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South Africa cruised to a 10-wicket victory in the second Test to win the series 2-0 despite Pakistan’s late comeback in Cape Town.

South Africa wrapped up a 2-0 cricket series victory over Pakistan after a 10-wicket victory in the second match in Cape Town despite second innings opposition from the visitors.

Forced to chase down 421 runs after the first innings, Pakistan struggled to 478 out. But South Africa, who qualified for the final of the World Test Championship last week, easily scored 58 on Monday night.

David Bedingham hit 44 not out from 30 balls as South Africa won in just 7.1 overs on the fourth day of the match.

Bedingham was opening in place of Ryan Rickelton, who suffered a hamstring injury on the field after scoring 259 in South Africa’s first innings of 615.

Captain Shan Masood led Pakistan’s batting, scoring 145.

After the result, Masood said he believes there are better days ahead for Pakistan as they have been holding out for a long time under challenging conditions.

“There were a lot of good things [in the series],” said Masood. “We know we did really well [in Pretoria] but he can close it. Again, we did not start well with the ball and batting.

“We gave up a lot of runs in the beginning, then we folded by hitting [in their first innings] in a really nice place. However, after fighting back, we made our highest score against South Africa in Test cricket. One by one, people stepped up. “

Masood fell to the second new ball, which was caught on the leg before the wicket of Kwena Maphaka, 18, playing for the first time.

His dismissal came three balls after Kagiso Rabada caught Saud Shakeel at second slip for 23 runs, completing a fourth-run stand of 51 runs.

Pakistan, batted for a while after Saim Ayub broke his ankle while fielding early in the morning, trailed by 92 runs after two wickets.

But Mohammad Rizwan (41) and Salman Agha (48) put on 88 for the sixth wicket and Aamer Jamal hit a quick 34 before the innings ended.

The South African bowlers did not get any help from the cool pitch.

Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who was expected to have a big impact on the pitch on the fourth day, got a bit of spin and toiled for 45 overs to take three for 137.

Masood will accept that his team allowed South Africa to score 615 runs in their first innings, meaning that the visitors were always chasing the game.

Not that it is a new thing, Pakistan have played well in the groups recently but again they played under pressure. Masood hopes they can turn things around in their upcoming two-Test home series against the West Indies starting on January 17.

“We have to learn how to win important moments,” Masood said. “We came back well against England [to win the series 2-1 in October]. We turned our backs on the wall, we did well.

“But we have to learn how to get to the first fight. We have a lot of young cricketers to learn, and luckily we go straight into another series with the West Indies.”

Meanwhile, South Africa will enter the final of the Test Championship against Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London in June on the back of a seven-game winning streak – the second most successful series in their history.