Pakistan vs South Africa 1st Test: Noman Ali Shines, Tony De Zorzi Fights Back

Pakistan vs South Africa 1st Test: Spinner Noman Ali took four wickets to ensure that South Africa had been limited to 216/6 by the end of day two of the first Test in Lahore on Monday despite an obstructionist half-century by Tony de Zorzi.

The day was dominated by spinners who had all 11 wickets in a turning pitch on the Gaddafi stadium. South African left-armer Senuran Muthusamy got a career-high 6/117 to drop Pakistan at 378.

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Pakistan Vs South Africa 1 st Test Day 2 Highlights

At the end of the 81, Zorzi was not defeated, and Muthusamy scored six, and South Africa was in the first innings trailing by 162 runs. Zorzi was a determined person, hitting nine boundaries and a six, as he was fighting Noman who scored 4-85.

South Africa began vigorously at 45/0 and shortly thereafter, Noman replaced skipper Aiden Markram with 20 and Wiaan Mulder with 17 who were both caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.

Ryan Rickelton, who struck 71 off 2 sixes and nine fours with Zorzi chipping in with 94 in the third wicket, returned the spinners with vigorous blows. Part-time Salman Agha parted ways, and Rickelton was forced out, Babar Azam made a wise low take in the slips.

Noman was back with his third stint, trapping Tristan Stubbs behind, and Kyle Verreynne behind a golden duck, with Sajid Khan sending Dewald Brevis home with a golden duck.

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This time it was Muthusamy who ruined Pakistan when they reemerged on 313/5 and lost the remaining five wickets only by 16. Agha contributed five fours and three sixes to his 93, the last to leave, when he was in the deep with spinner Prenelan Subrayen who received 2/78.

Agha joined 49 with Rizwan to make the sixth-wicket partnership reach 163 when Muthusamy ran through the middle order and took three wickets in the 12th over of the day.

The first to be sent was Rizwan, who made 75 and hit two fours and two sixes, which became wicketkeeper to Verreynne when Rizwan sent him a sharply turning ball. Noman followed later in two balls without scoring, bowled down the wrong line and Sajid Khan first caught in the slips. Muthusamy achieved his task of bowling Shaheen Shah Afridi out by seven to score his sixth wicket. His last Test top score was 4/45 against Bangladesh in Chattogram last year.

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