Pakistan vs South Africa 3rd ODI Highlights: Pakistan Seals Series with Dominant Performance

Nov 09, 2025 0

Pakistan handed a one-sided defeat to South Africa to win the 3-match ODI series by 2-1. The decisive match saw Pakistan emerge victorious by 7 wickets, clinching the series on home soil.

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Key Moments of the Match

The match was highlighted by exceptional performances from both Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed. Abrar Ahmed, who was adjudged man of the match, starred with his bowling performance, while Saim Ayub anchored the chase with a blistering knock.

South Africa's Innings

South Africa had won the toss and elected to bat first. Right after a very good brief partnership of Quinton de Kock (53) and Lhuan Dre Pretorius (39), the Proteas suffered an embarrassing top and middle-order collapse which saw them get all out for just 143. Other than de Kock and Pretorious, no other batter could even score 20 runs with Matthew Breetzke and Nqaba Peter the only ones to score 16 runs. Tony de Zorzi, Rubin Hermann, Donovan Ferreira. Corbin Bosch and Bjorn Fortuin shared just 13 runs between themselves.

The stage was set on fire by Abrar Ahmed, who led the pack with figures of 4/27 with a maiden in his 10-over spell.

Earlier in the game, it was a dominant bowling performance by Pakistan that saw them bundle out South Africa for a mere 143 runs. Despite a solid 72-run opening stand between Quinton de Kock and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, the Pakistani spinners, led by Abrar Ahmed (4/27), triggered a massive collapse. Salman Agha struck two quick blows to open the floodgates, and then Abrar ran through the middle order, with South Africa losing wickets in clusters.

Apart from Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Quinton de Kock, the others added just 48 runs to the total and that tells you the story. In a must win game, the inexperienced Proteas line up crumbled with the most proeficient knock coming from Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Quinton de Kock. Once they fell, it was a procession against come quality spinners on a rank turner.

Captain of South Africa, Matthew Breetzke says that 250 was a good score but they lost too many wickets. Shares that Abrar Ahmed bowled really well. They tried to play straight as possible but Pakistan were too good today. Tells that they will take a lot of learnings from this series. On Lhuan-dre Pretorius, he has been special on top of the order, his aggression has been vital.

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Pakistan's Chase

The Men in Green chased the 144-run target within 26 overs. Saim Ayub smacked a classic knock of 77 off 70 with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan also playing their parts by scoring 27 and 32 respectively.

In reply, needing a modest total, Pakistan needed one man to step up and Saim Ayub came to the party with his fine half-century. Well, the game was set up by the Pakistani bowlers. They ripped through the Proteas line-up. Abrar Ahmed particularly, who grabbed four wickets to register his career-best figures of 4/27. The others played their part.

Shaheen Afridi was reluctant to bring in Abrar Ahmed against the left-handed openers but once they departed, Ahmed came in and dismantled the South Africa batting group, breaking their back single-handedly.

Key Performers

Saim Ayub: Scored a match-winning 77 off 70 balls.
Abrar Ahmed: Took 4 wickets for 27 runs.
Quinton de Kock: Scored 53 runs for South Africa.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius: Contributed 39 runs for South Africa.

Match Summary

Pakistan beat South Africa by 7 wickets.
Pakistan won the 3-match series 2-1.
Abrar Ahmed was named Player of the Match.

With this, Pakistan claimed their first-ever series win over South Africa on home soil. Shaheen Afridi begins his ODI captaincy tenure with a big series win.

Shaheen Afridi, the skipper of Pakistan says it is a team work, they have worked hard and all the credit goes to them. Shares that according to the conditions, they were happy to bowl, the spinners controlled and bowled really well. Tells that the players were waiting for their opportunities in this series.

Quinton de Kock, PLAYER OF THE SERIES. He is disappointed not to win but reckons it was hard to bat on this surface. Mentions they learned a lot on this pitches which were difficult to play on.

Abrar Ahmed wins the PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD. He says he read the conditions and learnt a lot from the last match. Tells that he focuses on his job, not if he is in the playing XI or not.

Other Notable Events

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