Rickelton Guides Proteas To Lunch As They Suffer Another Batting Collapse

South Africa: 72/3 Ryan Rickelton 50 Salman Agha 1/1

NEWLANDS, CAPE TOWN - A free-flowing Ryan Rickelton guided South Africa to lunch with a dominant maiden half-century on Day One of the second and final Test between the Proteas and Pakistan at Newlands in Cape Town.

With Temba Bavuma having called correctly at the toss, South Africa sent Rickelton, who was opening the batting for the first time in Test cricket following Tony de Zorzi's omission due to a left thigh strain, to bat alongside a seasoned opener in Aiden Markram.

Facing the first ball of the Test, Markram was exposed by a brilliant away swinger from Mohammad Abbas, a ball that struck the right-handed batter on his right thigh, leading the visitors to appeal and review following a turned-down appeal.

Markram survived due to a close umpires-call referral, however, the right-handed batters weakness with deliveries in and around the off-stump line was exposed right from the get-go.