Pakistan vs South Africa , 2nd Test Live Cricket Scores
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Match Info
Dream11 Recommended XI: Dean Elgar, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Babar Azam, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi
Captain: Keshav Maharaj Vice-Captain: Yasir Shah
My11Circle Recommended XI: Dean Elgar, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Babar Azam, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi
Captain: Keshav Maharaj Vice-Captain: Yasir Shah
South Africa 1st innings
c Mohammad Rizwan b Hasan Ali
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! What a delivery! He was asking questions from the start and he has been finally rewarded. Pakistan get the important breakthrough. Good length ball around off, moves slightly away from Elgar. Elgar pokes at it but gets an outside edge back to Rizwan who makes no mistake. Just the start that Pakistan needed. South Africa are 246 runs behind.
c Shaheen Afridi b Nauman Ali
OUT! CAUGHT AT MID ON! What are South Africa doing? They are crumbling big time and it is an important breakthrough for Pakistan. Poor shot and excellent bowling from Nauman Ali! Flatter ball on middle, Markram looks to work it on the leg side but it spins away a touch. It takes the top edge and goes towards mid on where Shaheen Afridi takes a simple catch. South Africa are in a big spot of bother.
b Hasan Ali
OUT! TIMBER! What a ball! Hasan Ali is on fire and he is putting South Africa under pressure. Rassie van der Dussen cannot believe it as he just sits there in disbelief! Back of a length ball around middle, van der Dussen looks to defend but the ball keeps a little low and beats the bat. It uproots the off stump and Pakistan go up in celebration. Wow, terrific stuff.
Pakistan 1st innings
Right then. Relatively few would have given the South Africans a chance in this game but they have indicated their flexibility and have done well to push this Test right till the end. They need 243 runs to win this game and they will be glad that they have 9 wickets to play with. There are 98 overs scheduled for Day 5 and Pakistan will believe that an early breakthrough will push the visitors on the back foot and get them right back in the game. So join us for Day 5 at 10.15 am IST for a very engaging day of cricket. Up to that point, cheers and farewell!
With the bat in hand, they started off determinedly before Elgar was enticed into a drive and lost his wicket in that interaction. Then, came the rebuilding position which was done so well by Markram and van der Dussen. They stitched a 94-run stand and ensured that they end the day on a high. The fact that they didn't play a lot of free strokes and still heaped on the runs, says a lot.
South Africa may have not started the day off that well but the finish of Day 4, was all them. With the ball, their heads appeared to have dropped as they didn't have answers to what Rizwan and Nauman Ali were doing, but some great work towards the end by Linde, who grabbed a fifer, saw them wrap up the Pakistani innings.
However, they will be disappointed with how they fared with the ball. Shaheen did well to eliminate Elgar not long before the Tea break but they didn't have a lot of progress after that point. All of their bowlers continued knocking on the entryway but the team of Markram and van der Dussen didn't allow a sneak in. A superior show is what they will anticipate coming into the final day of the Test.
For Pakistan, it was all about Mohammad Rizwan. He was ablaze with the bat and also ensured that he scored his maiden Test century during the time spent helping Pakistan amass a huge lead. Nauman Ali too was so near reaching his half-century but he lost his wicket very near that mark. Their work with the bat was very aggressive and they were looking to add a lot of runs, making sure that the lead is a huge one for the South Africans to scale. They finished with 298 on the board and had a huge lead of 369 runs at the finish of their batting inning.
What a wonderful, gripping day of Test cricket we have seen. At one point, it seemed as though Pakistan were in the driving seat but some great batting by the team of Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen has seen the Proteas end Day 4 with a conviction that they can return out on Day 5 and make an honest effort to win this game. They have stitched a 94-run stand and have ensured that the Saffas have no more casualties ending Day 4.