South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2025–26
International cricket tour
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The South Africa cricket team toured Pakistan in October and November 2025 to play the Pakistan cricket team.[1][2] The tour consisted of two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches.[3][4] The Test series formed part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.[5] In September 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[6]
Shaheen Afridi (ODIs)
Salman Ali Agha (T20Is)
Shan Masood (170)
| South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2025–26 | |||
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| Pakistan | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 12 October – 8 November 2025 | ||
| Captains |
Shan Masood (Tests) Shaheen Afridi (ODIs) Salman Ali Agha (T20Is) |
Aiden Markram (Tests) Matthew Breetzke (ODIs) Donovan Ferreira (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs |
Salman Ali Agha (170) Shan Masood (170) | Tony de Zorzi (175) | |
| Most wickets | Noman Ali (14) | Simon Harmer (13) | |
| Player of the series | Senuran Muthusamy (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Saim Ayub (169) | Quinton de Kock (239) | |
| Most wickets | Abrar Ahmed (7) | Nandre Burger (5) | |
| Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Saim Ayub (108) | Reeza Hendricks (94) | |
| Most wickets | Faheem Ashraf (6) | Corbin Bosch (7) | |
| Player of the series | Faheem Ashraf (Pak) | ||
Squads
On 9th October, Kwena Maphaka was ruled out of the tour due to hamstring injury and replaced by Ottniel Baartman in the T20I squad and by Lizaad Williams in the ODI squad.[13][14] On 23 October, David Miller (hamstring strain) and Gerald Coetzee (pectoral muscle injury) were ruled out of the ODI and T20I squads and were replaced by Tony de Zorzi and Matthew Breetzke in T20Is and Ottniel Baartman in ODIs.[15] Donovan Ferreira was named as the captain for the T20I series.[16] On 4 November, Dewald Brevis was ruled out of the ODI series with a low-grade shoulder muscle strain.[17] On 6 November, Rubin Hermann was added to the ODI squad as a replacement of Brevis.[18]
Test series
1st Test
12–15 October 2025 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Senuran Muthusamy (SA) took his first five-wicket haul and first ten-wicket haul in Tests.[19][20]
- Aiden Markram (SA) scored his 3,000th run in Tests.[21][22]
- Rod Tucker set the Australian record for the most number of Test matches umpired with 96.[23]
- World Test Championship points: Pakistan 12, South Africa 0.
2nd Test
20–23 October 2025 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asif Afridi, at 38 years and 299 days, became the third oldest Test debutant for Pakistan, after Miran Bakhsh (47 years 284 days) and Amir Elahi (44 years and 45 days),[24] and took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests, becoming the oldest bowler to do so on debut.[25]
- Simon Harmer (SA) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.[26]
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, Pakistan 0.
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Babar Azam (Pak) became the highest run-scorer in men's T20Is.[27]
3rd T20I
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Donovan Ferreira, Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Sinethemba Qeshile (SA) all made their ODI debuts.
- Shaheen Afridi captained Pakistan for the first time in ODIs.[28]
- Matthew Breetzke captained South Africa for the first time in ODIs.[29]
2nd ODI
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rubin Hermann (SA) made his ODI debut.
- Quinton de Kock (SA) scored his 7,000th run in ODIs.[30][31]
- Babar Azam (Pak) scored 15,000th run in international cricket.[32]
Notes
- In squad for second Test only.