# South African cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2010–11

The Pakistan cricket team played against South Africa in UAE from 26 October to 24 November 2010. The tour was originally scheduled to consist of one Twenty20 (T20), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests, but due to the 2010 Pakistan floods, South Africa proposed to play another T20 to raise funds for flood victims.
On 7 October, Pakistan announced their 15-men squad marking the return of Misbah-ul-Haq but no captain was announced (despite the fact that Shahid Afridi has been their limited-overs captain since June that year). A day later, Misbah-ul-Haq was named as the Test captain, while Shahid Afridi was retained as limited-overs captain.
South African captain Graeme Smith announced that despite the controversies surrounding the Pakistan cricket team relating to the spot-fixing scandal, it was important to focus on the series so that the team can prepare for the World Cup.
After much media speculations, it was announced that the Umpire Decision Review System would not be used for the Test series. The Pakistan Cricket Board stated that the media contracts it had signed earlier do not cover UDRS, therefore it would not be used in any of Pakistan's home matches until at least 2012.
South Africa won the ODI series 3-2.

## Squads

| Test squads | Test squads | Limited overs Squads | Limited overs Squads |
| Pakistan | South Africa | Pakistan | South Africa |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Imran Farhat Taufeeq Umar Mohammad Yousuf Umar Akmal Asad Shafiq Mohammad Hafeez Sohail Tanvir Mohammad Sami Umar Gul Saeed Ajmal Abdur Rehman Azhar Ali Tanvir Ahmed Adnan Akmal (wk) Wahab Riaz Younus Khan | Graeme Smith (c) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Mark Boucher (wk) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Alviro Petersen Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe | Shahid Afridi (c) Imran Farhat Mohammad Hafeez Younus Khan Umar Akmal Asad Shafiq Tanvir Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Shoaib Akhtar Umar Gul Saeed Ajmal Abdur Rehman Shahzaib Hasan Fawad Alam Zulqarnain Haider (wk) Wahab Riaz Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Yousuf | Graeme Smith (c) (ODI) Hashim Amla Johan Botha (c) (T20) Albie Morkel AB de Villiers (wk) JP Duminy David Miller Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Charl Langeveldt Rusty Theron Loots Bosman Colin Ingram |

## Twenty20
### 1st T20I

* 26 October 2010 Scorecard
| Pakistan 119 (19.5 overs) | v | South Africa 120/4 (18.2 overs) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq 27* (32) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 3/16 (4 overs) | | Colin Ingram 46* (38) Shoaib Akhtar 2/29 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asad Rauf (both Pak) Player of the match: JP Duminy (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd T20I

* 27 October 2010 Scorecard
| Pakistan 120/9 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 125/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq 33 (38) Juan Theron 4/27 (4 overs) | | Graeme Smith 38 (42) Shahid Afridi 1/13 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asad Rauf and Nadeem Ghauri (both Pak) Player of the match: Juan Theron (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 29 October 2010 Scorecard
| Pakistan 203 (49 overs) | v | South Africa 207/2 (39.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 68 (84) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/27 (10 overs) | | Jacques Kallis 66 (88) Saeed Ajmal 2/42 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Lonwabo Tsotsobe (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 31 October 2010 Scorecard
| South Africa 286/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 289/9 (49.5 overs) |
| Colin Ingram 100 (119) Wahab Riaz 4/43 (10 overs) | | Abdul Razzaq 109* (72) Charl Langeveldt 4/75 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 1 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 2 November 2010 Scorecard
| South Africa 228/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 226/9 (50 overs) |
| Hashim Amla 119* (126) Shoaib Akhtar 3/39 (10 overs) | | Fawad Alam 59* (67) Morné Morkel 4/47 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 2 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 5 November 2010 Scorecard
| South Africa 274/6 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 275/9 (49.5 overs) |
| Graeme Smith 92 (105) Mohammad Hafeez 2/37 (7 overs) | | Younis Khan 73 (115) Morné Morkel 4/48 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 1 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 8 November 2010 Scorecard
| South Africa 317/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 260 (44.5 overs) |
| Jacques Kallis 83 (95) Shahid Afridi 2/59 (10 overs) | | Umar Akmal 60 (71) Jacques Kallis 3/30 (5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 57 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 12–16 November 2010 Scorecard
* Match drawn Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pakistan's second innings was the highest fourth innings score for Pakistan.

### 2nd Test

* 20–24 November 2010 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Bad light stopped play towards the end on day 2.

## Media coverage
### Television

* Ten Sports : India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
* Pakistan Television : Pakistan
* Eurosport : England
* Setanta Sports Australia : Australia
* ARY Digital : Europe, UAE and Pakistan
* SuperSport : South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe
* Zee Sports : USA
* CBN-ATN : Canada