IQBAL STADIUM (FAISALABAD): Cricket team of Pakistan won the 3-match ODI series beating Proteas for the loss of just three wickets and 100 balls to spare here on Sat (8th Nov, 2025).
Skipper of South African Cricket team Matthew Breetzke opted to bat first after winning the toss.
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Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed hunted four scalps yielding 27 runs and contributed immensely in limiting the Proteas 143 runs in 37.5 overs. Afridi dismissed 2 , while Agha sent 2 more back to pavilion. Quinton de Kock, (whose unbeaten 123 runs had enabled the cricket team of South Africa beat Pakistan in the 2nd ODI played here on 6th Nov) scored 53 in the 3rd ODI.
Proteas: 143 all out, 37.5 overs (Quinton de Kock 53, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 39; Abrar Ahmed 4-27, Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-18, Salman Ali Agha 2-18, Mohammad Nawaz 2-31)
Green Shirts: 144-3, 25.1 overs (Saim Ayub 77, Mohammad Rizwan 32 not out, Babar Azam 27; Nandre Burger 1-29, Bjorn Fortuin 1-34)
Player of the match: Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan)
Quinton de Kock was declared player of the match.
Squads:
Green Shirts: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Skipper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (w/k), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha
Proteas: Matthew Breetzke (Skipper), Corbin Bosch, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock (w/k), Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Bjorn Fortuin, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Sinethemba Qeshile.
2nd ODI: Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 123 runs have enabled the cricket team of South Africa beat Pakistan in the second ODI played here on Thursday, (6th Nov, 2025). Earlier, the cricket team of Pakistan opted to bat first after winning the toss. It went on to score 269 for the loss of nine wickets against Proteas. Opener Saim Ayub’s bat yielded fifty-three runs. Salman Ali Agha scored 69. Mohammad Nawaz managed to muster 59 runs up. Faheem Ashraf also chipped in 28. Babar Azam made 11 runs to post 270-run target for the visiting cricket team.
Proteas [ 270 for 2 (de Kock 123 not out, de Zorzi 76, Ashreef 1-40) beats Pakistan (269 for 9 (Agha 69, Nawaz 59, Burger 4-46) } by eight wickets.
1st ODI: Cricket team of Pakistan had beaten Porteas by 2 wickets in the 1st ODI of the 2 match series here on Tuesday (4th Nov, 2025).After winning the toss, the Cricket team of Pakistan invited Proteas to bat first. Green Shirts Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed bowled out the Cricket Team of Proteas for 263 runs (in 49.1 overs). Pakistan successfully chased the target in 49.4 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Cricket team of South Africa: Quinton de Kock 63, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 57, Matthew Breetzke 42, Corbin Bosch 41; Naseem Shah 3-40, Abrar Ahmed 3-53, Saim Ayub 2-39.
Cricket team of Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha 62, Mohammad Rizwan 55, Fakhar Zaman 45, Saim Ayub 39, Hussain Talat 22; Corbin Bosch 2-32, Lungi Ngidi 2-46, Donovan Ferreira 2-53.
Salman Ali Agha was declared Player of the Match.
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