It was reported on Jan 31, 2013, that Nasir Jamshed and Mohammed Irfan will debut for Pakistan in the 1st Test against South Africa at Johannesburg on Friday.
The Pak vs SA 1st Test will start at 10:30 a.m. local time, the live scores can be seen here at 08:30 GMT onwards.
This match will see Graeme Smith captain the South African side for the 100th time in Tests. If Pakistan beat SA by 3-0 in this series, South Africa will lose their No 1 Test ranking.
Ten Cricket will telecast the match live in Pakistan and other Asian countries while Super Sport TV channel will broadcast the match live in Africa. The live streaming of the match can be watched at Ten Sports website.
The pitch is expected to assist the batsmans, the teams that wins the toss is expected to bat first. Afternoon thunder showers are expected and are forecast for every day of the match but they are not likely to interrupt play too severely.
The players are as below:
South Africa: 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers (wk), 6 Faf du Plessis, 7 Dean Elgar, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Robin Peterson, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Morne Morkel.
Pakistan: 1 Mohammed Hafeez, 2 Nasir Jamshed, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Umar Gul, 9 Saeed Ajmal, 10 Junaid Khan, 11 Mohammed Irfan/Tanvir Ahmed.
The highlights can be watched here after the game is over.
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