South African national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1997/98 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Pakistan in the 1997/98 season took place from October 6 to October 27, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1997/98 international cricket season and included three tests . South Africa won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour against India , for India it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1994/95 season in South Africa .

Stages

Faisalabad Rawalpindi Sheikhupura

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	18,000	3rd test
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	25,000	1st test
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	15,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Pakistan	South Africa
Aamer Sohail Ali Hussain Rizvi Ali Naqvi Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Ramzan Mohammad Wasim Moin Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Saeed Anwar Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Wasim Akram	Paul Adams Adam Bacher Mark Boucher Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Brian McMillan Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes David Richardson Brett Schultz Pat Symcox

Testing

First test in Rawalpindi

October 6-10 scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 456 (162.5) & 182-6 (57.4)	-	South Africa 403 (167.5)
		draw

Second test in Sheikhupura

October 17-21 Scorecard	Sheikhupura	South Africa 402 (115.3)	-	Pakistan 53-1 (17)
		draw

Third test in Faisalabad

October 24-27 Scorecard	Faisalabad	South Africa 239 (68.4) & 214 (69)	-	Pakistan 308 (89.4) & 92 (37.3)
		South Africa wins with 53 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo