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Two precocious wickets by a 38-year-old debutant spinner Asif Afridi checked satellite champion South Africa's advancement successful the 2nd and last trial against Pakistan connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025).
Left-armer Afridi picked up the wickets of fractional century-maker Tony de Zorzi (55) and Dewald Brevis got dismissed for his 2nd duck of the bid arsenic South Africa slipped to 185-4 astatine stumps connected Day 2.
The Proteas inactive trails Pakistan by 148 runs connected an abrasive wicket wherever left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj earlier took 7-102 to disregard the location squad for 333 successful the archetypal session.
Tristan Stubbs and de Zorzi had thwarted Pakistan rotation situation of Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Afridi for good implicit 2 hours with diligent fractional centuries earlier Afridi got his archetypal trial wicket erstwhile helium trapped de Zorzi limb earlier wicket connected the backfoot.
Bangladesh on-field umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat ruled successful favour of de Zorzi, but Pakistan which had already utilized 2 of its 3 tv referrals, successfully went for the review.
Afridi past recovered the enarthrosis of Brevis' bat and Salman Ali Agha took a astute drawback arsenic South Africa slipped to 171-4 and mislaid 2 wickets successful abstraction of 4 runs.
Stubbs, playing successful lone his 12th trial match, showed plentifulness of patience against the spinners and was unbeaten connected 68 disconnected 184 balls arsenic helium raised South Africa hopes with a 113-run basal with de Zorzi earlier Afridi's duplicate onslaught jolted the Proteas. Wicketkeeper-batter Kyle Verreynne volition resume connected 10.
Pakistan doubly got chances to disregard de Zorzi and Stubbs, who utilized their feet good against the spinners. However, Pakistan didn't spell for lbw reappraisal earlier beverage erstwhile de Zorzi was connected 5 and past Khan couldn't clasp onto a hard instrumentality drawback erstwhile Stubbs came down the wicket and drove backmost to the off-spinner.
De Zorzi was the much assertive of the 2 and followed his period successful the archetypal trial with a warring fractional period disconnected 86 balls and Stubbs reached his 50 successful benignant by lofting Khan for a consecutive six.
Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled an electrifying opening spell with the caller shot and had Ryan Rickelton caught down for 14. Captain Aiden Markram (32) survived 2 adjacent lbws appeals against the left-arm accelerated bowler but helium holed retired to long-on erstwhile Khan was introduced successful the 21st implicit earlier de Zorzi and Stubbs thwarted Pakistan with a century-stand.
Maharaj, who missed South Africa's series-opening nonaccomplishment astatine Lahore past week owed to a groin injury, snared the past 5 Pakistan wickets for 15 runs successful a melodramatic Pakistan batting illness earlier lunch. Off-spinner Simon Harmer had figures of 2-75 and gait bowler Kagiso Rabada returned 1-60.
Resuming Tuesday astatine 259-5, Saud Shakeel (66) and Agha (45) extended their sixth-wicket basal to 70 runs earlier Pakistan's lower-order crumbled against Maharaj connected a adust wicket.
South Africa made amends for lackluster fielding connected Day 1, erstwhile they dropped respective catches, and held onto each their chances connected Day 2.
Pakistan's sixth-wicket brace combined good successful the archetypal hr with left-hander Shakeel completing his fractional period disconnected 118 balls erstwhile helium pushed Maharaj to quadrate limb for 2 runs.
Marco Jansen and Rabada bowled to choky lengths and besides missed the extracurricular edges of some batters but couldn't get the breakthrough earlier Maharaj struck conscionable earlier the drinks break.
Maharaj's sliding transportation deed Agha connected the shin arsenic helium went to play for the crook but missed the consecutive ball. In his adjacent over, Maharaj recovered the extracurricular borderline of Shakeel's bat and Markram, who had dropped Abdullah Shafique successful the gaffe connected Day 1, didn't miss out.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was unveiled arsenic Pakistan's caller ODI captain connected Monday (October 20, 2025), was retired without scoring erstwhile helium played Maharaj crossed the enactment and was cleanable bowled.
