Masood: Less grass than usual. We wanted to bowl. Both teams got what they wanted.
Bavuma: We are going to bat. Wicket looks drier, expect it to break up and assist the spinners.
Here's our correspondent, Telford Vice, from the ground - "Good morning from Cape Town, where the sun is blazing and a sell-out crowd is expected at Newlands. Win the toss, bat, and hope you don’t get anything like last year’s pitch."
South Africa have won the toss and have opted to bat
Here's our correspondent, Telford Vice, from the ground - "Good morning from Cape Town, where the sun is blazing and a sell-out crowd is expected at Newlands. Win the toss, bat, and hope you don’t get anything like last year’s pitch."
Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka
Pakistan (Playing XI): Shan Masood(c), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Mir Hamza, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas
09:42 Local Time, 07:42 GMT, 13:12 IST: Pakistan have also named their XI. Just one change with Mir Hamza replacing Naseem Shah
The Proteas have already announced their XI. Tony de Zorzi is out with a tight strain and Wiaan Mulder comes in place of him but it'll be Rickelton who'll be Markram's opening partner and Mulder expected to bat at three. The other two changes are in the bowling department. The two pacers who wreaked havoc in the first innings of the opening Test - Corbin Bosch and Dane Paterson - have been omitted.
The Proteas have already announced their XI. Tony de Zorzi is out with a tight strain and Wiaan Mulder comes in place of him but it'll be Rickelton who'll be Markram's opening partner and Mulder expected to bat at three. The other two changes are in the bowling department. The two pacers who wreaked havoc in the first innings of the opening Test - Corbin Bosch and Dane Paterson - have been omitted.
09:30 Local Time, 07:30 GMT, 13:00 IST:
South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka
Squads:
Pakistan Squad: Shan Masood(c), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Abdullah Shafique, Mir Hamza, Noman Ali, Haseebullah Khan
South Africa Squad: Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Matthew Breetzke, Kwena Maphaka