The former South African domestic cricketer, who coached his homeland from 2005 to 2010, could not hold back his disappointment after witnessing a lively deck in Centurion and now Cape Town, describing conditions as a “lottery” – even in the first innings.

Pakistan have so far posted scores of 181, 190 and 177 in the series, compared to South Africa’s 223, 151/4 and their current innings of 382-6.

“I am little bit disappointed in that I haven’t been back to South Africa in a cricket capacity since 2010, and the wicket that we had in Centurion and the wicket that we had here (Newlands) is not good enough for Test cricket,” the Pakistan coach said following the second day of the second Test against the Proteas.

“We were also at 135km/h and South Africa’s bowlers were at 145km/h, and that 10km/h makes a big difference,” he added.

Temba Bavuma and du Plessis shared a 156-run partnership for the fifth wicket on Friday – comfortably the highest score of the series so far.