The Pakistani team Halts the Proteas' 10-match Winning Streak.
Shaheen Afridi took four wickets in the second innings following going wicketless in the first innings.
Opening Test, Lahore (day four)
Pakistan 378 (Imam 93, Agha 93; Senuran Muthusamy 6-117) & 167 (Babar 42; Muthusamy 5-57)
South Africa 269 (Tony de Zorzi 104; Noman Ali 6-112) & 183 (Brevis 54; Shaheen Afridi 4-33, Noman Ali 4-79)
Pakistan won by 93 runs
The national team terminated the reigning champions South Africa's winning streak by achieving a 93-run victory in an thrilling and hard-fought first Test in Lahore.
The Proteas, whose 10-Test winning streak in the longest format ended with victory over the Aussies in the WTC final in the month of June, were dismissed for 183 chasing 277.
Having resumed on 51 for two, they lost century-maker Tony de Zorzi lbw to left-arm quick Afridi to the third ball of the day to shift the finely-poised run chase in Pakistan's favor.
Left-arm spinner Noman, who took 10 wickets for 191 runs in the match, dismissed Stubbs for 2 and clean bowled Brevis, who offered some resistance with a run-a-ball 54.
Right-arm spinner Sajid Khan also capitalized on sharp turn to terminate opener Rickelton's innings - he faced 145 balls for 45 - and Afridi returned in the post-lunch session to dismiss the lower order with a impressive exhibition of reverse swing.
He trapped Kyle Verreynne lbw for 19 and dismissed Subrayen and Rabada to seal the victory.
It was both sides' opening game of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship cycle and moves Pakistan straight into the number two spot behind table-toppers Australia.
The win was founded on key performances of 93 by opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq and, crucially, all-rounder Agha which boosted them to three hundred and seventy-eight.
After that spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan took advantage of favourable home conditions, as they had in their Test series win over the English team last year, to sustain their advantage.
The next and last match starts on October 20.
