Pakistan vs South Africa, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Day 3: Stumps - Pakistan lead by 23 runs
PAK2nd inn
94
-4
(35)
CRR2.69
P'SHIP34(89)
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In response, Pakistan were rocked early courtesy Harmer's double-strike to send back Imam and Masood in quick succession. He set both of them up and then slipped in the slider to trap them in front. Soon after, Shafique was nipped out by Rabada as the hosts were reeling at 16/3 and still 55 runs adrift of the visitors. Babar played proactive cricket from the word go and played some lovely strokes to get things moving. Harmer produced the goods once again to get rid of Shakeel. Babar though was solid as a rock and along with Rizwan saw off the fag end of the day. Pakistan are effectively 23/4 and have their task cut out. The ball is gripping and it won't be an easy task for them going ahead. Join us for Day 4 tomorrow to catch all the action. Until then, goodbye.
17:05 Local Time, 12:05 GMT, 17:35 IST: A brilliant day for South Africa and the ball lies in their court at present. Only the first hour of the day belonged to Pakistan and it was all South Africa post that. Asif Afridi was on a roll as he took wickets in a jiffy to pick up a 5-fer on debut and threatened to run through the lower order. But, Muthusamy and Maharaj had other ideas. The duo added 71 for the 9th wicket and then a brilliant 98-run partnership between Muthusamy and Rabada tilted the scale in favour of the visitors. The last two wickets added 169 and that propelled SA to finish with a healthy 71-run lead. Rabada's counter-attacking 61-ball 71 was the highlight.
35
1 0 0 0 0 0 (1 runs)
PAK 94-4
Mohammad Rizwan
16(49)
Babar Azam
49(83)
Keshav Maharaj
10-1-30-0
34.6
Maharaj to Rizwan, no run, floated full delivery outside off, driven to extra cover. There's an appeal from Verreynne for something. He is having an intense chat with umpire Sharfuddoula but he is not interested. The replay shows that after playing the shot, Rizwan dislodged the bails with his bat and then started to walk towards the dressing room. Looks like umpire Sharfuddoula called 'over' before it happened and that meant Rizwan was safe. That's Stumps on Day 3
34.5
Maharaj to Rizwan, no run, full delivery on middle and off, defended solidly off the front foot
Rabada comes up to Maharaj to have a chat with him
34.4
Maharaj to Rizwan, no run, floated full delivery outside off, Rizwan prods ahead and blocks it to silly point
34.3
Maharaj to Rizwan, no run, nicely bowled! Drifting in nicely on middle, Rizwan stays leg-side of it to block but gets an inside edge onto the pads
34.2
Maharaj to Rizwan, no run, floated full ball on off, Rizwan leans ahead and defends it to covers
34.1
Maharaj to Babar Azam, 1 run, very full delivery drifting towards the pads, stroked towards long-on. Babar Azam moves on to 49
Last over of the day coming up...
34
3 0 0 1 0 0 (4 runs)
PAK 93-4
Mohammad Rizwan
16(44)
Babar Azam
48(82)
Simon Harmer
13-3-26-3
33.6
Harmer to Rizwan, no run, tossed up outside off, Rizwan leans ahead and eases it with the spin towards mid-on
33.5
Harmer to Rizwan, no run, nervy! Floated delivery outside off, Rizwan goes for the big sweep but gets an under-edge onto the pads
33.4
Harmer to Babar Azam, 1 run, loopy full ball outside off, Babar Azam taps it to point
33.3
Harmer to Babar Azam, no run, turning in from a back of a length outside off, Babar Azam hangs back and blocks it to the off-side
33.2
Harmer to Babar Azam, no run, quicker through the air and on a length outside off, kept out from the crease
33.1
Harmer to Rizwan, 3 runs, sharp turn with extra bounce from a length around off, Rizwan goes for the big sweep and ends up gloving it towards fine leg. Jansen chases it and slides near the fence to save a run for his side. Good effort from the lanky pacer
33
1 1 1 2 0 0 (5 runs)
PAK 89-4
Babar Azam
47(79)
Mohammad Rizwan
13(41)
Keshav Maharaj
9-1-29-0
32.6
Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, full ball drifting towards the pads, blocked off the front foot
32.5
Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, loopy full ball on off, driven to extra cover
32.4
Maharaj to Babar Azam, 2 runs, flighted delivery on off, Babar Azam drives it past the left side of the diving extra cover fielder. A couple results
32.3
Maharaj to Rizwan, 1 run, floated full ball on off, Rizwan strides ahead and strokes it to long-off
