| Series Name: | Pakistani cricket team vs South Africa in UAE 2010 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Pakistan |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
| Team2 Name: | South Africa |
| From Date: | 26 October |
| To Date: | 24 November |
| Team1 Captain: | Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests) Shahid Afridi (ODIs/T20s) |
| Team2 Captain: | Graeme Smith (Tests/ODIs) Johan Botha (T20s) |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Azhar Ali (237) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Jacques Kallis (323) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Abdur Rehman (9) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Paul Harris (7) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Jacques Kallis (SA) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Mohammad Hafeez (203) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Hashim Amla (291) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Shoaib Akhtar (7) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Morné Morkel (8) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Hashim Amla (SA) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Misbah-ul-Haq (60) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Colin Ingram (77) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Shoaib Akhtar (3) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lonwabo Tsotsobe (5) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Johan Botha (SA) |
The Pakistan cricket team played against South Africa in UAE from 26 October to 24 November 2010. The tour was originally scheduled to consist of one Twenty20 (T20), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests, but due to the 2010 Pakistan floods, South Africa proposed to play another T20 to raise funds for flood victims.[1] [2]
On 7 October, Pakistan announced their 15-men squad marking the return of Misbah-ul-Haq but no captain was announced (despite the fact that Shahid Afridi has been their limited-overs captain since June that year). A day later, Misbah-ul-Haq was named as the Test captain, while Shahid Afridi was retained as limited-overs captain.[3]
South African captain Graeme Smith announced that despite the controversies surrounding the Pakistan cricket team relating to the spot-fixing scandal, it was important to focus on the series so that the team can prepare for the World Cup.[4]
After much media speculations, it was announced that the Umpire Decision Review System would not be used for the Test series. The Pakistan Cricket Board stated that the media contracts it had signed earlier do not cover UDRS, therefore it would not be used in any of Pakistan's home matches until at least 2012.[5]
South Africa won the ODI series 3-2.