Abbas to Rickelton, 1 run, 125kph, round the wicket,
Double-hundreds in SA vs PAK Tests 278* - AB de Villiers, Abu Dhabi, 2010 234 - Graeme Smith, Dubai, 2013 228 - Herschelle Gibbs, Cape Town, 2003 204* - Ryan Rickelton, Cape Town, 2025 All for SA; the highest individual score for Pakistan in head-to-head contests is Khurram Manzoor’s 146 in Abu Dhabi in 2013
94.6
Salman Agha to Verreynne, FOUR, 86kph, slow, short and wide, Verreynne pounces with a cracking cut shot. Treks back, waits for the ball
94.5
Salman Agha to Verreynne, no run, 84kph, shorter ball and Verreynne rocks back to chop it to short cover
94.4
Salman Agha to Verreynne, no run, 88kph
94.3
Salman Agha to Verreynne, no run, 92kph, gets forward to push it to the right of the non-striker
Double tons while opening for the first time in Tests 204* - Ryan Rickelton (SA) vs PAK, Newlands, 2025 201* - Brendon Kuruppu (SL) vs NZ, Colombo CCC, 1987 200 - Graeme Smith (SA) vs BAN, East London, 2002 200 - Devon Conway (NZ) vs ENG, Lord’s, 2021
94.2
Salman Agha to Verreynne, FOUR, to deep backward point
Slip and short leg in place
94.1
Salman Agha to Verreynne, no run, 78kph, tossed up delivery, flicked to midwicket off the front foot
Salman Agha [18.0-0-55-2] is back into the attack
93.6
Abbas to Verreynne, 1 run, 127kph, wide of the crease, Abbas gets this to hold its line around off and Verreynne
93.5
Abbas to Verreynne, no run
93.4
Abbas to Verreynne, no run, 127kph, short of length, Verreynne hops to defend it with a closed bat-face
93.3
Abbas to Verreynne, no run, 127kph, Verreynne shapes to punch and the ball seams back in from a length.
93.2
Abbas to Verreynne, no run, 124kph,
93.1
Abbas to Verreynne, no run, 122kph, with two slips and a gully in place, Abbas bowls a length ball on middle and leg, turned to midwicket
Of the 19 Test doubles to have been scored in SA till date, seven have come at Newlands - the most at a venue in the country.
Fastest Test 200s for South Africa (by balls faced) 211 - Herchelle Gibbs vs PAK, Cape Town, 2003 238 - Graeme Smith vs BAN, Chittagong, 2008 251 - Gary Kirsten vs ZIM, Harare, 2001 266 - Ryan Rickelton vs PAK, Cape Town, 2025 267 - Jacques Kallis vs India, Centurion, 2010
Time for Drinks! The highlight of today's first hour of play has been Rickelton reaching his maiden double ton. The southpaw has showed great control
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