SA vs PAK: Shan Masood shatters 27-year-old record to make history for Pakistan

Shan Masood made history after recording the highest individual score by a Pakistani batter in Tests on South African soil. The left-handed batter achieved the feat on Day 4 of the New Year’s Test at the Newlands in Cape Town. Masood broke Azhar Mahmood’s record of 136 back in February 1998 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

But Mahmood remains the only Pakistani batter to have scored multiple Test hundreds in South Africa. His other century came at the Kingsmead in Durban on the same tour. Taufeeq Umar, Saeed Anwar, Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq are the other Pakistani batters with Test centuries



in South Africa. Masood scored 145 runs off 251 balls with 17 fours.

Highest score by Pakistan batters in South Africa

Shan Masood – 145, Cape Town, January 2025

Azhar Mahmood – 136, Johannesburg, February 1998

Taufeeq Umar – 135, Cape Town, January 2003

Azhar Mahmood – 132, Durban, February 1998

Saeed Anwar – 118, Durban, February 1998

Younis Khan – 111, Cape Town, February 2013

Asad Shafiq – 111, Cape Town, February 2013