Fourteen wickets fall on thrilling opening day in Karachi

FOURTEEN wickets fell on an enthralling opening day of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa in Karachi.
After opting to bat first, South Africa slipped from 133-3 to 220 all out, with opener Dean Elgar top-scoring with 58 and leg-spinner Yasir Shah taking 3-54.
Pakistan closed on 33-4, with Kagiso Rabada moving to 199 Test wickets following a spell of 2-8.
Nightwatchman Shaheen Afridi fell to Anrich Nortje, with Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam the not-out batsmen.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was out lbw to Keshav Maharaj for seven.

South Africa, who are coming off the back of a 2-0 home series win against Sri Lanka, started well with Elgar making 58, but as the day progressed the pitch started to show variable bounce.
As a result the tourists lost regular wickets – their final seven for just 87 runs – but the run-outs of Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma, both on 17, seemed avoidable.
Alongside Yasir, left-arm spinner Nauman Ali, making his debut aged 34 years 111 days, had South Africa skipper Quinton de Kock caught at mid-wicket and Elgar caught at slip to finish with 2-38. South Africa were brilliant with the ball as Rabada snuck one under Abid Ali’s defence, before getting one to rise to debutant Imran Butt that the opener gloved to leg gully.
Babar, who is captaining Pakistan for the first time in Test cricket, reluctantly reviewed when Maharaj trapped him in front before Shaheen was bowled by the express pace of Nortje. (BBC Sport)

SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings
Dean Elgar c Babar Azam b Nauman Ali 58
Aiden Markram c Imran Butt b Shaheen Afridi 13
Rassie van der Dussen Run Out Babar Azam 17
Faf du Plessis c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah 23
Quinton de Kock c Imran Butt b Nauman Ali 15
Temba Bavuma run-out Hassan Ali 17
George Linde c (sub.) b Hassan Ali 35
Keshav Maharaj b Yasir Shah 0 Kagiso Rabada not out 21
Anrich Nortje b Yasir Shah 0
Lungi Ngidi lbw Shaheen Afridi 8
Extras: (b-5, lb-1, nb-7) 13
Total: (all out, 69.2 overs) 220
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-63, 3-108, 4-133, 5-136, 6-179, 7-179, 8-1194, 9-195.
Bowling: Shaeen Afridi 11.2-0-49 -2, Hasan Ali 14-5-61-1 (nb-2), Faheen Ashraf 5-0-12-0, Nauman Ali 17-4-38 -2 (nb-1), Yasir Shah 22-6-54-3 (nb-1).
PAKISTAN 1st innings
Imran Butt c (sub.) b Kagiso Rabada 9
Abid Ali b Kagiso Rabada 4
Azhar Ali not out 5
Babar Azam lbw Keshav Maharaj 7
Shaheen Afridi b Anrich Nortje 0
Fawad Alam not out 5
Extras: (nb-3) 3
Total: (four wkts, 18.0 overs) 33
Fall if wickets 1-5, 2-15, 3-26, 4-27.
Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 6-3-8-2 (nb-2), Anrich Nortje 7-2-20-1, Lungi Ngidi 3-0-5-0 (nb-1)