KARACHI: Debutant Nauman Ali approached five for 35 to brush the South African tail in their subsequent innings and help Pakistan to an agreeable seven-wicket triumph on day four of the main test at the National Stadium on Friday.
Complete scores of the initial Test among Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday:
South Africa first innings 220 (D. Elgar 58, G. Linde 35; Yasir Shah 3-54, Nauman Ali 2-38, Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-49)
Pakistan first innings 378 (Fawad Alam 109, Faheem Ashraf 64, Azhar Ali 51; K. Rabada 3-70, K. Maharaj 3-90)
South Africa second innings (short-term 187-4)
A. Markram c Abid b Nauman 74
D. Elgar c Rizwan b Yasir 29
R. van der Dussen c Abid b Yasir 64
Faf du Plessis lbw b Yasir 10
K. Maharaj b Hasan 2
Q. de Kock c Abid b Yasir 2
T. Bavuma lbw b Nauman 40
G. Linde c Butt b Nauman 11
K. Rabada b Nauman 1
A. Nortje c Fawad b Nauman 0
L. Ngidi not out 3
Additional items (lb1, nb7, w1) 9
All out: (100.3 overs, hard and fast) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Elgar), 2-175 (Dussen), 3-185 (Du Plessis), 4-185 (Markram), 5-187 (Maharaj), 6-192 (de Kock), 7-234 (Linde), 8-238 (Rabada), 9-240 (Nortje)
Bowling: Shaheen 17-1-61-0 (3nb), Hasan 16-1-61-1 (2nb), Nauman 25.3-8-35-5 (1nb), Yasir 33-7-79-4, Asrfa 9-6-8-0
Pakistan second innings
Imran Butt c de Kock b Nortje 12
Abid Ali b Nortje 10
Azhar Ali not out 31
Babar Azam lbw b Maharaj 30
Fawad Alam not out 4
Additional items (b1, lb2) 3
All out: (Over 22.5, for three wickets) 90
Didn’t bat: Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Abid), 2-23 (Butt), 3-86 (Azam)
Bowling: Rabada 8-2-21-0, Nortje 7-1-24-2, Maharaj 1.5-0-12-1, Ngidi 3-0-17-0, Linde 3-0-13-0
Result: Pakistan win by seven wickets
Throw: South Africa, chosen for bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Ahsan Raza (PAK)
Television umpire: Asif Yaqoob (PAK)
Match ref: Mohammad Javed Malik (PAK)