{"id":128796,"date":"2018-12-26T12:11:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-pakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bat-in-first-test-against-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2018-12-26T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T10:11:47","slug":"sa-news-pakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bat-in-first-test-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-pakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bat-in-first-test-against-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Pakistan win toss, opt to bat in first Test against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fen.dailypakistan.com.pk%2fsports%2fpakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bat-in-first-test-against-south-africa%2f&#038;c=10882167367407693284&#038;mkt=en-us\">Pakistan win toss, opt to bat in first Test against South Africa<\/a>: CENTURION \u2013 Pakistan on Wednesday won the toss and decided to bat first in the first test match of the series against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Pakistan had one late injury &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fen.dailypakistan.com.pk%2fsports%2fpakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bat-in-first-test-against-south-africa%2f&#038;c=10882167367407693284&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.deccanchronicle.com%2fsports%2fcricket%2f261218%2fdale-steyn-record-shaun-pollock-south-africa-vs-pakistan-centurion-cri.html&#038;c=17978304743873460853&#038;mkt=en-us\">Dale Steyn claims outright South Africa wicket-taking record<\/a>: Steyn went past Shaun Pollock&#8217;s 421-wicket tally to reach the top of the pile. Centurion: Dale Steyn became South Africa&#8217;s all-time leading Test wicket-taker when Pakistan&#8217;s Fakhar Zaman became his 42&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.deccanchronicle.com%2fsports%2fcricket%2f261218%2fdale-steyn-record-shaun-pollock-south-africa-vs-pakistan-centurion-cri.html&#038;c=17978304743873460853&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.co.uk%2fsport%2fcricket%2f46684261&#038;c=4019003149495507659&#038;mkt=en-us\">Dale Steyn takes South Africa bowling record from Shaun Pollock<\/a>: Steyn was hoisted shoulder-high by his team-mates after taking his record-breaking wicket Dale Steyn has become South Africa&#8217;s leading Test wicket-taker by dismissing Pakistan&#8217;s Fakhar Zaman in the fi&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.co.uk%2fsport%2fcricket%2f46684261&#038;c=4019003149495507659&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsoneplace.com%2f12856081809%2fsteyn-south-africa-test-wickets-record&#038;c=9872167202228337472&#038;mkt=en-us\">Steyn takes South Africa Test wickets record<\/a>: BBC News &#8211; 09:42 AM GMT December 26, 2018 How old is James Anderson, how many Test wickets does the England seam bowler have and is he a BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominee? The Sun &#8211; 19:38 PM &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsoneplace.com%2f12856081809%2fsteyn-south-africa-test-wickets-record&#038;c=9872167202228337472&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newdelhitimes.com%2fpakistan-wins-toss-and-bats-in-1st-test-in-south-africa%2f&#038;c=13009232341060712267&#038;mkt=en-us\">Pakistan wins toss and bats in 1st test in South Africa<\/a>: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and chose to bat in the first test in South Africa on Wednesday. Sarfraz backed his batsmen against South Africa\u2019s pace attack on a pitch at SuperSport Park &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newdelhitimes.com%2fpakistan-wins-toss-and-bats-in-1st-test-in-south-africa%2f&#038;c=13009232341060712267&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fnews%2fsouth-africa%2fkwazulu-natal%2fi-reshaped-my-life-out-of-beach-sand-18615465&#038;c=3043662597182410239&#038;mkt=en-us\">I reshaped my life out of beach sand<\/a>: Mixing imagination with his will to survive, he ventured into the world of sand sculpture. Picture: Beautiful News South Africa \u201cThis is more than just playing with sand,\u201d Mahlangu says. \u201cIt\u2019s a labou&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=F32623597D2F4873BCF611A727539F3E&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fnews%2fsouth-africa%2fkwazulu-natal%2fi-reshaped-my-life-out-of-beach-sand-18615465&#038;c=3043662597182410239&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan win toss, opt to bat in first Test against South Africa: CENTURION \u2013 Pakistan on Wednesday won the toss and decided to bat first in the first test match of the series against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Pakistan had one late injury &#8230; Source: &#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews Dale Steyn claims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[428,2324,3944,830,13023,3576,4084,23034],"class_list":{"0":"post-128796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-against","9":"tag-first","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pakistan","12":"tag-south","13":"tag-test","14":"tag-toss","15":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}