Resuming the day on 88/3 trailing by two runs, Pakistan would have been eager on extending their result in set a considerable goal for the hosts to chase. Play received underway after a four-hour rain delay.
Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam seemed fairly snug towards Kagiso Rabada, specifically. Babar received to his first Check half-century since December 2022. The feat was understandably met with copious applause from the Pakistani dressing room, and understandably so.
Nevertheless, it was the very subsequent over itself that Marco Jansen scalped Babar. Mohammad Rizwan after which Salman Agha did not final lengthy. The 2 batters have been caught by wicketkeeper-batter, Kyle Verreynne, to grant Jansen yet one more five-wicket haul in Check cricket.
Aamer Jamal was trying good. Nevertheless, he after which Naseem Shah departed to go away South Africa with the higher hand at Tea. With two wickets within the shed, the post-Tea session had Shakeel farming the strike and being extra deliberate along with his strokeplay. Nevertheless, the present did not final lengthy. Jansen utterly deceived the left-handed set batter from left-arm round-the-wicket to rap him on the pads.
Corbin Bosch dismissed Mohammad Abbas to convey the Pakistan innings to a detailed. Whatever the abundance of time left, a 148-run goal was going to be a tough one for the hosts. The primary two wickets have been fast to fall; each LBWs of deliveries angling in to Tony de Zorzi and Ryan Rickelton, respectively.
Abbas dismissed Tristan Stubbs because the Proteas slumped additional. Skipper, Aiden Markram, ended the day with an eight-run over. Nevertheless, the match hangs within the steadiness with quite a lot of motion anticipated on Day 4 of the sport.
Try how X reacted to Day 3 of the primary Check between SA and PAK:
#SAvsPAK tremendous spicy 🔥
— Amitabh Surinder (@SC2741420912421) December 28, 2024
Fascinating day of check cricket 🏏 arising tomorrow. 3 out of 4 groups’ fates for the #WTCFinal dangle within the steadiness the place the 4th crew can actually smash the possibilities of one crew which has all of the elements to choke beneath crunch conditions.#AUSvIND #AUSvINDIA #SAvPAK #SAvsPAK
— Khurram Khalili (@khurram_khalili) December 28, 2024
First time rooting for #Pakistan. #SA might be Allout on 96 run. #SAvsPak#PAKvsSA
— Satvinder Meel (@s4sattu) December 28, 2024
South Africa 🇿🇦 vs Pakistan 🇵🇰, Centurion – 1st Check
Day 3 on stumps: South Africa 🇿🇦 27*-3, 301 (First innings | Pakistan 🇵🇰 237.To win the Check match and stage the sequence:
South Africa: want 121 runs to win
Pakistan: want 7 wickets to win#SAvsPAK #PAKvsSA #Cricket pic.twitter.com/gsIG87HyUO— Akaran.A (@Akaran_1) December 28, 2024
Ab tumhare hawale watan (South Africa) saathiyon 🥹🥹🥹🥹 , pls haar mat jaana kal #SAvsPAK #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/evS2eqtC1z
— SRKIAN (@SRK_Arlo) December 28, 2024
Saved by the sunshine… for now!
The proteas struggling towards high quality bowling. Speaks volumes concerning the lack of swing on the home scene, prime order seemed inept.
Hopefully Temba and Aiden can put their fingers up tomorrow!#SAvsPAK #CricketTwitter #BoxingDayTest
— BoiMaam (@BoiMaamGG) December 28, 2024
Attacking the Stumps extra typically is finest method to make use of New ball in contrast to the #Proteas bowling largely good size exterior off stump or quick, hardly ever a Yorker even to tail enders#SAvPAK #SAvsPAK #BoxingDayTest
— Kiran Kumar (@kirankumar2210) December 28, 2024
What a come again 🇵🇰👏
.#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #AUSvINDIA #AUSvsIND #Australia #India #Kohli #ViratKohli𓃵 #SAvsPAK #PAKvsSA #PAKvSA #Cricket #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/l9evZ4DVB7— AD Choudhary (@adchoudhray) December 28, 2024
Day 3 stumps.
Pakistan want 7 wickets to win.
Proteas want 121 runs to win with 7 wickets in hand. #PAKvsSA #SAvPAK #SAvsPAK— Shahbaz Ammad (@shahbazammad56) December 28, 2024
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