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WED 19/12 - 08:00 AM GMT
Tour Match, at Benoni, Dec 19-21 2018

WED 26/12 - 08:00 AM GMT
1st Test, at Centurion, Dec 26-30 2018

THU 3/1 - 08:30 AM GMT
2nd Test, at Cape Town, Jan 3-7 2019

FRI 11/1 - 08:00 AM GMT
3rd Test, at Johannesburg, Jan 11-15 2019

SAT 19/1 - 11:00 AM GMT
1st ODI, (D/N) at Port Elizabeth, Jan 19 2019

TUE 22/1 - 11:00 AM GMT
2nd ODI, (D/N) at Durban, Jan 22 2019

FRI 25/1 - 11:00 AM GMT
3rd ODI, (D/N) at Centurion, Jan 25 2019

SUN 27/1 - 08:00 AM GMT
4th ODI, at Johannesburg, Jan 27 2019

WED 30/1 - 11:00 AM GMT
5th ODI, (D/N) at Cape Town, Jan 30 2019

FRI 1/2 - 04:00 PM GMT
1st T20I, (N) at Cape Town, Feb 1 2019

SUN 3/2 - 12:30 PM GMT
2nd T20I, at Johannesburg, Feb 3 2019

WED 6/2 - 04:00 PM GMT
3rd T20I, (N) at Centurion, Feb 6 2019

Pakistan Squad: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Yasir Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi

South Africa squad: Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma , Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), Dean Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Duanne Olivier, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn

Philander is out of the boxing day test with a finger injury

Ngidi is out too....

South Africa have unearthed a young 19-year old named Joshua Richards who made 98 in the warm-up match.

Ackerman played a captain's innings of 103 not out as the CSA XI made 318-7 declared.

Centuries for Azhar and Babar as the tourists make 306-7 declared....

Steyn takes wicket number 422!

That makes him the highest wicket taker in South African cricket.

Philander's Test record is astonishing. Yet it often has felt a squeeze getting him in the SA side, and he never gets mentioned in lists of great pace bowlers.

Well done the Superhuman Steyn. Who always gets mentioned.

Pakistan out of their comfort zone.

Pakistan struggling at 76/4. Might get all out today itself.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Philander's Test record is astonishing. Yet it often has felt a squeeze getting him in the SA side, and he never gets mentioned in lists of great pace bowlers.

South Africa has great reserves of seam bowlers.

Philander injured. Ngidi injured. No problem. Olivier comes in and takes two top order wickets.

87-4 Pak struggling a bit, suprised to see Olivier in the side, but picked up couple of early wickets

Babar Azam really needs to step up here...big reputation and big potential but hasn't cracked test cricket...had a good year averaging nearly 65 but his overall record only averaing around 25 or so...needs a big knock to get his side out of trouble...



WHAT A CATCH!!!! Olivier has 3, and Azhar has gone!

Sarfraz gone! 86-6! Olivier 4-28

andy wrote:87-4 Pak struggling a bit, suprised to see Olivier in the side, but picked up couple of early wickets

Yeah. Phehlukwayo would have been my pick. Olivier gets another couple of wickets!

Pak in all sorts, will be lucky to get 150 from here.... the depth in SA'S pace bowling stocks is scary!

Amir out. Olivier gets his five fer!