Pakistan 211 and 88 for 3 (Babar 16*, Jansen 2-17) runs South Africa 301 (Markram 89, Bosch 81*, Shahzad 3-75, Naseem 3-92) by two runs

Both sets of batters will look back with some anger at the way they were dismissed. South Africa’s middle order has questions about some regular shot selection, while Pakistan, apart from their first innings collapse, now have to deal with signs of variable bounce as they look to build a target they can defend. Among those bigger picture narratives was Bosch’s delight as he finished unbeaten on 81 and got the new ball in the second innings in a match where he has had a Midas touch.

South Africa were leading by just two at the time and Pakistan had the opportunity to keep things roughly even, but they were separated by Bosch for the second day in a row. He was aggressive on the front and back foot and had a disciplined partner in Rabada, who pulled off one of the game’s most eye-catching cover drives.

When Aamer Jamal was brought back half an hour before tea, Rabada’s patience wore thin. He crossed the line and sent the ball out of the air in the direction of the non-striker. Babar Azam took a good catch at short midwicket and looked into the sun to end what was becoming a frustrating partnership for Pakistan.

Bosch would go on to achieve his milestone and reached the fifty with a fantastic tire drive. His is the second fastest fifty by a South African on debut. Then Paterson swung and scored four from Jamal and six when he hit Abbas over long-off. Desperate to end the lower-order opposition, Naseem was brought back after a short break and bowled four more overs but could not get the breakthrough. Instead, it was the part-time spin of Ayub, the only spinner used in the match so far, that did the trick. Paterson tried to send him up the ground but skied it to mid off where Shahzad ran circles before taking the catch.

South Africa started poorly with the ball in the second innings. Rabada and Bosch shared the new ball but both were too short and too wide in their opening spells. Ayub and Shan Masood played aggressively and raced to 41 in the first seven overs before Temba Bavuma picked up Paterson from Bosch’s end.

His first two overs cost five runs and brought a hint of pressure which was all Rabada needed to adjust back to his best. In his sixth over he produced an absolute jaffa of a length and nipped away. Ayub couldn’t get behind the line of the ball as it curved to hit the top of the offstump. Rabada ended a seven-over spell with figures of 1 for 31.

Jansen took over from him and immediately looked like a threat with the bounce he generated. Masood negotiated his first over, but as Jansen found even more lift in the second, he hung the bat out and edged low to Tristan Stubbs at third slip. In Jansen’s next over, Kamran Ghulam, who scored 54 in the first innings, edged to Ryan Rickelton at gap. That catch was to be looked at a few more times, but Rickelton seemed to have his fingers under the ball and Ghulam’s brief stay was over.

Saud Shakeel benefited from loose bowling towards the end of the day and hit two authoritative boundaries before poor light led to an early end to play.