Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
56 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 190/10

  • Hasan Ali11 (13b)
  • Duanne Olivier15-3-59-5
  • Dale Steyn15-4-34-2

5.25pm So, 15 wickets indeed do fall on the second day as well, just like they did on Wednesday. Pakistan were coasting at tea, but the spell from Olivier after tea has turned this game around completely again, and totally within the grasp of the hosts.

KBS : "Oh! You won't post this. But, I predicted this when Imam was on 50. A target of 150! SA will get it huffing and puffing, for the loss of 7 wickets." --- Close enough, I suppose!

Waqar Durrani: "Faisalabad... 1996 I guess. Pakistan needed 146 in last innings against SA. Pollock / Donald knocked us out for 86 although there was a local holiday announced anticipatory. Can Amir / Afridi return the favor here?"

Sarim Siddiqui: "If any bowler wants his best bowling figure, he should play against Pakistan. A disappointed Pakistani supporter from Melbourne, Australia."

Sohaib: "Why is it stumps already... we still have 10 overs left for the day, minus 3 for the innings change, meaning still 7 overs to go?" --- Because we had already started playing overtime, and that wicket fell with less than 10 minutes to go for the extra half-hour extension. That's why stumps were drawn. More to do with the slow over-rate by both teams - understandable given the number of overs bowled by seamers

Rehan : "I have a list of changes ready for the next match in case Pakistan team management is looking for solutions. Sarfaraz, Fakhar, Hasan Ali out Rizwan, Faheem, Abbas in"

Asad Rauf: "I don't know much about strategy but should Pakistan consider sending Hassan Ali up the order considering he never got out this match. "

Farhan: "Can someone predict the end of world so i can eat a lot before that :D"

5.38pm That's that for the moment after another eventful day from the SuperSport Park in Centurion. South Africa should fancy their chances of taking a lead in this Test series, but funnier things have happened in cricket. Pakistan won't mind having a bite of the red cherry in the morning session, especially with the weather expected to be cloudy. Join us then for Day 3 tomorrow morning. For the moment, this is Debayan Sen signing off on behalf of Saurabh Somani and Chandan Duorah, with the Day 2 report from Liam Brickhill which will flesh out on its own and tell you all that happened on this dramatic Thursday.

55.6
W
Olivier to Shaheen Shah Afridi, OUT, OLIVIER GETS ELEVEN FOR THE MATCH! It was dug in short, but Afridi looked like he had done enough to ride the bounce, and was looking to just nurdle it towards long leg. Just popped up towards short leg, and Markram takes an exceptional catch to his left. Duanne Olivier has 5 for 59 to go with the 6 for 37 in the first innings. It's also stumps for today!

South Africa will start tomorrow requiring 149 to take a 1-0 lead in this three-Test series

Shaheen Shah Afridi c Markram b Olivier 4 (11m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 44.44

55.5
4
Olivier to Shaheen Shah Afridi, FOUR, slides down the leg side, and he can glance it down to fine leg
55.4
0
Olivier to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, length ball, and he winds up and looks to smash this towards midwicket. It takes the top of the blade and falls limply over to the off side!
55.3
0
Olivier to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, angles across him from a length, and he misses out on an attempted steer towards third man

"Boxing day is the day when price of everything reduced by the big stores so that people could buy expensive things at a cheap price. Boxing is just a symbolic word to represents the extent of prices being reduced after boxing with it." --- Waseem Safder wins this round. The knockout punch, if you will!

55.2
0
Olivier to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, short ball, angles across him, and he lets it pass

Michael: "Boxing Day was once the day on which the servants and tenants went up to the big house to get their Christmas boxes from the lord of the manor."

55.1
1
Olivier to Hasan Ali, 1 run, length ball, and he moves across to the on side and hoicks it across the line towards midwicket

Sachin: "We can give you Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag and Ganguli without any exchange..Even they would play better than current pakistan linup right now.. Indian watching from India" --- Oh, Mister Tendulkar. Fancy seeing you here!

Tahir Bashir: "Alyan Khan! "Boxing Day". Gifts in boxes are kept on designated places for needy people to participate them in happy occasion. They come and collect the boxes/gifts and enjoy"

Babar: "@Aliyan Boxing day refer to the shopping day in Australia post Christmas shopping day, where stores release there stuff at cheap rate, Start from Australia Melbourne boxing day test and now observing around the world as a "boxing day""

END OF OVER:
55 | (wicket maiden) | PAK: 185/9

  • Shaheen Shah Afridi0 (4b)
  • Hasan Ali10 (12b)
  • Dale Steyn15-4-34-2
  • Duanne Olivier14-3-54-4
54.6
0
Steyn to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, length ball, and he goes back to defend
54.5
0
Steyn to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, length ball, straightens into him at 142kph, and he goes back to defend

Asit Ojha: "There are competing theories for the origins of the term, none of which are definitive.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as "the first week-day after Christmas-day, observed as a holiday on which post-men, errand-boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas-box"."

54.4
0
Steyn to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, pitched up, and he defends a straight ball from the crease

Steyn is ready to go...

Shayaan : "What is the forecast for the next 3 days?" --- Moderate to heavy rainfall, especially on Saturday. Makes it all the more important to remember some of the Pakistan batsmen's shot selection, in hindsight...

Steyn getting some medical attention paid to his right foot. Must have blisters on his toes, based on visual evidence

Talal Dar: "15 wickets on first day. 15 on second. Third day deserves at least 10 or else it will be injustice with third day. "

54.3
0
Steyn to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, short, and moves away sharply, bowled at 141kph, and Afridi lets this pass

Three slips, short leg for Afridi. Now one man moving into leg gully too

Zeeshan: "@Wassay - Kohli for entire Pak team would also not be worth the deal... "

Aliyan Khan: "Can somebody tell me why is this called Boxing Day " --- I have heard a few variations, but the one I have heard most often is that it's the day after Christmas, when people open their (gift) boxes and exchange presents as well? Happy to be corrected...

54.2
W
Steyn to Shan Masood, OUT, AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST! The short ball works for Steyn, as Masood takes on the man at midwicket, one of the five boundary-riders, three of them on the onside. It goes straight to him, and that will probably hasten the end of this innings now.

Shan Masood c Maharaj b Steyn 65 (198m 120b 7x4 1x6) SR: 54.16

Masroor : "Sometimes people's feeling gets mixed with the pitch report. How is actually pitch behaving. " --- That's a very good question. It's been hard to predict. The pitch has played alright. Pakistan have lost wickets to poor shots!

54.1
0
Steyn to Shan Masood, no run, straight ball, and he drives it down the ground towards mid on

Five boundary-riders for Masood now

South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0D ElgarAK Markram
2nd119HM AmlaD Elgar
3rd17HM AmlaTB de Bruyn
4th1HM AmlaF du Plessis
5th14HM AmlaT Bavuma