Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis scored half centuries to guide South Africa to a respectable 259 for six against Pakistan on the first day of the second Test at the Gaddafi stadium on Monday.

The complexion of the innings changed in the final session when Pakistan took wickets of Prince (63) and AB de Villiers (45), who had put on 83 runs together to take the total to 243 for four.

They fell in the space of eight overs with Prince bowled by left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman and de Villiers unluckily run out backing up at the non-striker's end. Two balls after de Villiers went, bad light ended play seven overs early. Mark Boucher was not out on nine with Andre Nel yet to score at the crease.

"De Villiers' wicket was unfortunate and it has tilted the match a bit in favour of Pakistan," Prince told reporters.
"But this pitch still has something for the seamers and hopefully our guys will get back at them. We need to get close to 400 as the pitch will break up and they have to bat last on it," he said.

De Villiers was caught out of his crease as a drive by Boucher was deflected by bowler Mohammad Asif on to the stumps.

His wicket was a big setback as the 23-year-old had looked the most comfortable of the visiting batsmen on a pitch that offered bounce and movement to the bowlers.

South Africa were 47 for two after losing Herschelle Gibbs (13) and Hashim Amla (10) in the first session to Umar Gul and Mohammad Asif.  But Prince anchored the innings after Kallis made a fluent 59 runs, including eight fours and a six.
SCORE BOARD

SOUTH AFRICA (I Innings)
Gibbs c Misbah b Gul 13
Smith b Kaneria 46
Amla b Asif 10
Kallis lbw Kaneria 59
Prince b Rehman 63
De Villiers (run out) 45
Boucher (batting) 9
Nel (batting) 0

Extras (W-2, NB-7, 5 penalty runs) 14

Total (For 6 wkts, 83 overs) 259

Fall of wkts: 1-24, 2-47, 3-100, 4-160.

Bowling: Asif 23-5-55-1, Gul 18-1-78-1, Kaneria 27-4-73-2, Rehman 10-3-28-1, Malik 5-0-20-0.