The Pakistan national cricket team toured South Africa during the 2002–03 season, playing five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches, as well as four tour matches, between 3 December 2002 and 6 January 2003. South Africa won the ODI series 4-1.[1] South Africa also won the Test series 2-0.
Squads
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 Pakistan[2] |
 South Africa[3][4] |
Pakistan[2] |
South Africa[5] |
Batsman Gary Kirsten was added to the South Africa squad for the final two ODIs, while Neil McKenzie and Nicky Boje were dropped.[6] After originally being named in the 15-man squad for the first Test, Monde Zondeki was released to play for Border in the Standard Bank Cup, South Africa's one-day cricket competition;[3] he was recalled for the second Test.[4]
ODI series
1st ODI
8 December 2002 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Waqar Younis (Pak) became the second player to take 400 ODI wickets.
2nd ODI
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
4th ODI
5th ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
1st Test
26–30 December 2002 Scorecard |
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45/0 (9 overs) Herschelle Gibbs 25* (17) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain delayed the start of play on Day 1 by 40 minutes.
2nd Test
Tour matches
One-day: Nicky Oppenheimer XI v Pakistanis
3 December 2002 Scorecard |
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Nicky Oppenheimer XI 187/9 (47.3 overs) | |
- Nicky Oppenheimer XI won the toss and elected to field.
50-over: South Africa A v Pakistanis
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play for 127 minutes after 1.1 overs of the Pakistanis' innings; when play resumed, the innings was reduced to 29 overs, and the Pakistanis were given a revised target of 157.
25-over: Border Invitation XI v Pakistanis
14 December 2002 Scorecard |
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Border Invitation XI 136/5 (25 overs) | |
- Border Invitation XI won the toss and elected to field.
Three-day: South Africa A v Pakistanis
References
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7. ISBN 978-3-319-93607-9.
- 1 2 "Pakistan Test & One-Day Squad". CricInfo. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- 1 2 "South Africa squad for 1st Test against Pakistan announced". ESPNcricinfo. 24 December 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- 1 2 "South African squad for 2nd Pakistan Test". ESPNcricinfo. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Unchanged South African squad to face Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Eleventh-hour World Cup chance for Kirsten". ESPNcricinfo. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo