Five wicket haul for Nauman Ali on Test debut

Nauman Ali on Friday earned the titles of First Pakistani left-Arm Spinner, Fourth Spinner and twelfth Pakistan Cricket Player to take five wicket haul on Test debut.

Spinners wrapped up the South African innings as the visitors have been bowled out for 245. Nauman Ali and Yasir Shah picked up nine wickets between them.

The debutant Nauman Ali gave a spectacular performance taking 5 for 35.

Earlier, Pakistan scored 378 to take a crucial lead over South Africa’s first innings total of 220.

On Wednesday, Fawad Alam led Pakistan’s recovery against South Africa after scoring his first Test century at home.

Fawad reached the milestone, his third tonne in Test cricket, with a six over long-on to left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj.

The two-match Test series is South Africa’s first in Pakistan for 14 years. The second Test will be played in Rawalpindi from February 4.

The hosts have won only one of their previous seven Tests against South Africa in Pakistan, with the visitors claiming two victories to go with four draws.

TEAMS

Pakistan: Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Shaheen Afridi, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali.

South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock (c, wk), Temba Bavuma, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi.