CENTURIAN: Pacers took three quick wickets to keep South Africa on top at Stumps after Corbin Bosch scored a gutsy 81* on the second day of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan here on Friday.
Pakistan were on 88-3 at Stumps on Day 2 with Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel on the crease at 16 and 8 respectively.
The visitors started their second innings with a 90-run deficit and lost their first wicket with 49 runs on the board. Kagiso Rabada castled Saim Ayub (28) to provide the first breakthrough.
Skipper Shan Masood also scored 28 runs before falling prey to Marco Jansen, who also removed Kamran Ghulam (4) in the next over.
Babar and Saud then survived the final minutes of the day before umpires decided to end the day’s play early due to bad light.
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Earlier, the South African innings ended on 301 with Bosch remaining unbeaten on 81 which was laced with 18 fours. Saim Ayub dismissed Dane Paterson (12) to end a crucial 47-run stand for the final wicket.
Bosch previously added a quick partnership of 41 runs for the ninth wicket with Kagiso Rabada (13) to help South Africa take a crucial lead of 90 runs.
Khurram and Naseem took three wickets each for Pakistan, while Aamir Jamal took two. Mohammad Abbas and Saim Ayub contributed with one wicket each.
Aiden Markram (47*) and captain Temba Bavuma (4*) resumed the innings for South Africa in the morning with the scoreboard reading 82-3.
They extended their partnership to 70 runs before Aamir Jamal removed Bavuma, who scored a patient knock of 31 runs.
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David Bedingham (30) joined Markram and they added 42 runs for the fifth wicket before he became the first victim of Naseem Shah, during a brilliant display of pace bowling.
Naseem then dismissed Kyle Verreynne (2) and Marco Jansen (2) to leave South Africa reeling at 191-7.
Markram held on to his end and scored a gutsy 89 from 144 balls with the help of 15 boundaries before his innings was cut short by Khurram Shahzad.
It’s worth noting that Pakistan were skittled for 211 on the first day with Kamran Ghulam top-scoring with a 71-ball 54 against the dominant pace attack of South Africa.
Pakistan Playing XI: Shan Masood (c), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Abbas.
South Africa Playing XI: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson, Corbin Bosch.
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