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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 26, 2024, 13:11:33 IST
South Africa vs Pakistan Live Score 1st Test Day 1: Both South Africa and Pakistan have named their playing XIs - a couple of injuries and a couple of players short of match fitness has meant that the hosts are going with an all-pace attack, so too are Pakistan and that doesn't come as a surprise. The forecast is for some rain during the course of the Test, but expectations are of a largely uninterrupted passage of play today.
Pakistan XI: Shan Masood(c), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas
South Africa XI: Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson
But South Africa will be tested by a feisty Pakistan team whose confidence must be sky high after registering a superb 3-0 series win in the recently concluded ODIs
South Africa have been in the middle of some excellent results in Test cricket and they're just one more win from becoming the first team to book a place in next year's WTC final at Lord's
South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan
The South Africans have taken a different tack to make it to the top of the WTC standings, eschewing dazzle in favour of dependability. Eight of their players have scored centuries this year, more than any other side except India - who also have eight. But the Indians have played five more Tests than South Africa.
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