South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Day 4 Live Score

Marco Jansen to Babar Azam, A length ball, on middle, Babar Azam leans and clips this through mid-wicket for a single. Anyone a fan of the late David Shepherd? Then hop, skip and jump as the score is on Nelson!

Marco Jansen to Shan Masood, Goes fuller to Shan just outside off. He drives it on the up and to deep cover for a single.

Marco Jansen to Babar Azam, Short of a length, on off, Babar Azam punches it to cover and takes a single.

Marco Jansen to Babar Azam, Fuller than a length, on off, Babar blocks it to mid off.

Marco Jansen to Babar Azam, Not the ideal return to a spell for Marco Jansen! A big front foot NO BALL to start off. Back of a length, over middle, Babar Azam rises with the bounce and dabs it in front of point. Looks for a single but the batters decide against it. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Drags his length now, around off, turning in, from over the wicket, Shan Masood cuts it to point. A maiden! 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Slightly short than the previous one, outside off, Shan Masood moves across and comes forward to block it out. He has taken the off stump guard. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Tossed up, around middle, Shan Masood comes forward and keeps it down. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Slows it up this time and lands it outside off, on a nagging length, Shan Masood lunges out and looks to block but chips it straight down the deck off the glove.

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, A bit quicker than the previous one, full and on off, kept out by Shan.

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Full, around off, bites the surface and turns back in while keeping low, Shan Masood manages to push it out, very late.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, FOUR! DISPATCHED! Short of a length, around middle, riding on the bounce, Babar Azam goes back in the crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. It ends the over.

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, He gets it this time! Good length, outside off, going away, Shan Masood cuts it off the back foot to deep point for a single. Rabada has overstepped. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Nearly Chopped on! Kagiso Rabada can't believe his luck as he looks in disbelief! On a hard length, on the fifth stump, going away from the batter with the angle, Shan Masood doesn't get enough room but still goes for the cut shot. The ball goes through the inside edge and just past the off stump back to the keeper. Lucky for him. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Good length, outside off, from over the stumps, angling away, Shan Masood leaves it alone. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Hard length, on off, Shan Masood looks to push at it and gets an inside edge down the deck. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, FOUR AND FIFTY! Shan Masood's confidence has now gone up a notch and it shows in the way he is playing. Short of a length, just around middle, does not rise a lot to trouble the batter. Masood pulls it square on the leg side and gets a boundary. 100-RUN STAND IS UP and this is only the second time these two have had a century stand in 18 innings.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, On a good length, on off, Babar Azam pats it to cover for a single.

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, On a nagging length, around off, turning in with the angle, Shan Masood stays deep in the crease and defends it back to the bowler. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Short again, around middle, from over the wicket, angling in, Shan keeps it down from the back foot. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Drops it short, around middle and leg, turning in, Shan Masood tucks it off the back foot but straight to short leg. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Full, on off, Shan Masood firms his drive but stright to mid off.

DRS time? Keshav Maharaj is pretty confident that he has got Shan Masood caught at short leg. The umpire does not think so and with 6 seconds left on the clock, Temba Bavuma takes it upstairs. Nothing on UltraEdge. Possible LBW now? Doing way too much, spinning down the leg side. Review lost by South Africa.

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Well, South Africa have lost a review but they will be encouraged by what they saw on that ball. Massive spin out of the rough. The ball pitched on a fuller length, a bit too slow, just outside off and turned back into the left-hander a long way. Shan Masood looked to tuck it across with a good stride out and the ball went straight to short leg. The keeper and the close-in fielders appealed and Maharaj was sure this was out. But then, when the umpire gave it not out, the keeper and short leg backed out. Maharaj tried to convince his keeper that there was definite glove involved and Temba Bavuma discussed with the three of them for a while, before signalling the review. The UltraEdge shows nothing as there is a big gap between the bat and the ball. The third umpire also checks for LBW but the ball has turned a long way to go past leg stump.

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Full, on middle and off, Shan Masood lunges and pushes it to mid on.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, FOUR! Ends with a boundary! Short of a length, down the leg side, angling in, Babar Azam stays deep in the crease and helps it to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary. It comes off through the gloves. 

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Slightly fuller than the previous one, around middle and off, Babar Azam presents the full face of the bat to keep it down. 

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Good length, around middle and leg, coming in with the angle, Babar Azam tucks it to mid-wicket. 

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Digs in a short one, over middle, Babar ducks under it.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Length, on middle and off, Babar Azam pushes it to cover.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, With a mid-wicket now in place, KG goes full and straight at the stumps, Babar blocks it to the off side. 

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Short of a length, into the batter, over middle, Babar Azam tucks it down the strip. Seems like KG has overstepped again!

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Drops it short, around off and middle, from over the wicket, turning in, Shan Masood tucks it with soft hands to mid-wicket off the back foot.

Keshav Maharaj to Babar Azam, Comes around the wicket, full again, just outside off, Babar Azam takes his front leg out and reaches to the pitch of the ball to drive it wide of cover for a single. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Tossed up, outside off, turning in, from over the wicket, Shan Masood comes forward and pushes it to mid on for a single. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Hurries the batter with a quicker one, with a flatter trajectory, on middle, Shan Masood shuffles a bit initially but does just enough to get his bat ahead and block. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, FOUR! Great shot! Floated full, well outside off, Shan Masood prods a long way out and caresses it through covers for a boundary. 

Keshav Maharaj to Shan Masood, Bowls it outside off and gets the ball to drift and turn a bit, with some extra bounce, Shan Masood knocks it to cover. 

Another thing about this particular ball is that there has been no sideways movement after the initial 5-odd overs. So it is basically doing nothing and hence maybe, the bowlers are feeling let down a bit. But this can be a good learning curve. There will be places where once the ball gets older, it stops moving and then, to pick up wickets would be a big challenge. This would serve as a good practice. Keshav Maharaj gets a change of ends. 3-0-9-0 so far.

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, On a good length, around middle, coming into the batter, from over the wicket, Babar Azam defends it off the front foot. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Comes around the wicket, short of a length, around middle, angling in, Shan Masood keeps it down off the back foot to deep backward square leg for a single. 

Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Back of a length, outside off, from over the wicket, Babar Azam dabs it to deep point for a single. 

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Drags the length by a bit and offers some width outside off, Shan Masood punches it to cover for a single.

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, On a good length, on off, Shan blocks.

Kagiso Rabada to Shan Masood, Comes from around the wicket to the left-hander and lands it on a back of a length, on middle and off, Shan Masood works it in front of deep mid-wicket and steals a couple of quick runs. Great intent to start the session from Pakistan! 

37 overs left in the day. So all those, who were fathoming a 3-day finish, might want to put that to bed. Though one can never say anything confidently about Pakistan. The conditions have got slightly better, thankfully, so bowling the pacers should not be a problem now. In fact, the sun is slowly peeping out. Bavuma gets his team in a huddle for some last-minute pep talk. Masood and Babar are also out in the middle and their team will want more of what has been laid down so far in this innings. The pitch has not started to deteriorate yet, so batting is still not that difficult. But one is definitely seeing indifferent bounce. KAGISO RABADA will start off the final session. 5-0-21-0 in his first spell. He will charge in to the Pakistan skipper.

... DAY 3, FINAL SESSION ...

Meanwhile, in Bulawayo, in the second Test between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, the hosts have lost 3 wickets at Tea, at the score of 92, in their pursuit of a target of 278 set by the Afghans. The Asian spinners are making the ball talk and the final session on Day 4 could be a decisive one in terms of which way the match goes.

Wonder what is the scene with Wiaan Mulder. He bowled just the one over and unless we missed out something mentioned by the on-air commentators, don't remember seeing Mulder go off the field or talk about any injury. He is coming off a finger injury but these conditions would be perfect for him. In that last over before Tea, umpire Kumar Dharmasena was looking at the heavens and maybe, the clouds might have a say in whether Temba Bavuma would be allowed to use pacers. With the track aiding spin, Bavuma will not mind that much. The final session is almost on our heels, set to begin at 1330 GMT.

South Africa will be disappointed. Not just with the score. But with their bowling effort. Kagiso Rabada seemed to start off well but the new ball was just sprayed around. Way too many half vollies and just too many balls down the leg side. Add to that, the no ball problems just keep on mounting, having seen 13 in the first innings and already 3 in the second. That is a total of 16 no balls in around 71 overs - one nearly every 5 overs! Keshav Maharaj has already shown signs of being threatening, getting the ball to spin out of the rough. He will be eyeing a long bowl in the third session, especially with the ball getting older and softer and as many as 37 overs left in the day.