South Africa vs Pakistan 1st Test Day 1, Live Updates: South Africa will be hosting Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series in Centurion on Thursday. The visitors will be high on confidence as they will be coming to this series after claiming a historic 3-0 clean sweep against the Proteas in the recently-concluded ODI series. On the other hand, South African captain Temba Bavuma announced an all-pace attack for the first Test. Fast bowler Corbin Bosch will make his debut for a team missing several leading pace bowlers because of injury. (Live Scorecard)
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Appeal and the bowlers and the keeper go up in absolute surety! But the umpire is unmoved. They decide to challenge the decision.
Banged in short, angled towards the batter. Saud Shakeel takes it on and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.
Back of a length, angled in towards the batter. Kamran Ghulam hops up and tucks it off his hips towards backward square leg for a single.
FOUR! FIFTY up for Pakistan. This one is bowled full and outside off, nips away. Saud Shakeel lunges forward and flays his bat through the line of the ball and drives it square towards cover-point and picks up another boundary.
FOUR! An aggressive shot considering this is his third ball! Dane Paterson serves it full, around middle from over the wicket, swinging in, Saud Shakeel lofts it down the ground with the full face of the bat over the head of the bowler. Second one for him.
Corrects his length this time, on a good length, around middle, Saud Shakeel tucks it to mid-wicket with ease.
FOUR! Saud Shakeel gets off the mark with a boundary! Dane serves it full from over the wicket, around leg, nips back in, Saud Shakeel comes on the front foot and flicks it wide
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