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    "excerpt": "Pakistan's Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam defied the South African bowlers as the hosts reached 104-4 at lunch on the second day of the first Test in Karachi on Wednesday. Alam, playing his first Test a",
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    "editor1": "<p>Pakistan&#39;s Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam defied the South African bowlers as the hosts reached 104-4 at lunch on the second day of the first Test in Karachi on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Alam, playing his first Test at home, was unbeaten on 39 and Azhar was on 38 as Pakistan added 71 runs without losing any wickets in the morning session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan are 116 runs behind South Africa&#39;s first innings total of 220 with six wickets intact.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The National Stadium pitch seemed to have quietened down as South Africa&#39;s pace and spin attack toiled hard after reducing Pakistan to 33-4 at the close on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Kagiso Rabada, who took 2-8 on Tuesday, looked threatening in his six-over spell but Azhar and Alam batted cautiously to take Pakistan past the 100-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But both batsmen survived scares, with left-arm spinner George Linde coming close to trapping Azhar leg-before on 29. The umpire&#39;s not-out decision was upheld on review.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Alam could have been dismissed on 35 but Dean Elgar failed to hold a sharp edge off spinner Keshav Maharaj in the slips.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two-match series marks South Africa&#39;s first trip to Pakistan in 14 years, after the deadly 2009 attack on Sri Lanka&#39;s team halted visits by foreign sides.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071972417\/south-africa-tour-of-pakistan-1\">Livescore: Pakistan vs South Africa<\/a><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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