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Pakistan Fighting Back Against South Africa's Total

Pakistan has added 86 runs in the post-Lunch session, trailing South Africa by only 23 runs. Despite losing two wickets, an unbeaten 69-run partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha has kept the hosts at bay.

Session Recap

  • South Africa picked up two wickets: Shan Masood (145) and Saud Shakeel.
  • Pakistan added 86 runs in the session.
  • Rizwan and Salman's unbeaten partnership: 69 runs.
  • Effectively, Pakistan is six wickets down with only one tail-ender remaining.

Key Moments

  • Kwena Maphaka reverse-swung the old ball to dismiss Shakeel.
  • Kagiso Rabada took the new ball and picked up Shakeel with an angled delivery.
  • Maphaka trapped Masood LBW, and the third umpire confirmed the decision.
  • Rabada and Maphaka tested Rizwan and Salman with fiery spells.
  • Rizwan and Salman brought the deficit below 50 runs.
  • Rizwan hit a boundary to bring up the 50-run partnership.
  • Salman hammered two boundaries before Tea.

Brief Scores

  • South Africa: 615 (Ryan Rickelton 259, Temba Bavuma 106, Kyle Verreynne 100; Mohammad Abbas 3-94, Salman Ali Agha 3-148)
  • Pakistan: 194 (Babar Azam 58, Mohammad Rizwan 46; Kagiso Rabada 3-55, Keshav Maharaj 2-14) & 398/5 (Shan Masood 145, Babar Azam 81; Marco Jansen 2-85)


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