LAHORE: South Africa recovered from spinner Noman Ali’s double strike to reach 112-2 at tea on the second day of the first Test in Lahore on Monday in reply to Pakistan’s 378 all out.
Noman removed skipper Aiden Markram for 20 and Wiaan Mulder for 17 — both caught behind by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan — in extracting spin from the Qaddafi Stadium pitch after Senuran Muthusamy took a career-best 6-117 in the morning.
At the break Ryan Rickelton and Tony de Zorzi were unbeaten on 45 and 23 respectively, with the tourists still trailing by 266 runs in the first innings.
Noman has figures of 2-47.
It was Noman’s like-for-like left-armer Muthusamy who destroyed Pakistan after they resumed on 313-5, losing their last five wickets for just 16 runs.
