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Test series: Pakistan beat South Africa to take 1-0 lead

Visiting team needed 224 runs to win

GNN Web Desk
Published 4 days ago on Oct 15th 2025, 10:27 am
By Web Desk
Test series: Pakistan beat South Africa to take 1-0 lead

Lahore: Pakistan defeated South Africa by 93 runs in the first Test played at the Gaddafi Stadium to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

The fourth day of the match being played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, started by South African batsman Ryan Riccione and Tony de Zouzi, but de Zouzi fell victim to Shaheen Shah Afridi without adding to his previous day's score.

After that, Noman Ali first dismissed Tristan Stubbs and then David Brewis, while Sajid Khan had South African set-batsman Ryan Riccione caught out for 45 runs.

Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed Vereni and Sabryan, while Sajid Khan made Muthu Swamy his victim.

It is pertinent to note that on the third day of the game, the South African team was bowled out before the lunch break in its first innings and could only score 269 runs in response to Pakistan's 378 runs in the first innings.

The Pakistan team started its second innings with a lead of 109 runs and was bundled out for 167 runs before the third day, giving South Africa a target of 277 to win.

The South African team had scored 51 runs for the loss of 2 wickets by the end of the third day of the game in its second innings. Captain Aiden Markram 3 and Wayne Mulder were out without scoring any runs.

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