South Africa won the toss and put Pakistan into bat on the opening day of the first test at Centurion on Thursday, hoping to make early inroads with an all-out pace attack. South Africa are chasing a place in next year’s World Test Championship final but,

Both South Africa and Pakistan have named their playing XIs - a couple of injuries and a couple of players short of match fitness has meant that the hosts are going with an all-pace attack, so too are Pakistan and that doesn't come as a surprise.

After winning the toss, South Africa elected to field first against Pakistan in the opening Test of a two-match series at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Thursday.Pakistan XI: Shan Masood ,

The highly anticipated first Test match between Pakistan and South Africa is set to take place at Centurion, starting on Boxing Day

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released the playing XI of Pakistan, which will feature against South Africa in the first Test of the two-match . The venue for the game is SuperSport Park in Centurion.