Test-discard Yasir Ali took five wickets including a hat-trick as South Africa Academy were restricted to 247-9 on the opening day of their four-day tour match against Pakistan Academy at the National Stadium here on Thursday.
Academy skipper Hasan Raza won the toss and sent the visitors to bat first. JP Duminy and opener Thandi Tshabalala batted with confidence to take their team to a respectable total. Duminy played with a lot of concentration and was batting at 81 when stumps were drawn. He batted for more than four hours and smashed six boundaries. Tshabalala also scored a half-century. M Williamson 31, Van Jaalsveld 16 and N Morkel 15 were the other scorers.
Yasir’s first dismissal was Vaughan van Jaarsaveld who was caught behind by Zulqarnain for 16. On the next ball, he took the wicket of wicketkeeper Ryan Canning for a duck and shattered the stumps of Brendon Adams on the next delivery to celebrate a hat-trick. Leg spinner Mansoor Amjad also bowled well and captured three wickets for 61 runs after a lengthy spell of 28 overs. Pakistan were too generous in giving away 33 extras.
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