Cape Town, JAN 5: South Africa imposed a follow-on against Pakistan as the Shan Masood-led side bundled out on 194 runs on the third day of the second and last Test match being played at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on Sunday.
Green Shirts resumed batting as they trailed by 421 runs against the home side.
The visiting side were in complete shambles after they began the play on Day 3 against South Africa. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan returned to the pavilion in quick successions after scoring 58 and 46 runs respectively.
The fall of Babar-Rizwan prompted a flow of wickets as the remaining batters Salman Ali Agha, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad and Mir Hamza fell in quick successions.
Earlier in the first inning, Pakistan had batting on the third day from 64-3 with Babar Azam (31) and Mohammad Rizwan (9) on the crease, the national side are trailing by 551 runs owing to the hosts’ mammoth 615-run total in the first innings.
A day earlier, the visitors faced a dismal start to their first innings as they lost back-to-back three wickets including the wicket of captain Shan Masood.
Masood fell to Rabada in the first over of the innings. Kamran Ghulam followed him in the sixth over putting Green Shirts in danger with a score of 18-2.
Rabada struck again on the fourth ball of the ninth over and dismissed Saud Shakeel on a duck.
The Green Shirts, are already down 1-0 against the Proteas and would need to win the second Test if they are to level the two-match series.
Earlier in the match, the home side’s makeshift opener Ryan Rickelton helped his team reach an impressive 615 runs in the first innings via his 259-run knock.
Pakistan’s bowling attack was left bamboozled from the onslaught of the South African batters with Kyle Verreynne also scoring a ton from just 147 balls.
Mohammad Abbas and Salman Ali Agha managed to bag three wickets each, whereas Mir Hamza and Khuram Shahzad dismissed two batters each.
Playing XI
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mir Hamza.
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (captain), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka.
