EAST LONDON, Jan 28: The four-day warm-up match between South African Invitational XI and Pakistan petered out into a draw on Monday as bad light brought an end to the proceedings shortly after tea.

Set 323 to win off 81 overs at Buffalo Park, the Invitation XI were on 190/5 when the umpires called time.

The Invitation XI started off brightly, with the Davy Jacobs (36) going on the attack and treating Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul, who conceded 41 runs in six overs, with scant respect.

But opening partner Andrew Puttick (26) was bowled by Junaid Khan and Stiaan van Zyl was run-out for 45 before Jacobs and Cody Chetty steered them to 70 for two at lunch.

Immediately after lunch, Mohammad Irfan had Jacobs caught at slip by Younis Khan and Chety followed soon after.

But Vaughn van Jaarsveld and Justin Ontong rebuilt the innings with an entertaining partnership of 45 before Van Jaarsveld was deceived by Saeed Ajmal’s slower ball.

Earlier, Pakistan resuming on their overnight score of 240, quickly lost four wickets and declared at 250-9 with Kyle Abbott running riot as he ended with figures of four for 26.—Agencies

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN (1st innings) 329 (Sarfraz Ahmed 93, Nasir Jamshed 68, Mohammad Hafeez 55, Umar Gul 49; S.R. Harmer 5-88, K.J. Abbot 3-82). SOUTH AFRICAN INVITATION XI (1st innings) 257 (V.B. van Jaarsveld 92, D.J. Vilas 62, S. van Zyl 45; Saeed Ajmal 3-66, Junaid Khan 3-76). Pakistan (2nd innings, overnight 240-5): Mohammad Hafeez c Vilas b Van Zyl    83 Nasir Jamshed b Abbott    51 Azhar Ali c Vilas b Parnell    3 Younis Khan c Vilas b Van Jaarsveld    14 Misbah-ul-Haq b Abbott    55 Asad Shafiq c Vilas b Harmer    11 Sarfraz Ahmed lbw b Abbott    19 Umar Gul b Abbott    6 Saeed Ajmal b Hendricks    0 Junaid Khan not out    0 EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-7)    8 TOTAL (for nine wkts declared, 84.4 overs)    250 FALL OF WKTS: 1-142, 2-142, 3-147, 4-176, 5-191, 6-240, 7-247, 8-250, 9-250. BOWLING: Abbott 13.4-5-26-4 (3nb), Hendricks 13-4-40-1 (2nb), Harmer 25-0-112-1, Parnell 10-0-35-1 (2nb), Van Zyl 10-6-16-1, Van Jaarsveld 11-6-17-1, Ontong 2-0-3-0. DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Irfan. SOUTH AFRICAN INVITATION XI (2nd innings): D.J Jacobs c Younis Khan b M. Irfan    36 A.G. Puttick c Asad Shafiq b Junaid Khan    7 S. van Zyl b Umar Gul    7 C. Chetty c Umar Gul b M. Irfan    29 V.B. van Jaarsveld c and b Saeed Ajmal    43 J.L. Ontong not out    51 D.J. Vilas not out    8 Extras (LB-3, NB-6)    9 Total (for five wkts, 50 overs)    190 FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-33, 3-70, 4-101, 5-146. BOWLING: Umar Gul 7-0-43-1 (3nb), Junaid Khan 11-1-35-1 (1nb), Saeed Ajmal 18-6-45-1, Mohammad Irfan 7-0-26-2 (2nb), Mohammad Hafeez 7-0-38-0. DID NOT BAT: W.D. Parnell, S.K Harmer, K.J Abbott, B.E Hendricks. RESULT: Match drawn. UMPIRES: Ian Howell, Dennis Smith (both South Africa). MATCH REFEREE: Tiffie Barnes (South Africa).