Pakistan vs South Africa Live Rating, 2nd Test Day 3 (Pakistan National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team): Veteran debutant spinner Asif Afridi took two crucial wickets to limit South Africa to 185-4 and leave the second Pakistan Test within the balance on Tuesday in Rawalpindi. Tristan Stubbs was unbeaten on 68 on the close on day two having added 113 runs for the third wicket with Tony de Zorzi.
De Zorzi scored a refined 55 because the duo lifted the visitors from 54-2 on a spin-friendly Rawalpindi stadium pitch. When it looked the pair would stabilise the innings the 38-year-old Asif trapped De Zorzi leg-before and earned his first wicket on review. In his next over he had Dewald Brevis caught within the slips for nought.
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Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood (C), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Salman Agha, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Afridi
South Africa: Aiden Markram (C), Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (WK), Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada