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Pakistan skipper Shan Masood scored 87 arsenic the hosts reached 259 for 5 astatine the adjacent of play connected time 1 of the 2nd trial against a wasteful South Africa, who were mediocre successful the tract but kept successful the contention by good bowling successful Rawalpindi connected Monday (October 20, 2025).
Saud Shakeel is connected 42 not retired and Salman Agha has 10, with the Pakistan duo to resume connected the 2nd greeting aft weathering precocious unit with the caller shot from the visitors.
South Africa volition rue not making further inroads into their host's batting lineup aft missing respective chances successful the tract connected a wicket that is truthful acold playing true.
Pakistan won the flip for the 2nd clip successful the bid and elected to bat connected a transportation that is expected to instrumentality rotation aboriginal on, suggesting this volition again beryllium a large origin successful deciding the effect with the tourists to bat last.
Off-spinner Simon Harmer (2-75) grabbed the wicket of opener Imam-ul-Haq (17) with a beauteous transportation that pitched connected limb stump and deed the apical of off, showcasing the crook connected offer.
But the visitors were their ain worst enemies aft that, arsenic accidental aft accidental went down and Masood and Abdullah Shafique (57) enactment connected 111 for the 2nd wicket.
The second was caught down the leg-side disconnected the bowling of Harmer and Baber Azam (16) was caught disconnected a crisp accidental diving guardant from short-leg by Tony de Zorzi arsenic South Africa yet took an accidental successful the field.
Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (2-63) was the bowler and helium besides grabbed the wicket of Masood aft helium had 4 lives earlier being dismissed erstwhile helium attempted a expanse and top-edged the shot to Marco Jansen astatine square-leg.
South Africa delayed taking the caller shot but erstwhile they did, Kagiso Rabada trapped Mohammad Rizwan (19) limb earlier wicket.
Pakistan won the archetypal trial successful Lahore past week by 93 runs. Defeat for South Africa marked a losing commencement to the defence of their World Test Championship crown astatine the opening of a caller two-year cycle.
