While Pakistan are over 200 runs behind South Africa in their second innings, their openers have given them a fighting chance in the Test.
Having enforced the follow-on, Pakistan's openers played brilliantly for a 200-run first wicket stand in their second innings.
Openers Shan Masood and Babar Azam have given Pakistan a fighting chance to draw or, by some miracle, win the second Test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town. This, after Pakistan were dismissed in their first innings on Sunday for a paltry 194 in response to South Africa’s mammoth first innings of 615, which included two hundreds and aBabar’s 58 and Mohammad Rizwan’s 46 were by far Pakistan’s biggest contributions in their first innings, while Kagiso Rabada picked up three wickets, Kwena Maphaka and Keshav Maharaj two each, and Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder a wicket each.
Pakistan batted for only 54.2 overs in their first innings, but have already faced 49 overs at the second time of asking.On a flat pitch, South Africa will have their work cut out on day four on Monday, but with two days to go and still well over 200 runs ahead will still fancy their chances of winning the Test and taking the series 2-0, after winning the first Test in Centurion by two wickets last Sunday.
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