10:00 Local Time, 08:00 GMT, 13:30 IST | Day three: Rickelton's double century, hundreds from Bavuma and Verreynne, Jansen's quickfire fifty, Maharaj's breezy knock, Maphaka forward defence off his first ball in Test cricket - the Newlands crowd had a gala time seeing their team dominate proceedings with the bat as they amassed a mammoth score of 615. The celebrations continued in the stands as South Africa's new bowlers bowled superbly to remove three wickets inside 9 overs. The experienced Babar-Rizwan duo survived around an hour late in the day and made sure that Pakistan didn't lose any more wickets. The good news for the visitors is that it's still a good batting pitch with the odd one having uneven bounce. Only a few days ago, we saw Afghanistan's Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi batting an entire day of play against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Pakistan will need something similar to get close to their opponent's total. Expect South Africa to be aggressive with their bowling and field placements. They won't mind if the pitch starts to crumble. Can Pakistan put up a fight? We'll find out. While the action is half an hour away, do read this statistical piece by Roshan Gede....

This is just the third instance of 300-plus runs being aggregated on each of the first two days of a Test in South Africa post the 2016 New Year’s Test at the same venue. The previous two instances were the two Tests between the hosts and Sri Lanka in Centurion and Johannesburg respectively during the 2020/21 season.

Pakistan, having been on the field for more than five sessions,

18:01 Local Time, 16:01 GMT, 21:31 IST | Stumps, day two: The two Pakistani batters congratulate Rickelton before walking back. The double-centurion leads his side off the field

Mulder to Rizwan, no run, 129kph, short of length outside off, Rizwan cuts hard and finds backward point

Mulder to Babar Azam, 1 run, 129kph, Babar gets forward

Mulder to Babar Azam, no ball, full and seaming away well outside off, easy leave. Yet another no-ball from Mulder

Mulder to Babar Azam, no run

Mulder to Babar Azam, no run

Mulder to Babar Azam, no run, pitched up, pushed defensively to cover

Mulder to Babar Azam, no ball, FOUR

Mulder to Rizwan, 1 run, short of length on middle

Mulder to Rizwan, no run

Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, pushed back to the bowler

Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run

Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run

Babar Azam pulls out as Maharaj starts. Well, Babar moves away for the second time

Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, blocked solidly off the front foot

Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, short leg moves to silly point for Babar Azam. Tossed up and that's been pushed to point. Babar eyes a single and gets sent back

Maharaj to Rizwan, 1 run, square of the wicket