South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Measured fifty

And that is fifty for De Kock. He gets there with a single off Shadab. Not a trademark innings from De Kock but he seems to be getting into that zone. A reverse sweep off Shadab is an indicator.

Six and out...

Lofted over covers. High and handsome. Markram played a sublime shot off Faheem and looked in pristine touch. However, against the run of play, in the same over, he cracked one straight into the hands of the fielder at extra cover.

Soft dismissal. Markram would be a disappointed man that he couldn't cash in on the start.

Markram in fine touch

Markram cracked Hasnain over midwicket and also collected a couple of boundaries to help South Africa get off to a fine start. Meanwhile, Quinton de Kock has been a bit more circumspect.

For the visitors, Shaheen has bowled with good pace.

Toss and teams

Pakistan elect to bowl. The ball travels quicker through the air at the Wanderers and one expects even bounce. So the visitors have aptly opted to bowl.

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Pakistan (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf

Prelude:

Dropped catch. Wicket off a no-ball. Babar Azam and Van der Dussen's fluent hundreds. Nortje bursting through the middle order. Last ball win for Pakistan.

The first ODI between Pakistan and South Africa had everything that would encapsulate a tense finish in an ODI. What is in store for the "pink game" at the Wanderers? Can the hosts pull one back?