PRETORIA (Reuters) - Factbox on the test series between South Africa and Pakistan, which begins in Pretoria on Thursday:
FIXTURES
First test Dec. 26-30 Centurion, Pretoria, 10 a.m. (0800 GMT)
Second test Jan. 3-7 Newlands, Cape Town, 10:30 a.m. (0830 GMT)
SOUTH AFRICA
World ranking: 3
Captain: Temba Bavuma
Coach: Shukri Conrad
Top ranked batter: Temba Bavuma (7)
Top ranked bowler: Kagiso Rabada (2)
Squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne
PAKISTAN
World ranking: 7
Captain: Shan Masood
Coach: Aqib Javed
Top ranked batter: Saud Shakeel (9)
Top ranked bowler: Noman Ali (10)
Squad: Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel
TEST HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches: 28
South Africa wins: 15
Pakistan wins: 6
Draws: 7
LAST THREE SERIES
2021 Pakistan beat South Africa 2-0 in Pakistan
2018-19 South Africa beat Pakistan 3-0 in South Africa
2013 Pakistan and South Africa drew 1-1 in United Arab Emirates
(Compiled by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
