South Africa trails by 148 runs in Rawalpindi Test:Stubbs-De Zorzi’s half century; Pakistan scored 333 runs in first innings

On the second day of the Rawalpindi Test, South Africa scored 185 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. The team is still trailing Pakistan’s score of 333 runs by 148 runs. From the Proteas, Tristan Stubbs (68* runs) and Tony de Zorzi (55 runs) scored fifties. At stumps, wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne remained unbeaten on 10 runs with Stubbs. In the second Test, Pakistan scored 259 runs for the loss of 5 wickets on the first day of the match. The team lost their last 5 wickets while adding 74 runs in the first session today. Due to Keshav Maharaj’s 7 wickets, Pakistan could only score 333 runs. Three batters from the team scored fifties. Captain Shan Masood scored the highest with 87 runs. Saood Shakeel made 66 and Abdullah Shafique played an innings of 57 runs. Tristan-Zorzi’s century partnership
South Africa had a poor start. The team lost their first wicket at 22 runs. Opener Ryan Rickelton got out for 14 runs. Shaheen Afridi had him caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. After that, captain Aiden Markram scored 32 runs with 4 fours and one six. He was dismissed by Sajid Khan. First down batting, Tristan Stubbs and Tony de Zorzi steadied the African innings. Together they batted quickly in the last session and put up a 113-run partnership. Stubbs played an unbeaten innings of 68 runs. He scored his fifty with 6 fours and one six in the innings. Left-hand batsman Tony de Zorzi continued his excellent form. Zorzi scored 55 runs off 93 balls. He was dismissed LBW by debutant Asif Afridi. This was 38-year-old Asif’s first wicket in international cricket. Georgie hit one four and 2 sixes in his innings. After this, Dewald Brevis was dismissed by Asif Afridi for zero. This was his second duck in the series. From Pakistan, Asif Afridi took the most wickets with 2. Shaheen Afridi and Sajid Khan got one wicket each. 7 wickets for Keshav Maharaj
Pakistan resumed playing from Monday’s score of 259/5 runs. Saud Shakeel scored 66 runs off 147 balls. He also hit 4 boundaries. Salman Agha scored 45 runs off 76 balls with the help of 5 boundaries. Both were sent to the pavilion by Keshav Maharaj. Shaheen Afridi 0, Sajid Khan 5 and Asif Afridi were dismissed for 4 runs. All wickets were taken by Maharaj. Nauman Ali remained not out for 6 runs. For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj took 7 wickets. Besides him, Simon Harmer got 2 and Kagiso Rabada got one wicket. Shan Masood’s Fifty
Pakistani captain Shan Masood scored 87 runs. He faced 176 balls. He also hit 2 fours and 3 sixes. Masood’s wicket was taken by Keshav Maharaj. His catch was taken by Marco Jansen. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan got out after scoring 19 runs. He hit 2 fours. His wicket was taken by Kagiso Rabada. Saud Shakeel remained not out after scoring 42 runs off 105 balls. Salman Agha is supporting him with 10 runs.