But Agha and Rizwan rebuilt once more. They wore off the sheen of the ball, and kept the strike turning over. There were just three fours in the first 55 runs of the partnership as Pakistan looked to milk the tiring bowlers, but when Mulder erred, Agha was quick to put him away for two fours in three balls.

Pakistan 155 for 6 (Babar 58, Rizwan 46, Rabada 2-28) trail South Africa 615 by 460 runs. Pakistan lost their middle order on the third morning as South Africa took a massive step

South Africa got a big boost a few days after sealing a spot in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 with a co

South Africa’s youngest test cricketer Kwena Maphaka got the key wicket of Babar Azam as Pakistan slipped to 155-6 on the third day of the second and final test on Sunday. The 18-year-old Maphaka celebrated his maiden test wicket in his debut test when the left-arm fast bowler had Babar caught down the leg side and left the visitors still trailing by 460 runs at lunch.

Pakistan began the day on 64-3, trailing South Africa by 314 runs, with the hosts still to bat for a second time.Former Test captain Azam made 58 before being dismissed by Kwena Maphaka to end his 98-run partnership with wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan (46).

Mohammad Rizwan started off cautiously by playing out two maidens, respectively. A rather sedate Rizwan seemed to have turned up the ante by stroking Marco Jansen for

Kwena Maphaka's maiden Test wicket breaks Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan's partnership and opens the floodgates as South Africa claim three wickets in the first session on Day Three.

Hello and welcome to day three of the second test between South Africa and Pakistan in Newlands. South Africa dominated day two with the bat seeing Ryan Rickleton reach a career-best 259 and Kyle Verreynne contributing with a brilliant ton.

Kamran Ghulam added 28 before being dismissed by Kagiso Rabada ... Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Rizwan fought back with an 88-run partnership, taking Pakistan beyond South Africa’s total ...

Pakistan resumed after lunch with their total on 155 for six but lasted just another 35 minutes after the resumption of play as Kagiso Rabada (3-55), Kwena Maphaka (2-43) and Keshav Maharaj (2-14 ...

Rickelton and Bavuma batted for most of the first day before Bavuma ran out of steam, edging spinner Salman Agha (38-4-148-3) through to Rizwan behind the stumps shortly before stumps.

ICC had January 12 as the deadline for all eight teams to submit their provisional squad for the 2025 Champions Trophy.