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| Venue | Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st October 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | KT Francis, Mohammad Nazir |
| TV umpire | Athar Zaidi |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 154/2 (Bacher 78*, Cullinan 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Pakistan (1) 53/1 (Ali Naqvi 30*, Saqlain Mushtaq 0*) |
| Close of play day 4 | No play |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | b Wasim Akram | 56 | 142 | 159 | 7 | - | |
| AM Bacher | c Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed | 96 | 191 | 236 | 12 | 1 | |
| BM McMillan | c Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed | 7 | 13 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Mohammad Wasim b Saqlain Mushtaq | 1 | 17 | 17 | - | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c sub (Waqar Younis) b Mushtaq Ahmed | 50 | 90 | 97 | 3 | 3 | |
| JN Rhodes | b Mushtaq Ahmed | 11 | 12 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Ali Naqvi b Ali Rizvi | 82 | 129 | 173 | 6 | 1 | |
| L Klusener | lbw b Azhar Mahmood | 58 | 54 | 73 | 9 | 1 | |
| +MV Boucher | b Azhar Mahmood | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| PL Symcox | c Mohammad Wasim b Ali Rizvi | 17 | 36 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| PR Adams | not out | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115.3 overs) | 402 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-135 (Kirsten), 2-152 (McMillan), 3-155 (Cullinan), 4-179 (Bacher), 5-215 (Rhodes), 6-252 (Cronje), 7-348 (Klusener), 8-356 (Boucher), 9-397 (Symcox), 10-402 (Pollock) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wasim Akram | 13 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Azhar Mahmood | 14 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 38 | 12 | 122 | 4 | - | - | |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 32 | 7 | 120 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Ali Rizvi | 18.3 | 1 | 72 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Pakistan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Ali Naqvi | not out | 30 | 55 | 79 | 7 | - | |
| *Saeed Anwar | b Symcox | 17 | 47 | 75 | 3 | - | |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | not out | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ijaz Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | did not bat | ||||||
| Mohammad Wasim | did not bat | ||||||
| Azhar Mahmood | did not bat | ||||||
| +Moin Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| Wasim Akram | did not bat | ||||||
| Mushtaq Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Ali Rizvi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 17 overs) | 53 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Saeed Anwar) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Klusener | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Adams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MV Boucher made his debut in Test matches
--> Ali Rizvi made his debut in Test matches
--> Ali Rizvi made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Kirsten (1) 50 in 132 balls, 145 minutes with 6 fours
--> AM Bacher (1) 50 in 77 balls, 89 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> AM Bacher (1) equalled his previous highest score of 96 in Test matches
--> WJ Cronje (1) 50 in 87 balls, 92 minutes with 3 fours and 3 sixes
--> SM Pollock (1) 50 in 61 balls, 74 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> SM Pollock (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in Test matches
--> L Klusener (1) 50 in 46 balls, 58 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> MV Boucher made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> Ali Rizvi made his debut for Pakistan in First-Class matches
--> JN Rhodes made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> PR Adams made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> MV Boucher made his debut in Pakistan in First-Class matches
Bacher dropped by Akram off Rizvi when he had 64
The fourth and fifth days were abandoned due to torrential rain and flooding of the ground
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