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2nd Test: South Africa need 41 runs on Day 4 against Pakistan to take unassailable 2-0 lead

Dale Steyn and Kagiso Rabada took four wickets apiece as Pakistan folded for 294 in their second innings at Newlands, Cape Town.

AP Reported by: AP New Delhi Published on: January 05, 2019 22:45 IST
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Dale Steyn picked up 4/85 in the second innings against Pakistan

South Africa's fast bowlers took their team to the brink of another series win as Pakistan was bowled out for 294 right at the end of Day 3 of the second Test on Saturday, leaving the Proteas needing just 41 runs for victory on Sunday.

South Africa's batsmen will then almost certainly deliver a seventh straight series win at home.

South Africa already leads the three-Test series 1-0.

The second Test in Cape Town only went to a fourth day after Pakistan's best batting effort of the series frustrated South Africa in a sometime chaotic end to the day.

Asad Shafiq (88) and Shan Masood (61) put on a partnership of 132 at Newlands for the fourth wicket and Babar Ali added 72 before Pakistan's tail-enders clung on to the very end to avoid an innings defeat and make South Africa come back in the morning.

With a 254-run first-inning deficit, Pakistan was 294 all out in its second innings.

Dale Steyn took 4/85 but was throwing his arms in the air in frustration as Pakistan's last three wickets put on 73 runs to prevent South Africa wrapping things up. Kagiso Rabada returned South Africa's best figures with his 4/61.

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