Pakistan vs South Africa, 1st Test at Rawalpindi, Oct 06 1997 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Rawalpindi, October 06 - 10, 1997, South Africa tour of Pakistan
Pakistan 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Richardson b Donald | 16 | 26 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| c Kirsten b Donald | 115 | 270 | 352 | 14 | 0 | 42.59 | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 29 | 92 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 31.52 | |||
| b Symcox | 11 | 34 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 32.35 | |||
| c †Richardson b Schultz | 8 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| c Bacher b Symcox | 11 | 56 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 19.64 | |||
| lbw b Donald | 12 | 34 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | |||
| not out | 128 | 267 | 350 | 11 | 1 | 47.94 | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 45 | 81 | 106 | 5 | 2 | 55.55 | |||
| b Cronje | 59 | 106 | 183 | 4 | 4 | 55.66 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 13) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 162.5 Ov (RR: 2.80) | 456 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Saeed Anwar), 2-114 (Mohammad Ramzan), 3-135 (Ijaz Ahmed), 4-152 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-196 (Mohammad Wasim), 6-206 (Ali Naqvi), 7-230 (Moin Khan), 8-231 (Saqlain Mushtaq), 9-305 (Waqar Younis), 10-456 (Mushtaq Ahmed) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 3 | 108 | 3 | 3.27 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 3.86 | - | 0 | 7 | |
| 37 | 13 | 74 | 3 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 2.11 | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 46 | 11 | 130 | 2 | 2.82 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2.14 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3.31 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Ijaz Ahmed b Saqlain Mushtaq | 98 | 344 | 425 | 7 | 0 | 28.48 | |||
| c Mohammad Ramzan b Saqlain Mushtaq | 50 | 142 | 199 | 3 | 0 | 35.21 | |||
| lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq | 61 | 157 | 213 | 6 | 0 | 38.85 | |||
| lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq | 16 | 45 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 35.55 | |||
| c Ijaz Ahmed b Azhar Mahmood | 24 | 59 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 40.67 | |||
| c Ijaz Ahmed b Saqlain Mushtaq | 7 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 25.92 | |||
| c †Mohammad Wasim b Azhar Mahmood | 48 | 99 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 48.48 | |||
| not out | 45 | 124 | 168 | 5 | 0 | 36.29 | |||
| st †Mohammad Wasim b Mushtaq Ahmed | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |||
| c Saeed Anwar b Mushtaq Ahmed | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| Extras | (b 20, lb 9, nb 15, w 4) | 48 | |||||||
| Total | 167.5 Ov (RR: 2.40) | 403 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-107 (Adam Bacher), 2-221 (Jacques Kallis), 3-228 (Gary Kirsten), 4-249 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-278 (Hansie Cronje), 6-282 (Brian McMillan), 7-388 (Shaun Pollock), 8-393 (Pat Symcox), 9-399 (Allan Donald), 10-403 (Brett Schultz) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 2.25 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 2.74 | - | 1 | 9 | |
| 58.5 | 17 | 126 | 3 | 2.14 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | 13 | 129 | 5 | 2.08 | - | 0 | 11 |
Pakistan 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c sub (JN Rhodes) b Donald | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c †Richardson b Kallis | 19 | 27 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 70.37 | |||
| c Cronje b Kallis | 7 | 49 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| b Symcox | 16 | 38 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 42.10 | |||
| c Symcox b Cronje | 56 | 82 | 131 | 10 | 0 | 68.29 | |||
| c Pollock b Symcox | 10 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 50 | 96 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 52.08 | |||
| not out | 6 | 33 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, nb 10) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 57.4 Ov (RR: 3.15) | 182/6 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Saeed Anwar), 2-33 (Ali Naqvi), 3-42 (Mohammad Ramzan), 4-66 (Ijaz Ahmed), 5-80 (Mohammad Wasim), 6-148 (Inzamam-ul-Haq) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 2.27 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2.75 | - | 0 | 8 | |
| 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 7.4 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2.73 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Mon, 06 Oct
day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 216/6 (Moin Khan 8*, Azhar Mahmood 4*)Tue, 07 Oct
day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 345/9 (Azhar Mahmood 72*, Mushtaq Ahmed 6*)Wed, 08 Oct
day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 139/1 (Gary Kirsten 62*, Jacques Kallis 20*)Thu, 09 Oct
day 4 - South Africa 1st innings 359/6 (Shaun Pollock 35*, David Richardson 30*)Fri, 10 Oct
day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 182/6 (57.4 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
The 10th wicket partnership of 151 between Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed equalled the Test record for this wicket (Hastings and Collinge for New Zealand v Pakistan, Auckland, 1972-73), and beat the previous Pakistan record of 133 (Wasim Raja and Wasim Bari, v West Indies, Bridgetown, 1976-77)
Azhar Mahmood is the 6th Pakistani batsman to score a century on debut.
First occasion of two players making century on debut (Ali Naqvi and Azhar Mahmood) in the same Test innings.
Highest Test scores for Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed.
Match Details
TossPakistan, elected to bat first
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Series result3-match series level 0-0
Match numberTest no. 1380
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
TV Umpire
Match Referee