PAK vs SA Head-to-Head Records- 1st Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025
Published - 12 Oct 2025, 07:00 AM
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Pakistan will take on South Africa in the first of the two-match Test series. This article contains information regarding the PAK vs SA Head-to-Head records in Tests.
PAK vs SA Head-to-Head Records- 1st Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025:
| Stats | Matches | PAK won | SA won | Draw | Tied | NR |
| Overall | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| At Gaddafi Stadium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| In the last 5 matches | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
PAK vs SA Head-to-Head Records- Key Statistics
Pakistan and South Africa have played 30 Test matches so far, with South Africa getting the better of Pakistan on 17 occasions. Pakistan, on the other hand, has won six games, while seven games have ended in a draw.
When it comes to matches played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which also happens to be the venue for the first Test between the two teams scheduled to begin on Sunday (October 12), the home team takes honors with one win and one draw.
South Africa is still in search of their first win over this particular opposition in Test matches played at this venue and would fancy the chances of doing so in the upcoming game.
The reason is the lead that the roteas have as far as the results of the last five PAK v SA Test matches are concerned.
The defending World Test Championship winners have a one-game lead over Pakistan with three wins in the last five matches in the longest format of the game.
Pakistan has won the remaining two matches and will aim to take the lead by winning the opening match of the series.
If Pakistan can win the match in question, this will be Pakistan's third consecutive Test win against South Africa on home soil, having won the last series that the two teams played in Pakistan in 2021 by a margin of 2-0.
Although Pakistan won the last series, a lot of water has flown under the bridge since then, with the home team undergoing a change in captaincy following a poor run in home Test matches.
Whereas South Africa has since then won a world title and has stitched together a strong core that is capable of winning in any condition.
PAK vs SA Head-to-Head Records: The last 5 matches
South Africa has succeeded in winning three of the last five PAK vs SA Test matches, with Pakistan winning the remaining couple of games.
PAK vs SA Head-to-Head Records- Result of the last 5 games:
- South Africa won by 10 wickets
- South Africa won by 2 wickets
- Pakistan won by 95 runs
- Pakistan won by 7 wickets
- South Africa won by 107 runs
Conclusion:
Pakistan would like to stretch the unbeaten streak they have at the Gaddafi Stadium in Test matches against South Africa, having won one and drawn one game that the home team has played against the Proteas at this particular venue.
While South Africa will look to register their first win over Pakistan at the ground that is going to host the first game of the two-match Test series between the two nations.
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