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In the Lahore Test, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 93 runs. With this, the world champion Proteas team’s record of 10 consecutive Test wins was broken. Pakistan has also taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. At Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan fully utilized the turning track of their home pitch. Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took 10 wickets in the match. On Wednesday, the fourth day, South Africa was all out for 183 runs after lunch. Pakistan had set a target of 277 runs for South Africa to win. The second Test will begin on Monday in Rawalpindi. Pakistan overtake India in WTC With this win, Pakistan has moved ahead of India in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. India had moved to third place after defeating West Indies. But Pakistan reached second place with just one win. India lost one spot. The team has now slipped to fourth position. Nauman-Shaheen took 4 wickets each South Africa resumed playing from their overnight score of 51/2. Nauman Ali continued his excellent bowling, taking 4 wickets in the second innings after bowling 28 overs, following his 6 wickets in the first innings. He has taken 46 wickets in his last 5 domestic Test matches. Shaheen Shah Afridi made good use of reverse swing and quickly dismissed the tail-enders, taking 4 wickets. On the third ball of the fourth day, Afridi dismissed Tony de Zorzi (16 runs). Subsequently, Nauman Ali also sent Tristan Stubbs (2 runs) back to the pavilion. Brevis and Rickelton added 73 runs Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickelton tried to steady the innings with a 73-run partnership, but both were dismissed before lunch. 22-year-old Brevis completed his half-century in 51 balls, which included two sixes and 4 fours, but he was bowled by Noman Ali. Sajid Khan had Rickelton (45 runs) caught out in the slips. Immediately after lunch, Sajid also dismissed Senuran Muthusamy, and then Afridi took out the remaining batsmen. Pakistan All Out for 167 in Second Innings The Pakistani team was all out for 167 runs in their second innings. The team had a lead of 69 runs from the first innings. From Pakistan, former captain Babar Azam scored the most runs, 42. Abdullah Shafique scored 41 and Saud Shakeel scored 38 runs. For South Africa, Simon Harmer took 4 wickets and S Muthusamy took 5 wickets. South Africa started playing from a score of 216/6. The team was all out for 269 runs in the first innings before lunch. The Pakistani team had scored 378 runs in the first innings. No Pakistani batter scored a fifty Pakistan had a poor start in the second innings. The team lost its first wicket at a score of 2 runs. Opener Imam-ul-Haq returned to the pavilion without scoring. In such a situation, Abdullah Shafique (41 runs) tried to steady the innings with captain Shan Masood, but this partnership did not last long. Captain Masood (7 runs) fell victim to Harmeer at a team score of 33 runs. Babar Azam scored 42 and Saud Shakeel scored 38 runs, but they could not make their innings big. The team’s lower order also did not perform well. Nauman Ali took 6 wickets, Tony de Zorzi’s century In the first innings, Nauman Ali took 6 wickets for Pakistan, while Sajid Khan took 3 wickets. In this innings, Tony de Zorzi scored 104 runs for South Africa. Ryan Rickelton scored 71 runs. Pakistan scored 4 fifties in the first innings In Pakistan’s first innings, Imam-ul-Haq (93 runs), captain Shan Masood (76 runs), Mohammad Rizwan (75 runs) and Salman Ali Agha (93 runs) scored half-centuries. S Muthusamy took 7 wickets for South Africa.