Pakistan fortified their spin department even more by adding left-arm spinner Asif Afridi to their XI for the second Test against South Africa. Afridi along with Noman Ali and Sajid Khan formed the spin attack, and at the age of 38 years and 299 days, became the second-oldest player to make his debut for Pakistan. Again, as in the first Test, the pitch provided the spinners with help. Although Abdullah Shafique (57), Shan Masood (85), and Saud Shakeel (66) made half-centuries, Pakistan collapsed dramatically from 316/5 to 333 all out, thanks to Keshav Maharaj (7/102) and Simon Harmer (2/75), who shared nine wickets between them. Afridi was brought on as the fourth bowler in Pakistan's lineup. South Africa repelled the spin danger in return for a while, with Tristan Stubbs (76) and Tony de Zorzi (55) moving them to 167/2. Afridi, though, disrupted the stand, leg-before trapping both the batters on either side of the removals of Dewald Brevis and Kyle Verreynne. Also Read | Former CSK Batter Claims He Could Have Scored 5,000 More Runs Than Sachin Tendulkar When Afridi bowled Harmer leg-before on the third morning, he was the oldest Test debutant to have a five-wicket haul, beating the record dating back for many years of "Father" Marriott, 37 years and 332 days old when he took 11 wickets against the West Indies at The Oval in 1933, a record achieved in his solitary Test. Earlier, Noman was the record holder of Pakistan, having grabbed 5/35 at 34 years and 111 days of age against South Africa in Karachi in the 2020-21 series. Hines Johnson of the West Indies is still the oldest pacer to pick up a five-wicket haul on Test debut. At the same time, George Simpson-Hayward is still the oldest underarm bowler to have achieved a five-wicket haul on Test debut, a record certain never to be breached. He was likewise the last great underarm bowler to play at the Test standard