First Test 3rd day: Pakistan lost 2 wickets as second innings starts

Lahore: On the third day of the match against South Africa, the Pakistan team scored 36 runs for the loss of 2 wickets until the lunch break, while it has a total lead of 145 runs.

The opening batsman, who scored 93 runs in the first innings, was out early this time. He was trying to get out on the ball of Simon Harmer but could not succeed and was stumped, while captain Shan Masood, who scored 76 runs in the first innings, could only add 7 runs.

Abdullah Shafiq and Babar Azam are currently on the wicket for Pakistan with 21 and 1 runs respectively.

Earlier, the South African team was bowled out for 269 in the first innings, after which Pakistan took a lead of 109 runs in the second innings.

On the third day of play today, when the South African team took the field to reduce the first innings score of 378 runs against Pakistan, 6 of its players had returned to the pavilion, while 216 runs had been scored.

Tony de Zorzi started the day with 81, and Senoran Muthuswamy with 6 runs. As soon as the day began, Senoran Muthuswamy scored 11 runs and fell to Sajid Khan. After that, Tony de Zorzi scored 104 runs and played a high shot off the ball of Noman Ali and was caught by Shaheen Afridi.

After that, Suno Ran Muthuswamy scored 11 runs and was caught by Salman Ali Agha standing at slip due to the ball hitting the outside edge of the bat off the ball of Sajid Khan. Gesu Rabada fell to Sajid Khan without scoring any runs.

For Pakistan, Noman Ali took 6 wickets, while Sajid Khan took 3, and Salman Ali Agha took one wicket.

It is pertinent to note that in the Lahore Test, the entire Pakistan team was dismissed for 378 runs in its first innings, in which Imam-ul-Haq and Salman Ali Agha scored 93 runs each, while wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan scored 75 runs, and captain Shan Masood played an innings of 76 runs.