Overview

• Pakistan posted 378 in the first innings after a Rizwan–Salman Agha partnership, before Senuran Muthusamy claimed a career-best 6/117.
• South Africa advanced to 174/2 through Tony de Zorzi and Ryan Rickelton before losing four wickets for 26 late in the day.
• De Zorzi closed unbeaten on 81 and Rickelton made 71 as Pakistan’s spinners seized control.
• Noman Ali led with 4/85, with support from Sajid Khan and Salman Agha, as all 11 day-two wickets fell to spin and 58 of 67 South African overs were bowled by spinners.
• Stand-in captain Aiden Markram made 20 to pass 3,000 Test runs, leaving the champions seeking lower-order resistance to narrow the deficit.