| 6.5 : 6.5: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Good shot there from Elgar. Short and wide outside off, Dean Elgar waits for it and then guides it through the vacant backward point region for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Hasan Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Lovely shot! This is full and on middle, it is eased through mid on for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Hasan Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! A little too easy! On the pads, this is worked through mid-wicket and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Shorter and put away! It is cut through point and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Hasan Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Good shot. Full and outside off, Dean leans into the drive and caresses it through covers. A couple of fielders give chase, one of them dives as it nears the ropes and seems to have kept it out well. The umpires though want to have a look at that. Replays are in....hmm.... there seems to be some contact with the ropes as the fielder flicks the ball in. Yes, a boundary has been signalled here. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Hasan Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Full length delivery around the off pole line, Elgar comes forward and drives it straight back past the bowler. Another beautiful shot and a boundary results. |
| 2.5: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, Now he lets the outswinger, which was on a full length, outside off, be. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Good length ball around off, Aiden prods forward in defence but gets it off the outer half. Luckily for him, it goes thick and fast in the gap between the slip cordon and gully, down to third man, for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! This one is well timed. Full and swinging in, on middle and leg, Markram works it with the swing. Flicks it through square leg and obtains a boundary. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Glorious shot. South Africa are playing like as if it were a T20I match here. Full length delivery outside off, Aiden drives it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Shaheen Afridi to Aiden Markram, OUT! CAUGHT! A simple catch to the fielder there. Good length ball around off, Aiden wants to drive it through covers and keep the scoring momentum going. Unfortunately, he does so uppishly but finds the man at cover there. Imran takes a simple catch and Pakistan draw first blood. Too much of aggressive strokeplay has cost the South Africans their first wicket. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Faheem Ashraf to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Full and outside off, Rassie van der Dussen comes forward and drives it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Faheem Ashraf to Rassie van der Dussen, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh.. what a way for RvdD to get out here. Good length delivery around off, Rassie pushes it to the covers region. Calls for a run and gets halfway, before Dean sends him back Van der Dussen backtracks and goes to the striker's end but by then, Babar, has thrown it there and Mohammed collects and whips the bails off. No need to go to the third umpire. Van der Dussen was miles short of his crease. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Nauman Ali to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Gloriously driven. Full and outside off, Faf du Plessis leans into the drive and creams it through the gap in the covers region for a boundary. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Faheem Ashraf to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Starts the over with a boundary. Full length ball on the middle pole, Faf flicks it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 20.5 : 20.5: Nauman Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! That is a boundary. Good shot. Elegant timing. Full length delivery on the middle pole, Dean closes the face of his bat and flicks it through square leg. |
| 25.2 : 25.2: Hasan Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Short length delivery wide outside off, Dean rocks onto the back foot and slaps it through point. |
| 27.5 : 27.5: Shaheen Afridi to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Nice shot. Full and outside off, Faf leans into the drive and powers it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 28.2 : 28.2: Yasir Shah to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! That is a boundary. Full and on middle, Faf times his flicks to perfection, through square leg, and gets a boundary. |
| 28.3 : 28.3: Yasir Shah to Faf du Plessis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Again, another instance of a South African trying to be too aggressive and perishes. It is a good catch from Mohammed Rizwan. A sharp take. Good length ball around off, Du Plessis comes on the front foot and looks to block. He though ends up generating an outside edge there. The ball goes thick and fast, to the right of Mohammed, who dives in that direction and takes a good catch. |
| 29.1 : 29.1: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Bad ball. Straying on the pads with a fuller one, Dean flicks it away with ease to the fine leg boundary. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Dean rocks back and lets out a ferious cut shot, through point, and bags a boundary. |
| 32.6 : 32.6: Yasir Shah to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Flicked away with ease there. On the pads, Quinton flicks it away wide of the man at short fine leg and gets a boundary. |
| 35.2 : 35.2: Nauman Ali to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT! The skipper is gone here. That was a very simple catch to the fielder. First wicket for Nauman in Tests. And what a wicket it is! Ali floats this outside off, de Kock comes forward and looks to poke it on the off side but gets it off the outer half. It goes to the right of Butt, at slip, who sharply sticks his left hand out. Manages to hold onto it and completes a fantastic catch. |
| 37.4 : 37.4: Nauman Ali to Dean Elgar, OUT! CAUGHT! Another wicket. Pakistan are right on top here. There was a planned, packed off side field and it has resulted in a wicket. Good captaincy from Azam and good bowling from Nauman Ali. He has snared the set batsman as well. Flights this full and outside off, Dean is drawn into the cover drive there. He goes for it and gets it off his bat uppishly. Babar Azam, at covers, is waiting for it and holds onto that one. Big, big wicket this. |
| 43.2 : 43.2: Nauman Ali to George Linde, FOUR! Good shot. Full and around off, George presses forward and drives it wide of the fielder at mid on. |
| 46.5 : 46.5: Yasir Shah to George Linde, FOUR! Nice shot. Fuller in length and on middle, George flicks it nicely through mid-wicket for a boundary. It was a really good shot. It really was. |
| 49.6 : 49.6: Shaheen Afridi to George Linde, FOUR! Gloriously driven. A boundary. To finish the over. Fullish length and outside the off pole line, George comes forward and creams the drive through covers. |
| 54.3 : 54.3: Nauman Ali to Temba Bavuma, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh my goodness, what has happened here? The set batsman, Temba, has been dismissed. This is some good work from the fielders. Fullish length delivery on off and middle, Bavuma strokes it through mid-wicket. He takes one and wants two but Linde stays put. Seeing that, Temba stops midway but then George Linde now starts running. He gets safely to the non-striker's end. A shocked Temba Bavuma does not know how to react to this sudden change. He tries |
| 58.2 : 58.2: Yasir Shah to Keshav Maharaj, OUT! Castled! Shah strikes pretty quickly after Tea. It was on the cards and Pakistan are elated! Shah tosses it up around off, Maharaj looks to play it for the turn but is foxed by Yasir. The ball straightens after pitching and goes through the gap between bat and pad to crash into the stumps. |
| 59.1 : 59.1: Hasan Ali to George Linde, FOUR! Pulled away! Short and on middle, Linde goes for the pull but ends up getting a top edge that runs to the fine leg fence . First runs of the session. |
| 60.6 : 60.6: Yasir Shah to Kagiso Rabada, FOUR! Gloriously driven! Tossed up ball on off, Rabada leans into the drive and creams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 61.1 : 61.1: Hasan Ali to George Linde, FOUR! Useful runs! Full and wide outside off, Linde goes for the drive but the ball goes off the edge and through the vacant gully region for a boundary at third man. |
| 61.2 : 61.2: Hasan Ali to George Linde, OUT! CAUGHT! That has just come from nowhere . What have you done George. It is a short of good length delivery around off, instead of defending it Linde ships it in the air at mid-wicket. Mohammad Nawaz the substitute there takes the catch and Pakistan closing on South African innings. |
| 64.3 : 64.3: Yasir Shah to Anrich Nortje, OUT! BOWLED! Tossed up on off, Nortje is in two minds whether to play off the front foot or off the back foot. In the end, he gets in a tangle between his shot selection and sees his stumps shattered out there. |
| 65.1 : 65.1: Hasan Ali to Kagiso Rabada, FOUR! Magnificent. That is how Ian Bishop would have described it, had he been there in the commentary box. Supreme shot. Full length delivery around off, Kagiso comes forward and drives it well wide and past the bowler for a boundary. |
| 65.5 : 65.5: Hasan Ali to Kagiso Rabada, FOUR! Superb. Absolutely superb. It really is. Good length delivery around off, Kagiso Rabada drives it through the covers. |
| 67.5: Hasan Ali to Lungi Ngidi, FOUR! Slashed away! Length ball outside off, Ngidi throws the kitchen sink at it and gets it past the point fielder and into the fence behind for a boundary. |
| 68.3 : 68.3: Yasir Shah to Kagiso Rabada, DROPPED AND SIX! Wow! That's a massive hit! Full and on off, Rabada goes dowtown he though gets the height but not the distance as Shaheen Afridi there takes the catch but parries it into the ropes as he falls over. Rabada and South Africa won't mind these runs. |
| 69.1 : 69.1: Shaheen Afridi to Lungi Ngidi, FOUR! These are some useful runs! Pakistan getting frustrated there! Short of good length and outside off, Ngidi cuts it through backward point and gets a boundary. |
| 69.2 : 69.2: Shaheen Afridi to Lungi Ngidi, OUT! LBW! And finally the South African innings ends! Shaheen Afridi it is who ends it with another wicket to his name. Full length ball on off, Ngidi shuffles across and looks to flick it to the leg side but is beaten to get rapped on the pads. There is an appeal from Afridi and his teammates.The umpirethinks for a while before raising his finger. Ngidi immediately signals 'T'. Time for replays now. Nothing on Ultra Edge when the ball was close to the bat. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Kagiso Rabada to Abid Ali, OUT! Cleaned up! There comes the first breakthrough for South Africa. An early breakthrough and yes, they are very much in the game here. Full length delivery around off, Abid strides forward and looks to drive it through the covers, on the off side. But he ends up getting an inside edge there. Sometimes, the ball goes past the stumps and to the fine leg region. But this was not one of those times. It crashes into the stumps and Ali has to make the long walk back |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Anrich Nortje to Imran Butt, FOUR! First boundary for the debutant and he will always remember this moment and cherish it. Short of good length on middle, Butt swivels and then pulls it through mid-wicket and the ball races to the fence there. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Kagiso Rabada to Imran Butt, OUT! CAUGHT! Good catch. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Keshav Maharaj to Babar Azam, OUT! LBW! Maharaj just feeling like one after scalping Babar Azam in his first over itself. Tossed up on off, Azam looks to defend it off the front foot but is beaten to get rapped on the pads. There is an appeal and the umpire raises his finger to give the marching orders to Azam. Hang on... Azam has signalled 'T' after consulting his partner. Replays roll in and it is a fair delivery reckons the third umpire as the front on spin vision comes on. Looks to be |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Anrich Nortje to Shaheen Afridi, OUT! BOWLED! Shaheen Afridi's stay at the crease is short lived. And the South Africans have all the reason to celebrate here. Not that it is a big wicket but because their bowling performance, in response to what has been a fairly low total, has been superb. Full length ball on middle and off, Shaheen comes forward in defence but misses and the ball goes through the gap between his bat and pad and crashes into the stumps behind. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Kagiso Rabada to Imran Butt, OUT! CAUGHT! Simple catch. The debutant has to make the long walk back here. Short length delivery around off, Imran looks to pull at that but gets a top edge there. It goes high in the air near the square leg region where the substitute fielder is waiting like a hawk. Pouches onto it safely as soon as it lands down. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Anrich Nortje to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Good shot. Good positive shot from Fawad Alam. FA can take a lot of confidence from that shot. Short length ball outside the off pole line, the left-hander rocks back and cuts it ferociously over point for a boundary. |
| 21.2 : 21.2: Anrich Nortje to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Nicely played. A length ball around off, Ali nicely guides it past the gully fielder for a boundary towards the third man region. A no ball too as Nortje has overstepped here. |
| 34.3 : 34.3: Anrich Nortje to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Put away! The 50-run stand is up between the two and a vital one. It is also the first one of the game. They need to go on though. Pakistan still trail by 146 runs. This is shorter and outside off, Alam stands tall and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 35.1 : 35.1: Keshav Maharaj to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Alam feeds on such deliveries! He would put them away all day. It is short and wide outside off, Alam gets back and slaps it through covers and bags another boundary through the off side. |
| 35.6 : 35.6: Keshav Maharaj to Azhar Ali, FOUR! A full toss and it is put away easily! Ali just nonchalantly works it through mid-wicket. The outfield is really fast and it races away to the fence. So this ends up being a good over for Pakistan. |
| 40.2 : 40.2: George Linde to Azhar Ali, FOUR! SHOT! A fullish ball on middle, Ali is down on his knees and sweeps this nicely towards the square leg region for a boundary. |
| 49.4 : 49.4: Keshav Maharaj to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Edgy! Short and spinning away from Azhar. He looks to cut but gets it off the upper half of his bat. The ball goes fine on the off side and to the third man fence. |
| 53.6 : 53.6: Keshav Maharaj to Azhar Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! Fifty and out for Azhar Ali and finally this stand has been broken and South Africa have their first success of the day. End of a very good knock from Azhar but he will be annoyed with himself that he has not gone onto convert this fifty into a big hundred. Keshav Maharaj's persistence finally gets its reward. Maharaj bowls this one a little short around off. He gets a little zip and bounce off the surface. Azhar looks to cut but the ball is too |
| 59.5 : 59.5: Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! NICELY DONE! A fullish ball around off, Rizwan stays low and sweeps this in the gap at square leg for a boundary. |
| 62.3 : 62.3: Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! SHOT! A fuller length on middle, swings in after pitching. Rizwan flicks this one in the gap at mid-wicket region and collects a boundary. The fielder from mid on chases the ball but fails to stop it. |
| 66.3: Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Good cricketing shot! Good length ball pitching outside off and coming back in. Rizwan stays on his back foot and just opens the face of the bat to guide it through point for a boundary. |
| 66.4 : 66.4: Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Glorious from Rizwan! Ngidi overcorrects and goes full on middle. Rizwan gets on his front foot and drives it brilliantly through mid on for a boundary. |
| 69.5 : 69.5: George Linde to Fawad Alam, FOUR! A full toss outside off, Alam looks to drive but manages it off the toe end towards the third man fence and gets a useful boundary. |
| 70.3 : 70.3: Lungi Ngidi to Fawad Alam, FOUR! EDGY! A length ball around off, straightens after pitching. Alam looks to defend but gets an outside edge towards the vacant slip area and the ball runs away towards the third man fence. |
| 71.1 : 71.1: George Linde to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Aggression there from Rizwan. A floated ball around off, Rizwan comes down and hits this one straight down the ground towards the long on fence to bring up the 50-partnership between the two. |
| 72.1: Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! SHOT! A fuller length ball outside off, Rizwan creams this one through the covers for a glorious boundary. Moves into the 30s now. |
| 72.3 : 72.3: Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! CAUGHT! Ngidi gets the breakthrough and ends the 55-run association between Rizwan and Fawad Alam. Ngidi has bowled well and finally got his reward after toiling hard. Excellent catch from Faf du Plessis at first slip. Ngidi bowls in the channel of uncertainty around off. Rizwan has a poke at it. The ball comes in with the angle and takes the fat outside edge of Rizwan's bat. It goes to the left of first slip. Du Plessis there dives and takes a very go |
| 73.3: George Linde to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Superb drive to get the first runs off the final session. Flighted wide outside off, Fawad leans on his front foot and creams his drive through covers for a bolundary! |
| 74.2 : 74.2: Lungi Ngidi to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Slammed! Lose delivery and it gets the treatment. Faheem gets off the mark with a boundary! Short and wide, Faheem is an attacking batter. He throws his hands at it and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 77.6 : 77.6: Keshav Maharaj to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Creamed away! Lovely shot! Floated outside off, Fawad leans forward with intent and drives it brilliantly through covers for a boundary. |
| 78.2 : 78.2: George Linde to Fawad Alam, SIX! SHOT! Fawad changing gears now! Flighted delivery around off, Fawad goes downtown and smokes it over the long off fence for a biggie. |
| 78.6 : 78.6: George Linde to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Fawad is looking to clean off the deficit or if not reduce it to as much as he can before the new ball is taken. Flighted outside off, Fawad creams his drive through covers and gets closer to his ton. 15 away from a century is Fawad Alam. |
| 82.6: Kagiso Rabada to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Fullish on the leg stump, Ashraf manages to get some bat on it as the ball beats the keeper and runs away to the fine leg fence. |
| 84.2 : 84.2: Kagiso Rabada to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Slapped! Stand and deliver! Short and wide outside off, Faheem smashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 84.4 : 84.4: Kagiso Rabada to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Nailed! Pakistan into the lead in style! This made a cracking sound off the bat. Shorter and on middle, Faheem hits it hard and on middle, it is smashed over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 89.5 : 89.5: Keshav Maharaj to Fawad Alam, SIX! 100 up and in style! What a knock this is from Alam! Take a bow. Third century and he is making a real statement for himself. He was under pressure when he came out and has shone with flying colors. HIs home town, he would know how the wicket plays and has cashed in. Gets there with a massive hit. Steps out, gets to the pitch of the ball and tonks it well over the long on fence. Needs to go on though. The lead is only 22. |
| 90.3 : 90.3: Anrich Nortje to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Off the outside edge and a boundary! Frustrating stuff for South Africa and runs coming easily now for Pakistan! This is on a length and around off, Ashraf pushes at it. It goes off the outside edge through the gully region and down to the third man fence. |
| 91.6 : 91.6: Aiden Markram to Fawad Alam, FOUR! Shot! A shortish ball around off, Alam punches this one in the gap at covers and gets a boundary of the last ball. |
| 92.4 : 92.4: Anrich Nortje to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! Nicely driven. A length ball again around off, Ashraf this time drives this gloriously on the up through the covers and gets a boundary to his name. |
| 96.1 : 96.1: Anrich Nortje to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! A short ball on middle, Faheem pulls this one without any timing just wide of the fielder at mid on and gets a boundary. Was in the air but luckily that it was wide from Rabada at long on. |
| 97.5 : 97.5: Lungi Ngidi to Fawad Alam, OUT! TAKEN! Stop the press, South Africa have finally broken through! They can finally afford to smile. The centurion departs after a long, long innings. The move to bring on Ngidi has worked wonders. Not the ideal delivery to get a wicket but it was South Africa's plan which has come off. It is full and on middle, Alam flicks it uppishly. There are two mid-wickets in place and this one goes straight to Bavuma at short mid-wicket. A standing ovation as Alam walks |
| 99.3 : 99.3: Lungi Ngidi to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! SHOT! Faheem is not going to miss out on these. A short and wide ball outside off, Ashraf throws his hands and gets it towards the third man region for a boundary. |
| 99.5 : 99.5: Lungi Ngidi to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! SHOT! Length ball sliding down the leg, Ashraf helps it on his way towards backward square leg and gets a boundary. |
| 100.1 : 100.1: Anrich Nortje to Hasan Ali, EDGY FOUR! Length and around off, Hasan pushes at it, it goes off the outside edge and down to third man for a boundary. |
| 100.6 : 100.6: Anrich Nortje to Faheem Ashraf, OUT! TIMBER! So South Africa have now got both the set batters and are into the bowlers now! A very good delivery by Nortje! He bowls a yorker. Faheem does manage to get his bat down but a little late. It hits the bottom of the bat and then rolls back onto the stumps. Faheem walks back after doing a comendable job. 75 is the lead and only two wickets in hand. Will the 100-run mark be reached? |
| 107.4 : 107.4: Anrich Nortje to Hasan Ali, FOUR! First boundary of Day 3! Back of a length around off, Hasan Ali punches this one through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 108.1 : 108.1: Kagiso Rabada to Nauman Ali, EDGY FOUR! There was just one slip present there but it does not matter. Good length and around off, Nauman Ali looks to punch this through the off side but the ball takes the outside edge and flies past the first slip fielder, into the third man fence. The lead is now 100. |
| 108.5 : 108.5: Kagiso Rabada to Hasan Ali, OUT! TIMBER! 200 wickets for Rabada in Test cricket! What a bowler! What a player! A wonderful moment for him. Kagiso bowls a length ball around off, gets it to nip back in after hitting the deck, Hasan Ali attempts to slog this one away but fails to make contact with the ball. The ball does not miss. Timber. Uproots the middle pole. South Africa need one more wicket now. Pakistan are leading by 103 runs. |
| 109.2 : 109.2: Anrich Nortje to Nauman Ali, EDGY FOUR. Streaky but it won't matter to the hosts. Fuller and around off, Ali looks to drive this one but the ball takes the bottom edge and goes past the first slip fielder, into the third man fence for another boundary. |
| 111.1 : 111.1: Anrich Nortje to Yasir Shah, FOUR! Pakistan are doing well to pile on the runs. Shortish and on the body, Shah swivels and pulls this one to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 112.1: Kagiso Rabada to Yasir Shah, FOUR! WOAH! What a shot. Just sheer timing on this, from Shah. Length and outside off, Shah leans into this one and creams his drive through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 112.4 : 112.4: Kagiso Rabada to Yasir Shah, EDGY FOUR! Nothing is going right for the visitors. Another streaky boundary. Length and outside off, Shah looks to drive but the ball takes the outside edge and runs away through short third man for a boundary. |
| 115.1 : 115.1: Keshav Maharaj to Yasir Shah, FOUR! A gift this time and Shah accepts! A full toss on middle, Shah pulls this one to the deep square leg region where Nortje fumbles and lets this one through to the ropes. |
| 117.2 : 117.2: Keshav Maharaj to Yasir Shah, SIX! That came out of nowhere. Shah has smashed this one. Floats it up right in the slot, Yasir Shah lofts this one over the long on region for a massive biggie. Pakistan now lead by 151 runs. |
| 117.5 : 117.5: Keshav Maharaj to Nauman Ali, FOUR! There seems to be no stopping these two. Maharaj has been airlifted twice in this over. Tossed up and around off, Ali lofts this one over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 119.2 : 119.2: Keshav Maharaj to Nauman Ali, OUT! LBW! And finally the last one falls. South Africa have been trying since some time to break this down and they finally have done. Flighted around off and middle, Ali looks to sweep but he misses and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal and the finger is raised. Nauman goes for the review straightaway. Ultra Edge shows not bat. Ball Tracker shows three reds and this will remain out. PAKISTAN END WITH 378! THEY LEAD BY 158! |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Shaheen Afridi to Aiden Markram, FOUR! South Africa and Markram are underway! Back of a length ball and outside off, Markram punches this one through the cover-point region and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Hasan Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! CREAMED! Elgar opens his account in the game as well. On a good length and outside off, Elgar plays this one through the cover region and there is no use running behind this one. Will be a boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Short of a length and on middle, Aiden clips this one through fine leg and fetches a boundary for himself. Third one of the South African innings. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Hasan Ali to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Lovely punch. What a nice way to round off this over. On a good length and around off, Elgar creams this one through the extra cover region and the ball wins the race to the ropes, even though a fielder gave it a chase. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Nauman Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! A misfield from Azhar Ali and this one will be a boundary! Flighted and outside off, Markram punches this one through the cover region where Ali fumbles and lets this one through, to go to the ropes. |
| 13.4: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Well, that is a well-timed shot. Just using the pace. A typical drive. Length delivery, outside the off pole line, Dean Elgar stands tall and just thumps it through cover-point. A fielder gives chase, but in vain. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Shaheen Afridi to Dean Elgar, FOUR! Good shot. Short and width on offer, outside off, Dean Elgar lets out a cracking cut shot and gets it through the point region for a boundary. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Yasir Shah to Dean Elgar, OUT! CAUGHT! Yasir has the first breakthrough. Elgar needs to depart now. This is the risk of sweeping across the line when there is rough outside the off pole. Dean Elgar gets across and down and looks to sweep this fullish length delivery. He though ends up getting this off his gloves. It seems to be falling beside the batsman, on the off side, but Mohammad Rizwan, watches the ball, and dives forward to take a stunning catch. The players appeal but Dean Elgar is |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Shaheen Afridi to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Gets it nice and fine and past the ropes. Shaheen bowls this slightly behind the good length and on the pads, Markram hops and tickles this one to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 36.3 : 36.3: Yasir Shah to Aiden Markram, FOUR! That is nicely put away. That is a good shot. First boundary in 100 balls! Short and width on offer, outside the off stump, Aiden goes back and across and cuts it through the point region. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: Yasir Shah to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! That is a good shot. He picked it up well. Gets down to the ball which was on a length and kept low. Slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket region. |
| 47.1 : 47.1: Shaheen Afridi to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Worked nicely through the covers. This outfield is very quick. Shaheen just venturing full enough, outside off, Rassie comes forward and leans into the drive. Sends it through the covers. Two fielders give chase but neither had any chance there as the ball races away for a boundary. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: Shaheen Afridi to Aiden Markram, FOUR! There were shouts of 'Catch it' but it went over the fielder there. Aiden moves to 49 now. Fuller and around off, Markram lofts this one over the cover region and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 51.4 : 51.4: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR. Beautiful stroke. Markram plays this one so well. On a full length and on middle, Aiden clips this one through mid-wicket and there is no point in chasing after this one, the ball just zips away past the ropes. |
| 53.6 : 53.6: Hasan Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! That is a lovely shot. Shot of the innings. Pleasing to watch. Full length delivery on middle and leg, Aiden drives it straight and past the bowler and gets a boundary. |
| 55.2 : 55.2: Hasan Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Nicely put away in the gap. Rassie moves to 49 now. Shortish length ball around off, Rassie van der Dussen swings it through square leg. The fielder in the deep runs to his right but it was hit well wide of him and a boundary results. |
| 57.2: Hasan Ali to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! This is beautifully played. Full length ball on middle, van der Dussen clips it and clips it nicely through square leg for a boundary. |
| 58.1 : 58.1: Nauman Ali to Aiden Markram, FOUR! A good way to start after the mini-break. Flighted and around off, Markram powers this one slightly uppishly through the extra cover region for a boundary. Behind by 1 run now. |
| 59.6 : 59.6: Faheem Ashraf to Rassie van der Dussen, EDGY FOUR. SOUTH AFRICA LEAD BY 3 RUNS NOW. Lucky boundary, but the Saffas will accept this one gleefully. Length and outside off, Rassie looks to push this one to the off side but the ball takes the outside edge and goes to the third man region for a boundary. |
| 65.1 : 65.1: Yasir Shah to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Drops it slightly short, outside off and Markram puts it away. Was there to be hit and he does exactly that. Rocks back and cuts it through backward point. |
| 67.1: Yasir Shah to Rassie van der Dussen, OUT! TAKEN! Yasir Shah with the important breakthrough. Rassie is disappointed there. Yes, the umpire nods in agreement, there was a catch there. Tossed up on off and middle, van der Dussen comes on the front foot and looks to block. The ball though comes off a bit uppish and goes to the fielder at silly point, Abid Ali, who takes a good sharp catch. So, Pakistan have a wicket, right near the end of Day 3. |
| 71.2 : 71.2: Yasir Shah to Faf du Plessis, EDGY FOUR. Shortish and around off, du Plessis thinks about leaving this but plays it right at the last moment. It takes the outside edge and goes through the left of first slip, where Azam is not able to take it. Runs away to the third man region for a boundary. |
| 71.6 : 71.6: Yasir Shah to Faf du Plessis, OUT! LBW! Yasir Shah is at it again. He takes the third wicket and Pakistan are doing well to end the day on a high note. Yasir bowls a flatter delivery on middle, it skids on and stays low as well, du Plessis goes on his back foot and looks to flick but misses. He gets hit plumb in front on the pads and the players appeal. The umpire does not take a lot of time to raise his finger. Du Plessis opts not to take the review as he knows that this one was plumb. |
| 72.3 : 72.3: Nauman Ali to Aiden Markram, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh wait! What is going on here! Markram has been so good out there but this time he loses his wicket. Another sharp catch. Pakistan are doing really well now to close the day with a couple of wickets. Floated around off, maybe stops on the surface a touch, Markram looks to block this one out but the ball takes the top part of the blade and lobs towards the silly point fielder and Abid Ali again takes a good catch. South Africa lead by 27 runs. Wi |
| 75.1 : 75.1: Hasan Ali to Keshav Maharaj, OUT! BOWLED! The off stump has gone cartwheeling! What a start for Pakistan. First ball of the day and Hasan Ali is bang on the money. It is around a length, around off, Maharaj stays back to defend. But the ball stays a touch low, jags back in, but then shapes a bit away late too, beats the defensive push of Maharaj and boom. Timber. Just what Pakistan would have wanted first up this morning. Get rid of the night watchman quickly. 29/5 are the Proteas! |
| 78.2 : 78.2: Yasir Shah to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT AT SHORT LEG! Yasir gets another, Abid takes another. He has been a revelation in that position. Good, sharp catch. Tossed up, around middle, de Kock lunges to defend but the ball spins in. The inside edge is taken and it deflects onto the pad. Here is where Abid Ali's focus comes into play. He is watching the ball like a hawk, so follows the movement very closely. He is aware that the ball will go in a different position due to the deflection of |
| 81.1 : 81.1: Hasan Ali to George Linde, FOUR! Nicely done. Yorker length, outside off, Linde gets his bat down in time and steers it through the gap between third slip and gully, to the third man fence. The lead moves to 41. |
| 82.5 : 82.5: Yasir Shah to George Linde, FOUR! Nicely swept. A fuller length on off, Linde goes down and sweeps this one nicely towards the fine leg fence. He is an aggressive player and he should play his natural game on this difficult pitch. Does exactly that. The lead touches 50 now. |
| 84.3 : 84.3: Yasir Shah to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Finds the gap. Short and outside off, Bavuma quickly rocks back and cuts hard. It goes in the air, but wide of backward point, to his left and into the fence. The stand moves to 21 from 37 balls while Temba moves to 13. His first boundary. |
| 87.6 : 87.6: Shaheen Afridi to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Edgy but South Africa and Bavuma will take it. A fuller length ball outside off, Bavuma looks to drive but gets an outside edge which goes down between slips and gully for a boundary. |
| 89.5 : 89.5: Shaheen Afridi to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Good batting. A length ball on middle and leg, Bavuma goes back and tucks this one fine towards the fine leg boundary. Moves into the 30s now. |
| 92.6 : 92.6: Nauman Ali to George Linde, OUT! CAUGHT AT LEG SLIP! Linde is deceived and is out of here. A flighted ball around off, Linde looks to go hard at the drive but gets an inside edge which goes through his pads and straight to fielder at leg slip. Imran Butt there takes a very good catch to his right. The fighting 42-run stand is broken. South Africa are 7 down now and the lead is just 76 runs. |
| 96.6: Nauman Ali to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! BOWLED! This time Nauman doesn't need any help from the fielder. A floated ball around off, into the rough, inviting Rabada to go for the drive. He accepts the invitation and goes for the drive but the ball turnis in sharply after pitching and goes through the defenses of Rabada there. A classic left arm spinner's delivery and Nauman is overjoyed here. |
| 98.5 : 98.5: Nauman Ali to Anrich Nortje, OUT! CAUGHT! South Africa are 9 down now. A flighted ball around off, Nortje looks to play the lofted shot on the off side. He gets a leading edge there and the ball balloons towards Fawad Alam at point who takes it with both hands. Nauman Ali is running through the Protea tail here. Can he finish it with a 5-fer? |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Anrich Nortje to Imran Butt, FOUR! Edgy but Pakistan will take it. A length ball around off, Butt looks to play through the covers but gets a thickish outside edge which runs past the fielder at gully to the third man fence. First boundary for Butt. |
| 3.4: Anrich Nortje to Imran Butt, FOUR! Another edge, another boundary. A fuller length around off, Butt goes for the drive but gets an outside edge which runs past the gully fielder into the third man ropes. |
| 5.4: Keshav Maharaj to Abid Ali, FOUR! Shot. A shortish ball around off, Abid rocks back and punches this one nicely in the gap through the covers for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Keshav Maharaj to Abid Ali, FOUR! Back to back boundaries. Another short ball around off, Ali goes back and this time cuts this one through the point region to collect the second boundary of the over. 70 more required for Pakistan to win this match. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: Kagiso Rabada to Imran Butt, FOUR! Nicely driven. A fullish ball on middle, Butt leans on it and drives this one straight down the ground past the mid on fielder for a boundary. What a nice way for Pakistan to end this session. With that, it will be, LUNCH ON DAY 4. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Anrich Nortje to Abid Ali, OUT! BOWLED! What a start for South Africa after the lunch break! Good length ball on off, Abid Ali looks to defend but the ball keeps low on him. He gets an inside edge and gets bowled. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Anrich Nortje to Imran Butt, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Nortje gets his second wicket! Good length ball outside off, Butt looks to drive but gets an outside edge. It goes towards the keeper where de Kock takes a comfortable catch. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Kagiso Rabada to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Good length delivery on off, Ali looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes past second slip towards third man for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Kagiso Rabada to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full delivery on off, Azhar Ali drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, FOUR! Nicely played! Full delivery on middle, Azam flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Anrich Nortje to Babar Azam, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Babar Azam! Full delivery on leg, Azam flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Anrich Nortje to Babar Azam, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full delivery on off, Azam drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 16.4: Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, FOUR! Excellent shot! Length ball on off, Azam punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: George Linde to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Nicely swept! Floated delivery on middle, Ali sweeps it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 20.2 : 20.2: Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, FOUR! Nice shot! Length delivery on off, Azam punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 20.5 : 20.5: Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Length delivery on leg, Azam flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 21.1 : 21.1: George Linde to Azhar Ali, FOUR! Good shot! Short delivery on off, Azhar cuts it hard through point for a boundary. Just 2 required for Pakistan to win this match! |
| 22.1: Keshav Maharaj to Babar Azam, OUT! LBW! Three reds and Azam has to walk back! Tossed up delivery on off, Azam looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw and the umpire raises his finger. Azam reviews it. Ultra Edge shows there is no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows it is three reds. |
| 22.5 : 22.5: Keshav Maharaj to Fawad Alam, FOUR! There is the winning runs! Short delivery on off, Alam punches it through point for a boundary. PAKISTAN WIN BY 7 WICKETS! |
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