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South Africa’s dominant batting display on day two of the second Test at Newlands left Pakistan struggling. Pakistan ended the day at 64-3, trailing South Africa’s imposing first innings total of 615.
Ryan Rickelton’s double century anchored South Africa’s massive innings. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen quickly took wickets as Pakistan began their reply. The tourists faced further difficulty with opening batter Saim Ayub ruled out due to a broken right ankle.
Babar Azam, filling in as opener, finished unbeaten on 31. Pakistan still trailed by 551 runs at the close of play.
Rickelton’s 259 is the joint seventh-highest Test score for South Africa. He was eventually dismissed as the seventh wicket fell with South Africa’s total on 557.
South African captain Temba Bavuma chose to bat until the final wicket. Debutant Kwena Maphaka was the last man out, 40 minutes after tea.
South Africa added 299 runs to their overnight score of 316-4, maintaining a run rate of nearly five an over.
Rickelton resumed his innings on 176. He focused on a steady approach while Kyle Verreynne played aggressively. Verreynne scored 100 off 147 balls. Their sixth-wicket partnership yielded 148 runs.
Verreynne’s innings included five sixes and nine fours. He was caught out at deep midwicket. Rickelton continued batting steadily while Jansen quickly reached a half-century.
Their rapid 86-run partnership for the seventh wicket ended when Rickelton was caught attempting a big hit. He batted for 607 minutes, facing 343 balls, and hitting 29 fours and three sixes.
Jansen was dismissed for 62 off 54 balls. Keshav Maharaj maintained the attacking momentum, scoring 40 off 35 deliveries.
Maphaka was bowled for a duck by Mohammad Abbas, becoming Abbas’ 100th Test wicket. At 18 years and 270 days old, Maphaka became South Africa’s youngest Test player at the start of the match.
Abbas finished with figures of three for 94. Mohammad Rizwan took six catches behind the stumps for Pakistan.
Pakistan captain Shan Masood was dismissed early, caught at first slip off Rabada’s bowling for two.
Kamran Ghulam was bowled by Jansen for 12. Saud Shakeel was also dismissed for a duck, caught by David Bedingham at first slip off Rabada.
Pakistan struggled at 20-3 before Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan combined for an unbeaten 44-run partnership. Their stand took Pakistan to the close of play.
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