Pakistan wins first Test against South Africa in four days

Karachi will host the first Test against South Africa on Friday Pakistan Alavoka won by 7 wickets. South Africa, who went on to score 187/4 in the second innings on Friday, were all out for 245 in the fourth day of the match. Pakistan were 88 runs short of the target. With that .. Azhar Ali (31 not out: 4×4 off 47 balls) and Babur Azam (6×4 off 30:39 balls) played ODI-style innings to win Pakistan 90/3. With the latest victory, Pakistan is leading 1-0 in the two-Test series. The second Test match will start on February 4 at Rawalpindi.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test on Tuesday. However, with the exception of opener Dean Elgar (9×4 off 58:106 balls), South Africa were all out for 220 in the first innings. Pakistan’s Pavad Alam (9×4, 2×6 off 109: 245 balls) then scored 378 in the first innings. With that .. South Africa, who played the second innings with a deficit of 158 in the first innings, were all out for 245 today. In total, Pakistan were ahead by just 88 runs in 22.5 overs. Pavad Alam, who scored a century in the match, was awarded the Man of the Match award.

This is the first time a top team has traveled to Pakistan to play a full-fledged series since the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. The last time South Africa played matches on that soil was in 2007. With that .. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is now providing state level guest security to the South African team in that country.