{"id":13595,"date":"2025-10-23T10:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-bounce-back-to-level-two-match-test-series-against-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:29","slug":"proteas-bounce-back-to-level-two-match-test-series-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-bounce-back-to-level-two-match-test-series-against-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas bounce back to level two-match test series against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa has bounced back to level the two-match test series against Pakistan, winning the second test in Rawalpindi by eight wickets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pakistan, who trailed by 71 runs after the first innings, resumed their second innings on 94 for the loss of four wickets on day four.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They were bowled out for 138 midway through the first session with off-spinner Simon Harmer, picking up six for 50 in 20 overs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Harmer\u2019s best figures in a test match.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Requiring a mere 68 for victory, the Proteas reached their target in less than 13 overs. Captain Aiden Markram scored a brisk 42 off 45 balls.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The two teams will now play a white ball series. The first of three T20 Internationals is in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13596,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13595","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Pakistan trailed by 71 runs after the first innings, resumed their second innings on 94 for the loss of four wickets on day four.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Pakistan trailed by 71 runs after the first innings, resumed their second innings on 94 for the loss of four wickets on day four.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18647,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13595\/revisions\/18647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}