SUPERSPORT PARK CRICKET STADIUM (Centurion): South African Cricket Team won the toss and invited the Green Shirts to bat first in the 1st of a two-match series being played here Thursday (26th Dec, 2024).

While pacers of the host team sent Green Shirts back to the pavilion yielding 211 runs, Pakistan fought back to restrict Proteas to 82 runs for three wickets.
Scoreboard:
Green Shirts:
Shan Masood c Jansen b Bosch 17
Saim Ayub c Verreynne b Paterson 14
Babar Azam c Markram b Paterson 4
Kamran Ghulam c Rabada b Paterson 54
Saud Shakeel c Verreynne b Bosch 14
Mohammad Rizwan c Markram b Paterson 27
Salman Ali Agha c Rickelton b Paterson 18
Aamir Jamal b Bosch 28
Naseem Shah c Rabada b Bosch 0
Khurram Shahzad c Paterson b Jansen 11
Mohammad Abbas not out 10
Extras: (B-4, LB-5, NB-5) 14
Total: (all out, 57.3 overs) 211
Fall of Wickets: 1-36 (Shan), 2-40 (Saim), 3-41 (Babar), 4-56 (Saud), 5-137 (Kamran), 6-142 (Rizwan), 7-189 (Aamir), 8-189 (Salman), 9-189 (Naseem)
Bowling: Rabada 14-2-35-0, Jansen 12.3-1-43-1, Paterson 16-4-61-5 (5nb), Bosch 15-4-63-4
Proteas:
A. Markram not out 47
T. de Zorzi b Khurram 2
R. Rickelton c Rizwan b Khurram 8
T. Stubbs lbw Abbas 9
T. Bavuma not out 4
Extras: (B-8, NB-4) 12
Total: (for three wickets, 22 overs) 82
Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (de Zorzi), 2-24 (Rickelton), 3-66 (Stubbs)
Bowling: Khurram 8-1-28-2, Abbas 10-3-36-1 (2nb), Naseem 4-0-10-0 (2nb)
Umpires: Alexander Wharf (England) and Nitin Menon (India)
TV Umpire: Handunnettige Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Match Referee: Richard Richardson (West Indies)
Squads:
Green Shirts: Shan Masood (Skipper), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas.
Proteas: Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (Skipper), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson, Corbin Bosch.
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