Rickelton hits 259 as SA take control against Pakistan

Second Test, day two, Cape Town

South Africa 566-7: Rickelton 259, Bavuma 109, Verreynne 100; Salman 3-129

Scores correct as of tea

Scorecard

Ryan Rickelton scored 259 as South Africa seized control on day two of the second Test against Pakistan at Newlands.

Rickelton, who started the day 176 not out with the hosts 316-4, posted another 83 runs before being caught off the bowling of Mir Hamza shortly before tea.

It was the 28-year-old's first time opening in Test cricket and his 259 moves him joint-seventh for the highest Test score by a South African alongside Graeme Smith against England in 2003.

Captain Temba Bavuma (106) and wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne (100) also reached three figures, while all-rounder Marco Jansen passed 50 shortly before tea.

Spinner Salman Ali Agha took three wickets, while Hamza and Mohammad Abbas took two each.

South Africa lead 1-0 in the two-match Test series.