Pakistan’s tour match ends in draw
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 83Nasir Jamshed b Abbott 51Azhar Ali c Vilas b Parnell 3Younis Khan c Vilas b Van Jaarsveld 14Misbah-ul-Haq b Abbott 55Asad Shafiq c Vilas b Harmer 11Sarfraz Ahmed lbw b Abbott 19Umar Gul b Abbott 6Saeed Ajmal b Hendricks 0Junaid Khan not out 0EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-7) 8TOTAL (for nine wkts declared, 84.4 overs) 250FALL 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 36A.G. Puttick c Asad Shafiq b Junaid Khan 7S. van Zyl b Umar Gul 7C. Chetty c Umar Gul b M. Irfan 29V.B. van Jaarsveld c and b Saeed Ajmal 43J.L. Ontong not out 51D.J. Vilas not out 8Extras (LB-3, NB-6) 9Total (for five wkts, 50 overs) 190FALL 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).