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RSA vs PAK Win Probability
Toss Winner - South Africa won the toss and choose to bat first
South Africa beat Pakistan by 10 wickets
After confirming their place in the World Test Championship final with a two wicket win in Centurion, South Africa can secure the series in Cape Town.
- South Africa have won their last six Test matches!
- Pakistan had won their previous two Tests before their Boxing Day defeat.
- Both teams have won two of the last four head to heads in this format.
We are backing South Africa to win!
| Tournament: | Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 22.3°C|Partly cloudy |
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RSA vs PAK Match Prediction & Analysis
All of the eyes of the cricketing world were on the Boxing Day Test in Centurion which served up a real Christmas cracker! The match went into the second session of day four with two results still possible and it was South Africa's lower order batters who were able to hold their nerves and get over the line.
That victory means that South Africa are the first team to book their place in the WTC Final at Lord's in June with the only question mark over who they will be facing in six months time.
Proteas managed to get the victory against Pakistan in Centurion in a low-scoring classic. Could the two teams deliver another close contest or will the two wicket win last week soon be a distant memory with what we have in store in Cape Town.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
RSA
W
W
W
W
W
RSA
301/10 in 73.4 4.09
SA vs PAK 2024
South Africa beat Pakistan by 2 wickets150/8 in 39.3 3.8
358/10 in 103.4 3.45
SL vs SA 2024
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs238/10 in 69.1 3.44
191/10 in 49.4 3.85
SL vs SA 2024
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 233 runs282/10 in 79.4 3.54
106/10 in 40.1 2.64
BAN vs SA 2024
South Africa beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets106/3 in 22.0 4.82
PAK
L
W
W
L
L
PAK
301/10 in 73.4 4.09
SA vs PAK 2024
South Africa beat Pakistan by 2 wickets150/8 in 39.3 3.8
HEAD TO HEAD
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TEAMS PREVIEW
South Africa Preview
On a low-scoring pitch, batting fourth can be particularly tough both from a technical and mental perspective, but South Africa showed plenty of bottle and ability to chase down their target of 148 in Centurion and sneak over the line with two wickets remaining!
Aiden Markram was the standout batter across both sides, hitting 89 of South Africa's 301 in the first innings before making 37 in their ultimately successful 150/8. The right-handed opener has long been seen as a player failing to reach his potential but he will come into this Test full of confidence after those efforts.
With the ball, South Africa showed the value of their four man attack and we expect the same quad - Kagiso Rabada, Corbin Bosch, Dane Paterson and Marco Jansen to be very dangerous again in Cape Town.
South Africa Predicted Playing XI:
Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson
South Africa Key Players From Previous Game Of Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024
South Africa Actual Playing XI:
Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, David Bedingham, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Kagiso Rabada
Pakistan Preview
Any preview of a Pakistan game could not fail to mention how they are the most predictably unpredictable side in international cricket and a brief glance at their recent results confirms this.
After being thrashed by England in their opening Test in October, they responded with wins by 152 runs and by nine wickets, but the Boxing Day defeat in Centurion will be tough to recover from after getting so close to recording their third victory in a row.
Coming into this Test, Babar Azam will feel slightly more at ease after hitting a half-century in the second innings and Saud Shakeel continues to deliver on a regular basis. With the ball, Mohammad Abbas very nearly won the tourists the Test in Centurion and no South Africa batter will be relishing facing him after he took 6/54 in the second innings.
Pakistan Predicted Playing XI:
Shan Masood (c), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas
Pakistan Key Players From Previous Game Of Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024
Pakistan Actual Playing XI:
Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Khurram Shehzad
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
Cape Town in January can be beautiful and the weather forecast is for more of the same across the five days of this Test. No rain is expected and the temperature will get into the mid-twenties with clear skies but high humidity on all five days.
RSA vs PAK Pitch Report
Newlands is a ground where the ball can dominate the bat and we saw this last January when the Test lasted only two days and saw scores of 55, 176, 153 and 80/3. It could be tough work on the first day for the batters and any score of 250+ in the first innings of the game will be competitive.
Toss: To Bowl
Three of the last four Tests in Newlands have been won by the team chasing in the fourth innings of the game so we predict that both captains will go out to the middle wanting to bowl first.
RSA vs PAK
Winning Prediction
Both teams should be proud to have been a part of the classic contest to round off 2024 and they could well deliver something similar on a bowler friendly surface in this Test. We expect a competitive match but expect the hosts, South Africa, to come out on top once again!
We are backing South Africa to win!
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