03/01Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 3-6 2025
South Africa won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Ryan Rickelton
Ryan RickeltonSouth Africa
03/01Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 3-6 2025
South Africa won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Ryan Rickelton
Ryan RickeltonSouth Africa

1:49pm, Day 3, Session 2: Follow on enforced! Slow roller going over the pitch. A real disappointing batting performance from Pakistan. The top order was blown away last night. Babar and Rizwan got starts, but got out rather loosely. After that, Maharaj has been a regular, Rabada was lethal, Jansen got bounce. In the end, they secured a 421

54.2
W
Maphaka to Khurram Shahzad, OUT, Stubbs moves swiftly to the right, gets low and takes it low while on the move. Was a wide fullish ball that Shahzad tried square driving but couldn't keep it down

Khurram Shahzad c Stubbs b Maphaka 14 (43m 29b 2x4 0x6) SR: 48.27

54.1
0
Maphaka to Khurram Shahzad, no run, Wide fully is too wide, well beyond the outreaching bat

END OF OVER:
54 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 194/8

  • Mohammad Abbas0 (1b)
  • Khurram Shahzad14 (27b)
  • Keshav Maharaj8-2-14-2
  • Kagiso Rabada15-3-55-3
53.6
0
Maharaj to Mohammad Abbas, no run, Fullish 75ks, deadbatted in front
53.5
W
Maharaj to Mir Hamza, OUT, Right in the trap Hamza falls. Maharaj is helped by great fielding from Bedingham at short leg, he went down and scraped it low in the air. The fact that he didn't flinch made it impressive. Hamza went back in the crease to work a length ball. De Zorzi imitates shooting while facing his team-mates from the dugout, which seems to be part of a celebration routine

Mir Hamza c Bedingham b Maharaj 13 (13m 13b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100

Moosa: "We need to start calling Bedingham with his first name. Being a Madridista I keep confusing him with Jude Bellingham! "

53.4
0
Maharaj to Mir Hamza, no run, Leans forward and blocks the fullish length ball leg side

Two slips, short leg, silly mid-off in

53.3
1
Maharaj to Khurram Shahzad, 1 run, Long, slow flight is what Maharaj is sending batters on now. Pushed in front
53.2
0
Maharaj to Khurram Shahzad, no run, Full on off, 74ks, squeezes a defensive push in front
53.1
2
Maharaj to Khurram Shahzad, 2 runs, Full on leg, worked softly to midwicket. Both him and long-on were standing deep there, so an easy two

END OF OVER:
53 | 15 Runs | PAK: 191/7

  • Mir Hamza13 (11b)
  • Khurram Shahzad11 (24b)
  • Kagiso Rabada15-3-55-3
  • Keshav Maharaj7-2-11-1

Graeme: "@Odinlass - I think the batting order will fix itself if De Zorzi comes back (with Rickleton shuffling down a spot). They may also give Beddingham the benefit of the doubt with his county experience"

52.6
4
Rabada to Mir Hamza, FOUR, Cuts the fullish-length ball on fifth through backward
52.5
6
Rabada to Mir Hamza, SIX, That's a lappa, as they call it. Hamza prolly knew this was coming at him, swung freely despite not timing the hard-length slowy perfectly

Around

saffainkorea: "would love for SA to come up and practice some aggressive test batting before the WTC final - use the 50 odd over left today and try get 250ish"

52.4
0
Rabada to Mir Hamza, no run, Wide, slashed and beaten. Hamza wanted to go over mid-on with a cross-bat
52.3
1
Rabada to Khurram Shahzad, 1 run, Another nasty ball. This is shortish and Shahzad was ducking for cover, but he got a
52.2
0
Rabada to Khurram Shahzad, no run, Good ball. Channel, three-quarter length, whole shebang. Let go
52.1
4
Rabada to Khurram Shahzad, FOUR, Fended in the gap in the cordon. The good thing Shahzad did was angle the bat in towards his body and then open the face. Was a shortish ball that went wide of gully

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