IQBAL STADIUM (FAISALABAD): 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.
While, South African fast bowler Nandre Burger sent four Green Shirts back to the pavilion, leg-spinner Peter hunted 3 scalps and Bosh dismissed 2.
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.
Third ODI – the series decider – will be played at the same stadium on 8th Nov, 2025.
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.
Squads:
Cricket Team of Pakistan:
Starting lineup
Fakhar Zaman
Saim Ayub
Babar Azam
Muhammad Rizwan (Wicket Keeper)
Salman Ali Agha
Hussain Talat
Hasan Nawaz
Mohammad Nawaz
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Skipper)
Naseem Shah
Abrar Ahmed
Cricket Team of South Africa:
Starting lineup
Quinton de Kock (Wicket Keeper)
Lhuan-dré Pretorius
Tony de Zorzi
Matthew Breetzke (Skipper)
Sinethemba Qeshile
Donovan Ferreira
George Linde
Corbin Bosch
Bjorn Fortuin
Lungi Ngidi
Lizaad Williams
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