DURBAN, Feb 8: Pakistan turned the tables on South Africa when a spectacular batting performance set up a 141-run win in the second One-day International at Kingsmead on Wednesday (partially reported in Thursday’s edition).

In what was almost a mirror image of the first match in Centurion, Pakistan hammered 351 for four after winning the toss, only 41 runs fewer than South Africa made on the way to a 164-run win on Sunday.

South Africa were bowled out for 210.

“They put us under pressure from the word go,” admitted South African captain Graeme Smith.

“We didn't respond well enough. Our skills let us down slightly tonight. Maybe it's the wake-up call we needed to put our feet back on the ground and go to (the third match in) Port Elizabeth and perform a lot better there.”

Opening bowler Mohammad Asif bowled unchanged for his full ten overs at the start of the South African innings, picking up the wickets of Smith and Herschelle Gibbs at a cost of 29 runs.

Afridi followed up his batting contribution of 77 by taking three for 25 with his leg-breaks, while off-spinner Shoaib Malik took two for 27.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said his players had worked hard in the nets.

He paid tribute to Imran Nazir for giving the side a good start.

“Playing in his first match he was amazingly good,” said the skipper.

Inzamam added the other batsmen had followed Imran’s example and he singled out Afridi.

“He is coming into form and hopefully he will carry on.”

Not even a power failure could stop Pakistan's surge to a victory which squared the five-match series.

South Africa were struggling at 113 for four in 19.4 overs – two balls short of the minimum required to achieve a result in an interrupted match – when all the stadium lights went out.

When the lights came back on, Ashwell Prince fell to the first ball bowled by Azhar Mahmood, recalled to international cricket after a two-year absence, and South Africa's fate was effectively sealed.

Smith and A.B. de Villiers, who put on 140 for the first wicket in the opening match, again started brightly but after they had put on 38 off 38 balls Smith was caught at second slip off the accurate Asif.

De Villiers and Jacques Kallis added 49 off 46 deliveries for the second wicket before De Villiers was caught at midwicket off a cramped pull against Abdul Razzaq.

Asif pulled up with cramp two balls into his final over but then struck a telling blow with his next ball after treatment on the field when Gibbs was trapped lbw by a ball which cut back at him.

Kallis was caught behind off Razzaq in the next over, one ball before the floodlights went out.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN:

Imran Nazir lbw b Langeveldt 57

Kamran Akmal lbw b Pollock 0

Younis Khan c Langeveldt b Smith 93

Mohammad Yousuf not out 101

Inzamam-ul-Haq run out 13

Shahid Afridi not out 77

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-4, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 351

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-80, 3-204, 4-222.

DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif.

BOWLING: Pollock 10-1-53-1; Ntini 9-1-71-0; Nel 10-0-82-0; Langeveldt 9-0-61-1 (1w); Kallis 5-0-43-0 (1w); Smith 7-0-36-1.

SOUTH AFRICA:

G.C. Smith c Younis b Asif 15

A.B. de Villiers c Younis b Razzaq 43

J.H. Kallis c Kamran b Razzaq 34

H.H. Gibbs lbw b Asif 14

A.G. Prince c Younis b Azhar 2

M.V. Boucher b Afridi 21

J.M. Kemp c and b Shoaib 22

S.M. Pollock st Kamran b Shoaib 32

A. Nel c Kamran b Afridi 5

M. Ntini c sub (M. Hafeez) b Afridi 9

C.K. Langeveldt not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-6, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (all out, 40 overs) 210

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-87, 3-110, 4-113, 5-123, 6-147, 7-179, 8-190, 9-208.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 10-0-29-2; Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 4-0-43-0; Abdul Razzaq 7-0-59-2 (3nb, 1w); Azhar Mahmood 5-0-23-1 (1w); Shahid Afridi 9-1-25-3; Shoaib Malik 5-0-27-2 (4w).

RESULT: Pakistan won by 141 runs.

UMPIRES: B.G. Jerling (South Africa) and S.A. Bucknor (West Indies).

TV UMPIRE: R Koertzen (South Africa).

MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Younis Khan.

FIRST MATCH: Centurion, South Africa won by 164 runs.

THIRD MATCH: At Port Elizabeth (D/N) on Friday.

FOURTH MATCH: At Cape Town on Sunday.

FIFTH MATCH: At Johannesburg (D/N) on Wednesday.—AFP