Rabada hits first Test 50 to lead South Africa’s comeback vs Pakistan after Asif Afridi’s record day

The No. 11 batter Kagiso Rabada and Senuran Muthusamy hit career-best half-centuries as South Africa scripted one in all its most memorable comebacks to dominate Pakistan on Day 3 of the second and ultimate Check.

South Africa was all out Wednesday for 404 in its first innings — having resumed on 185-4 and being lowered to 235-8 and 306-9 — to take a 71-run lead. Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Asif Afridi claimed six wickets and have become the oldest bowler in take a look at cricket to seize a five-wicket haul in his debut take a look at on the age of 38.

Pakistan collapsed to 94-4 in its second innings at stumps. Off-spinner Simon Harmer took 3-26 and Rabada had Abdullah Shafique caught within the slips cordon in his incisive opening spell with the brand new ball.

Babar Azam, who hasn’t scored a global century in additional than two years, is 49 not out and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan undefeated on 16 because the pair led Pakistan’s resistance.

South Africa earlier fought again in a match the place Pakistan had gained the vital toss on a spinning wicket.

Afridi (6-79) had put Pakistan in sight of a significant first-innings lead earlier than the house group bumped into Muthusamy and Rabada’s electrifying 98-run final wicket stand.

Muthusamy made an unbeaten 89 off 155 balls and Rabada smashed 4 sixes and 4 boundaries in his belligerent 71 off 61 because the Proteas bid to degree the two-match collection.

Afridi’s five-wicket haul noticed World Check Championship winner South Africa slipping to 221-7 in 80 overs earlier than Pakistan’s ploy to complete off the innings with the second new ball misfired badly.

Muthusamy reduce Pakistan’s result in 27 when he shared a 71-run ninth-wicket stand with Keshav Maharaj, who gave not less than three possibilities and went on to attain 30. Rabada blunted the tempo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and the spinners along with his first take a look at 50.

It was solely the second time in take a look at matches that each the ninth and tenth wickets shared partnerships of 50-plus in a take a look at innings.

South Africa went to lunch 48 runs behind with two wickets in hand, however Muthusamy swept and reverse swept towards the spinners with ease and Rabada did not spare the bowlers earlier than he holed out to long-on on the stroke of tea that ended an outstanding counterattack from South Africa.

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Asid Afridi turned solely the sixth Pakistani spinner after Mohammad Nazir, Shahid Afridi, Bilal Asif, Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed to seize a five-wicket haul in a debut take a look at after South Africa resumed on 185-4.

In doing so, he beat the take a look at document set by England legspinner Charles Marriott, who returned 5-37 on debut towards West Indies in 1933 on the age of 37.

“I by no means misplaced hope to play (take a look at cricket) after performing persistently in home cricket,” Afridi stated. “I stored the plan easy and deceived the batters from straight deliveries. If we arrange a goal of 170-plus, we’ll win the match. We have now two set batters in and we’d even take a 200-plus lead which can be troublesome for them to chase it down on this pitch.” Afridi’s sliders baffled the South Africa batters as he struck on the fourth ball of the day, discovering the skin fringe of Kyle Verreynne’s (10) bat.

Tristan Stubbs (76) added eight to his in a single day 68 earlier than he was undone by one other straight supply as he tried to flick the left-arm spinner off the again foot and was out leg earlier than wicket.

Afridi then celebrated his memorable five-wicket haul when Harmer (2) went for a sweep however was struck on the again leg straight in entrance of the stumps.

Pakistan took the second new ball and Noman Ali lastly received his first wicket when he had Marco Jansen lbw.

Pakistan leads the two-match collection after a win in Lahore final week. (AP) UNG