{"id":39464,"date":"2025-10-22T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39464"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:35:56","slug":"proteas-sniff-series-levelling-win-after-pakistan-collapse-in-rawalpindi-result-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/proteas-sniff-series-levelling-win-after-pakistan-collapse-in-rawalpindi-result-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas sniff series-levelling win after Pakistan collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Simon Harmer<\/strong> grabbed three early wickets to boost <strong>South Africa\u2019s<\/strong> chances of securing a series-levelling victory over a faltering <strong>Pakistan <\/strong>in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Harmer took 3-26 as Pakistan ended the third day on a precarious 94\/4 \u2013 just 23 runs ahead with six wickets and two days remaining on a spin-spiced Rawalpindi stadium pitch.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Free Spins, Flights, and Bets on Betway<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s last hopes rest on Babar Azam, unbeaten on 49, and Mohammad Rizwan, 16 not out, as they strive to win the two-match series, having won the first Test by 93 runs in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" name=\"myiFrame\" width=\"500px\" height=\"400px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.za\/match\/cricket\/UkapDmK0\/\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" style=\"border:0px none #ffffff;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-crucial-lead\"><strong>Crucial lead<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Proteas piled up 404 runs after Senuran Muthusamy scored a career-best 89 not out and Kagiso Rabada posted his highest Test score of 71, giving the visitors a crucial 71-run lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a fantastic partnership, one that we will remember and hopefully put us into a really strong position tomorrow to win the game,\u201d said Muthusamy.<\/p>\n<p>The home team scored 333 in their first innings.<\/p>\n<p>With their backs to the wall, Pakistan\u2019s second innings started disastrously as opener Imam-ul-Haq (nine) and skipper Shan Masood (nought) fell to Harmer with the score at 16.<\/p>\n<p>It became 16-3 when Rabada had Abdullah Shafique caught in the slips for six.<\/p>\n<p>Harmer returned for his second spell to dismiss Saud Shakeel, who was caught in the slips for 11 to end a resolute 44-run third wicket stand.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oldest-debutant\"><strong>Oldest debutant<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Earlier, Asif Afridi became the oldest debutant to take a five or more wicket haul in Tests with figures of 6-79.<\/p>\n<p>His effort had South Africa struggling on 221-7 as Pakistan looked set for a lead, but home skipper Masood\u2019s decision to take the second new ball proved a big mistake, although Asif defended it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Shan Masood consulted us before taking the second new ball and we thought that it will help but it didn\u2019t,\u201d said Asif, although he added that \u201cany target around 200-210 will give us victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muthusamy played an anchor role in helping to add 169 for the last two wickets before Asif ended the innings on the stroke of tea.<\/p>\n<p>The South African all-rounder defied the Pakistan spinners, hitting eight fours to improve on his previous highest score of 68 not out against Bangladesh at Chattogram last year.<\/p>\n<p>Muthusamy added an invaluable 71 runs for the ninth wicket with Keshav Maharaj (30) and then increased the lead with a last-wicket stand worth 98.<\/p>\n<p>Rabada smashed four sixes and as many fours, improving on the 47 he made against New Zealand at Christchurch in 2022.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-asif-beats-marriott-s-record\"><strong>Asif beats Marriott\u2019s record<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The morning belonged to Asif, who at 38 years and 301 days overtook England\u2019s Charles Marriott as the oldest debutant to take five wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Marriott did so against the West Indies at The Oval in 1933 aged 37 years and 332 days.<\/p>\n<p>Like fellow left-armer Maharaj \u2013 who took seven wickets for the visitors in Pakistan\u2019s 333 all out \u2013 Asif used the dry conditions to maximum effect.<\/p>\n<p>With the turn on the Rawalpindi stadium pitch increasing considerably, Asif dismissed Kyle Verreynne\u00a0caught behind by wicketkeeper Rizwan for 10 with the fourth ball of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Stubbs defied Pakistan\u2019s spinners for 256 minutes before a fastish delivery from Asif trapped him leg-before for 76. His knock was studded with six fours and a six.<\/p>\n<p>Asif completed his five-wicket haul by trapping Harmer leg-before for two while Noman Ali dismissed Marco Jansen in the same manner for 12.<\/p>\n<p>By Garrin Lambley \u00a9 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Proteas #sniff #serieslevelling #win #Pakistan #collapse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Harmer grabbed three early wickets to boost South Africa\u2019s chances of securing a series-levelling victory over a faltering Pakistan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39466,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39464\/revisions\/39466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}