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South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj took seven wickets as the visitors reached 185/4, leaving the second Test against Pakistan finely poised on Tuesday in Rawalpindi.

Left-arm spinner Maharaj claimed 7-102 for his 12th five-wicket haul in Tests, helping bowl Pakistan out for 333 on a spin-friendly pitch.

Pakistan’s debutant spinner Asif Afridi then took the crucial wickets of Tony de Zorzi (55) and Dewald Brevis for nought, restricting South Africa’s response.

At close on day two, Tristan Stubbs was batting on 68, having added a valuable 113 runs for the third wicket with De Zorzi, who scored a well-crafted half-century to lift the visitors from 54-2.

“I am really happy for Asif, who has done so well in domestic matches," said batsman Saud Shakeel.

“At one point he’

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