The South African cricket team toured Pakistan for the first time in October 2003. They played against the Pakistan national team in a five-match One Day International (ODI) series and a two-match Test series. South Africa won the ODI series 3–2.[1] Pakistan then won the first Test, before the second finished as a draw, giving Pakistan victory in the series.
| South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2003–04 | |||
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| South Africa | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 3 – 28 October 2003 | ||
| Captains | Graeme Smith |
Mohammad Yousuf (Tests) Inzamam-ul-Haq (ODIs) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Gary Kirsten (271) | Taufeeq Umar (313) | |
| Most wickets | Paul Adams (10) | Danish Kaneria (11) | |
| Player of the series | Taufeeq Umar (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Boeta Dippenaar (256) | Mohammad Yousuf (211) | |
| Most wickets | Makhaya Ntini (12) | Shoaib Akhtar (8) | |
| Player of the series | Boeta Dippenaar (SA) | ||
ODI series
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) retired hurt on 9* from 56/2 to 225/6.
3rd ODI
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editTest series
edit1st Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Asim Kamal (Pak) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
editReferences
edit- ^ Grundlingh, Albert (2018), "Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa", Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 191–206, ISBN 978-3-319-93607-9, retrieved 28 January 2024
External links
edit- Series page at ESPNcricinfo