South African batter Aiden Markram said that ahead of their side’s Test series against Pakistan away from home, the Proteas team tried to practice in spin-heavy conditions at the High Performance Centre through simulation.

South Africa’s all-format tour to Pakistan, consisting of two Tests, will start from October 12 onwards. While the side set to begin their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) defence has not played red-ball cricket since the monumental title win at Lord’s, some of its players did feature in the two-match Test series in Zimbabwe during June-July and also played the County Championship. As a part of their main preparation, they replicated what they anticipate to be spin-assisting tracks in Pretoria during their last two days of training camp.

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