- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras9 (b 2, lb 1, nb 4, w 2)TOTAL259 all out (73.2 Overs, RR: 3.53)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Aamer Sohail, 10.3 ov), 2-37 (Ijaz Ahmed, 14.2 ov), 3-70 (Mohammad Wasim, 22.3 ov), 4-82 (Mohammad Yousuf, 28.2 ov), 5-89 (Saeed Anwar, 30.3 ov), 6-127 (Moin Khan, 39.2 ov), 7-142 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 44.6 ov), 8-153 (Waqar Younis, 51.4 ov), 9-233 (Shoaib Akhtar, 68.2 ov), 10-259 (Azhar Mahmood, 73.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Donald 19.2 4 79 5 4.08 1 0 PS de Villiers 18 5 55 1 3.05 1 1 SM Pollock 18 3 55 2 3.05 0 2 L Klusener 18 3 67 2 3.72 0 1
25/02Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 26-Mar 2 1998
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259 & 226 -
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231 & 225 (88.2 ov)
Player of the Match
25/02Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 26-Mar 2 1998
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259 & 226 -
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231 & 225 (88.2 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras15 (b 4, lb 2, nb 6, w 3)TOTAL231 all out (90 Overs, RR: 2.56)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (G Kirsten, 1.6 ov), 2-32 (AM Bacher, 11.6 ov), 3-115 (JH Kallis, 51.2 ov), 4-115 (AC Hudson, 51.3 ov), 5-120 (WJ Cronje, 54.5 ov), 6-139 (HD Ackerman, 62.5 ov), 7-154 (MV Boucher, 69.5 ov), 8-166 (L Klusener, 71.5 ov), 9-178 (PS de Villiers, 73.6 ov), 10-231 (AA Donald, 89.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 19 3 63 0 3.31 0 2 Fazl-e-Akbar 8 2 16 2 2.00 0 1 Shoaib Akhtar 12 1 43 5 3.58 1 0 Mushtaq Ahmed 32 9 71 3 2.21 1 0 Azhar Mahmood 17 6 28 0 1.64 1 2 Aamer Sohail 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras15 (lb 7, nb 6, w 2)TOTAL226 all out (79.3 Overs, RR: 2.84)Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Aamer Sohail, 35.3 ov), 2-159 (Ijaz Ahmed, 54.2 ov), 3-164 (Mohammad Wasim, 54.5 ov), 4-182 (Mohammad Yousuf, 63.5 ov), 5-198 (Moin Khan, 69.3 ov), 6-203 (Saeed Anwar, 71.3 ov), 7-212 (Azhar Mahmood, 73.4 ov), 8-220 (Waqar Younis, 77.5 ov), 9-226 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 78.6 ov), 10-226 (Fazl-e-Akbar, 79.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PS de Villiers 16 1 51 1 3.18 0 2 AA Donald 10 3 20 1 2.00 2 2 SM Pollock 22.3 6 50 6 2.22 0 1 L Klusener 9 1 32 0 3.55 0 3 WJ Cronje 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0 JH Kallis 17 1 46 0 2.70 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras18 (lb 15, nb 3)TOTAL225 all out (88.2 Overs, RR: 2.54)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AM Bacher, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (G Kirsten, 25.3 ov), 3-49 (JH Kallis, 29.5 ov), 4-76 (HD Ackerman, 43.4 ov), 5-79 (AC Hudson, 45.3 ov), 6-110 (WJ Cronje, 56.3 ov), 7-120 (SM Pollock, 57.1 ov), 8-133 (L Klusener, 63.1 ov), 9-219 (MV Boucher, 86.6 ov), 10-225 (AA Donald, 88.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 17.2 1 60 3 3.46 0 3 Fazl-e-Akbar 5 2 16 1 3.20 0 0 Shoaib Akhtar 11 0 20 0 1.81 0 1 Mushtaq Ahmed 37 13 78 6 2.10 0 0 Azhar Mahmood 11 4 12 0 1.09 0 0 Aamer Sohail 7 1 24 0 3.42 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28 February, 1,2 March 1998 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 26 Feb - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 23/1 (AM Bacher 14*, JH Kallis 7*, 6 ov)
- Fri, 27 Feb - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 11/0 (Saeed Anwar 8*, Aamer Sohail 2*, 2 ov)
- Sat, 28 Feb - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 222/8 (Mushtaq Ahmed 16*, Shoaib Akhtar 1*, 78.1 ov)
- Sun, 1 Mar - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 186/8 (MV Boucher 36*, PS de Villiers 26*, 80 ov)
- Mon, 2 Mar - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 225 (88.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Pakistan take 43 mins and 8.2 overs to wrap up the 2nd Test, and record their first ever Test win against South Africa
- Lunch: RSA 37/1 (20 overs)
- Tea: 91/5 (51 overs)
- Catches dropped: * Kirsten on 21 by Sohail * Kallis on 14 by Wasim * Hudson on 2 by Wasim * de Villiers on 14 by Ijaz * Boucher on 18 by Latif
- Lost 7 overs due to bad light
- Lunch: Pak 98/0 (32 overs)
- Tea: Pak 176/3 (59 overs)
- Highest 1st wicket partnership (101) against South Africa since 1966/67 season
- Mushtaq Ahmed dropped by Kallis on 9
- Lunch: SA 65/2 (33 overs)
- Tea: SA 132/5 (59 overs)
- Lunch: Pak 81/3 (27 overs)
- Tea: Pak 170/8 (55 overs)
- Mahmood dropped by Donald on 91,
- Record 9th wicket partnership between Azhar Mahmood and Shoaib Aktar of 80 for Kingsmead.
- 8 overs lost through bad light.