Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal put on a 99-run unbroken stand Monday to win the second Test by five wickets and tie the three-match series at 1-1. Coming together at 92-5, Younis finished on 67 not out and Akmal hit nine boundaries in his unbeaten 57 as Pakistan reached 191-5 before tea on the fourth day at St George’s Park.Resuming on 8-0, Pakistan stumbled to 48-3. Imran Farhat (7) was caught by Jacques Kallis in the slips off Makhaya Ntini and Yasir Hameed was run out by Andre Nel while going for an unlikely single.Mohammad Hafeez (32) was out leg-before-wicket off a delivery from Shaun Pollock.Khan and Yousuf stabilized the innings with an undefeated 30-run partnership as Pakistan scored 70 runs in the session off 26 overs to finish the morning session on 78-3.Nine runs later, Mohammad Yousuf was caught by Herschelle Gibbs off the bowling of Pollock for 18.Captain Inzamam-ul Haq (1) was out lbw to Ntini it looked like Pakistan would shortly clinch the Test. But the sixth-wicket stand between Younis and Akmal steered Pakistan to a series-leveling victory in just 19 overs.Pollock took two for 47 and Ntini finished with two for 50.South Africa scored 331 in its second innings. Pakistan were dismissed in its first innings for 265 in reply to South Africa’s 124. The third Test starts Friday at Newlands in Cape Town.Brief scores: South Africa 124 & 331 lost to Pakistan 265 & 191/5 (Md Hafeez 32, Younis Khan not out 67, Kamran Akmal not out 57; Ntini 2/19).
