Pakistan vs South Africa, 2nd Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Noman Ali to Maharaj, out Stumped!! Finally the 71-run stand is broken. Maharaj raced down the track and wanted a lofted drive, missed because it spun away a bit. Maharaj leaves Muthusamy with his team still 27 adrift. Relief for Pakistan, who could had a healthy lead if they had held onto chances. Maharaj has always been about backing himself to play shots. He tried, he succeeded for a long time, unfortunately for the Proteas the fun ended. Maharaj st Rizwan b Noman Ali 30(53) [4s-3]

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, full and on the stumps, Maharaj defends off the front foot

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, quicker delivery on the stumps, Maharaj defends to the on-side

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, lovely ball, almost teased Maharaj in the air for a false shot. Maharaj lets it go at the last moment as he wasn't sure

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, flatter delivery on the off stump, Maharaj punches it to the left of the bowler, who does well to stop it to the left

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, oh manages to keep it to the on-side

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, yorker outside off stump, Maharaj squeezes it out past point

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Maharaj defends

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, no run, full and down leg, Maharaj misses the glance, Rizwan collects to the left

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, nudged away to backward square leg

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, blocked

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, full and on the stumps, Maharaj leans forward and defends

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, defended off the back foot back to the bowler

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, wanted to drive, inside edge rolls onto pad

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 2 runs, now steps out and drags the drive wide of mid-on and he steals two more off the deficit

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 2 runs, gets down low and dabs past slip to third man

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, oh turned sharply to completely beat Maharaj all ends up. Pitched on middle, finished outside off as Maharaj looked to defend

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, yorker length ball on middle and off, Maharaj jams it through point

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, no run, short of length delivery in the channel, Maharaj pushes it towards mid-on. Wants the single but it's not on

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, no run, skiddy back of a length ball angling down, Maharaj looks to tuck but misses

Shaheen Afridi to Maharaj, no run, full delivery swinging in from outside off, Maharaj covers the line and eases it to mid-off

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 3 runs, goes too full and down leg, glanced to fine leg and Muthusamy dives back home to get the third

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, full delivery on the stumps, Maharaj defends

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, quicker delivery just outside off stump, Maharaj defends

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 2 runs, flatter delivery, Maharaj drives off the back foot to deep cover

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, 1 run, flatter delivery, Maharaj cuts to cover-point

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, no run, under edge rolls to the off-side

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, no run, flatter delivery, Maharaj manages to keep it out

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, no run, blocked

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, FOUR, Maharaj has been playing some bold shots without bothering about the fielder. This was a full delivery outside off stump, they have long-off back but Maharaj backed himself again and lofted straight. Interestingly the fielder didn't move. Did he lose it in the sun? Could have been a catch. Oh yes, Shaheen does say he didn't stop the ball. Sajid Khan is not a happy man again

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, goes back and drives along the ground to long-off

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, driven off the back foot to long-off

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, looks to cut this flighted delivery and misses, tells his partner that the ball bounced extra

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, no run, defended

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, 1 run, turning back in, glanced to fine leg

Sajid Khan to Maharaj, no run, defended off the back foot

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, fired down leg, Maharaj misses the sweep

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, blocked

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, dropped! Now the bowler gets scared as the ball comes at him and reacts late. Pakistan very sloppy in the last few minutes. Maharaj didn't actually hit it hard, he did swing hard though which may have tricked the bowler, who tried to grab late to the right

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, byes, FOUR, oh Rizwan misses a stumping. Flatter from Asif Afridi, Maharaj steps out and misses the loft as the ball didn't turn, Rizwan didn't expect the batter to miss maybe and he didn't cover the line. Maharaj was well out of the crease

Noman Ali to Maharaj, FOUR, lofted handsomely now. He steps out and clears the fielder at mid-on. Didn't bother about almost holing out to the same fielder previous ball, backed himself to clear him this time and got the boundary

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, advances and lofts, luckily for him it doesn't carry to the man at mid-on

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, oh Imam couldn't hang onto it at silly-point. Flighted delivery, Maharaj defended this to the right of Imam, who reacted and got his right hand to it, was catchable but he couldn't close his hand in time. Maharaj not happy with himself for playing the defence uppishly

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, 1 run, blocked to cover, fumble allows a run

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, flatter delivery, Maharaj defends

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, blocked

Asif Afridi to Maharaj, no run, pushed back to the bowler

Noman Ali to Maharaj, 1 run, steps out to attack but is forced to defend as Noman Ali drops it slightly shorter, plays to mid-off

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, blocked

Noman Ali to Maharaj, FOUR, lofts and gets it wide of mid-on. Full and in the slot, Maharaj decides to have some fun and lofts, ended up dragging actually when he wanted to go much straighter

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Maharaj advances and defends

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, fired down leg, Rizwan manages to half-stop the ball

Noman Ali to Maharaj, no run, turning away, Maharaj defends off the front foot