Kallis,de Villiers help SA set 290-run target

Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers led South Africa to 289 for six with classy half-centuries in the third one-day international against Australia at Newlands on Thursday.

Kallis and De Villiers came together with South Africa struggling on 50 for two in the 15th over on a slow pitch,but took control with a stand of 114 off 131 balls. Kallis scored 70 off 86 deliveries with five fours and a series of commanding front-foot drives. But he fell to a soft dismissal,pulling a Brett Geeves long-hop straight to wide mid-on at the end of the 36th over.

De Villiers went on to score 80 off 87 balls and was out when Mitchell Johnson had him caught off a leading edge,playing far too early to the leg-side.Albie Morkel (29) and Mark Boucher (28 not out) then kept the scoring rate up in the last five overs.

Johnson,who used changes of pace to great effect,finished with figures of four for 34.