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10/15 04:20 CDT Pakistan ends South Africa's 10-match winning streak with
93-run victory in first test
Pakistan ends South Africa's 10-match winning streak with 93-run victory in
first test
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) --- Pakistan ended world test cricket champion South
Africa's 10-match winning streak with a clinical 93-run victory in the first
test on Wednesday.
Left-arm spinner Noman Ali continued to prosper on turning home wickets with a
rich match haul of 10-191 as the Proteas were bowled out for 183 after lunch on
Day 4.
Noman has bagged 46 wickets in his last five home tests, including 20 against
England and another 16 against the West Indies.
He followed his 6-112 in the first innings with a haul of 4-79 in a marathon
unchanged spell of 28 overs, while Shaheen Shah Afridi mopped up the tail with
some impressive reverse swing to finish with 4-33, as South Africa fell way
short of its 277-run target.
Resuming on 51-2, South Africa struggled to deal with the spinners on an
abrasive wicket that saw it concede a 109-run first-innings lead.
Afridi struck with the third ball of the morning when Tony de Zorzi (16), who
scored a century in the first innings, was undone by a sharp delivery that
thudded onto his back leg.
Tristan Stubbs' struggle against spin continued before he got a leading edge
from a mistimed reverse sweep against Noman and gave a chest-high catch to
Salman Ali Agha in the slips on 2.
Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickelton tried to put the chase back on track with an
attractive 73-run stand but both fell before lunch to give Pakistan a clear
advantage.
The 22-year-old Brevis, playing in only his third test and renowned for his
batting exploits in white-ball cricket, had an early reprieve when Pakistan
went for an lbw review from the first ball he faced off Noman.
Brevis then cut loose as he hoisted Noman for a straight six and two boundaries
in one over before raising his half century with an edged boundary. He also
lofted the left-armer for another straight six.
He reverse swept Noman for another four soon after completing his half century
off 51 balls before he was bowled off a delivery that spun enough to clatter
into the stumps.
Off-spinner Sajid Khan ended Rickelton's long vigil when Agha held on to
another low catch in the slips. He faced 145 deliveries for his 45 runs as
South Africa limped to 137-6 at lunch.
Khan trapped Senuran Muthusamy lbw soon after the break with a full-pitched
delivery that didn't spun much, the left-hander missing out on an ambitious
sweep, before Afridi cleaned up the tail.
The second test of the two-match series in Rawalpindi begins on Monday. South
Africa's spin resources will get beefed up with the return of the experienced
Keshav Maharaj, who missed the first test due to injury.
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