Cricket lovers often collect a souvenir of their favorite player whenever they can. The fans in South Africa are no different from this trend, as was evident on day 3 of the second test between South Africa and Pakistan. South Africa’s young batsman Tristan Stubbs He found himself in the middle of additional responsibility.
Tristan Stubbs braves a sea of collectibles for autographs
The 24-year-old arrived at the boundary line as a fielder but found himself among the objects that the public had collected for the South African players to sign. Stubbs felt the need to fulfill the wishes of Proteas fans and a number of items such as balls, cricket bats, stumps, t-shirts, caps among others to give his autograph. However, Stubbs could not attend to every element as the game was underway with the starters. Babar Azam and Shan Masood in the fold.
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Pakistan’s heroic stand to save the test
Pakistan were in a bleak situation at the start of the match with South Africa adding a mammoth 615 runs in their first innings with a double century lead. ryan rickelton and a ton of the captain Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne. In response, Pakistan were bowled out in their first innings for 194 runs, forcing them to move on.
Pakistan were desperate to put runs on the board to save the Test match, and the openers got the second innings off to a solid start. Captain Masood provided stability to the Pakistani innings for a long time and put up a heroic stand against the South African pacers. Masood scored 145 runs off 251 balls before you are the cats He took his wicket in the 84th over. Mohamed Rizwan and Salman Agha They are currently on Pakistan’s goal line trying to surpass South Africa’s first innings total and somehow save the Test match.