{"id":4314,"date":"2024-12-25T08:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2024-12-25T08:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:42:26","slug":"bavuma-confirms-all-pace-lineup-for-south-africas-first-test-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/2024\/12\/25\/bavuma-confirms-all-pace-lineup-for-south-africas-first-test-against-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bavuma confirms all-pace lineup for South Africa&#8217;s first Test against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"South African captain Temba Bavuma on Tuesday confirmed an all-pace attack for the first Test against Pakistan, set to begin at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday.<br \/><br \/>South Africa will be aiming to secure a spot in next year&#8217;s World Test Championship final as they face Pakistan in a crucial two-match series. A win in either of the matches will ensure their qualification.<br \/><br \/>Speaking at the pre-match press conference, South African captain Temba Bavuma expressed confidence in his team&#8217;s seam attack, particularly at Centurion, a venue known for its pace-friendly conditions. \u201cWe back our seamers at Centurion,\u201d Bavuma said, ahead of the series opener.<br \/><br \/>In a significant development, 30-year-old fast bowler Corbin Bosch will make his Test debut for South Africa. Bosch, who plays for the Titans provincial team based at Centurion, comes into the side at a time when South Africa is missing several key pace bowlers due to injury.<br \/><br \/>Bosch\u2019s debut is especially poignant, as he is the son of the late Tertius Bosch, who played in South Africa\u2019s first post-isolation Test against the West Indies in 1992.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African captain Temba Bavuma on Tuesday confirmed an all-pace attack for the first Test against Pakistan, set to begin at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday. South Africa will be aiming to secure a spot in next year&#8217;s World Test Championship final as they face Pakistan in a crucial two-match series. A win in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-example-3","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4317,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalnewspk.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}