Left-arm spinner shines with a decisive spell, leaving the visitors struggling after early resistance
\nLAHORE
\nSpinner Noman Ali grabbed four wickets to restrict South Africa to 216-6 at the close of play on day two of the first Test in Lahore on Monday, despite a fighting half century from Tony de Zorzi.
\nSpinners dominated on a turning Gaddafi Stadium pitch as all the day\u2019s 11 wickets went to slow bowlers, with South African left-armer Senuran Muthusamy taking a career-best 6-117 to dismiss Pakistan for 378.
\nZorzi was holding the fort at the close with 81 not out and Muthusamy on six as South Africa trail by 162 runs in the first innings.
\nZorzi batted with guts, knocking nine boundaries and a six, combating Noman who claimed 4-85.
\nSouth Africa started off well with 45-0 on the board when Noman removed touring skipper Aiden Markram for 20 and Wiaan Mulder for 17 \u2014 both caught behind by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.
\nRyan Rickelton, who scored a punishing 71 with two sixes and nine boundaries, and Zorzi added 94 for the third wicket, taking on the spinners with some aggressive shots.
\nIt was part-timer Salman Agha who broke the stand by forcing an edge from Rickelton with Babar Azam taking a smart low catch in the slips.
\nNoman returned for his third spell to get Tristan Stubbs caught behind for eight and Kyle Kyle Verreynne leg-before for two while Sajid Khan removed Dewald Brevis for a golden duck.
\nEarlier, it was Noman\u2019s like-for-like left-armer Muthusamy who destroyed Pakistan after they resumed on 313-5, losing their last five wickets for just 16 runs.
\nAgha hit five fours and three sixes in his 93 and was last man out, caught in the deep off spinner Prenelan Subrayen, who took 2-78.
\nAgha added 49 with Rizwan to take their sixth-wicket stand to 163 before Muthusamy ripped out the middle order with three wickets in the 12th over of the day.
\nRizwan was the first to go, for 75, when he edged a sharply turning ball to wicketkeeper Verreynne after a knock containing two fours and two sixes.
\nTwo balls later Noman went without scoring, bowled when he played down the wrong line and then Sajid Khan followed first ball, caught in the slips.
\nIt became 378-9 when Muthusamy bowled Shaheen Shah Afridi, on seven, for his sixth wicket. His previous Test best was 4-45 against Bangladesh in Chattogram last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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