South African national cricket team in Pakistan in the 2003/04 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Pakistan in the 2003/04 season took place from October 3rd to 28th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs . Pakistan won the Test Series 1–0 while South Africa won the ODI Series 3–2.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in South Africa . The tour was originally scheduled a week in advance, but has been postponed due to safety concerns. Security was tightened again after an attack broke out in pakistan during the tour.

Stages

Faisalabad Lahore Rawalpindi

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 24, 2003.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	18,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	60,000	1st test; 1st & 2nd ODI
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	25,000	4th & 5th ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named its roster on September 15, 2003. Pakistan named its ODI roster on September 25 and its test roster on October 14, 2003.

test		ODI
Pakistan	South Africa	Pakistan	South Africa
Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Mohammad Yousuf ( UK ) Abdul Razzaq Asim Kamal Danish Kaneria Imran Farhat Mohammad Sami Moin Khan ( wk ) Mushtaq Ahmed Shabbir Ahmed Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Taufeeq Umar Yasir Hameed	Graeme Smith ( K ) Paul Adams Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Neil McKenzie Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Mohammad Yousuf ( UK ) Abdul Razzaq Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mushtaq Ahmed Naved Latif Rashid Latif ( wk ) Saqlain Mushtaq Shabbir Ahmed Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Yasir Hameed Younis Khan	Graeme Smith ( K ) Mark Boucher ( VK & wk ) Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Shaun Pollock Jaques Rudolph

Tour matches

October 1st scorecard	Lahore	City Nazim XI 250-4 (50)	-	South Africans 253-3 (46)
		South Africans wins with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Lahore

October 3rd scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 277-6 (50)	-	South Africa 269-6 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 8 runs

Second ODI in Lahore

October 5th scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 267-7 (50)	-	South Africa 225-9 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 42 runs

Third ODI in Faisalabad

October 7th scorecard	Faisalabad	Pakistan 243-8 (50)	-	South Africa 221-6 (45/45)
		South Africa wins with 13 runs ( D / L method )

South African Shaun Pollock has been fined for showing dissatisfaction with referee decisions.

Fourth ODI in Rawalpindi

October 10 scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 167 (47.4)	-	South Africa 158-4 (38.5)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Following an incident during the Pakistani inning, South Africans Graeme Smith and Andrew Hall were banned from playing and Pakistani Yousuf Youhana was fined.

Fifth ODI in Rawalpindi

October 12 scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 192 (43.9)	-	South Africa 193-3 (45.5)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Testing

First test in Lahore

October 17-21 Scorecard	Lahore	South Africa 320 (83) & 241 (84.3)	-	Pakistan 401 (148) & 164-2 (40.1)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

After the Pakistani Shoaib Akhtar used inappropriate language against the South African Paul Adams , he was banned from several games.

Second test in Faisalabad

October 24-28 Scorecard	Faisalabad	South Africa 278 (99.1) & 371-8d (127.3)	-	Pakistan 348 (116.2) & 242-6 (98)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan	2	4th	313	78.25	111	1	3
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	2	4th	271	90.33	118	1	2
Imran Farhat	Pakistan	2	4th	235	58.75	128	1	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	4th	204	51.00	98	0	2
Asim Kamal	Pakistan	2	3	138	46.00	99	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	2	119.4	11	25.36	5/46	1	0
Paul Adams	South Africa	2	101	10	34.20	7/128	1	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	80.2	8th	21.75	6/78	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	1	28.3	6th	16.33	4/36	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed	Pakistan	1	60.3	6th	24.00	4/74	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	5	5	256	64.00	110 *	1	2
Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan	5	5	211	42.20	68	0	3
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	5	203	50.75	62	0	2
Yasir Hameed	Pakistan	5	5	202	40.40	72	0	2
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	5	5	170	42.50	82 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	38.4	12	15.00	4/46	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	5	41	8th	22.37	4/49	0	0
Andre Nel	South Africa	3	28	7th	19.00	4/39	0	0
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	4th	34	7th	21.28	3/20	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	49.3	7th	23.14	3/33	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Taufeeq Umar
ODI	Boeta Dippenaar

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Shoaib Malik
2. ODI	Mohammad Sami
3. ODI	Jacques Kallis
4. ODI	Andre Nel
5. ODI	Boeta Dippenaar
1st test	Danish Kaneria Taufeeq Umar
2nd test	Gary Kirsten Taufeeq Umar

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa confirm Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. February 26, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ↑ South Africa pull out of Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. September 20, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Pakistan appeal to ICC, and set South Africa a tour deadline ( English ) Cricinfo. September 22, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. ↑ Political murder prompts greater security for SA squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 7, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
5. ↑ Pakistan announce new itinerary ( English ) Cricinfo. September 24, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
6. ^ Dawson, Langeveldt, and Nel called up for Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. September 15, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
7. ↑ Inzamam takes over captaincy from Latif ( English ) Cricinfo. September 25, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
8. ↑ Inzamam out of first test, Moin Khan recalled ( English ) Cricinfo. October 14, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
9. ↑ Pakistan v South Africa, 3rd ODI, Faisalabad October 8, 2003 Pollock fined his entire match fee for dissent ( English ) Cricinfo. October 8, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
10. ↑ Smith, Hall and Youhana charged by ICC ( english ) Cricinfo. October 9, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
11. ↑ Smith and Hall banned while Youhana gets a fine ( English ) Cricinfo. October 11, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
12. ↑ Shoaib Akhtar banned for one Test and two ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. October 18, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
13. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
14. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
15. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
16. ↑ Records / South Africa in Pakistan ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2017.