South Africa vs Pakistan 3rd ODI scorecard: Live Score and Updates

The third and final ODI of the ongoing series between South Africa and Pakistan will be taking place on Sunday (December 22). The game is scheduled to be played at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

After losing the first two games, South Africa only have pride to play for in the third ODI. On the other hand, Pakistan have the opportunity to inflict a historic whitewash on South Africa in the forthcoming game.

After winning the first game by 3 wickets, Pakistan thrashed South Africa by 81 runs in the second ODI to go 2-0 up. Batting first, Pakistan scored 329 runs thanks to fifties from captain Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam and Kamran Ghulam.

In reply, South Africa were all out for 248 runs. They were on 185/4 at one stage before suffering a collapse. For the Proteas, Heinrich Klaasen impressed with the bat once again. The wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 97 runs off just 74 balls only to see his knock go in vain in the end.

With both the teams now gearing up to take on each other in the third ODI, stay tuned and follow Cricket Addictor for all the live updates, ball-by-ball commentary, and a detailed scorecard of this match.

South Africa vs Pakistan Match Details:

Match: South Africa vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI
Date: December 22, 2024
Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Time: 05:30 PM IST/02:00 PM local

South Africa vs Pakistan 3rd ODI, live score and coverage:

The upcoming third South Africa vs Pakistan ODI will be telecast live on Sports18 network in India. As far as the live streaming of the game is concerned, it will be available on the JioCinema app and website.

Additionally, one can also stay updated about all the actions from the game by following this page. Here we will be providing the following details:

• Live Score: Real-time updates of each and every delivery bowled in the match.
• South Africa vs Pakistan 3rd ODI scorecard including ball-by-ball Commentary

South Africa vs Pakistan head-to-head record:

South Africa and Pakistan have played a total of 85 ODIs against each other so far. Even though South Africa have lost the ongoing series, the head-to-head record is pretty much in their favour. The Proteas have won 52 of the 85 ODIs against Pakistan while the latter have won 32 games.

South Africa vs Pakistan Playing XI:

South Africa Probable XI:

• Tony de Zorzi
• Temba Bavuma (c)
• Rassie van der Dussen
• Aiden Markram
• Heinrich Klaasen (wk)
• David Miller
• Marco Jansen
• Andile Phehlukwayo
• Bjorn Fortuin
• Kwena Maphaka
• Tabraiz Shamsi

Pakistan Probable XI:

• Saim Ayub
• Abdullah Shafique
• Babar Azam
• Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk)
• Kamran Ghulam
• Salman Agha
• Irfan Khan
• Shaheen Afridi
• Naseem Shah
• Haris Rauf
• Abrar Ahmed