• Pakistan have played 12 Test Matches in SA & Won 2, lost 9 & 1 Draw.
• In 24 innings only 4 times PAK have scored 300 plus & their highest Total in SA is 338
• In all these 12 Test Matches Pakistan have played 100 or more Overs only twice.
• 6 Centuries & 16 Fifties as well as 35 Ducks have been scored by PAK batsmen in SA in Tests.
• Highest Individual score by a Pakistani in SA is 136 by Azhar Mehmood.
• 7 Five Wickets Haul & 2 Ten Wickets Haul/Match by Pakistani bowlers in SA
• In the current bowling unit (Regular bowlers) no one has played a Single Test in SA, any wicket taken by them will be the 1st ever Test For them in SA.
• Only 1 (100 or plus Runs opening stand) in South Africa by Pakistani batsmen, that too 20 years ago.
• Highest ever partnership for any Wicket by Pakistan in South Africa is 219 between Younis & Asad from 4/33 to 5/252. This is the only 200 partnership Pakistan have so far in 12 Tests in South Africa.

The Adelaide Oval ground has brought a massive fortune for Indian national cricket team as they got incredible victory over the Aussies by 31 runs in the first of ongoing 4 test match series. The tour of Indian cricket team scheduled from November 2018 to January 2019 to play 3 T20 international (T20), 3 One day International (ODI’s) and 4 Test matches. The year 2018 has loaded Indian test cricket team with truckload of records as they got historic win in 1st Test against Australia after long awaited 10 years and became the first Asian team to win test match in Australia, South Africa, and England in the same calendar year, making Kohli the first Asian captain to reach this milestone.

The venture for hunting kangaroos rolled out in Thursday when Virat Kohli decided to bat first after winning the toss and tossed up a total of 250 runs in the first innings in 88.0 overs which seemed a bit low for the strongest batting line up in the world cricket. Josh Hazelwood remained the devastating bowler in the first innings with his 3 wickets and an economy rate of just 2.6 followed by Michell Stark forcing 2 Indian batsmen back to the pavilion in no time. The whole outlook of the match turned around by the magnificent bowling performance by the Jaspreet Bumrah who was able to tuck off 3 Australian batsmen earlier in the innings having an economy rate below 2, enabling India to successfully restrict Aussies to 235 runs in 98.4 overs. India started their second innings with a lead of 15 runs over rivals and managed to reach a total of 307 runs in 106.5 overs leaving Australia to chase an enormous total of 323 runs that could have the highest chased target in Adelaide Oval. In pursuit of chasing a giant total, Australians encountered some early glitches when Aron Finch got LBW by Ishant Sharma in the 2nd ball of 1st over which ended up being a clear “NO” ball. The top order of Australian batting lineup collapsed.



as they received the first shock of 1st wicket in just 28 runs. Aron Finch was able to score 11 runs, followed by Marcus Hurries and Osman Khawaja with 26 and 8 runs respectively. The odds stacked up against India when Shaun March notched up a much-needed half-century which gave rattled Australian batting lineup a hope but unfortunately dismissed by Bumrah just before lunch break.
All the Aussies batsmen were all out by the Indian bowlers in 119.5 overs scoring a total of 291 runs giving India a historic win in a 1st test match by 31 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara was rewarded as the man of the match as his 123 in first innings and 71 in the second provided India with a solid target of 323.

Pakistan Cricket Team last 2 years performance in Test Cricket
 
Test cricket is the oldest format in international cricket which is played by the teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan national cricket team has been playing test matches since 1952. Since then, the national cricket team have played 420 test matches, out of which they managed to win only 136 matches, 159 drawn and lost a total of 125 matches.  Pakistan was the fourth most successful team in ICC test cricket ranking in 2017 with a winning percentage of 32.2 which as of 2018, has now significantly dropped over a period of 1 year, bringing them to 7th position, to date.


Since 2017, Pakistan has played a total of 7 test series against different competitors, out of which they got a victory in 3 series and 1 series being drawn. The journey started in late December 2016 when Pakistan was brutally whitewashed in 3 match test series by the Australians in their home ground which was probably due to the outstanding performance by the Australian batting line. After facing disgraceful defeat, Pakistan made a great come back in a very next series against West Indies by winning 2 matches in a 3-match series eventually, outclassed west indies in their home ground. In the 3rd and last series between 2017-2018, Pakistan once again got clean swept in 2-match series against Sri Lanka in UAE. Despite being a clean sweep in 2 series in a year, luckily Pakistan was able to hold 4th position in ICC Test ranking.


From 2018-2019, Pakistan was scheduled to play 4 test match series, against Ireland, England, Australia and New Zealand. The team won the series against Ireland and Australia and was able to draw the series against England by winning 1 match in a 2-match series.  The series against New Zeeland has been a bit of drama as the team showcased that they have still maintained the number 1 spot in being the most “Unpredictable” team. The tour of New Zeeland in UAE started wonderfully for Pakistan as they clean swept the Kiwis in t20 series and drawed the ODI series and then all of a sudden the momentum started to shift towards New Zeeland as Pakistan’s batting lineup crashed once again in 1st Test match which resulted in a New Zeeland’s victory over Pakistan by just 4 runs at Abu Dubai. Pakistan bounced back by winning the 2nd test match but was unable to win the series.
Baber Azam has been the key test batsman for the last two years, having the decent average of 35 runs, including 1 hundred and 7 fifties while on the bowling side, Yasir Shah has been the leading wicket-taker, got 43 wickets in the last 6 matches maintaining a decent economy rate of 3.1.
As of December 2018, Pakistan holds the 7th spot in ICC Test ranking with 2579 points and 92 rating. Pakistan can jump up to 6th spot by winning just 1 test match, slipping Sri Lanka down to 7th spot who have 93 rating.

BATTING COLLAPSE LEAD PAKISTAN TO SERIES DEFEAT:

Will Somerville shinned like a star in Abu Dhabi test match, who took seven fruitful wickets which helped his team to outclass Pakistan.
Pakistan team let down again by the underperformed batting. Pakistan loose the third and last test match of the series against New Zealand. Frivolous and irresponsible attitude of Pakistan batsmen caused us a series lose. Black Caps won the toss of third test match and invited Pakistan to bowl first. While batting, in 1st innings New Zealand took a lead of 274 runs against Pakistan, with the help of brilliant partnership between Kiwi's captain and Wicket keeper. In the first innings Bilal Asif took a fifer and Yasir Shah took 3 wickets. In counteraction, Pakistan managed to get 348 runs with the help of Azhar Ali's 134 runs and Asad Shafique's 104 runs. Debutant Will Somerville grabbed 4 wickets in the 1st innings.

New Zealand's batsmen showed their class in the 2nd innings of the third test match. Captain Kane Williamson showcased his talent with his brilliant 139 runs and Henry Nicholls hit 126 runs. Yasir Shah got 4 wickets in the 2nd innings. Black Caps set a match winning total of 280 runs for team Pakistan on the 5th day of last test match. Once again Pakistan's batsmen failed to chase down a big total and off to a disastrous start when Hafeez, who was playing his last test innings, was bowled by Tim Southee on just 8 runs. They panic the situation after a single wicket which caused a ridiculous and embarrassing collapse. Pakistan lost their culrage on 156 runs and turned the accomplished fact true that they are unpredictable in every aspect. As a result New Zealand won the match with huge margin of 123 runs and the series as well. They had also won the first low scoring thriller test match by four narrow runs at the same venue of Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Although Pakistan team bounced back and they won the second test match of Dubai by 16 runs and an innings but didn't end it up in a series victory.

New Zealand's Captain Kane Williamson, whose 139 changed the match and turned the series in his team's favor said: "It was fantastic. Beating Pakistan in their home conditions is very tough. It feels special, and this will be one that the guys remember for a long time. We know the game can ebb and flow very quickly but we came out and played very well today.

Pakistan's Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said: "We had our chances in all three tests but we couldn't grab them. It is very disappointing to lose a series in conditions which are our own. Moreover, he indicated that if the situation of Pakistan Cricket Team remained the same in test format, he could give up his test captaincy.
It is a wake up call for both Pakistan's batsmen and cricket board. They should take some serious step regarding credibility and selection of players. If a player isn't performing well, selection committee should step up with a strict action. And players themselves, should learn to be more focused and responsible.

MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM TEST CRICKET:

Former Pakistani Captain Mohmmad Hafeez decided that he will retire after the ongoing last test match of the series against New Zealand. After the play of the 2nd day of 3rd test match ended, in a press conference Muhammad Hafeez stated that he's not going to continue his test career because he want to be more focused on limited over cricket. He said that: "I am eyeing to represent Pakistan in ICC World Cup 2019. I'm honored that I portrayed the country in 55 test matches, including the juncture of leading the team as a captain. I'm gratified that I executed the best of my capabilities in my 15 years-long Test career. I wish the Pakistan Test team good luck for their upcoming test series against South Africa. Our team management specially the coach and captain had worked hard to make skillful, enthusiast and determined team of players who are able to serve Pakistan Cricket Team for long."

Mohammad Hafeez, who's nick name is Professor in Pakistan Cricket team and Chanda in his family, was born on 17 October 1980 in Sargodha. He's a batting all-rounder and usually opens for Pakistan Cricket Team. He played his  debut test match on 20 August 2004 against Bangladesh. He played 52 test matches and scored 3,644 runs with the average of 39.35. He listed 10 tons and 12 half centuries on his track record of test career. His best score in test format is 224 runs vs Bangladesh in Khulna, 2015. Mohammad Hafeez bowled 4007 bowls till now and took 53 wickets with the average of 33.84. His best bowling figures are 4/16. Hafeez is known as a good and active fielder and he took 43 catches in the field. Professor has suffered some controversies regarding his bowling action and he was banned by ICC two times cause of his illegal bowling action. Regardless, he has always been a death threat for left handed batsman.

PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani  admitted the unforgettable servings of Mohammad Hafeez in test cricket and paid a tribute to him by saying that: "Hafeez's contributions in Test cricket will be remembered for a long time. He provided some match winning performances for Pakistan in the test format. His bowling always been a reason of balance in Pakistan XI."

Professor thinks that it is the right time to take retirement from test cricket because he want to pay his full concentration on World Cup 2019. He's more interested in white ball cricket. His friends and fans are sending him wishes and respecting his decision. Moreover he also tweeted about his retirement.


We wish him good luck for his future endeavors.

This was multi day of - exculpate the buzzword - appropriate Test cricket. It was a day that Yasir Shah undermined to seize afresh after an unprecedented pre-lunch burst that decreased New Zealand to 72 for 4, with three wickets lost for two runs. Similarly, it was multi day that Kane Williamson hoped to have rescued for his agree with an exceptionally coarse organization nearby BJ Watling, who completed unbeaten on 42 off 180 balls, having come in to bat the distance back in the main session. At last, it was maybe multi day that closed with as meager to isolate the sides as there had been at the hurl, where a charmed Williamson had chosen to bat first, as you do in Abu Dhabi.

New Zealand went to stumps with three wickets still close by, having amassed 229 attritional keeps running crosswise over 90 overs. Watling kept the innings together after Pakistan seemed as though they would overwhelm the tail when Williamson fell, and on a track that is as of now taking in preposterous turn for Day 1, each run he and the rest of New Zealand's batsman can assemble could be invaluable before the week's over.

Bilal Asif was similarly as amazing as Yasir for the duration of the day, however it wasn't until the last session that he had something to appear for it. That was the point at which the pitch began getting out of hand through and through more recognizably; the players may gave gone in for tea, yet the pitch appeared to be on an option that is more grounded than that. The main issue the spinners had was the ball was turning excessively, an uncommon circumstance for the opening day of a match. Bilal represented Colin de Grandhomme along these lines, with a pointedly turning ball flicked to leg slip, where Asad Shafiq finished a shrewd catch. Tim Southee, as well, tumbled to the off spinner, and it was around then New Zealand were in risk of being knocked down some pins out on Monday before the late opposition of debutant Will Somerville in Watling's organization.

Be that as it may, the day was seemingly characterized continuously session association of Williamson and Watling, which represented 104 keeps running in 249 balls. After Yasir's salvo in the opening session, New Zealand were left to get the pieces, and the match scavenged and assembled rather well. New Zealand deserted every single other concern yet the guard of their wickets, not stressed that the run-rate dropped like a stone. The match rejected their way through the 32 overs in the center session, including 72 keeps running en route, yet most gratifyingly, they had the reference mark alongside their name that indicates their proceeded with nearness at the wrinkle after tea.

Notwithstanding scoring at more than 2 for every over in the session was a move from where the run-rate was at a certain point: from overs 20-44, New Zealand added 45 races to their aggregate, going at under 1.50. In the second 50% of the post-lunch session however, Williamson started to underwrite as the bowlers' lengths floated all the more consistently, and raised another spunky 50 years. He was unbeaten on 71 by tea, yet it was by and large slower going for Watling.

The wicketkeeper batsman has been around the New Zealand setup for very nearly 10 years now, and you could perceive any reason why. Frequently, he has played innings with finish negligence for his own notoriety or senses, with his stores of fixation apparently failing to run low. Monday was another such day, where for the best part he was basically sticking around for Williamson, a grapple around which his chief manufactured his very own innings. He struck just a single four in more than two sessions of play, yet it is that store he sets by his wicket that makes him such an important cricketer for the Black Caps. It isn't the first occasion when he has done as such, and it's probably not going to have been the last.

Williamson, as far as concerns him, was frantically unfortunate to pass up what might have been a well-made hundred, primarily in charge of ticking the scorecard along when Pakistan were at their generally threatening. He was the person who declawed Yasir after lunch. He likewise appeared to remove the teeth from the pitch, which started to look slippery after he had been expelled. So especially agreeable was he at the wrinkle, that it was a stun to see him expelled with such a very much practiced arrangement. Hasan Ali energized a drive on the up, where Asad Shafiq was flawlessly situated for a straightforward catch, sending the New Zealand commander back 11 flees from a nineteenth Test hundred.

Toward the beginning of the day, Yasir's wounding body hits to New Zealand over the most recent 20 minutes before lunch fixed a significant part of the diligent work of Jeet Raval and Williamson in the earlier hour. It had all been coming relentlessly for the guests previously Yasir found tremendous swing to beat Raval's inside edge, the ball cutting enough of leg stump to withstand an audit from the batsman. That brought an extremely tense looking Ross Taylor to the wrinkle, who returned to a ball so short it was right around a long-bounce. It neither turned nor bobbed, rather rattling into the batsman's center stump. Henry Nicholls' rejection was considerably milder, with the left-hander clearing all around a Yasir googly, overseeing just to get an edge that hauled it again into the stumps.

The day had started splendidly for New Zealand. The hurl is more imperative here than pretty much anyplace on the planet outside of Sri Lanka, with the side batting first just regularly having lost once. Be that as it may, Pakistan, handling 18-year old debutant Shaheen Afridi, discovered cheer in his first spell, catching Tom Latham before the stumps. Fittingly enough for a young fellow with the future in front of him, it was an audit that got him the wicket, with the umpire initially having turned the intrigue down.

Having seen out a critical entry of play late in the day, New Zealand should be up for another early morning tomorrow. Rather than being skittled out under 225, the lower arrange has stood its ground against a flooding Pakistan late in the day, even another ball unfit to unstick the unflappable Watling, with Somerville playing an astonishingly made innings on presentation. So critical is this first innings add up to any runs scored now as of now feel like a weight on a potential fourth innings pursue, which, based on the manner in which today has gone, could overcome much sooner than the fifth day.