Debutant spinner Nauman Ali sets up Pakistan's thumping win over South Africa in first Test - in pictures

Hosts seal seven-wicket victory after left-arm spinner's five-wicket haul

Pakistan's Fawad Alam, right, and Azhar Ali celebrate their victory on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. AFP

Pakistan's Fawad Alam after victory in the first Test against South Africa. AFP

Pakistan's Nauman Ali celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Anrich Nortje during the fourth day of the first Test at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. AFP

Pakistan's spinner Nauman Ali holds up the ball after taking five wickets against South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. AP

Pakistan's spinner Nauman Ali, left, celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's George Linde. AP

Pakistan's captain Babar Azam, right, and teammate Yasir Shah celebrate after the dismissal of South Africa's captain Quinton de Kock. AFP

Pakistan's sipper Babar Azam, centre, with teammate Hasan Ali, third right, after dismissing South Africa on Friday. AP

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada, right, is bowled out by Pakistan's Nauman Ali. AFP

South Africa's Keshav Maharaj, front, is bowled by Pakistan's pacer Hasan Ali . AP

Debutant left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took five wickets and fellow spinner Yasir Shah grabbed four to give Pakistan a seven-wicket victory in the first Test against South Africa in Karachi on Friday.

Nauman finished with 5-35 and Yasir took 4-79 as South Africa slumped to 245 all out in their second innings on the fourth day on a wearing National Stadium pitch.

Pakistan, needing 88 for victory, lost openers Abid Ali, Imran Butt and Babar Azam for 52 runs before achieving the target in 22.5 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Azhar Ali was 31 not out while Fawad Alam, who made a fighting hundred in the first innings, hit the winning boundary.

It was only Pakistan's fifth victory against South Africa in 27 Tests.

Anrich Nortje bowled Abid in the first over after lunch and then had Butt caught behind to finish with figures of 2-24.

Azam, on his Test captaincy debut, was dismissed leg before by Keshav Maharaj.

It was a spinners' battle on a slow wicket, allowing Nauman to record figures of 7-73 and Yasir 7-133. In contrast, South Africa's spinners managed just four wickets.

Pakistan had taken a crucial 158-run first innings lead, thanks to a fighting century from Fawad and half centuries from Faheem Ashraf and Azhar.

The writing was on the wall as South Africa lost nightwatchman Maharaj on the first ball of the day, bowled for two by pacer Hasan Ali.

South African skipper Quinton de Kock had a miserable 50th Test as he followed his 15 in the first innings with just two runs as he was caught off a lazy push off Yasir.

Temba Bavuma, who scored 40, added 42 for the seventh wicket with George Linde before being the last man out as Nauman took the last four wickets in a rapid 22 balls.

He dismissed Linde for 11, Kagiso Rabada for a single run, and Anrich Nortje for a duck, before removing Bavuma, to become the 12th Pakistani bowler to take five wickets in an innings on his debut.

The second Test starts on February 4 in Rawalpindi.