2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

The 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in Pakistan in February 2025.^[1] It was a tri-nation series involving Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[2] The series was used as preparation ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.^[3] It was the first tri-nation series hosted by Pakistan since 2004.^[4]

2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
Date	8–14 February 2025
Location	Pakistan
Result	New Zealand won the series
Player of the series	Salman Ali Agha (Pak)
Teams  Pakistan  New Zealand  South Africa Captains Mohammad Rizwan Mitchell Santner Temba Bavuma Most runs Salman Ali Agha (219) Kane Williamson (225) Matthew Breetzke (233) Most wickets Shaheen Afridi (6) Will O'Rourke (6) Wiaan Mulder (2) Senuran Muthusamy (2)
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On 8 January 2025, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) relocated the Tri-Nation Series to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and the National Stadium in Karachi. Originally the series was supposed take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan.^[5]

Squads

Pakistan[6]	New Zealand[7]	South Africa[8]
Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) Shaheen Afridi Salman Ali Agha Abrar Ahmed Faheem Ashraf Babar Azam Kamran Ghulam Mohammad Hasnain Usman Khan Haris Rauf Khushdil Shah Naseem Shah Saud Shakeel Tayyab Tahir Fakhar Zaman	Mitchell Santner (c) Tom Latham (wk) Michael Bracewell Mark Chapman Devon Conway Jacob Duffy Lockie Ferguson Matt Henry Daryl Mitchell Will O'Rourke Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Ben Sears Nathan Smith Kane Williamson Will Young	Temba Bavuma (c) Aiden Markram (vc) Corbin Bosch Eathan Bosch Matthew Breetzke Junior Dala Tony de Zorzi Gerald Coetzee Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen (wk) Keshav Maharaj David Miller Mihlali Mpongwana Senuran Muthusamy Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Gideon Peters Meeka-eel Prince Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton (wk) Tabraiz Shamsi Jason Smith Tristan Stubbs Rassie van der Dussen Kyle Verreynne (wk)

On 15 January, Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the tournament due to a back injury.^[9][10] On 31 January, New Zealand added Jacob Duffy into the squad for the series.^[11][12] On 5 February, South Africa added Gerald Coetzee into the squad for the series,^[13] but was ruled out later with a tight groin.^[14]

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	4	0.906	Advanced to the final
2	Pakistan (H)	2	1	1	0	2	−0.689
3	South Africa	2	0	2	0	0	−0.228

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[15]
(H) Host

Group stage

1st ODI

8 February 2025 14:00 UTC+5 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  330/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 252 (47.5 overs)
Glenn Phillips 106* (74) Shaheen Afridi 3/88 (10 overs)		Fakhar Zaman 84 (69) Mitchell Santner 3/41 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 78 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Glenn Phillips (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ben Sears (NZ) made his ODI debut.
• Glenn Phillips (NZ) scored his maiden century in ODIs.^[16][17]

2nd ODI

10 February 2025 09:30 UTC+5 Scorecard

South Africa  304/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 308/4 (48.4 overs)
Matthew Breetzke 150 (148) Matt Henry 2/59 (10 overs)		Kane Williamson 133* (113) Senuran Muthusamy 2/50 (8.4 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Eathan Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Mihlali Mpongwana, and Senuran Muthusamy (SA) all made their ODI debuts.
• Matthew Breetzke (SA) scored his maiden century in ODIs. His score was the highest score by a debutant in ODIs.^[18][19]
• Kane Williamson (NZ) scored his 7,000th run in ODIs.^[20]
• This was New Zealand's highest successful run chase against South Africa in ODIs.^[21]

3rd ODI

12 February 2025 14:00 UTC+5 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  352/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 355/4 (49 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 87 (56) Shaheen Afridi 2/66 (10 overs)		Salman Ali Agha 134 (103) Wiaan Mulder 2/79 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Salman Ali Agha (Pak)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Heinrich Klaasen (SA) scored his 2,000th run in ODIs.
• Salman Ali Agha (Pak) scored his maiden century in ODIs.^[22]
• The 260-run partnership between Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Rizwan was Pakistan's highest 4th-wicket partnership in ODIs.^[23]
• This was Pakistan's highest successful run chase in ODIs.^[24]

Final

14 February 2025 14:00 UTC+5 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  242 (49.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 243/5 (45.2 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 46 (76) Will O'Rourke 4/43 (9.3 overs)		Daryl Mitchell 57 (58) Naseem Shah 2/43 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Will O'Rourke (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Babar Azam (Pak) scored his 6,000th run in ODIs, becoming the joint-fastest to do so (123 innings).^[25]
• Will O'Rourke (NZ) was named as the Player of the Match for taking 4 wickets for 43 runs.
• Salman Ali Agha (Pak) was named as the Player of the Series for scoring 219 runs.