Pakistan vs South Africa Head to Head Stats & Records in Test Cricket

Pakistan vs South Africa Head to Head in Test Cricket

Pakistan and South Africa have faced each other in 32 Test matches, the first in 1995 and the latest beginning on 20 October 2025. South Africa have won 18 and Pakistan 7, with 7 drawn or ended without a result. South Africa lead by 11. The highest innings total Pakistan have made against South Africa is 478, against South Africa's best of 620. The lowest completed innings are 49 and 124 respectively. Pakistan batters have scored 19 centuries here, South Africa batters 29. The table above carries the full list. Updated 9 September, 2026.

South Africa won the opening match at the Wanderers in January 1995 by 324 runs, and the shape of the fixture was set almost at once: South Africa comfortable at home, Pakistan competitive only in their own conditions. South Africa took seven of the ten Tests played in the 2010s, and Pakistan have still never won a Test series in South Africa.

The gulf shows up most clearly in the scoring. South Africa's 620 for 7 declared at Newlands in 2003 is the biggest total the rivalry has thrown up, and they made 615 at the same ground in January 2025 on the way to a ten-wicket win. Pakistan's lowest against them is 49, at the Wanderers in February 2013, in a Test they lost by four wickets inside three days.

Home advantage cuts the other way too. Pakistan won both Tests when South Africa toured in early 2021, their first home series against them in fourteen years, and did it again at Lahore in October 2025 with a 93-run win on a turning pitch. South Africa levelled that series at Rawalpindi eight days later, chasing a small target after Pakistan were dismissed for 138 in the second innings.