CAPE TOWN – South Africa thrashed Pakistan by 10 wickets in the Cape Town Test on Monday to complete the series whitewash 2-0.
Chasing a meagre 58-run target for the victory, the hosts crossed the finish line without losing any wicket in just 7.1 overs.
David Bedingham scored 47 not out while Aiden Markram contributed unbeaten 14. Ryan Rickelton was named player of the match while Marco Jansen bagged player of the series award.
Earlier, Pakistan resumed batting at 215 for loss of one wicket with skipper Shan Masood and night watchman Khurram Shahzad on the crease. Besides these, all the batters have decent starts but failed to make big scorers, though it helped removing the big first innings deficit.
In the end, Pakistan managed to get 57-run lead to make South Africa bat again. The hosts, however, completed the task with ease. Shan Masood was the top scorer with 145 runs, Khurram Shahzad contributed 18, Kamran Ghulam 28, Saud Shakeel 23, Mohammad Rizwan 41, Salman Agha 48, Aamer Jamal 34 and Mir Hamza 16 runs.
Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj bagged three wickets each, Marco Jansen took two and Kwena Maphaka one while Saim Ayub could not come out to bat due to injury.
