South Africa and Pakistan did battle in the 3rd and final 5-Day Test at Centurion park, Pretoria which started at 10:30 SA Time on Friday 22 February and which was scheduled to run till Tuesday 26 February 2013.
This was the Live Game Article for the Match.
South Africa won the Toss and elected to bat.
In South Africa’s First Innings they ammassed 409 runs, all out. Pakistan only managed 156 runs in their First innings and was instructed to follow on. In their Second Innings, the Pakistani’s fought bravely until they were all out on 235 runs, still 18 behind South Africa’s First Innings total.
South Africa won by an Innings and 18 runs, making a clean sweep and achieving a whitewash of Pakistan in the Test Series in South Africa
South Africa: First Innings – 409 All Out (103.2 overs)
Pakistan: First Innings – 156 All Out (46.4 overs) and folloing on in the Second Innings – 235 All Out (78 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 18 runs
- Pakistan in South Africa Test Series – 3rd Test
- Test no. 2075 | 2012/13 season
- Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion
- 22,23,24 February 2013 (5-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Younis Khan b Ehsan Adil | 5 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 23.80 | |
| AN Petersen | lbw b Rahat Ali | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 90.90 | |
| HM Amla | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali | 92 | 201 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 71.87 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Ehsan Adil | 29 | 86 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 50.87 | |
| AB de Villiers† | c Asad Shafiq b Rahat Ali | 121 | 326 | 215 | 15 | 0 | 56.27 | |
| D Elgar | lbw b Rahat Ali | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| RJ Peterson | run out (Mohammad Irfan) | 28 | 61 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| VD Philander | c Mohammad Hafeez b Younis Khan | 74 | 143 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 65.48 | |
| KJ Abbott | b Rahat Ali | 13 | 44 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 46.42 | |
| RK Kleinveldt | c Saeed Ajmal b Rahat Ali | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 12) | 25 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 103.2 overs; 480 mins) | 409 | (3.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-13 (Petersen, 3.1 ov), 2-38 (Smith, 9.3 ov), 3-107 (du Plessis, 28.3 ov), 4-186 (Amla, 46.3 ov), 5-196 (Elgar, 48.3 ov), 6-248 (Peterson, 62.5 ov), 7-377 (Philander, 94.3 ov), 8-394 (de Villiers, 99.3 ov), 9-402 (Kleinveldt, 101.3 ov), 10-409 (Abbott, 103.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Mohammad Irfan | 21.5 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 3.66 | (3nb) | ||
| Rahat Ali | 27.2 | 1 | 127 | 6 | 4.64 | (6nb, 6w) | ||
| Ehsan Adil | 12.1 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 4.43 | (3nb) | ||
| Saeed Ajmal | 29 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 2.62 | |||
| Younis Khan | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4.66 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | |||
| Azhar Ali | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Pakistan 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Elgar b Abbott | 18 | 85 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 40.90 | |
| Imran Farhat | lbw b Philander | 30 | 73 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Azhar Ali | b Philander | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Younis Khan | lbw b Abbott | 33 | 149 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 38.37 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c Petersen b Abbott | 10 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| Asad Shafiq | lbw b Steyn | 6 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | c Smith b Abbott | 17 | 54 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 60.71 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | c Smith b Abbott | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ehsan Adil | c du Plessis b Abbott | 9 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 | |
| Mohammad Irfan | c Elgar b Abbott | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Rahat Ali | not out | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 17, w 8, nb 2) | 27 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 46.4 overs; 234 mins) | 156 | (3.34 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-46 (Imran Farhat, 16.1 ov), 2-56 (Mohammad Hafeez, 17.6 ov), 3-56 (Azhar Ali, 18.1 ov), 4-75 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 25.4 ov), 5-95 (Asad Shafiq, 29.4 ov), 6-132 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 40.1 ov), 7-132 (Saeed Ajmal, 40.2 ov), 8-149 (Ehsan Adil, 44.2 ov), 9-149 (Mohammad Irfan, 44.4 ov), 10-156 (Younis Khan, 46.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 12 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2.08 | (1w) | ||
| VD Philander | 10 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 | (1w) | ||
| RK Kleinveldt | 12 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4.08 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| KJ Abbott | 11.4 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 2.48 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| RJ Peterson | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Pakistan 2nd innings (following on) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | b Steyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Azhar Ali | run out (Steyn/†de Villiers) | 27 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 24.54 | ||
| Younis Khan | c Smith b Steyn | 11 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 23.91 | ||
| Imran Farhat | c †de Villiers b Abbott | 43 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 47.25 | ||
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c †de Villiers b Kleinveldt | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 15.15 | ||
| Asad Shafiq | c Philander b Kleinveldt | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | c Elgar b Steyn | 40 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 88.88 | ||
| Saeed Ajmal | lbw b Steyn | 31 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 54.38 | ||
| Ehsan Adil | c Kleinveldt b Abbott | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| Rahat Ali | lbw b Peterson | 22 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 81.48 | ||
| Mohammad Irfan | not out | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 10, w 11, nb 2) | 32 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 78 overs) | 235 | (3.01 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-0 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.1 ov), 2-39 (Younis Khan, 16.2 ov), 3-93 (Azhar Ali, 38.2 ov), 4-107 (Imran Farhat, 45.3 ov), 5-107 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 46.6 ov), 6-114 (Asad Shafiq, 48.6 ov), 7-183 (Saeed Ajmal, 64.3 ov), 8-202 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 68.6 ov), 9-202 (Ehsan Adil, 69.2 ov), 10-235 (Rahat Ali, 77.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 23 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 3.47 | |||
| VD Philander | 15 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2.13 | (2w) | ||
| KJ Abbott | 17 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 2.29 | (2nb) | ||
| RK Kleinveldt | 13 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2.53 | (1w) | ||
| RJ Peterson | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 |
| Match details | |||||
| Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series South Africa won the 3-match series 3-0 |
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| Test debuts Ehsan Adil (Pakistan); KJ Abbott (South Africa) Player of the match tba |
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| Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SJ Davis (Australia) TV umpire BNJ Oxenford (Australia) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire S George |
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February 23rd, 2013 at 18:44 SAST
Stumps Day 2
Pakistan 14 / 1 after 9 overs
Pakistan still trail by 239 runs, 9 wickets standing
February 24th, 2013 at 11:07 SAST
2nd wicket gone
February 24th, 2013 at 12:33 SAST
Pakistan 87 / 2 after 37 overs.
Lunch, Day 3
February 24th, 2013 at 13:35 SAST
3 rd wicket a run out
February 24th, 2013 at 13:43 SAST
Pakistan now 101 / 3 after 43.2 overs
February 24th, 2013 at 13:54 SAST
Pakistan 107 / 4 after 45.3 overs
February 24th, 2013 at 14:22 SAST
Pakistan 118 / 6
Phweeeew
February 24th, 2013 at 16:02 SAST
Pakistan 187 / 7 after 66.5 overs, still 66 short
February 24th, 2013 at 16:16 SAST
Pakistan 202 / 8
Still 51 runs behind
February 24th, 2013 at 16:19 SAST
Pakistan 202 / 9
1 Wicket needed for the win by SA
February 24th, 2013 at 16:56 SAST
Pakistan 231 / 9, still 22 runs behind
February 24th, 2013 at 17:01 SAST
SA win, by an Innings and 18 runs
February 24th, 2013 at 17:52 SAST
Another big win for the Blomme. Are we going to finally see an era of SA dominance like unto the era of the Windies and then the Ozzies? Here’s hoping
February 24th, 2013 at 18:14 SAST
Well, South Africa have dispatched England in England, Australia in Australia, then New Zealand in South Africa and now Pakistan in South Africa.. all in succession!
That is massive going, and South Africa absolutely deserves the No 1 Spot in Test Cricket in the world.
India, Windies & Sri Lanka basically remain, as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are’nt serious contenders anyway.
The Windies might pose a much better batting performance against SA (with Gayle and Co, the hard-hitting and fearless Windies) compared to the last 4 sides… maybe India too… and I would suspect both the Windies pace attack and Indian bowling attack just might present a unique and tougher challenge.
Still, you can only play what is presented to you.
When do we play either the Windies or India or Sri Lanka, anybody have our schedule for the next year and a bit?
February 24th, 2013 at 19:30 SAST
012/13 February 2013 South Africa Pakistan
2013 June 2013 ICC Champions Trophy
July 2013 Sri Lanka South Africa
September 2013 Champions League
2013/14 October 2013 Pakistan South Africa
November 2013 South Africa India
February 2014 South Africa Australia
2014 April 2014 ICC World T20 (Bangladesh)
July 2014 Zimbabwe South Africa
2014/15 September 2014 Champions League
November 2014 Australia South Africa
December 2014 South Africa West Indies
February 24th, 2013 at 19:33 SAST
65 @ dWeePer:
Thanks!
February 24th, 2013 at 20:51 SAST
Congrats Bif and team , you made us so proud. We are riding the high wafe now, players come in and win MOM awards. The whole aura and confidence makes us a feared team right now. Few teams would have gone on as if nothing went wrong like we did in this test.
Losing 50% of our Fast bowling team, yes the combination of Steyn , Phlander, Morkel and the brilliant backup of Jacques is proven and trustworthy, and have 2 guys stepping in and bowl like the did , is just awesome.
To be in this teammust now the biggest inspiration any player can have. Well done Abbott.