Pakistan in trouble after Rickelton leads South African run feast

Cape Town: Pakistan were reeling in response to a relentless South African batting performance on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan a...

Cape Town: Pakistan were reeling in response to a relentless South African batting performance on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan at Newlands on Saturday.

Pakistan were 64-3 at the close after double centurion Ryan Rickelton led South Africa to a first innings total of 615.

Kagiso Rabada struck twice and Marco Jansen once when Pakistan started their innings. The tourists were effectively four down because opening batsman Saim Ayub was ruled out of the match with a broken right ankle.

Babar Azam, forced to open the batting in Ayub's absence, was 31 not out at the close with his side still 551 runs behind.

Left-handed opening batsman Rickelton made a chanceless 259, South Africa's joint seventh highest Test score, before he was seventh man out with the total on 557.