Rickelton and Bavuma centuries lead South Africa while Pakistan loses injured Ayub

Centuries by Ryan Rickelton and captain Temba Bavuma anchored World Test Championship finalist South Africa to an imposing 316-4 against Pakistan in the second test on Friday. Rickelton batted the entire first day for an unbeaten 176 off 232 balls and Bavuma made 106 on a batting-friendly pitch. In a bigger blow for Pakistan, in-form batter Saim Ayub was ruled out of the test after twisting his right ankle in the field in only the seventh over of the game.

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