Summary SA won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in second Test.
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Pakistan is having a testing time after losing four bastsmen at 34 runs in the second Test against South Africa.
South Africa won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat on the first day of the second Test at Newlands on Thursday.
The Proteas fielded an unchanged team after winning the first Test in Johannesburg by 211 runs.
Pakistan awarded a first Test cap to Mohammad Irfan, their 2.1-metre tall left-arm fast bowler. Fellow left-armer Junaid Khan, one of Pakistan s more impressive bowlers in the first Test was ruled out with a thigh injury.
Tanvir Ahmed replaced Rahat Ali in a second change of fast bowlers.
South African captain Graeme Smith s decision was influenced by early morning rain and partly cloudy skies, while the pitch appeared to have a tinge of green.
Smith was captaining his country for the 100th time after being feted for a century of captaincies in Johannesburg, with one of the matches having been for a World XI.
