South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2003–04#1st Test

{{Short description|International cricket tour}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox cricket tour

| series_name = South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2003–04

| team1_image = Flag of South Africa.svg

| team1_name = South Africa

| team2_image = Flag of Pakistan.svg

| team2_name = Pakistan

| from_date = 3

| to_date = 28 October 2003

| team1_captain = Graeme Smith

| team2_captain = Mohammad Yousuf (Tests)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ODIs)

| no_of_ODIs = 5

| team1_ODIs_won = 3

| team2_ODIs_won = 2

| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Boeta Dippenaar (256)

| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Mohammad Yousuf (211)

| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Makhaya Ntini (12)

| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Shoaib Akhtar (8)

| player_of_ODI_series = Boeta Dippenaar (SA)

| no_of_tests = 2

| team1_tests_won = 0

| team2_tests_won = 1

| team1_tests_most_runs = Gary Kirsten (271)

| team2_tests_most_runs = Taufeeq Umar (313)

| team1_tests_most_wickets = Paul Adams (10)

| team2_tests_most_wickets = Danish Kaneria (11)

| player_of_test_series = Taufeeq Umar (Pak)

}}

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.{{Citation |last=Grundlingh |first=Albert |title=Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa |date=2018 |work=Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971 |pages=191–206 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7 |access-date=2024-01-28 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-93607-9}} Pakistan then won the first Test, before the second finished as a draw, giving Pakistan victory in the series.

ODI series

=1st ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 3 October 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 277/6 (50 overs)

| score2 = 269/6(50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Shoaib Malik 82* (41)

| wickets1 = Jacques Kallis 2/53 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Boeta Dippenaar 110* (131)

| wickets2 = Shoaib Akhtar 3/49 (10 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 8 runs

| report =

| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

| umpires = Aleem Dar (Pak) and Darrell Hair (Aus)

| motm = Shoaib Malik (Pak)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=2nd ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 5 October 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 267/7 (50 overs)

| score2 = 225/9 (50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Mohammad Yousuf 65 (72)

| wickets1 = Makhaya Ntini 4/46 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Boeta Dippenaar 98 (76)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Sami 3/20 (8 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 42 runs

| report =

| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

| umpires = Darrell Hair (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)

| motm = Mohammad Sami (Pak)

| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) retired hurt on 9* from 56/2 to 225/6.

}}

=3rd ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 7 October 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 243/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 221/6 (45 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Yasir Hameed 72 (105)

| wickets1 = Makhaya Ntini 3/45 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Jacques Kallis 62 (80)

| wickets2 = Shoaib Akhtar 3/31 (8 overs)

| result = South Africa won by 13 runs (D/L method)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64840.html Scorecard]

| venue = Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

| umpires = Darrell Hair (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)

| motm = Jacques Kallis (SA)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=4th ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 10 October 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 157 (47.4 overs)

| score2 = 158/4 (38.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Mohammad Yousuf 60 (75)

| wickets1 = André Nel 4/39 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Jacques Kallis 58* (87)

| wickets2 = Shoaib Akhtar 1/23 (7 overs)

| result = South Africa won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64841.html Scorecard]

| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

| umpires = Aleem Dar (Pak) and Darrell Hair (Aus)

| motm = André Nel (SA)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=5th ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 12 October 2003

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| score1 = 192 (49.3 overs)

| score2 = 193/3 (45.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Abdul Razzaq 38 (51)

| wickets1 = Shaun Pollock 3/33 (9.3 overs)

| runs2 = Boeta Dippenaar 74 (125)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Sami 2/47 (10 overs)

| result = South Africa won by 7 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64842.html Scorecard]

| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

| umpires = Aleem Dar (Pak) and Darrell Hair (Aus)

| motm = Boeta Dippenaar (SA)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

Test series

=1st Test=

{{Test match

| date = 17–21 October 2003

| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 320 (83 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Mark Boucher 72 (96)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Shoaib Malik 4/42 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 401 (148 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Taufeeq Umar 111 (247)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Paul Adams 7/128 (45 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 241 (84.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Herschelle Gibbs 59 (123)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Danish Kaneria 5/46 (28.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 164/2 (40.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Taufeeq Umar 63 (114)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Graeme Smith 1/13 (5.1 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64050.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

| umpires = Darrell Hair (Aus) and Neil Mallender (Eng)

| motm = Danish Kaneria (Pak) and Taufeeq Umar (Pak)

| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Asim Kamal (Pak) made his Test debut.

}}

=2nd Test=

{{Test match

| date = 24–28 October 2003

| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 278 (99.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Herschelle Gibbs 98 (219)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Shabbir Ahmed 4/74 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 348 (116.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Imran Farhat 128 (226)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Shaun Pollock 6/78 (29.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 371/8d (127.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Gary Kirsten 118 (232)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Abdul Razzaq 3/70 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 242/6 (98 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Taufeeq Umar 71 (183)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Makhaya Ntini 2/45 (20 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64051.html Scorecard]

| venue = Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

| umpires = Daryl Harper (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)

| motm = Gary Kirsten (SA) and Taufeeq Umar (Pak)

| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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