Captain 'baffled' by bizarre Test dismissal

Pakistan captain Shan Masood blew up at a video review decision as his side crumbled to South Africa in their second Test.

The skipper was leading the charge at 145 when he was trapped on the back pad by South African quick Kwena Maphaka at Newlands.

It was given not out by field umpire Nitin Menon but the Proteas reviewed the decision and it went upstairs.

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The ball-tracking technology said the delivery hit Masood's pad in line with the stumps and it would have gone on to hit his off stump, so the decision was overturned and Masood was sent packing.

But the captain stood dumfounded on the field for several moments before trudging off, where he was seen fuming for minutes afterwards.

"It's simple," Masood said later.

"It was an outswinger. If you see the ball that I was beaten by, it jagged away a long way.

"I was beaten on the outside edge, and it was shown (on ball tracking) as an inswinger. I was baffled by that to be very honest.

"It's up to the administrators to see if that's a fair decision or not, but I certainly felt that technology didn't show the trajectory of how that ball was."

It is not the first time ball-tracking technology in cricket has been questioned.

South Africa earned a seventh successive win after beating Pakistan by 10 wickets and swept the series 2-0.

Pakistan, which was forced to follow on after 194 in the first innings, fought hard to avert an innings defeat with only 10 batters after Saim Ayub was injured on the first day. It was bowled out for 478 in the last session, leaving South Africa only 58 runs to win.

David Bedingham and Aiden Markram knocked off the runs in just 7.1 overs to wrap up the series after their narrow two-wicket win at Centurion, also inside four days.

"It's satisfying, good old test cricket that we're used to," South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said.

"There was something for the new-ball bowlers and then it flattened out… late on day four there was some spin and it's what we were accustomed to growing up."

Since beating the West Indies by 40 runs at Providence last August, South Africa has achieved 2-0 series wins against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and qualified for its first World Test Championship final in June at Lord's.

They face Australia - who currently holds the mace - in that decider.

- with AP