Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard PAK vs SA, 2nd Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
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Pakistan vs South Africa MATCH INFO
- Toss:Pakistan, who chose to bat
- Series:SA in PAK, 2 Tests, 2025
- Venue:Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- Umpires:Chris Brown (NZ), Sharfuddoula Saikat (BAN) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
- Match Referee:Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
- Match Date:Mon, 20th Oct 2025
PAKISTAN Team Players
SOUTH AFRICA Team Players
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12.2: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, Floated, full and on middle, Ryan Rickelton knocks it back to the bowler.
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12.1: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, SCORES LEVEL! Flatter, full and on off, Ryan Rickelton looks to push it away but gets an outside edge along the ground and past first slip for a couple of runs.
- End of over 12
- SA65/2
- South Africa Batting T Stubbs 0(4) R Rickelton 17(26)
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11.6: Noman Ali to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Noman Ali gets his second in the over! He slows it up, full and around off, turning it away. Tristan Stubbs takes a big stride forward and pushes at it with hard hands. Gets an outside edge towards first slip, where Salman Agha makes no mistake. Stubbs is not happy with himself as he goes back for a 4-baller.
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11.5: Noman Ali to Tristan Stubbs, Looped up, full and on middle, Tristan Stubbs fends it away.
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11.4: Noman Ali to Tristan Stubbs, Slows it up, full and on off, Tristan Stubbs taps it to silly point.
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11.4: Noman Ali to Tristan Stubbs, Flighted, full and on middle, Tristan Stubbs blocks it out. It is called a No Ball for overstepping.
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11.3: Noman Ali to Aiden Markram, OUT! LBW! Finally, a wicket for Pakistan! Noman Ali tosses it up, full and on middle, turning away a bit. Aiden Markram goes for the sweep again, but this is not that full for that shot. He has to stretch out a bit and misses to get hit on the pads. There is a big appeal for LBW, and this time the finger goes up. Markram takes the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved and Ball Tracking shows two reds and that the ball is hitting the top of off on umpire's call. Markram goes back for 42 off 45.
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11.2: Noman Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR MORE! South Africa just one hit away from victory! Floated, full and on middle and leg, Aiden Markram brings out another sweep and hits it sweetly to the deep backward square leg fence for another boundary.
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11.1: Noman Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Excellent shot! Flighted, full and around middle, Aiden Markram goes down and crunches the slog sweep to the deep square leg fence for a boundary. South Africa need just 8 runs to win now.
- End of over 11
- SA56/0
- South Africa Batting R Rickelton 17(26) A Markram 34(42)
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10.6: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, Darts one full and on leg, Ryan Rickelton plays anoher reverse sweep but straight to point.
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10.5: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, Floated, full and on middle, Ryan Rickelton reverse sweeps it again but this time past point for a brace.
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10.4: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, Good stop! Flatter, full and on middle, Ryan Rickelton reverse sweeps it wide of point, where Noman Ali dives to his right to save a boundary.
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10.3: Sajid Khan to Aiden Markram, Aiden Markram survives! Flighted, full and on middle, turns in again, Markram goes down across to paddle it away but the ball goes under his bat and deflects off the pads. It rolls away towards the fine leg region as the batters get three leg byes. There is a massive appeal for LBW in between, but the umpire says no. Shan Masood takes another review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved. Ball Tracking comes up and shows it to be clipping the leg stump. Sajid Khan is not happy, but the umpire's call saves Markram here.
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10.2: Sajid Khan to Aiden Markram, Flatter, full and on middle, Aiden Markram clips it to mid-wicket.
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10.1: Sajid Khan to Aiden Markram, Another big shout for LBW, but turned down again! Tossed up, full and on middle, turns in sharply, Aiden Markram gets half-forward to work it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. Probably spinning a bit too much down the leg side.
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49.3: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, OUT! STUMPED! All over for Pakistan. Keshav Maharaj finishes the innings with a couple of wickets. Tosses it full on off and gets it to turn away, around off. Sajid Khan shimmies down to heave it away, but he misses completely, and Kyle Verreynne does the rest behind the stumps. Pakistan are bundled out for just 138, leading by a mere 67 runs.
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49.2: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, Fuller and at the stumps. Sajid Khan defends forward.
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49.1: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, Flatter delivery, turning away, around off. Sajid Khan stays back and guides it toward deep third region for a couple.
- End of over 49
- PAK136/9
- Pakistan Batting A Afridi 0(2) S Khan 11(13)
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48.6: Simon Harmer to Asif Afridi, Tossed up on a length and spins away close to the outside edge of Asif Afridi. Half an appeal for caught behind from Kyle Verreynne but the umpire turns it down.
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48.5: Simon Harmer to Sajid Khan, Flatter, turning into the middle. Sajid Khan goes back and works it toward deep mid-wicket for a single.
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48.4: Simon Harmer to Sajid Khan, Tossed up on a length, on off. Sajid Khan defends from the crease.
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48.3: Simon Harmer to Sajid Khan, SIX! BANG! Floated full, on off. Sajid Khan dances down the pitch and smokes it over the long on fence for half a dozen. They need more of these shots. Lead is now 64 runs.
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48.2: Simon Harmer to Sajid Khan, Tosses it full, on off. Sajid Khan shimmies down to hack it across but ends up bunting onto the pitch.
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48.1: Simon Harmer to Sajid Khan, Flatter arm ball on off. Sajid Khan defends from the crease.
- End of over 48
- PAK129/9
- Pakistan Batting A Afridi 0(1) S Khan 4(8)
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47.6: Keshav Maharaj to Asif Afridi, Tossed up on the middle and leg. Asif Afridi turns it to short mid-wicket.
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47.5: Keshav Maharaj to Salman Agha, OUT! DRAGGED ON! The move to bring back Keshav Maharaj has paid dividends. Flatter and quicker arm ball, angled into the off and middle stump line. Salman Agha goes back to cut this away but, this is too close to his body for that shot. He ends up chopping it back onto the off stump. Agha departs for 28 off 42, and Pakistan are 129/9, leading by just 58 runs.
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47.4: Keshav Maharaj to Salman Agha, Looped up full, just outside off. Salman Agha lets it go.
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47.3: Keshav Maharaj to Salman Agha, Fuller and quicker on off. Salman Agha presses forward in defence.
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47.2: Keshav Maharaj to Salman Agha, Floated on the middle. Salman Agha sweeps it past the man at backward square leg and takes a couple.
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47.1: Keshav Maharaj to Salman Agha, Tossed up full, just outside off. Salman Agha looks to sweep but misses and wears around the thigh pad.
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119.3: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! IN THE AIR... TAKEN! Asif Afridi gets his sixth wicket and the Proteas are all out! Afridi bowls it fuller, pitching it on off and turning it in. Kagiso Rabada looks to slog it away but fails to get underneath the delivery. The ball loops and flies toward the fielder in the long on region. It's Abdullah Shafique, who misjudges the ball at first but eventually does well to lean forward and take the catch near his shoelaces. South Africa ends up with a lead of 71 runs.
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119.2: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Tossed up, just outside off. Kagiso Rabada pushes it toward cover.
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119.1: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Fuller, on off and middle. Kagiso Rabada brings the full face of his bat and blocks it to his front.
- End of over 119
- SA404/9
- South Africa Batting S Muthusamy 89(155) K Rabada 71(58)
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118.6: Sajid Khan to Senuran Muthusamy, Floated, fuller outside off. Senuran Muthusamy leans on the delivery and drives it gently toward cover.
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118.5: Sajid Khan to Senuran Muthusamy, Full, on middle and leg. Senuran Muthusamy flicks it toward the left of the bowler.
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118.4: Sajid Khan to Kagiso Rabada, Pitches it up, around off. Kagiso Rabada knocks it from his front foot toward long off for a single.
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118.3: Sajid Khan to Senuran Muthusamy, Short, around off. Senuran Muthusamy camps back and punches it, opening his bat toward deep cover for a single.
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118.2: Sajid Khan to Kagiso Rabada, Shorter, outside off. Kagiso Rabada rocks back and punches it toward sweeper cover for a single.
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118.1: Sajid Khan to Kagiso Rabada, Pitches it up, on middle. Kagiso Rabada lunges and blocks it back to the bowler.
- End of over 118
- SA401/9
- South Africa Batting K Rabada 69(55) S Muthusamy 88(152)
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117.6: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Asif Afridi drags his length back, on the sticks. Kagiso Rabada works it toward deep mid-wicket for a comfortable single.
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117.5: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Short, on middle. Kagiso Rabada dabs it down the deck.
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117.4: Asif Afridi to Senuran Muthusamy, Short and on leg, Senuran Muthusamy moves back and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. 400 UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA!
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117.3: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Pitches it up, around off. Kagiso Rabada pushes it wide of the cover fielder and crosses for a single.
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117.2: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, FOUR! This is exceptional from Kagiso Rabada! Asif Afridi bowls it tad fuller, just outside off, turns it in. Kagiso Rabada reverse sweeps it toward the deep third fence for a boundary.
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117.1: Asif Afridi to Kagiso Rabada, Short, outside off Kagiso Rabada keeps it out.
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113.4: Keshav Maharaj to Asif Afridi, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Keshav Maharaj finishes off with a seven-wicket haul! He delivers it a bit loopy, slower through the air, pitching it outside off and turns it in. Asif Afridi goes for a wild heave across the line but the ball finds the gap between the bat and pad and thumps the stumps. Pakistan are bowled out for 333 on the board!
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113.3: Keshav Maharaj to Asif Afridi, FOUR! That's the way to open the account! Pitches it up, on off and middle. Asif Afridi clears the front foot and lofts it over the head of the bowler and gets the boundary.
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113.2: Keshav Maharaj to Asif Afridi, Short, outside off, drifitn in. Asif Afridi lunges and pads it away toward slip. Keshav Maharaj appeals for LBW but the impact is way to outside off.
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113.1: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, OUT! EDGE AND TAKEN! Another one bites the dust! Maharaj is just on fire today! He delivers it fuller with some flight to offer, on off and drifts it away from the batter. Sajid Khan plants his front foot to drive it toward cover but gets a thick outside edge and the ball goes straight toward the first slip, where Aiden Markram holds the composure and takes the catch safely.
- End of over 113
- PAK329/8
- Pakistan Batting N Ali 6(19) S Khan 5(13)
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112.6: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, Pitches it up, around off. Noman Ali hangs back and dabs it toward the cover region.
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112.5: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, Tossed up, on off. Noman Ali eases it away.
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112.4: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, This is a ripper from Simon Harmer! Pitches it up, just outside off, angling in, but spins it away from the left hander. Noman strides out to block it to his front but the ball just misses the outside edge, brushes off the pad and gets to the keeper.
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112.3: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, Much fuller, around off. Noman Ali blocks it away.
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112.2: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, Flighted, much fuller, just behind the yorker length. Noman Ali digs it out.
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112.1: Simon Harmer to Noman Ali, Tossed up, on off. Noman Ali strides out and pushes it toward cover.
- End of over 112
- PAK329/8
- Pakistan Batting S Khan 5(13) N Ali 6(13)
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111.6: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, Pitches it up, on the pads. Sajid Khan lunges and eases it back to the bowler.
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111.5: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, Full, on leg. Sajid Khan taps it toward the leg side.
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111.4: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, FOUR! This is excellent batting from Sajid Khan! Maharaj pitches it up, on off. Sajid Khan uses his bottom hand to loft it over the wide mid off fielder and gets the boundary. Ryan Rickelton has a chase but fails to get the better.
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111.3: Keshav Maharaj to Sajid Khan, Full, on off. Sajid Khan brings out the full face of his bat to his front foot.
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111.2: Keshav Maharaj to Noman Ali, Tossed up, just outside off. Noman Ali sweeps it across the line toward deep sqaure leg and rotates the strike.
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111.1: Keshav Maharaj to Noman Ali, Flat and pitches it up, on middle. Noman Ali lunges to rest it down the track.
12.3: Sajid Khan to Ryan Rickelton, SIX! Ryan Rickelton finishes things off in style! Sajid Khan tosses it up, full and on off, Rickelton skips down the track and dispatches it over the long off fence for a biggie. South Africa win by 8 wickets and level the series 1-1!