Hasan Ali takes 10 wickets as SA collapses again
Dismal batting has been a feature of the Proteas’ performance both home and away for a few years
08 February 2021 - 17:04
Seamer Hasan Ali took a career-best 10 wickets in the match as Pakistan blitzed SA with the new ball on Monday to complete a 95-run victory in the second and final Test in Rawalpindi and claim the series 2-0.
Chasing a target of 370 for victory, which would have been a Test record in Pakistan, the Proteas were well placed at 241/3 just after lunch on the fifth day after a century from Aiden Markram (108). But when the home side took the new ball, Hasan (5/60) and Shaheen Afridi (4/51) decimated the SA middle order with expert swing bowling to dismiss the visitors for 274...
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