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PAKISTAN V SA, 2ND TEST

South Africa's challenge mapped out in Rawalpindi

More than nine years have passed since South Africa last scored 200 or more to win
More than nine years have passed since South Africa last scored 200 or more to win ©AFP

Head south-east. In 2,218 kilometres, stop, watch and learn. If an app could guide South Africa - or any non-Asian tourists, for that matter - to victory in Rawalpindi, that's what it might tell them to do. But the visitors would arrive at their destination too late. Because the lesson was handed down while Pakistan were building their advantage in the second Test.

Set out as instructed from Rawalpindi, passing through Kathmandu, skirting Bhutan, and you will arrive, after a flight of 11 hours and 50 minutes, in Chattogram, Bangladesh's second city. It was there on Sunday that West Indies successfully completed their chase for 395, the highest winning fourth innings in all 675 Tests played in Asia.

South Africa don't need 395 to beat Pakistan and square the series. They require

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