KIMBERLEY, March 7: Pakistan scrambled to a one-wicket win with two balls to spare against a makeshift South African Invitation XI at the Diamond Oval on Wednesday.

Last wicket pair Abdur Rehman (35 not out) and Junaid Khan (nine not out) put on an unbeaten 28 to take their team to victory in their only warm-up match before a five-game one-day international series against South Africa, starting in Bloemfontein on Sunday.

The Invitation team, including only players not involved in two domestic franchise Twenty20 matches on Wednesday, made 266 for eight in their 50 overs, with the major contribution coming from 20-year-old left-hander Quinton de Kock.

De Kock, who played in a recent one-day international series against New Zealand but was not picked for the series against Pakistan, hit 65 off 73 balls with six fours and a six.

He and captain Stephen Cook (34) got the Invitation side off to a good start with a first wicket stand of 55, which was followed by partnerships of 54 with Jonathan Vandiar (24) and 45 with Vaughn van Jaarsveld (36).

Pakistan spinners Shoaib Malik, Abdur Rehman and Shahid Afridi were the most effective bowlers for the tourists.

No Pakistan batsman reached fifty, with Imran Farhat (40) and Kamran Akmal (47) the most successful batsmen, while fast bowler Hardus Viljoen and leg-spinner Imran Tahir took three wickets apiece.—AFP

Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICAN INVITATION XI:S. Cook c Kamran b Gul    34Q. de Kock c Malik b Rehman    65J. Vandiar c Younis b Rehman    24V. van Jaarsveld c Younis b Malik    36C. Chetty b Afridi    4T. Bavuma run out (Younis)    43C. Morris c Rehman b Malik    19G. Viljoen not out    25Imran Tahir b Junaid    0C. Alexander not out    1EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, NB-2, W-10)    15TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 50 overs)    266DID NOT BAT: L. Williams.FALL OF WICKETS: 1-55 (Cook), 2-109 (Vandiar), 3-154 (De Kock), 4-170 (Chetty), 5-170 (Van Jaarsveld), 6-224 (Morris), 7-260 (Bavuma), 8-263 (Tahir).BOWLING: Gul 5-0-34-1 (2w), Junaid 9-1-46-1 (1nb, 2w), Malik 8-0-47-2 (1w), Wahab 8-0-42-0 (1nb, 3w), Rehman 10-0-51-2 (1w), Afridi 10-0-43-1 (1w).PAKISTAN:Imran Farhat run out (De Kock)    40Nasir Jamshed c De Kock b Williams    24Kamran Akmal b Alexander    47Younis Khan lbw b Viljoen    0Misbah-ul-Haq b Tahir    18Shoaib Malik lbw b Tahir    8Shahid Afridi c De Kock b Viljoen    29Abdur Rehman not out    35Umar Gul c De Kock b Tahir    30Wahad Riaz c De Kock b Viljoen    3Junaid Khan not out    9EXTRAS (B-1, LB-17, W-9)    27TOTAL (for 9 wkts, 49.4 overs)    270FALL OF WICKETS: 1-53 (Jamshed), 2-86 (Farhat), 3-90 (Younis), 4-139 (Misbah), 5-143 (Kamran), 6-154 (Malik), 7-189 (Afridi), 8-234 (Gul), 9-242 (Riaz).BOWLING: Morris 10-1-46-0 (3w), Alexander 10-0-58-1 (1w), Williams 9.4-1-70-1 (1w), Viljoen 10-2-29-3 (4w), Imran Tahir 10-0-49-3.UMPIRES: Johan Cloete and Shaun George (both RSA).MATCH REFEREE: Barry Lambson (RSA).