ISLAMABAD-Pakistan downed South Africa by 95 runs in the second Test and whitewashed the two-match Test series 2-0 here at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi on Monday.
Pakistani pacer Hasan Ali, who made a comeback in the national side with a bang, destroyed the Proteas batting line-up bagging five-wickets in the second innings. South Africa were 127 for 1 at the end of day four but Hassan, who last played for Pakistan in June 2019, took the important wickets of Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, South African skipper Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram and George Linde.
Hasan provided a major breakthrough to Pakistan as he dismissed Rassie van der Dussen just two runs away from his 50 (48 runs) on the third ball (42nd over) of the fifth day of the second Test. That’s what Pakistan wanted this morning. The ball sneaked past the inside-edge, took a feather touch, and crashed into the leg stump. Dussen (48 runs) and Aiden Markram provided a 94-run partnership to the second wicket.
Hasan trapped Faf du Plessis (5) lbw in the 46th over. Faf was totally done in by the low bounce, which hit the front pad in front of middle stump. He took a review but went wasted. The danger man for Pakistan Markram, who scored a blistering knock (108) for South Africa, went unsuccessful in taking Proteas all the way as he was taken at second slip by Imran Butt in the 82nd over. Hasan bowled a good length ball and Markram tried to slap a cut but was unlucky. He and Temba Bavuma provided a 106 runs partnership to the 4th wicket. Hasan struck again and bold the South African skipper Quinton de Kock on the next ball of the same over on a duck followed by George Linde 4 in the 88th over.
Shaheen Shah Afridi also bagged four wickets for Pakistan in the second innings. He took the big wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 87th over, who was settling down and was on 61 runs. He kept bowling that tight line outside off with the new ball, and finally took his outside edge. Bavuma played and got just a faint edge for the keeper. He also grabbed the wickets of Dean Elgar (17), Keshav Maharaj (0) and Kagiso Rabada (0). The last wicket for Pakistan was taken by Yasir Shah in the 92nd over Wiaan Mulder (20) and South African team was all out on 274 runs, 95 runs short of the target. Hasan was declared man of the match while Mohammad Rizwan was player of the series.
Scorecard
PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS: 272
SOUTH AFRICA 1ST INNINGS: 201
PAKISTAN 2ND INNINGS: 298
SOUTH AFRICA 2ND INNINGS:
A Markram c Imran b Hasan Ali 108
Elgar c Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 17
Van der Dussen b Hasan Ali 48
Faf du Plessis lbw b Hasan Ali 5
Bavuma c Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 61
De Kock c Imran b Hasan Ali 0
Wiaan Mulder b Yasir Shah 20
George Linde c Faheem b Hasan Ali 4
Keshav Maharaj c Imran b Shaheen 0
Kagiso Rabada b Shaheen Afridi 0
Anrich Nortje not out 2
EXTRAS: (lb2, nb7) 9
TOTAL: (all out, 91.4 overs) 274
FOW: 1-33, 2-127, 3-135, 4-241, 5-241, 6-253, 7-258, 8-268, 9-268, 10-274.
BOWLING: Shaheen Shah Afridi 21-6-51-4, Hasan Ali 16-2-60-5, Nauman Ali 20-6-63-0, Yasir Shah 23.4-5-56-1, Faheem Ashraf 10-2-37-0, Fawad Alam 1-0-5-0.
TOSS: Pakistan
UMPIRES: AhsanRaza, Aleem Dar
TV UMPIRE: AsifYaqoob
MATCH REFEREE: Muhammad Javed
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