Babar Azam kept Pakistan in the contest with a fighting unbeaten 49 after South Africa mounted a remarkable rearguard action to turn the second Test on its head and seize the upper hand following an enthralling third day’s play in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
Spinner Simon Harmer claimed three wickets to leave Pakistan 94 for 4 at stumps in their second innings, with a slender 23-run lead. Yet it was the lower-order revival from the South African tail that gave the tourists a decisive advantage with two days remaining.
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