Hassan Ali seals the deal for Pakistan
With two five–fors, Hassan Ali has sealed the deal for Pakistan, beating South Africa by 95 runs in second Test and won the series 2-0.
The first series as captain for Babar Azam in Test cricket starts with a win – credit to hundred from Muhammad Rizwan and 10 wicket haul by Hasan Ali made the difference in the Test match.
Hasan Ali's 10-for is first by a Pakistan fast bowler on home soil since Shoaib Akhtar in 2003 v Bangladesh in Peshawar #PakvSA
— Sami Ul Hasan (@Samiburney) February 8, 2021
Babar has also been added to the list of Pakistani captains who won their debut Test series.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 8, 2021
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Pakistan won its first series against Proteas since 2003 by 2-0 with a 95-run victory in the second Test on the fifth and final day.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 8, 2021
Set 370-run to win, the Proteas were bowled out for 274 with Pakistan medium pacer Hasan Ali taking 5-60 — his best match figures of 10-114.
Opener Aiden Markram scored a fighting 108 and Temba Bavuma 61.
They put on a 106-run stand for the fourth wicket but Hasan struck with the second new ball to end Markra’s resistance.
The raw emotions!!!#PAKvSA | #HarHaalMainCricket | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/Gcb5n6kfgK
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 8, 2021
The 2-0 win is only Pakistan’s second over South Africa in 12 Test series, having lost eight and drawn three. Pakistan won the first Test by seven wickets in Karachi. Pakistan’s only previous series win over South Africa was in a two-match series at home in 2003.
The series against South Africa – who were touring Pakistan for the first time in 14 years – is the biggest hosted by the home side since a deadly 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka’s squad in Lahore halted international tours.
With the brilliant 10-for, Hassan Ali became man of the match. While with his maiden Test match ton, Rizwan was declared man of the series.
Wicket No.10 in the match for @RealHa55an!
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 8, 2021
Also how good was that catch from @iFaheemAshraf?
Watch #PAKvSA Live: https://t.co/JDojbzmfIr#HarHaalMainCricket #BackTheBoysInGreen https://t.co/BPmuplayKT pic.twitter.com/DzjOopUNdJ
Meanwhile, the Pakistan cricket team regained its place among top 5 Test teams of the world with a 2-0 series win against South Africa.
Pakistan earned 8 rating points after beating Proteas in Karachi and Rawalpindi to jump to 5th position in the ICC Test Team Rankings.
Pakistan gain eight rating points to jump to No.5 in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Team Rankings after the #PAKvSA series 👏 pic.twitter.com/l05HwixTd0
— ICC (@ICC) February 8, 2021
The hosts were at the 7th position in the charts before the start of series while South Africa was at 5th. With the help of star performers – Rizwan, Hassan, Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan has gained this position.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 8, 2021
The two teams will now play three Twenty20 internationals on February 11, 13 and 14, all in Lahore.
Following Pakistan’s win several celebrities, politicians and congratulated the team for the effort.
Congratulations Pakistan team! Fantastic all round team effort. Hassan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam; well done boys! Credit goes to Waqar Younis as well. Great victory for Pakistan cricket @RealHa55an @babarazam258 @iShaheenAfridi @waqyounis99 pic.twitter.com/oOfFG5Xh3t
— Humayun Saeed (@iamhumayunsaeed) February 8, 2021
Well played Team Pakistan! Zabardast performance! And Hassan Ali tussi tou chaa gaye ho! #cricket #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/oWgdNHQzzP
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) February 8, 2021
Congratulations Pakistan! Brilliant performance.This test series win will definitely give a huge confidence to the entire team. A great morale booster
— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) February 8, 2021
winning a test series against SA after 17yrs.Thank u SouthAfrica for touring Pak.Wishing both sides all the best for T20s #PAKvSA
And it's a clean sweep! Pakistan cricket is indeed unpredictable! It's beyond my understanding that how on a day 5 wicket the fast bowlers have taken 9 wickets to send SA packing. Great performance from Hasan and Shaheen! 17 years for a series win against SA❤️ #PAKvsSA
— Haroon Shahid (@Haroon_5hahid) February 8, 2021
Congratulations to @RealHa55an on an incredible test comeback. Brilliant performance 👏👍 Pakistan on its way to a test series win over South Africa#PakvRSA
— Sana Mir ثناء میر (@mir_sana05) February 8, 2021
Congratulations Team Pakistan 🇵🇰 winning test series 2-0 #PAKvsSA match winning performance by @RealHa55an by taking 10 wickets & @iMRizwanPak scoring 💯 in the tough situation of the game.
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) February 8, 2021
Pakistan cricket is back with a bang. @RealHa55an & @iShaheenAfridi reminded us of the era of two W's. Hunting in pairs as it used to be. Well done guys.
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) February 8, 2021
Full review: https://t.co/H3xWH9pNLM#PAKvsSA #cricket #testcricket #victory pic.twitter.com/YjOIaz0kni
Congrats to all the boys and skipper @babarazam258 on winning the test series. @RealHa55an deserves a special mention for his wonderful comeback and great bowling.@iamfawadalam25, @iMRizwanPak, @Shah64Y, @iFaheemAshraf and Nauman have been Super contributers 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#PAKvsSA
— Bismah Maroof (@maroof_bismah) February 8, 2021
Congratulations to everyone on the test series win and 1st under @babarazam258 captaincy 🙌🏽
— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) February 8, 2021
Wonderful performance by the whole team. Special congrats @RealHa55an on his great comeback & 10-wicket haul and @iMRizwanPak on his brilliant 💯
Well bowled @iShaheenAfridi 👏👏#PAKvsSA pic.twitter.com/pUOZIsfXaz
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM GREEN. #PAKvsSA
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) February 8, 2021
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