- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR52.1 and another batsman holes out to a short ball. Riaz drops this short, on off stump line, and Smith takes the challenge to try and pull it all the way across to square leg. He looks to clear the ropes at deep backward square leg. Mistake. He was a touch late on the shot and ended up getting a bit of top edge. It gave Taufeeq Umar on the boundary a chance to run across and steady himself under it as it arced into his hands. Smith is disgusted with himself. End of a good innings, but he would have wanted a big hundred 190/241.1 And a wicket! At long last! With probably the worst ball of the day! That is Test cricket. Rehman drops a rank-bad half-tracker that Petersen could have deposited into any corner of the Arabian Gulf, but he ended up pulling straight into the eager hands of Younis Khan at midwicket in the circle. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Pakistan have finally broken through 153/186.4 Amla's gone, late and important breakthrough for Pakistan, he played away from his body to an unthreatening ball outside off, he gets a thin edge to the keeper, Adnan Akmal, who celebrates his first Test victim 307/3110.1 Kallis has been dismissed, Pakistan are running through the South African batting today, lovely flighted delivery outside off, turned in but only a hint, Kallis was looking to open the face to play it behind point, got a faint nick and Adnan Akmal made no mistake 347/895.2 gone! Harris couldn't control himself there, 28 balls without a run, short of a good length outside off, went after it, looking to punch it off the back foot in front of cover, got a thick outside edge and Younis moved well to his right to snap a sharp catch 318/499.6 bowled'im! Moved back in, lands on a good length outside off, AB was drawn forward and tried to defend towards cover, it moved in just at the right time to beat him through the gate and knock back off stump 327/5101.3 Gul is fighting hard and he traps Prince in front, bowled on a good length on leg, Prince opted to play at it off the back foot and turned the face, missed and was caught plumb in front, Pakistan are evening it out here 329/6107.2 Rehman gets Boucher, landed on a good length on middle, it went on straight, Boucher stretched forward to defend, playing for the away spin when there wasn't much, missed, caught on the pads and plumb! 345/7115.6 bowled'im, done in by the turn, round the wicket, angled in on leg stump and turned away to beat Botha as he came forward to defend, had enough turn on it to clip off stump, nine down now 363/9122.6 Ajmal finishes it off with a doosra. Reminiscent of Harbhajan's dismissal of Morne in that epic Kolkata Test earlier this year. It landed outside off and broke in as Morke pushed half forward, bat hidden behind pad, and pad not outside the line of off. It raps him in front of off and would have hit middle and leg. 380/10Extras15 (b 9, lb 2, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL380 all out (123 Overs, RR: 3.08)Fall of wickets: 1-153 (Alviro Petersen, 41.1 ov), 2-190 (Graeme Smith, 52.1 ov), 3-307 (Hashim Amla, 86.4 ov), 4-318 (Paul Harris, 95.2 ov), 5-327 (AB de Villiers, 99.6 ov), 6-329 (Ashwell Prince, 101.3 ov), 7-345 (Mark Boucher, 107.2 ov), 8-347 (Jacques Kallis, 110.1 ov), 9-363 (Johan Botha, 115.6 ov), 10-380 (Morne Morkel, 122.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 30 4 100 3 3.33 0 1 Wahab Riaz 18 3 61 2 3.38 1 1 Abdur Rehman 32 2 101 3 3.15 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 35 6 95 2 2.71 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 Younis Khan 7 2 11 0 1.57 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR33.2 and as I say this, Hafeez throws away his wicket, dear me, it was flighted on middle, he came down the track, looking to go over mid on, but looped it up in the air for a simple catch to Smith, who accepts it gleefully, Hafeez trudges off, what a way to end a good innings 105/138.4 the full delivery angling in from outside off gets him! it was homing in on off stump, he drove inside the line, missed and was hit on the back leg, umpire Harper thought for a while before raising the finger, South Africa have taken out the openers, Umar was batting so well 111/292.5 Amla takes a blinder. Azhar Ali is gone. Pakistan are disintegrating in a hurry here. Short ball again from round the wicket, Azhar stays back and looks to defend, but he doesn't quite ride the bounce enough this time. Ends up popping it in the air to Amla's left at short leg. He sticks the left hand out and plucks it like a cherry. Or to be geographically accurate, should I say like a date? 228/867.3 gone! Younis goes, tossed up and he is the mood for hunting for runs, he's been doing that successfully since morning but found the fielder, gets forward and chips it towards midwicket where de Villiers dives to his left to complete a sharp catch 176/377.5 Misbah goes! Brilliantly taken by Amla at short leg, turned in from a good length, was a little wide, Misbah reached well forward to defend, got an inside edge onto his pads and Amla went full stretch to his left to snap a beauty 196/479.4 Akmal comes and goes, his attacking streak resulting in his downfall, tossed up and he was tempted, charged down the track and tried to swing it over midwicket, a mindless shot that, got the leading edge and Steyn took a dolly at point, Botha gets one more, the pressure builds on Pakistan now 202/589.1 I'm afraid this was a-coming. Adnan is known to be a bit of a flasher outside off and he fell to that tendancy here. Lovely delivery from Steyn, getting that hint of away shape that eludes an indiscreet swish and takes the outside edge. Adnan was not close to the pitch and should have been more careful. Mark Boucher was waiting like a hawk behind, diving away to the right and coming up with the prize 220/690.4 another one bites the desert sand. Morne's round the wicket angle is clearly not up Rehman's alley and he perishes to a nothing prod outside off. That ball did nothing, except land on a length and hold a line. Sadly, Rehman did nothing either. Just hung his bat out there and guided it into the slips 225/794.2 second time not to lucky, more pace, more bounce from Morne on this bouncer and that's enough to take Wahab's top edge as he swings wildly with another pull that could have gone anywhere in the ground if he'd middled it. He didn't and it went into Bouch's gloves. 246/994.6 That's that. Morne has five and Ajmal's gone. Pakistan are bowled out. Short ball again, angling into the body menacingly. Ajmal did well to get inside the line, but then went for a glance-tickle down the leg. Got a feather on it and Boucher has another catch. 248/10Extras12 (lb 12)TOTAL248 all out (95 Overs, RR: 2.61)Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Mohammad Hafeez, 33.2 ov), 2-111 (Taufeeq Umar, 38.4 ov), 3-176 (Younis Khan, 67.3 ov), 4-196 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 77.5 ov), 5-202 (Umar Akmal, 79.4 ov), 6-220 (Adnan Akmal, 89.1 ov), 7-225 (Abdur Rehman, 90.4 ov), 8-228 (Azhar Ali, 92.5 ov), 9-246 (Wahab Riaz, 94.2 ov), 10-248 (Saeed Ajmal, 94.6 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.6 rapped on the pads, the finger goes up! Pakistan have made a breach after all. Tossed up in leg stump, that did straighten, but did it do enough to be hitting the stumps? Petersen played the forward defensive, but missed the line, it struck through and struck the front pad. Asoka de Silva nods his head and raises the fore-finger. Petersen does not look happy 47/126.5 and finally Graeme gets himself out! it was floated up on leg, turning away from Smith who went for the sweep against the turn, missed it completely, got hit on the back leg, and Asoka raised his finger in a flash, the only question is would the turn have taken it away from off stump, end of a scratchy knock nevertheless, replays show it would have comfortably missed off stump, maybe even the fourth stump, if there was one 76/2Extras5 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL318/2d (95 Overs, RR: 3.34)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Alviro Petersen, 14.6 ov), 2-76 (Graeme Smith, 26.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 18 0 73 0 4.05 1 0 Younis Khan 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 1 Abdur Rehman 36 5 105 1 2.91 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 11 3 20 0 1.81 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 27 2 102 1 3.77 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.5 Steyn is pumped up, lovely delivery, some extra bounce there, kept it slightly short of a good length and got it to shoot away, Hafeez was on the front foot and played at it much to his regret, got the outside edge and Botha made no mistake at first slip 41/132.1 did I just jinx him or what, tossed up outside off and turned away sharply, Taufeeq, eager to cash in on the width, went after it, got a thick edge and Kallis at slip dived to his left and made no mistake, crucial blow, Pakistan have lost two set batsmen this innings 75/259.6 bowled'im, South Africa needed that, beaten by the turn, just enough to dislodge the bails on the off stump, angling in towards middle and Azhar Ali gets forward to defend, it turns away to beat the bat and knock back off 157/3Extras17 (b 6, lb 4, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL343/3 (117 Overs, RR: 2.93)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.5 ov), 2-75 (Taufeeq Umar, 32.1 ov), 3-157 (Azhar Ali, 59.6 ov)
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- Fri, 12 Nov - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 311/3 (JH Kallis 53*, PL Harris 0*, 89.3 ov)
- Sat, 13 Nov - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 144/2 (Azhar Ali 12*, Younis Khan 21*, 55 ov)
- Sun, 14 Nov - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 139/2 (HM Amla 44*, JH Kallis 32*, 48 ov)
- Mon, 15 Nov - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 109/2 (Azhar Ali 37*, Younis Khan 11*, 41 ov)
- Tue, 16 Nov - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 343/3 (117 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (Azhar Ali 32, Younis Khan 19, Ex 1)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 110 balls (6 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 54.2 overs (326 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Pakistan - 150/2 in 56.0 overs (Azhar Ali 60, Younis Khan 26)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 187/3 in 72.0 overs (Younis Khan 46, Misbah-ul-Haq 14)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 77.3 overs (465 balls), Extras 8
- Younis Khan: 50 off 126 balls (3 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 115 balls (Younis Khan 20, Misbah-ul-Haq 28, Ex 2)
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 229/3 after 82.6 overs (Younis Khan 70, Misbah-ul-Haq 30)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 238/3 in 87.0 overs (Younis Khan 78, Misbah-ul-Haq 31)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 92.2 overs (554 balls), Extras 10
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 220 balls (Younis Khan 56, Misbah-ul-Haq 45, Ex 2)
- Younis Khan: 100 off 187 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 123 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Tea: Pakistan - 284/3 in 101.0 overs (Younis Khan 102, Misbah-ul-Haq 52)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 106.2 overs (639 balls), Extras 11
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 292 balls (Younis Khan 87, Misbah-ul-Haq 62, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 334/3 in 116.0 overs (Younis Khan 123, Misbah-ul-Haq 75)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 49.2 overs (297 balls), Extras 3
- HM Amla: 50 off 104 balls (5 x 4)
- JH Kallis: 50 off 96 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 187 balls (HM Amla 42, JH Kallis 57, Ex 2)
- Drinks: South Africa - 194/2 in 64.0 overs (HM Amla 68, JH Kallis 62)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 64.4 overs (389 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 263 balls (HM Amla 63, JH Kallis 84, Ex 3)
- Lunch: South Africa - 239/2 in 77.0 overs (HM Amla 85, JH Kallis 90)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 78.6 overs (476 balls), Extras 5
- HM Amla: 100 off 190 balls (10 x 4)
- JH Kallis: 100 off 185 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 356 balls (HM Amla 89, JH Kallis 109, Ex 4)
- Drinks: South Africa - 299/2 in 93.0 overs (HM Amla 114, JH Kallis 120)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 93.1 overs (561 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: South Africa - 318/2 in 95.0 overs (HM Amla 118, JH Kallis 135)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Tea: Pakistan - 26/0 in 8.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 21, Taufeeq Umar 5)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Pakistan - 60/1 in 24.0 overs (Taufeeq Umar 13, Azhar Ali 8)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 38.6 overs (234 balls), Extras 5
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 109/2 in 41.0 overs (Azhar Ali 37, Younis Khan 11)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 56.4 overs (340 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 155 balls (Azhar Ali 17, Younis Khan 31, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 176/3 in 67.3 overs (Azhar Ali 30)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 78.3 overs (471 balls), Extras 10
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 208/5 after 82.1 overs (Azhar Ali 48, Adnan Akmal 0)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 144 balls (4 x 4)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 214/5 in 85.0 overs (Azhar Ali 50, Adnan Akmal 4)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 248/10 in 95.0 overs (Umar Gul 12)
- South Africa 2nd innings
- Tea: South Africa - 47/1 in 15.0 overs (GC Smith 20)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: South Africa - 88/2 in 30.0 overs (HM Amla 22, JH Kallis 5)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 36.1 overs (218 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls (HM Amla 28, JH Kallis 23, Ex 2)
- End Of Day: South Africa - 139/2 in 48.0 overs (HM Amla 44, JH Kallis 32)
- Drinks: South Africa - 329/6 in 101.3 overs (JH Kallis 64)
- South Africa: 350 runs in 111.2 overs (672 balls), Extras 12
- Lunch: South Africa - 365/9 in 117.0 overs (DW Steyn 5, M Morkel 0)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 380/10 in 123.0 overs (DW Steyn 10)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 28, Taufeeq Umar 20, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 60/0 in 9.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 36, Taufeeq Umar 20)
- Tea: Pakistan - 88/0 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 48, Taufeeq Umar 36)
- Mohammad Hafeez: 50 off 58 balls (7 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 31.1 overs (187 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 187 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 57, Taufeeq Umar 39, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 111/2 in 38.4 overs (Azhar Ali 5)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 144/2 in 55.0 overs (Azhar Ali 12, Younis Khan 21)
- South Africa 1st innings
- Drinks: South Africa - 44/0 in 14.0 overs (GC Smith 17, AN Petersen 25)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (GC Smith 20, AN Petersen 29, Ex 2)
- AN Petersen: 50 off 69 balls (8 x 4)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (166 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 166 balls (GC Smith 47, AN Petersen 51, Ex 2)
- Lunch: South Africa - 101/0 in 29.0 overs (GC Smith 48, AN Petersen 51)
- GC Smith: 50 off 93 balls (2 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 39.2 overs (237 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 237 balls (GC Smith 81, AN Petersen 66, Ex 3)
- Drinks: South Africa - 155/1 in 44.0 overs (GC Smith 84, HM Amla 1)
- GC Smith: 100 off 151 balls (8 x 4)
- Tea: South Africa - 197/2 in 58.0 overs (HM Amla 22, JH Kallis 3)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 59.4 overs (361 balls), Extras 5
- HM Amla: 50 off 93 balls (5 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (HM Amla 32, JH Kallis 19, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 70.3 overs (426 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: South Africa - 264/2 in 73.0 overs (HM Amla 61, JH Kallis 31)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 178 balls (HM Amla 57, JH Kallis 42, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 82.2 overs (497 balls), Extras 9
- JH Kallis: 50 off 97 balls (5 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: South Africa 307/3 after 87.1 overs (JH Kallis 51, PL Harris 0)
- End Of Day: South Africa - 311/3 in 89.3 overs (JH Kallis 53, PL Harris 0)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSouth Africa look beyond Ajmal
With a strong record against the top spinner, South Africa haven't been consumed by the Ajmal threat and have focused their attention on the whole of Pakistan bowling
Younis and Misbah return in style
Younis Khan reminded Pakistan just what they had been missing as his 17th Test hundred guided them to safety on the final day in Dubai
Younis century secures fighting draw
Pakistan battled through the first session, losing Azhar Ali for a characterful 63 but preventing any further setbacks to go to lunch at 187 for 3
Kallis & Amla do it again
Kallis reached a 36th Test hundred in the course of his unbroken 242-run partnership with Hashim Amla, South Africa's second highest for any wicket against Pakistan, on the fourth day at Dubai
Pakistan fight but South Africa on course for victory
South Africa will be confident of taking a series lead on the final day in Dubai after setting Pakistan a huge 451 then extracting two wickets during a hard-working final session