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| January 5, 2003 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 1, 1423 |
Pakistan on verge of heavy defeat again
CAPE TOWN, Jan 4: South Africa are set to become the first side to displace Australia at the top of the World Test Championship after moving to the brink of victory over Pakistan in the second Test on Saturday.
Pakistan were struggling at 184 for five in their follow on innings at the close on the third day.
The tourists were dismissed for 252 in their first innings in reply to South Africa’s 620 for seven, still 368 runs behind.
South Africa lead the series 1-0 and a victory would put them ahead of Australia.
The home side capped a fine day in the field in the final over when Yousuf Youhana was caught at long on by Jacques Kallis off Nicky Boje for 50, scored off only 29 balls with six fours and two sixes. It was the second fastest Test half century.
Earlier, Pakistan lost their final six first innings wickets for the addition of just 12 runs in the space of 44 balls as Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini ripped through the middle and lower order leaving them 169 runs short of the follow on target of 421.
Only opener Taufiq Umar offered any resistance to the bowling scoring a career best 135 off 253 balls with 20 fours and a six.
He then added 67 in the second innings as he and Inzamam-ul-Haq put on 121 for the third wicket. Taufiq was dropped with the first ball of the innings though, when a thick edge to third slip off Pollock was put down by Boeta Dippenaar.
Their partnership came to an end when Boje got a ball to turn and bounce deceiving the advancing Inzamam, who was stumped by Mark Boucher for 60.
With the first ball of the next over, bowled by Pollock, Taufiq got a faint edge where Boucher completed a regulation catch.
Earlier Pakistan resumed their first innings on 141 for one but lost nine wickets for the addition of only 111 runs.
Taufiq and Younis Khan put on 116 for the second wicket before Hayward struck a double blow shortly before lunch to dismiss Inzamam and Youhana.
Scoreboard
SOUTH AFRICA (1st Innings) 620-7 declared (H.H. Gibbs 228, G.C. Smith 151, H.H. Dippenaar 62, N.D. McKenzie 51).
PAKISTAN (1st Innings, overnight 141-1):
Taufiq Umar c Kallis b Ntini 135
Salim Elahi c Smith b Pollock 10
Younis Khan lbw Pollock 46
Inzamam-ul-Haq c D’penaar b Hayward 32
Yousuf Youhana c Boucher b Hayward 0
Faisal Iqbal b Ntini 24
Kamran Akmal lbw Pollock 0
Saqlain Mushtaq c Boucher b Ntini 1
Waqar Younis c Kallis b Pollock 0
Mohammad Sami not out 0
Mohammad Zahid c Smith b Ntini 0
EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-3) 4
TOTAL (all out, 87.4 overs) 252
FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-152, 3-208, 4-208, 5-240, 6-247, 7-251, 8-252, 9-252.
BOWLING: Pollock 23-6-45-4 (3nb); Ntini 20.4-7-62-4; Kallis 12-2-35-0; Hayward 15-2-56-2;
PAKISTAN (2nd Innings):
Taufiq Umar c Boucher b Pollock 67
Salim Elahi c D’penaar b Ntini 0
Younis Khan c McKenzie b Kallis 2
Inzamam-ul-Haq st Boucher b Boje 60
Yousuf Youhana c Kallis b Boje 50
Faisal Iqbal not out 2
EXTRAS (W-1, NB-2) 3
TOTAL (for five wkts, 44.3 overs) 184
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-9, 3-130, 4-130, 5-184.
BOWLING (to-date): Pollock 12-5-32-1 (1nb); Ntini 8-2-21-1 (1nb); Kallis 6-1-34-1; Hayward 6-2-26-0; Boje 12.3-0-71-2 (1w).—Reuters
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