Babar Azam tries to sledge Marco Jansen, tactic goes horribly wrong as all-rounder smashes quickfire fifty

Babar Azam first walked towards Jansen and then stared at him. The duo were then involved in an animated chat. Both the players did not look pleased, and the interaction was not friendly.

However, no conversations were recorded on the stump mic. Babar Azam’s tactic to sledge Marco Jansen and get under his skin turned out to be horribly wrong as the tall all-rounder smashed a quickfire fifty.

Jansen eventually played a 62-run knock off just 54 balls. His innings was studded with eight fours and three sixes. In his knock, Jansen maintained a strike rate of 114.29.

South Africa on top of Pakistan

South Africa are completely dominating the second Test against Pakistan after the hosts extended their score to more than 600 on Day 2 of the second Test.

Apart from Ryan Rickelton’s 259-run knock, Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne also scored centuries to give the hosts a firm advantage in the ongoing Test.

For Pakistan, Mohammad Abbas and Salman Afgha returned with three wickets, while Mir Hamza and Khurram Shahzad scalped two wickets each.

Pakistan’s first innings has gotten off to the worst start possible and the visitors have already lost the wickets of Shan Masood (2), Kamran Ghulam (12) and Saud Shakeel (0).

Babar Azam (31*) and Mohammad Rizwan (9*) will resume the proceedings for Pakistan on Day 3 of the New Year’s Test in Cape Town.

South Africa have a 1-0 lead in the ongoing two-match series after having won the first Test by two wickets. With this victory, the Proteas also qualified for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, which is set to be played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in June 2025.