Younis keeps Pakistan’s hopes alive

South Africa declared their second innings at 264/7 at tea, shortly after Jacques Kallis completed his second century of the match and then made early inroads into Pakistan.

Pacer Dale Steyn (2/44) removed both openers cheaply before Faisal Iqbal (44) and Khan joined in a 114-run partnership off 145 balls. Left-arm spinner Paul Harris got the much needed breakthrough 21 balls before stumps when Faisal gloved an easy catch and departed after hitting eight boundaries.

Khan raced on to complete his run-a-ball half century with eight boundaries. He then scored successive boundaries off reverse sweeps before hoisting captain Graeme Smith for a big six in the same over. Kallis became the first South African since Gary Kirsten in 1996 to score centuries in both innings of a Test. The only other South Africans to do so were Alan Melville and Bruce Mitchell, both against England in 1947.

South Africa resumed at the overnight score of 76/3, and Kallis and Ashwell Prince (45) took the total to 131 before Pakistan got two breakthroughs in the space of seven deliveries just before lunch.

The partnership added 88 runs in two hours and 10 minutes before Prince dragged on Danish Kaneria’s delivery that pitched on the rough, bounced and hit the top of off stump.

AB de Villiers was then baffled by Rehman’s sharp turning delivery which clipped the off-stump as the right-hander tried to play an on drive and missed the line of the ball. Kallis hit just four boundaries in his 201-ball innings that lasted nearly five hours.

After the loss of Prince and de Villiers, he got able late support from Andre Nel (33) and Mark Boucher (29) with whom he shared half-century partnerships. Rehman added four more wickets to his first innings haul of 4/105 to end his debut with eight wickets.

SCOREBOARD

South Africa (1st Innings): 450

Pakistan (1st Innings): 291

South Africa (2nd Innings): G Smith c Akmal b Rehman 25, H Gibbs c Iqbal b Kaneria 18, H Amla st Akmal b Rehman 0, J Kallis not out 100, A Prince b Kaneria 45, AB de Villiers b Rehman 1, M Boucher c Misbah b Kaneria 29, A Nel c Misbah b Rehman 33, P Harris not out 1; Extras: (10b, 2lb) 12; Total (for 7 wkts, decl.): 264

Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-43, 3-43, 4-131, 5-132, 6-188, 7-251.

Bowling: Asif 6-1-14-0, Gul 12-1-35-0, Rehman 38-6-105-4, Kaneria 28-3-85-3, Hafeez 5-0-13-0.

Pakistan (2nd Innings): M Hafeez b Steyn 1, S Butt c Amla b Steyn 3, Y Khan batting 93, F Iqbal c Kallis b Harris 44, M Asif batting 1; Extras: (4lb) 4; Total: (For 3 wkts) 146

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-20, 3-134.

Bowling: Ntini 6-1-19-0, Steyn 9-1-44-2, Nel 7-2-35-0, Harris 9-1-24-1, Smith 2-0-20-0.