Pakistan Openers Solid in Follow-On Innings

Pakistan's openers, Babar Azam and Shan Masood, were solid in the follow-on innings, taking the visitors to 80 for 0 at the Tea break. They trail South Africa by 341 runs.

Key Moments

• Aamer Jamal punished a loosener off the first ball of Kagiso Rabada, but was eventually bounced out by the same bowler.
• Khurram Shahzad thumped a boundary over mid-on, but was eventually out by Maphaka.
• Mir Hamza smashed Kagiso Rabada for 15 runs in one over, but was eventually out by Keshav Maharaj.
• Shan Masood punished Marco Jansen for erring in line with couple of boundaries in the second over.
• Babar Azam played a superb backfoot punch off Rabada to the fence.

Statistics

• Pakistan's first 50-plus opening stand since December 2023 was brought up by Masood.
• South Africa bowled three no balls in the second innings, taking their total number of no balls to 16.
• Babar Azam scored his second consecutive Test fifty.

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) & 80/0 (Shan Masood 37*, Babar Azam 34*)
• South Africa lead Pakistan by 341 runs.