So the hosts have levelled the series 1-1. Mohammad Yousuf's 13th hundred carried them to 265, aided by Shoaib Malik's breezy 56,and in reply South Africa could only muster 240. Pakistan will take confidence from this while South Africa can now go back to their hotel and look forward to the Rugby World Cup final.
The series now moves to Faisalabad for the third ODI on October 23.
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CK Langeveldt c Sohail Tanvir b Umar Gul 12 (22m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Last over from Gul. 27 to win.
Salahuddin Ahmed, Pakistan's chief selector, has lashed out at Javed Miandad's criticism of the national selection committee in the wake of the one-day series loss against South Africa
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Mohammad Yousuf, the Pakistan batsman, has climbed to eighth place in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen after an excellent performance in the one-day series against South Africa
Graeme Smith hailed his side's Test and one-day series victory over Pakistan as an "unbelievable achievement"
Osman Samiuddin looks back at the plays of the day in the fifth ODI between Pakistan and South Africa
