SOUTH AFRICA’S TOUR OF PAKISTAN, 2021 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on ShareTweet South Africa lose four wickets in the post-Lunch session. © AFP In the lead-up to the Karachi Test, Babar Azam was effusive in his praise for the domestic performers who made their way to the 17-man squad for the first Test. “There won’t be pressure on them as such,” he said, and vowing to back the players who he felt had earned their rise up the ranks. One such player, the 34-year-old Nauman Ali, showed what Azam meant. The transition for the left-arm spinner seemed rather seamless as he came armed with 285 wickets in 79 first class matches at an average of 23.98, including a staggering 18 five-wicket hauls in the process. Yasir Shah sullied South Africa’s opening session dominance right after Lunch when he foxed Faf du Plessis with a flighted leg spinner that drifted into the right hand before turning away just enough to take an edge on the way to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. As Dean Elgar looked to keep the runs ticking in the company of his captain, Quinton de Kock, Nauman stepped up to dismiss both. De Kock was caught at… Read full this story
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