Overview

• South Africa were dismissed for 269 on the third morning in Lahore, handing Pakistan a first-innings lead of 109 after the hosts posted 378.
• Noman Ali finished with six wickets and Sajid Khan took three as Pakistan’s spinners claimed all 10 South African wickets, with seamers going wicketless.
• Tony de Zorzi reached a fighting 104 before falling to Noman Ali, ending a resistance that followed his 94-run stand with Ryan Rickelton a day earlier.
• Pakistan’s total was built on Imam-ul-Haq and Salman Ali Agha scoring 93 each and Mohammad Rizwan 75, while Senuran Muthusamy recorded a career-best 6/117.
• A DRS-confirmed lbw against Kyle Verreynne led to a brief on-field exchange, and separate broadcast remarks by Ramiz Raja about Babar Azam and Noman Ali drew criticism.