Pakistan v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2007
South Africa tour of Pakistan 1st Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Karachi, October 01, 2007

Pakistan
PAK
291/10 (97.3) & 263/10 (84.5)

South Africa
SA
450/10 (136.3) & 264/7d (89)
Finished
SA won by 160 runs
South Africa inningSA inn.450/10 (136.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herschelle Gibbs | c M Hafeez b Umar Gul | 54 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 50.94 |
c M Hafeez b Umar Gul | ||||||
| Graeme Smith(C) | lbw b M Hafeez | 42 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 63.63 |
lbw b M Hafeez | ||||||
| Hashim Amla | b Mohammad Asif | 71 | 158 | 6 | 1 | 44.93 |
b Mohammad Asif | ||||||
| Jacques Kallis | c Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria | 155 | 249 | 19 | 0 | 62.24 |
c Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria | ||||||
| Ashwell Prince | c & b Danish Kaneria | 36 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 37.11 |
c & b Danish Kaneria | ||||||
| AB de Villiers | b Umar Gul | 77 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 76.23 |
b Umar Gul | ||||||
| Mark Boucher(WK) | c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Andre Nel | c M Haq b Abdur Rehman | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
c M Haq b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Paul Harris | c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Dale Steyn | b Abdur Rehman | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Makhaya Ntini | Not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 11 (b 1, w 0, nb 4, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 450/10 (136.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Asif | 26 | 6 | 83 | 1 | 3.19 |
| Umar Gul | 21.3 | 6 | 60 | 2 | 2.79 |
| Danish Kaneria | 36 | 3 | 124 | 2 | 3.44 |
| Abdur Rehman | 31 | 3 | 105 | 4 | 3.38 |
| Shoaib Malik | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 3.87 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 14 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 2.85 |
Fall of wickets: 1-87 (GC Smith - 23.4 ov), 2-109 (HH Gibbs - 32.6 ov), 3-279 (H Amla - 81.6 ov), 4-352 (JH Kallis - 108.1 ov), 5-373 (AG Prince - 116.2 ov), 6-392 (Mark Boucher - 123.6 ov), 7-408 (A Nel - 127.6 ov), 8-412 (PL Harris - 129.6 ov), 9-448 (D Steyn - 135.4 ov), 10-450 (A Villiers - 136.3 ov)
Pakistan inningPAK inn.291/10 (97.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hafeez | c JH Kallis b PL Harris | 34 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 57.62 |
c JH Kallis b PL Harris | ||||||
| Kamran Akmal(WK) | lbw b PL Harris | 42 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 113.51 |
lbw b PL Harris | ||||||
| Younis Khan | b A Nel | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 |
b A Nel | ||||||
| Faisal Iqbal | b JH Kallis | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.16 |
b JH Kallis | ||||||
| Misbah ul Haq | c Mark Boucher b D Steyn | 23 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 40.35 |
c Mark Boucher b D Steyn | ||||||
| Shoaib Malik(C) | st Mark Boucher b PL Harris | 73 | 170 | 6 | 1 | 42.94 |
st Mark Boucher b PL Harris | ||||||
| Abdur Rehman | c Mark Boucher b A Nel | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 32.14 |
c Mark Boucher b A Nel | ||||||
| Salman Butt | lbw b PL Harris | 24 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 31.57 |
lbw b PL Harris | ||||||
| Umar Gul | st Mark Boucher b PL Harris | 12 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 27.27 |
st Mark Boucher b PL Harris | ||||||
| Danish Kaneria | Not out | 26 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 53.06 |
Not out | ||||||
| Mohammad Asif | b D Steyn | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 |
b D Steyn | ||||||
| Extra | 25 (b 15, w 1, nb 2, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 291/10 (97.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 13.3 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 3.70 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 11 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 4.36 |
| Paul Harris | 36 | 13 | 73 | 5 | 2.02 |
| Andre Nel | 20 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 |
| Jacques Kallis | 11 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1.90 |
| Graeme Smith | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Kamran Akmal - 14.2 ov), 2-82 (M Hafeez - 18.4 ov), 3-84 (Y Khan - 19.1 ov), 4-97 (Faisal Iqbal - 27.1 ov), 5-120 (M Haq - 37.4 ov), 6-149 (Abdur Rehman - 47.6 ov), 7-233 (Salman Butt - 76.2 ov), 8-238 (S Malik - 80.5 ov), 9-259 (Umar Gul - 86.6 ov), 10-291 (Mohammad Asif - 97.3 ov)
South Africa inningSA inn.264/7 (89 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Smith(C) | c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | 25 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 59.52 |
c Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Herschelle Gibbs | c Faisal Iqbal b Danish Kaneria | 18 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 39.13 |
c Faisal Iqbal b Danish Kaneria | ||||||
| Hashim Amla | st Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
st Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Jacques Kallis | Not out | 100 | 201 | 4 | 1 | 49.75 |
Not out | ||||||
| Ashwell Prince | b Danish Kaneria | 45 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 |
b Danish Kaneria | ||||||
| AB de Villiers | b Abdur Rehman | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Mark Boucher(WK) | c M Haq b Danish Kaneria | 29 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 59.18 |
c M Haq b Danish Kaneria | ||||||
| Andre Nel | c M Haq b Abdur Rehman | 33 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 47.82 |
c M Haq b Abdur Rehman | ||||||
| Paul Harris | Not out | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 12 (b 10, w 0, nb 0, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 264/7 (89) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Asif | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Umar Gul | 12 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 2.91 |
| Abdur Rehman | 38 | 6 | 105 | 4 | 2.76 |
| Danish Kaneria | 28 | 3 | 85 | 3 | 3.03 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 |
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (GC Smith - 13.2 ov), 2-43 (H Amla - 15.3 ov), 3-43 (HH Gibbs - 16.4 ov), 4-131 (AG Prince - 50.2 ov), 5-132 (A Villiers - 51.2 ov), 6-188 (Mark Boucher - 67.3 ov), 7-251 (A Nel - 85.3 ov)
Pakistan inningPAK inn.263/10 (84.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hafeez | b D Steyn | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
b D Steyn | ||||||
| Salman Butt | c H Amla b D Steyn | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
c H Amla b D Steyn | ||||||
| Younis Khan | b D Steyn | 126 | 160 | 18 | 1 | 78.75 |
b D Steyn | ||||||
| Faisal Iqbal | c JH Kallis b PL Harris | 44 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 63.76 |
c JH Kallis b PL Harris | ||||||
| Mohammad Asif | c H Amla b A Nel | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 |
c H Amla b A Nel | ||||||
| Misbah ul Haq | lbw b A Nel | 23 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 24.21 |
lbw b A Nel | ||||||
| Shoaib Malik(C) | c A Nel b M Ntini | 30 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 30.30 |
c A Nel b M Ntini | ||||||
| Kamran Akmal(WK) | c Mark Boucher b PL Harris | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
c Mark Boucher b PL Harris | ||||||
| Abdur Rehman | lbw b D Steyn | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b D Steyn | ||||||
| Umar Gul | c A Nel b D Steyn | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 |
c A Nel b D Steyn | ||||||
| Danish Kaneria | Not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 13 (b 8, w 0, nb 1, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 263/10 (84.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makhaya Ntini | 12.5 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2.64 |
| Dale Steyn | 15 | 3 | 56 | 5 | 3.73 |
| Andre Nel | 19 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 3.10 |
| Paul Harris | 30 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 1.93 |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Hashim Amla | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (M Hafeez - 1.1 ov), 2-20 (Salman Butt - 5.2 ov), 3-134 (Faisal Iqbal - 29.3 ov), 4-161 (Mohammad Asif - 38.1 ov), 5-197 (Y Khan - 55.4 ov), 6-230 (M Haq - 69.4 ov), 7-239 (Kamran Akmal - 74.2 ov), 8-249 (Abdur Rehman - 81.2 ov), 9-257 (Umar Gul - 83.5 ov), 10-263 (S Malik - 84.5 ov)
Man of the Match
Date
2007-10-01 10:30 AM
Venue
National Stadium, Karachi
Toss
South Africa elected to bat
Umpires
- Mark Benson
- Simon Taufel
Tv Umpires
- Riazuddin
Match Referee
- Alan Hurst
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