South Africa vs Pakistan Cricket Live Score, 2nd Test Day 4 (South Africa National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team Match Scorecard): Captain Shan Masood and Babar Azam shared Pakistan’s record-breaking opening stand of 205 runs against South Africa after the Proteas enforced the follow-on on the third day of the second and final Test on Sunday.
Left-handed Masood led the tourists’ fightback with an unbeaten 102 off 166 balls but Babar missed out on his first Test century in more than two years when he drove left-armer Marco Jansen late in the final session on Day 3 and got caught at gully for 81.
Pakistan, which was bowled out for 194 earlier on Day 3, reached 213/1 at stumps, but still has plenty of work to do to save the game, trailing by 208 runs.
Masood and Babar had defied South Africa for nearly a session and a half after the tourists lost the last six wickets for 76 runs in the first innings and were dismissed halfway through the second session of the day.
Their double-century stand wiped out Pakistan’s previous best opening partnership of 137 runs between Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar at Faisalabad in 2003.
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Wow. Action-packed last 2 overs. First, Maharaj troubles Shan Masood twice in an over and then Marco Jansen could have actually got Kamran Ghulam three times in that over. Seems like the wicket is spicing up now. And looking at the way Ghulam is playing, we might see a wicket around the corner.
58.6 – FOUR! DROPPED! Gets through the hands of first slip!
Batsman_1 : Kamran Ghulam 4(5)
Batsman_2 : Shan Masood 114(188)
Bowler : Marco Jansen 2/70(15)
Over : 59
Run : 8
Wicket : 1
Score : 243/2
58.5 – FOUR LEG BYES! Hard length, down the leg side, angling in, from around the wicket. Kamran Ghulam tries to tickle it but gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball kisses the pads and races away to the boundary at deep fine leg. They get four runs for leg byes.
58.4 – On a good length, from around the wicket, coming in, just outside off, Kamran Ghulam shoulders arms to let it go.
58.3 – From around the wicket, Jansen targets the off stump from a wide angle. Lands the ball fuller, but gets it to move away. Once again, Ghulam is squared up but somehow keeps it out.
58.2 – Full and around middle, Kamran Ghulam looks to defend but the ball moves away a touch and squares him up. Manages to keep the ball out though.
Kamran Ghulam walks in at number 4, replacing Khurram Shahzad.
58.1 – OUT! CAUGHT! The nightwatchman is dismissed at last. South Africa were getting frustrated with this 30-run stand and have got their first wicket of the day. But, Khurram Shahzad has done his job.
57.6 – Is he out this time? No, Nitin Menon shakes his head again and South Africa aren’t reviewing it either. Tossed up, around middle and off, from around the wicket, Shan Masood goes on the back foot in a bit of hesitation and tries to defend it. He gets beaten on the outside edge as the ball kisses the pad and goes to the first slip.
Batsman_1 : Shan Masood 114(188)
Batsman_2 : Khurram Shahzad 18(46)
Bowler : Keshav Maharaj 0/48(20)
Over : 58
Run : 4
Wicket : 0
Score : 235/1
57.5 – Full again, but outside off, Masood pats it to off side.
57.4 – Tossed up, around middle, from around the wicket, Shan keeps it down back to the bowler.
57.3 – Fuller, around middle, well defended.
57.2 – FOUR! Goes all wrong in this one. Short and way down the leg side, from around the wicket, Masood gets down on a knee and pull-sweeps it behind square leg. This stand is now worth 30 and the deficit is 186.
57.1 – Gone! No? Nothing from Nitin Menon. Maharaj wants a review but gets no support from anyone. Bavuma is standing confused, gesturing, ‘Should I take the review or not?’ Not taken in the end.
Major news coming from the South African dressing room – RYAN RICKELTON WILL NOT TAKE THE FIELD IN THIS INNINGS. If need be, he will come out to bat. He is sitting in the dressing room, braving a smile. Don’t think he would have featured in the Champions Trophy squad any which ways, but he will definitely miss a few matches of the SA20.
56.5 – Back of a length, from over the wicket, around middle, Khurram Shahzad keeps it down off the back foot.
56.4 – Gets a single now! Good length, from around the wicket, just outside off, going away with the angle, Shan Masood dabs it in front of cover and gets off the strike.
56.3 – Another drive, but gets stopped again. South Africa trying to slow the game down. Almost after every over, Temba Bavuma is deliberately trying to chat with his bolwer and make the batter wait. And then, they are planning to get the batter to drive, but stop the runs. Trying to build frustration into Pakistan.
56.2 – Around middle, pushed back down the ground.
56.1 – Full, outside off, Shan Masood leans and drives towards Temba Bavuma at wide mid off.
55.6 – After a long chat with the skipper, Maharaj bowls this quicker and flatter, just around off, Khurram Shahzad pushes it past silly point.
Batsman_1 : Khurram Shahzad 16(44)
Batsman_2 : Shan Masood 109(178)
Bowler : Keshav Maharaj 0/44(19)
Over : 56
Run : 1
Wicket : 0
Score : 228/1
55.5 – A bit quicker and full, on middle and leg, turned across with a block from Shahzad.
55.4 – Full, on middle, Khurram Shahzad blocks it on the front foot.
55.3 – Extremely slow through the air, from around the wicket, on middle and off, Khurram Shahzad offers a dead bat in defense.
55.2 – More flight, but this time, the length is fuller. Masood leans and pushes it towards long on for a single.
55.1 – Short in length, slower through the air, landed outside off, spinning down, Shan Masood looks to work it behind square, but cannot get the ball past backward square leg.
54.4 – Great ball! Angling away, on a length, around middle and off and shaping away a bit off the deck. Khurram Shahzad looks to push it out but gets beaten on the outside edge. Not that far off from the stumps either.
54.3 – Yorker, outside off, but a touch wide. Khurram Shahzad looks to steer it away but misses.
54.6 – Pulls the length back by a quarter and angles it away, just outside off, another push from Shahzad that fails to make a connection.
54.5 – Very full this time, on middle and off, Shahzad eases it out to mid off.
54.2 – Down the leg side, Masood flicks it behind square leg for a single.
