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Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07

2007 Series of Pakistani cricket in South Africa

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ7125871 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Pakistan national cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests, five ODIs and one T20 from 6 January to 14 February 2007.

South Africa won the Test series 2–1.

South Africa also won the T20.

South Africa won the 5-match ODI series 3–1 with one game ending with no result.

Tour match

Test series

Squads

1st Test

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.

Day 1: Pakistan 242/5.

Day 2: Pakistan 313, South Africa 254/4.

Day 3: Pakistan 313 & 103/2, South Africa 417.

Day 4: Pakistan 313 & 302, South Africa 417 & 69/2.

2nd Test

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.