Ryan Rickelton posted the joint seventh-highest score by a South African in tests with 259 as his side ran up a huge 615 before reducing Pakistan to an effective 64 for four at the close on day two of the second and final test at Newlands on Saturday.

Kwena Maphaka become South Africa's youngest ever Test debutant in early January 2025. The talented fast bowler played a few ODIs and T20Is before graduating to Test level. It is not often cricketers play a Test before their 20th birthday.