1st Test
Day-2 Afternoon Session Highlights:
Corbin Bosch has helped the South Africa team to surpass 300 runs
At The Tea of Day-2:
Pakistan scored 211 (1st Innings), where as South Africa scored 301 (1st Innings).
So, finally South Africa lead by 90 runs.
After a four-wicket haul on Day 1, debutant Corbin Bosch’s unbeaten 81, along with a patient 89 from Aiden Markram, propelled South Africa to 301, taking a 90-run lead at the Tea break on Day 2 in Centurion.
Khurram Shahzad and Naseem Shah each claimed three wickets for Pakistan.
In contrast to the first session, where Naseem Shah struggled with pace, he clocked over 140 km/h in his first over after the break.
Pakistan made early inroads in the third over after Lunch when Kyle Verreynne nicked a drive to third slip off Naseem.
Two overs later, Jansen fell to a loose shot, edging one well outside off-stump to Mohammad Rizwan.
Bosch began his innings with a couple of boundaries off Khurram Shahzad.
He then counter-attacked Naseem with a streaky boundary before guiding the ball to third man to level the scores with Pakistan.
However, Markram fell 11 runs short of a century, gloving a pull shot to Rizwan.
Pakistan missed a chance for a third slip as the ball narrowly missed the edge.
Pakistan wasted their third review in an attempt to make further breakthroughs, despite the ball clearly missing the bat.
Bosch responded by striking Naseem for consecutive boundaries, applying pressure on the visitors.
He followed up with a pull shot to the fence off Shahzad, racing into the 40s.
The impressive Aamer Jamal then dismissed Kagiso Rabada, who was caught by Babar Azam.
With the lead only 43, Bosch took control, bringing up his half-century on debut.
He became the first South African to record a four-wicket haul and score 50-plus on Test debut.
Bosch continued to farm the strike, scoring 31 more runs in the next 40 deliveries.
South Africa passed the 300 mark, with Saim Ayub dismissing Dane Paterson for 10, breaking their final stand of 47 runs just before Tea.
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