Masood falls but Pakistan continue to fight

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)