<
div id=”pcl-full-content”>Asif Afridi, the 38-year-old spinner, who has served a ban for infringing the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) anti-corruption code, has been handed a debut Test cap by the team for their second match against South Africa in Rawalpindi. Afridi will be paired up with Noman Ali as Pakistan decided to go with two left-arm spinners in the match which is the last of the two-Test series.
Afridi had been banned for a two years for his involvement in spot-fixing in Pakistan’s domestic cricket. However, he was allowed to return after serving just over a year of the ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board, who had not given any reason for relaxing the suspension. This is Afridi’s first ever international appearance. He made his first class debut in January 2009 and has taken 198 wickets in 57 matches. Afridi has also taken 83 wickets in 60 List A matches and 78 wickets in 85 T20s.
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They will be playing just one fast bowler in Shaheen Afridi. Pakistan had earlier won the first Test by 94 runs in Lahore. Noman Ali had picked a 10-wicket haul in that game, registering figures of 6/112 and 4/79. Shaheen bowled just five overs in the first innings and 8.5 in the second.
