Ryan Rickelton hit 29 fours and 3 sixes in his innings of 259 runs.
The second match of the Test series is being played between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town. On Friday, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. The team batted till the third session on the second day of the match and scored 615 runs.
Ryan Rickelton played a marathon inning of 259 runs. Temba Bavuma and Kyle Varian scored centuries. Mohammad Abbas and Salman Ali Aga took 3-3 wickets from Pakistan. South Africa is leading 1-0 in the series.
Third highest score of African opener Rickelton scored 259 runs on 343 balls. His innings included 29 fours and 3 sixes. He was caught by Mir Hamza at the hands of Mohammad Abbas. Rickelton scored the third highest score as an opener for South Africa. Ahead of him are Graeme Smith and Gary Kirsten. Smith is on top with 277 runs and Kirsten is at second place with 275 runs.
Ryan Rickelton scored the first double century of his career.
Bavuma did emotional celebration after century Temba Bavuma scored 106 runs in 179 balls. His innings included 9 fours and 2 sixes. He was caught by Salman Aga at the hands of Mohammad Rizwan. Bavuma made a partnership of 235 runs with Rickelton for the fourth wicket. Bavuma also did an emotional celebration after completing his century.
Captain Temba Bavuma became emotional after scoring a century against Pakistan.
Lower order took the score beyond 600 After Bavuma, wicketkeeper Kyle Varian also scored a century. He hit 9 fours and 5 sixes in his inning of 100 runs in 147 balls. He made a partnership of 148 runs for the sixth wicket with Rickelton. Salman Aga also sent him to the pavilion.
In the end, Marco Janson scored 62 runs and Keshav Maharaj scored 40 runs, taking the team's score beyond 600. Kwena Mafaka was out without opening the account and South Africa was all out after scoring 615 runs in the first innings.
Kyle Varian hit 5 sixes and 9 fours.
3 wickets for Abbas-Agha 4 bowlers from Pakistan spent more than 100 runs in their spell. Mohammad Abbas was the only bowler who did not reach a century even after bowling more than 20 overs. He took 3 wickets for 94 runs. Salman Agha also took 3 wickets. Mir Hamza and Khurram Shahzad got 2-2 wickets.
Home team ahead 1-0 in the series Home team South Africa is leading 1-0 in the 2-Test series. The team won the first match by a close margin of 2 wickets. Earlier, the 3 T-20 series between the two was won by the home team by 2-0. Pakistan captured the ODI series 3-0.
South Africa reached WTC final South Africa had made it to the final of the World Test Championship by defeating Pakistan in the first test. The team is currently at first place with 66.67% points. Australia is at second place and India is at third place. The match is going on in Sydney for both the teams to make it to the WTC final.
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