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South Africa reached 94/2 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi

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Highlights He took a brilliant catch to dismiss South Africa opener Aiden Markram He dove to his left from second slip to take a low catch Pakistan batsman Imran Butts Test debut got off to a dream start as he took a stunning catch diving to his left to send South Africa opener Aiden Markram back to the pavilion in Karachi. Pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled at a good length going across the right-hander and drew the edge from Markrams bat, and Butt, standing at second slip, dove to his left to g...

Quinton de Kock, playing his 50th Test, won the toss and unsurprisingly chose to bat in the first Test between Pakistan and Proteas at the National Stadium in Karachi.

First Test: Kagiso Rabada’s late burst on day one puts South Africa in control against Pakistan The visitors were bowled out for their second-lowest total in the country but hit back with the ball. Pakistan batsman s bowled by South Africas Kagiso Rabada | ASIF HASSAN / AFP Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took two wickets for just eight runs as he led a South African fightback against Pakistan in their first Test in Karachi Tuesday. Pakistan were in trouble at 33 for four at the ...

Shaheen Afridi picked up the scalp of Markram South Africa kicked off their first tour of Pakistan in more than 13 years on the front foot, as a stroke-filled start from the top-order carried them to 96 for 2 at Lunch on Day 1 at the National Stadium in Karachi. Elgar, who made a rollicking start to 2021 with a century in Johannesburg against Sri Lanka, led the way for the visitors as Pakistan bowlers got an early idea of the pitch that had nothing in it for them. The early flurry of boundarie...

Highlights South Africa fought back, leaving Pakistan at 33/4 Kagiso Rabada removed both the Pakistan openers Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took two wickets for just eight runs as he led a South African fightback against Pakistan in their first Test in Karachi Tuesday. Pakistan were in trouble at 33 for four at the close of play, having bowled out the visitors for 220 -- their second-lowest total in the country. Fourteen wickets fell on the brownish National Stadium pitch, which had been expected t...

Kagiso Rabadas late fiery spell may have helped South Africa achieve parity, but a litany of wasted starts saw the visitors slip to 220 all out in the first day of the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi on Tuesday. They then bowled well enough to limit Pakistan to 33/4, giving them a 187-run advantage at stumps after what was an action-packed day where 14 wickets fell. South Africa wasted starts in possibly the best batting conditions and, at one stage, the Proteas were 133/3 but then c...

Watch: The moment Nauman Ali got his maiden Test wicket of Quinton de Kock By Pakistani bowler Nauman Ali celebrates the wicket of Quinton de Kock. Photo: AFP KARACHI: Pakistani left-arm spinner Nauman Ali impressed all when he took his maiden Test scalp and that too, of South Africa skipper Quinton de Kock.  A tossed-up delivery by the spinner ended up in the hands of another debutant, Imran Butt, who made no mistake in catching the ball to spend de Kock to the pavilion.  The South African ...

KARACHI: Pakistan are out of the race for the inaugural World Test Championship final but that doesn’t diminish the importance of the two-Test series against South Africa which gets underway...