Karachi, ap: Younis Khan smashed an unbeaten 93 to give Pakistan hope of chasing down a huge fourth innings target in the first Test against South Africa.
Set a target of 424 to win in four sessions, Pakistan moved to 146 for three by stumps on the fourth day, thanks to Younis’ aggressive batting which included 14 boundaries.
The home team requires a further 278 runs in a minimum 90 overs to be bowled on Friday at the National Stadium.
Paceman Dale Steyn (2/44) removed both openers cheaply before Faisal Iqbal (44) and Younis joined in a 114-run partnership off 145 balls. Left-arm spinner Paul Harris got the much needed breakthrough 21 balls before stumps when Faisal offered an easy catch and departed after hitting eight boundaries.
Earlier, Jacques Kallis became the first South African since Gary Kirsten in 1996 to score centuries in both innings of a Test. The only other South Africans to do so were Alan Melville and Bruce Mitchell, both against England in 1947.
Kallis hit just four boundaries in his 201-ball innings that lasted nearly five hours. After the loss of Prince and De Villiers, he got able support from Andre Nel (33) and Mark Boucher (29) with whom he shared half-century partnerships.
SCORE BOARD
SOUTH AFRICA (I Innings): 450
PAKISTAN: (I Innings): 291
SOUTH AFRICA (II Innings, O/n: 76/3):
Smith c Akmal b Rehman 25
Gibbs c Faisal b Kaneria 18
Amla st Akmal b Rehman 0
Kallis (not out) 100
Prince b Kaneria 45
De Villiers b Rehman 1
Boucher c Misbah b Kaneria 29
Nel c Misbah b Rehman 33
Harris (not out) 1
Extras: (B-10, LB-2) 12
Total (for 7 wkts decl, 89 overs) 264
Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-43, 3-43, 4-131, 5-132, 6-188, 7-251.
Bowling: Asif 6-1-14-0, Gul 12-1-35-0, Rehman 38-6-105-4, Kaneria 28-3-85-3, Hafeez 5-0-13-0.
PAKISTAN (II Innings):
Hafeez b Steyn 1
Butt c Amla b Steyn 3
Younis (batting) 93
Iqbal c Kallis b Harris 44
Asif (batting) 1
Extras (LB-4) 4
Total (for 3 wkts, 33 overs) 146
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-20, 3-134.
Bowling: Makhkaya Ntini 6-1-19-0, Dale Steyn 9-1-44-2, Andre Nel 7-2-35-0, Paul Harris 9-1-24-1, Graeme Smith 2-0-20-0.
