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South Africa vs Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Schedule

South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Lahore Test

PAK vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 5 : South Africa seal series against battling Pakistan

South Africa sealed their first Test series on the subcontinent since 2000 on Friday after being held to a draw by battling Pakistan in the second and final match.
Pakistan, set a mammoth 457 to win, finished the final day on 316-4 with Younis Khan scoring a brilliant 130 while Mohammad Yousuf marked his return to the team with a stylish 63. Former captain Inzamam-ul Haq smashed his bat in frustration after falling agonizingly short of Javed Miandad's Pakistan Test runs record in his final international appearance. The Proteas last won a major South Asian series seven years ago when they beat India. They won the first Test by 160 runs in Karachi last week. The South African pace-cum-spin attack failed to dislodge Younis and Akmal in the three-hour first session, which was extended due to Friday prayers.
Younis, who made 126 in Karachi, reached his century with a push for a single. He hit 14 boundaries in his century which took 253 minutes. He was finally dismissed caught behind off Jacques Kallis after a fighting 350-minute knock. Yousuf, who made only 25 in the first innings, held the fort after Pakistan lost Younis and Inzamam in quick succession and negotiated the second new ball without any trouble.
Shoaib Malik ended unbeaten on 20. The day was marred by racial abuse hurled at the South Africans by monkey-chanting spectators. olice said they arrested five spectators after all-rounder Vernon Philander, assistant coach Vincent Barnes and security official Faisul Nagel were racially abused. The South African team management however did not file an official complaint. The two teams start a five-match one-day series with the first match here on October 18.

2nd Test, Lahore (Day 5): South Africa 357 & 305-4dec drew with Pakistan 206 & 316-4

PAK vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 3 : South Africa take commanding lead

Captain Graeme Smith led the way for South Africa as the Proteas built a formidable second-innings lead on day three of the second Test against Pakistan at Lahore.
Smith (75 not out) and Jacques Kallis (37no) shared in an unbroken third-wicket stand of 88 as the tourists reached stumps on 152 for two - a 305-run advantage.
Earlier, Inzamam-ul-Haq (14) fell six runs short of Javed Miandad's Pakistan record for Test runs as his side were skittled for 206, a first-innings deficit of 151. Inzamam's wicket fell in just the second over of the day after Pakistan had resumed on 140 for four, when he edged a Kallis delivery to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. The departure of the 37-year-old, playing in his final Test before retiring from international cricket as he attempts to pass Miandad's mark of 8,832, seemed to deflate Pakistan, who lost regular wickets thereafter.
Misbah-ul-Haq put together a well-made 41, while Abdur Rehman remained unbeaten on 25 but the rest of the tail failed to wag. Shoaib Malik contributed a solitary run, while Makhaya Ntini accounted for Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria with neither man getting off the mark. The innings was swiftly wrapped up after lunch when Mohammad Asif was caught by Hashim Amla at short-leg off the bowling of Paul Harris for four. It was Harris' third wicket as he followed up his first five-wicket haul in the previous Test with another impressive showing (three for 57), while Ntini also claimed three for 42. Openers Smith and Herschelle Gibbs got the South Africa reply off to a solid start before the latter departed for 16 after edging a Gul delivery to wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal. Smith and Amla added a further 32 for the second wicket before Rehman struck with the final ball of the afternoon session.
Amla played around a delivery from the slow left-armer to leave the Proteas 66 for two at tea. Smith and Kallis made serene progress after the resumption as South Africa moved into a seemingly unassailable position. Smith brought up his 19th Test fifty off 119 balls before bad light brought an early end to proceedings. South Africa will resume on Thursday with a declaration in sight as they look to complete a sweep of the two-match series.

2nd Test, Lahore (Day 3, stumps): South Africa 357 & 154-2 vs Pakistan 206

PAK vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 2 : South Africa take charge of Lahore test

South Africa took a grip on the second Test on Tuesday after Pakistan squandered their solid start by quickly losing a string of wickets.
Pakistan were precariously placed at 140-4 when bad light stopped play eight overs before schedule in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 357 on a day of fluctuating fortunes at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Inzamam-ul Haq was given a guard of honour by the South Africans as he came onto the ground to bat in his final Test before retirement. The 37-year-old former skipper was unbeaten on 10 with Misbah-ul Haq who was also on 10.
Salman Butt (40) and Kamran Akmal (52) gave Pakistan a confident start of 90 before the home team lost three wickets in the space of just nine runs. Butt looked in great touch but failed to keep a sweep down and was caught by Graeme Smith off left-arm spinner Paul Harris who finished with 2-33.
Earlier, Pakistan squandered the first day's initiative when Mark Boucher scored 54 and a career-best 46 from Paul Harris took the tourists to a respectable total after they resumed at 259-6.

2nd Test, Lahore (Day 2, stumps): Pakistan 140-4 vs South Africa 357-10

PAK vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 1 : Kallis and Prince lift South Africa

Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince both hit half-centuries as South Africa closed the first day of the second Test on 259 for six in Lahore.
Kallis made 59 and Prince 63 as the Proteas recovered from the loss of two early wickets to edge towards a decent total, but each fell either side of the tea break to reignite Pakistan hopes.
Kallis, who scored a hundred in both innings of the first Test, plundered eight fours and a six before he was trapped lbw by Danish Kaneria after shuffling across his stumps. Prince and new batsman AB de Villiers then set about building the biggest partnership of the day to reassert South African control.
The pair put on 83 for the fifth wicket before Prince was bowled coming down the pitch to Abdul Rehman and De Villiers went shortly after for 45 when he was run out backing up at the bowlers end. Mark Boucher (9) and Andre Nel (0) were the players at the crease at the end of the day's play.

2nd Test, Lahore (Day 1, stumps): Pakistan vs South Africa 259-6

South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Lahore Test

Scores

South Africa 1st Innings 357 all out (125.1 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 305 for 4 (110.3 overs)
Pakistan 1st Innings 206 all out (63.0 overs)	Pakistan 2nd Innings 316 for 4 (107.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gibbs	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Gul	13	30	1	0
Smith		b Kaneria	46	90	4	0
Amla		b Asif	10	31	1	0
Kallis	lbw	b Kaneria	59	115	8	1
Prince		b Rehman	63	132	5	0
de Villiers	run out		45	83	2	0
Boucher	c Rehman	b Kaneria	54	132	4	1
Nel	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Gul	0	5	0	0
Harris	c Malik	b Gul	46	132	6	0
Steyn		b Kaneria	0	5	0	0
Ntini	not out		0	3	0	0
Extras		7nb 7w 2lb 5pen	21
Total		all out	357	(125.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Asif 34.0 9 83 1 Gul 29.0 4 103 3 Kaneria 43.1 5 114 4 Rehman 14.0 5 30 1 Malik 5.0 0 20 0

Fall of wicket   24 Gibbs 47 Amla 100 Smith 160 Kallis 243 Prince 259 de Villiers 259 Nel 347 Harris 350 Steyn 357 Boucher

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Butt	c Smith	b Harris	40	68	7	0
Akmal	c Smith	b Harris	52	64	7	0
Younus		b Nel	3	3	0	0
Yousuf	lbw	b Steyn	25	39	3	0
Inzamam	c Boucher	b Kallis	14	34	1	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Boucher	b Ntini	41	93	6	0
Malik	c Amla	b Steyn	1	11	0	0
Rehman	not out		25	53	4	0
Gul	lbw	b Ntini	0	1	0	0
Kaneria	c Boucher	b Ntini	0	4	0	0
Asif	c Amla	b Harris	4	8	0	0
Extras		1lb	1
Total		all out	206	(63.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Ntini 8.0 1 42 3 Steyn 12.0 3 60 2 Nel 16.0 3 39 1 Harris 20.0 5 57 3 Kallis 7.0 3 7 1

Fall of wicket   90 Butt 93 Younus 99 Akmal 123 Yousuf 149 Inzamam 150 Malik 189 Misbah-ul-Haq 189 Gul 189 Kaneria 206 Asif

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c sub	b Kaneria	133	298	17	0
Gibbs	c Akmal	b Gul	16	36	2	0
Amla		b Rehman	17	42	2	0
Kallis	not out		107	242	8	0
Prince		b Rehman	11	38	2	0
de Villiers	not out		8	8	1	0
Extras		1nb 12b	13
Total		for 4	305	(110.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Asif 4.0 1 14 0 Gul 16.0 3 48 1 Kaneria 44.3 11 99 1 Rehman 42.0 7 112 2 Younus 4.0 0 20 0

Fall of wicket   34 Gibbs 66 Amla 273 Smith 290 Prince

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Butt	c sub	b Ntini	6	16	1	0
Akmal		b Harris	71	166	8	0
Younus	c Boucher	b Kallis	130	246	16	0
Yousuf	not out		63	156	6	0
Inzamam	st Boucher	b Harris	3	2	0	0
Malik	not out		20	57	1	0
Extras		1nb 5w 3b 14lb	23
Total		for 4	316	(107.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 15.0 2 56 0 Ntini 17.0 3 60 1 Kallis 15.0 0 48 1 Nel 20.0 1 75 0 Harris 40.0 14 60 2

Fall of wicket   15 Butt 176 Akmal 265 Younus 272 Inzamam

Umpires: M R Benson, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Akmal, Butt, Younus, Yousuf, Inzamam, Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Rehman, Gul, Kaneria, Asif
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, Amla, Kallis, Prince, de Villiers, Boucher, Nel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini