Brilliant SA win to level series
28 Oct 2013 4:50 AM IST
It was a thorough and professional comeback by the world number one Test team after going down in last week’s first Test by seven wickets, but the Proteas out-batted and out-bowled Pakistan at Dubai stadium.
The win was completed with a day and 9.5 overs to spare when Pakistan were bowled out for 326 in their second innings after they conceded a big 418-run lead in the first innings. But Pakistan did not go down without a fight as Asad Shafiq (130) notched his fourth Test hundred and, along with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (88), frustrated the South Africans during a 197-run stand for the fifth wicket. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir finished with 3-98 and took a total of eight wickets in the match, while part-time right-arm offbreak bowler Jean-Paul Duminy took Shafiq’s wicket on the way to career best figures of 3-98. South Africa did just.
The win was completed with a day and 9.5 overs to spare when Pakistan were bowled out for 326 in their second innings after they conceded a big 418-run lead in the first innings. But Pakistan did not go down without a fight as Asad Shafiq (130) notched his fourth Test hundred and, along with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (88), frustrated the South Africans during a 197-run stand for the fifth wicket. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir finished with 3-98 and took a total of eight wickets in the match, while part-time right-arm offbreak bowler Jean-Paul Duminy took Shafiq’s wicket on the way to career best figures of 3-98. South Africa did just.
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