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South Africa vs Pakistan Scorecard, 2nd Test, Pakistan vs South Africa 2021
Result · Feb 04 2021, Thu - 10:15 AM (IST)
PAKISTAN272, 298
SOUTH AFRICA201, 274
Pakistan won by 95 runs
CRR:2.99
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Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Pakistan 2021 |
| Date: | Feb 04 2021, Thu - 10:15 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Rawalpindi |
| Venue: | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Nauman Ali, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock (c) (wk), Temba Bavuma, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Wiaan Mulder |
- A win for Pakistan in this match would equal only their second ever multi-game men's bilateral Test series victory against South Africa (1-0 in 2003); they triumphed by seven wickets in the first game of this series.
- South Africa will be looking to avoid a fourth consecutive multi-game men's bilateral Test series loss away from home; it would be the first time the Proteas have lost as many such series in succession since losing each of their first seven in the format (July 1907 - February 1932).
- Pakistan won their most recent men's Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium by an innings and 44 runs (v Bangladesh, February 2020); they will be aiming to secure back-to-back wins at the venue for the first time.
- South Africa are winless in their last 13 men's Tests in Asia (D4, L9); the Proteas have not won on the continent since July 2014 (153 runs v Sri Lanka in Galle).
- Pakistan have dropped 13 catches in men's Tests so far this year, the most by any side and one of only two in the double figures (India - 10).
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) has scored a century in each of his previous two Test innings at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium; no player has more at the venue in the men’s format (Saeed Anwar - 2 and Michael Slater - 2).
- Yasir Shah (234) is three away from becoming the fifth all-time leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in men’s Tests; he finished with figures of 7/133 in the first Test of this series.
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) has a bowling strike rate of 41.1 in Test cricket, the best by any player to take at least 150 wickets in the men’s format.
- Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) was the only batsman with a false shot percentage (9.4) under 10% in the first Test of this series.
- Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan) finished with the best dot ball percentage (89.3%) of any bowler in the first Test of this series; it was the first time he has failed to claim a wicket during a Test appearance, however.