Despite Pakistan’s late comeback in Cape Town, South Africa sealed victory by 10 runs in the second Test match to win the cricket series 2-0.

South Africa eased to a 10-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second match in Cape Town, beating Pakistan 2-0 despite a boycott by the tourists.

Pakistan fell behind by 421 runs in the first innings and were bowled out for 478. But South Africa, who qualified for the World Test Championship final last week, easily achieved their target of 58 runs late on Monday.

David Bedingham smashed 44 off 30 balls to help South Africa seal victory in just 7.1 overs on day four.

Bedingham started in place of Ryan Rickelton, who suffered a hamstring strain after South Africa scored 259 runs in their first innings of 615.

Captain Shan Masood led Pakistan’s fight back and scored 145 runs.

After the results, Masood said he believed Pakistan would have better days ahead as they held their ground for a long time in challenging conditions.

“There’s a lot of good stuff[in the series],” Massoud said. “Knowing that we were doing very well[in Pretoria]it wasn’t over. Even here we didn’t start very well with the ball and the bat.

“We conceded too many runs initially and then we folded with the bat (in the first innings) on a very good surface. But then the fightback saw us score the highest score against South Africa in Test cricket . Individually, people stepped up.”

Masood fell down with the second new ball and his legs were trapped in front of the wicket by 18-year-old debutant Kwena Maphaka.

He was dismissed from three balls to end a 51-run fourth wicket after Kagiso Rabada caught Saud Shakeel for 23 at second slip stand.

Pakistan were left 92 runs behind after suffering a double blow shortly after batsman Saim Ayub fractured his ankle while fielding on the first morning.

But Mohammad Rizwan (41) and Salman Agha (48) put on 88 for the sixth wicket and Aamir Jamal added a quick 34 before the end of the innings .

South Africa’s bowlers received little help from a calm pitch.

Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who was expected to be a major factor on day four, managed minimal spin and struggled to complete 45 overs to score 3 for 137 round.

Masood will rue his team’s high score of 615 in South Africa’s first innings, which meant the tourists were always chasing the game.

This is nothing new, Pakistan have performed well in recent times but have also struggled under pressure. Masood hopes they can be more consistent in the upcoming two-home series against West Indies, which begins on January 17.

“We need to learn how to win the big moments,” Massoud said. “We performed well against England (winning the series 2-1 in October). We did well with our backs against the wall.

“But we need to learn how to bowl the first punch. We have a lot of young cricketers willing to learn and luckily we go straight into another series against the West Indies.”

South Africa, meanwhile, are looking to make it seven consecutive wins in June’s Test Championship final against Australia at London’s Lord’s Cricket Ground – their second-most successful winning streak in history.