakistan Tri-Nation series. We'll be back with coverage of the final between New Zealand and the hosts on Friday - join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of that, and keep a close eye on our page for a whole lot more! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Karthik Raj and Lavil Saldanha. Good night!

Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan captain): Cricket is by chance, we put in all the effort we could. Early on, they were a tad lucky. We were looking to restrict them to 320, Klaasen took them past 350 with that innings of his. Khushdil pipped in with some motivational words at the break when we were heading back, someone else said something about 350 being chased against Sri Lanka (340+). Motivation like that and the positivity helped. There was pressure when Agha joined me, but we stopped looking at the scoreboard and focused on building a partnership. Planned for 5 overs each after the 18th over. We had success in some of them, not in others. I was angry (while on the field) but the players insist I get angry upon mistakes on the field. Even if you win you look for improvements, fielding is one of them. Mistakes on the field are criminal against big teams like South Africa.

Temba Bavuma (South Africa Captain): "Yeah, definitely. Getting to 350, you back yourself but unfortunately we didn't start well enough. We got a couple of wickets but didn't manage to get the momentum. I think it stayed a good wicket from the first ball. A little bit swing but nothing extreme. It will be tough work for bowlers if these are the wickets we will be playing on. Yeah, wickets are important. Making sure that the batters are scoring off good balls, that is another important thing. In the middle, you are either able to squeeze up dots or take wickets. Yeah, hitting the ball well. Nice to spend time out in the middle. My last proper knock was in the Test series against Pakistan, so good to remove the cobwebs. It was nice to get past 20 today."

Agha Salman: "We knew that this was a good wicket. Wanted to take the game as deep as possible, we targeted every five overs and that worked. To be honest, it is just one of those catches which stuck in my hand. Wanted to contribute in all the three departments. It was a very good pitch in the first innings as well. I don't think the wicket changed much, maybe there was a bit of reverse swing in the first innings. With our bowling, we can defend any total. When he is doing this, you need to know that he is in the game."

Agha Salman has been named as the 'Player of the Match'

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

Shabi: "Omg what a chase by Pakistan. Please tell me is it the highest chase in ODI please", for Pakistan, yes. Overall... the Proteas still have that record.

10:17 P.M. Local Time, 10:47 P.M. IST - Match summary:

Pakistan win by 6 wickets with 6 balls to spare

Agha Salman 134 (103) | Shaheen Afridi 2/66 (10)
Heinrich Klaasen 87 (56) | Wiaan Mulder 2/79 (10)

For the second time in two games, Pakistan were off to a flyer thanks to openers Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam. It was Babar who got the Karachi crowd going with a couple of silky boundaries in the first over off Lungi Ngidi. Fakhar Zaman went on the charge soon after - he, chanced his luck and the runs kept flowing about for the hosts. The 50-run stand was up for the first wicket halfway into the sixth over, and the start looked promising.

Wiaan Mulder was then handed the ball, and it worked for South Africa straight away. He trapped Babar Azam in front with a skiddy length delivery, Fakhar kept at it, got to 41 but then tried to chase a length delivery on his front foot off Mulder and nicked behind. Saud Shakeel picked out Mulder at deep square off Corbin Bosch in between, and Pakistan were in a bit of soup at the time.

Mohammad Rizwan was then joined by Agha Salman at the crease, and the duo were onto the rebuild job straight away. The required rate began creeping up as the duo took their time to settle in. Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi kept things really tight after drinks, there was the odd boundary every now and then, but the lack of rotation in strike was a cause of concern.

Rizwan went on to break the shackles with a six off Maharaj, and brought up his half century two balls after that. Salman, too, began growing in confidence, the running between the wickets turned more intense, the boundary balls came along almost every over, and soon enough, both batters were matching each other's individual scores. The partnership for the fourth wicket kept growing and growing, crossing 200 as both batters brought up their respective hundreds in the same over - the 43rd.

Salman pressed on the accelerator eventually, dragging Pakistan close to a run-a-ball by helping take 16 off the 45th over. Over a run-a-ball soon turned under a run-a-ball, and even though the game went deep, Rizwan and Salman had things covered. Salman brought it down to single figures with a meaty blow over cover, and while he got out on the cusp of a special victory, Pakistan scaled Mt. 353 a few moments later thanks to a first-ball boundary from Tayyab Tahir, booking a place in the final on Friday. Presentations in a bit...

overs

355 /4 score

runs

Tayyab Tahir *

4 (1)

Mohammad Rizwan

122 (128)

Lungi Ngidi

1 /74

48.6 Lungi Ngidi to Tayyab Tahir, FINISHED OFF IN STYLE! Full and slow outside-off, Tayyab drives it through extra-cover as Pakistan seal a historic 353-run chase. With this, Pakistan qualify for the final of the Tri-series as well!

Tayyab Tahir, RHB, is in at 6

Welp! Bit of a party-spoiler, that.

48.5 Lungi Ngidi to Agha Salman, SUPERB DELIVERY! Full and slow outside-off, Salman looks to defend but the ball dips at the last moment and goes past the bat! Oh! South Africa have opted for the DRS to check the caught-behind appeal here. The Ultra-Edge shows a spike and Salman's stunning knock has come to an end. The Karachi crowd is on its feet to applaud Salman!

Agha Salman c Kyle Verreynne b Lungisani Ngidi 134 (103b, 16x4, 2x6)

48.4 Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, short of a length with pace taken off, Rizwan clips it to deep mid-wicket and wants two runs but Salman turns down the second!

48.3 Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, slower delivery on a length outside-off, Rizwan wants to cut but he misses it. The ball stayed low there.

48.2 Lungi Ngidi to Agha Salman, full and angling in, Salman clips it to deep backward square-leg for a single. 350 up for Pakistan!

48.1 Lungi Ngidi to Agha Salman, SALMAN CONTINUES TO BAT LIKE A DREAM! Full and wide of off, Salman goes inside-out to the right of deep covers for a maximum. Just a boundary away now!

Sk: "This is really good batting and a very well-constructed chase. The Pakistan team's top 4 looks well-settled for the Champions Trophy. Given fewer matches in CT, no team is out of contention!!!"

overs

343 /3 score