20/10Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Oct 20-23 2025
South Africa won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Keshav Maharaj
Keshav MaharajSouth Africa
20/10Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Oct 20-23 2025
South Africa won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Keshav Maharaj
Keshav MaharajSouth Africa

11.07am Nine wickets for Keshav Maharaj in the Test, eight for Simon Harmer and South Africa have steamrolled Pakistan. Harmer did all the damage on the fourth morning. He first had Babar Azam lbw plumb in front to pick his fourth and then picked up his fifth wicket by dismissing Mohammad Rizwan. Harmer got his 1000th FC wicket in the form of Noman Ali before Shaheen Afridi was needlessly run out. Salman Agha and Sajid Khan put up a brief resistance but Maharaj struck twice to clean up Pakistan inside 50 overs. Can South Africa chase this down or will there be another twist in the tale?

Here's Shubham Agarwal: South Africa's last Test win in Pakistan came in 2007. They had lost 3 consecutive Tests since then.

Rayn : "Still looking for that 323/3 that was mentioned yesterday ;-)" You are not letting that one go, eh?

umer : "if there is any other team with par with Pakistans unpredictable gimmick its south africa. Guys this test is far from over 2-3 wickets early on and this will be interesting to watch"

49.3
W
Maharaj to Sajid Khan, OUT, It's all over! South Africa need 68 runs to win the second Test. Maharaj tosses this one up on off at 82kph and gets it to spin sharply away from Sajid, who jumps down the track, looks for an ungainly swipe and misses. Kyle Verreynne whips off the bails in a flash. Pakistan have lost 6 for 44 on the fourth morning and are bowled out for 138 in 49.3 overs.

Sajid Khan st †Verreynne b Maharaj 13 (30m 16b 1x4 1x6) SR: 81.25

Waleed Khan: "Can we count on Asif? He has 8 fifties and 1 century to his name in FC cricket."

49.2
0
Maharaj to Sajid Khan, no run, Pushed quicker just outside off on a length, he stays back and defends
49.1
2
Maharaj to Sajid Khan, 2 runs, Quicker outside off, he steers this past slip for a couple of runs

END OF OVER:
49 | 7 Runs | PAK: 136/9

  • Asif Afridi0 (2b)
  • Sajid Khan11 (13b)
  • Simon Harmer20-5-50-6
  • Keshav Maharaj11-1-32-1
48.6
0
Harmer to Asif Afridi, no run, Oh, my word! He's beaten him by a jaffa. Kyle Verreynne appeals for a stumping. Did Asif Afridi lift his foot? The square leg umpire doesn't think so. Lands the ball on off and spins this sharply past his outside edge
48.5
1
Harmer to Sajid Khan, 1 run, Stifle short and quick on off, he pulls to deep midwicket
48.4
0
Harmer to Sajid Khan, no run, Pushed quicker and marginally shorter on off, he defends off the back foot
48.3
6
Harmer to Sajid Khan, SIX, There you go! Wallops down the track, reaches the pitch of the tossed up ball on middle and smokes this miles over long-on
48.2
0
Harmer to Sajid Khan, no run, Floated outside off, he jumps down the track and completely miscues to the offside
48.1
0
Harmer to Sajid Khan, no run, Not yet. Tossed up on off stump, he stays back and defends

Will Sajid take the aggressive option now?

END OF OVER:
48 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 129/9

  • Asif Afridi0 (1b)
  • Sajid Khan4 (8b)
  • Keshav Maharaj11-1-32-1
  • Kagiso Rabada11-3-38-1
47.6
0
Maharaj to Asif Afridi, no run, Pushed quicker on a length on off stump, he works this to the on-side

Thanks, Abhi. Asif Afridi is the last man in. Maharaj is over the wicket

That will be drinks. And time for a change in commentary. Here's Ashish

47.5
W
Maharaj to Agha Salman, OUT, Maharaj breaks through in his first over! It's the arm ball and Agha looks to cut and ends up chopping on! A fighting knock from Agha, but it was always going to be a matter of time

Agha Salman b Maharaj 28 (53m 42b 2x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

47.4
0
Maharaj to Agha Salman, no run, Flighted full outside off and spinning away, Agha shoulders arms
47.3
0
Maharaj to Agha Salman, no run, Tossed up full on middle and off, blocked on the front foot
47.2
2
Maharaj to Agha Salman, 2 runs, Tossed up full on leg, Agha sweeps it wide of short fine leg. De Zorzi doesn't stop it, as he goes over the ball, and it allows Pakistan to run two
47.1
0
Maharaj to Agha Salman, no run, Full outside off, Agha misses his sweep

First bowling change of the day. Keshav Maharaj replaces harmer

END OF OVER:
47 | 3 Runs | PAK: 127/8

  • Sajid Khan4 (8b)
  • Salman Agha26 (37b)
  • Kagiso Rabada11-3-38-1
  • Simon Harmer19-5-43-6
46.6
0
Rabada to Sajid Khan, no run, Rabada goes short, with the ball angled across Sajid, who lets it go. Goes close to his gloves down leg side. Sajid survives

Rabada gets one ball to Sajid Khan. Slip, wide slip and short leg

46.5
1
Rabada to Agha Salman, 1 run, Bouncer outside off, Agha swivels and pulls it out to deep backward square
46.4
2
Rabada to Agha Salman, 2 runs, On a length outside off, chopped fine of deep point and Agha calls for two and gets it. Good running
46.3
0
Rabada to Agha Salman, no run, Another bouncer, this time going down leg at 142kph, Agha stays out of the way

Waleed Khan: "Agha needs to protect the tail here." -- He's doing a good job of that so far

46.2
0
Rabada to Agha Salman, no run, Now Rabada goes for the bouncer, Agha ducks under it

Awais: "Pakistan can't just keep creating these turning wickets if their own batters can't handle spin" -- Their neighbours India found that out the hard way

46.1
0
Rabada to Agha Salman, no run, Length ball seams in from outside off, clipped out through midwicket. They don't take a run

Keris: "KG Rabada has to be the unluckiest bowler in this series, so many almosts."

ahsan ahmad : "what could have been a challenging total?" -- 170-180 could be challenging.

END OF OVER:
46 | 5 Runs | PAK: 124/8

  • Salman Agha23 (32b)
  • Sajid Khan4 (7b)
  • Simon Harmer19-5-43-6
  • Kagiso Rabada10-3-35-1
45.6
1
Harmer to Agha Salman, 1 run, Full on middle, Agha works it through midwicket and gets the single to retain strike

Sohail Shahzad: "it's not over until it's over can sense something from Agha.."

45.5
2
Harmer to Agha Salman, 2 runs, On a length around off, punched off the back foot to deep point's right again for two more

Matt: "We need longer test series. 2 is too short... takes time to adapt to test cricket"

45.4
2
Harmer to Agha Salman, 2 runs, Loopy full toss outside off, driven through cover and they pick two. The lead reaches 50
45.3
0
Harmer to Agha Salman, no run, Full down leg, Agha can't connect

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South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st64AK MarkramRD Rickelton
2nd1T StubbsRD Rickelton
3rd8RD RickeltonT de Zorzi