Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the tri-nation series final in a dress rehearsal for both teams ahead of next week's opening game of the Champions Trophy.

Pakistan qualified for final, defeating South Africa by six wickets in third match of Tri-Nation One Day International series in Karachi tonight. Batting first, South Africa scored 352 runs for the loss of five wickets in fifty overs.

Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam have been fined for breaching the code of conduct in separate incidents in their one-day international victory over South Africa, cricket's governing body ICC said on Thursday.

South Africa has won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in a must-win tri-nation series game for both teams at an upgraded National Bank Stadium.

Salman Agha and Mohammad Rizwan both struck centuries as Pakistan completed their highest successful run chase in One Day Internationals with a six-wicket win over South Africa in a Tri-Nation Series fixture in Karachi on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was among three Pakistan cricketers fined for breaching the ICC code of conduct during the record run chase against South Africa in Karachi. Afridi was fined 25% of his match fee by the ICC for deliberately obstructing batter Matthew Breetzke when he ran a single in the 28th over,

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Follow live coverage of Pakistan vs South Africa from the Tri-Series in Pakistan 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.

Pakistan orchestrated a historic run chase against South Africa in Karachi, thanks to centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha. The duo's record partnership secured a spot in the tri-nation final against New Zealand,