Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took three wickets and scored his maiden half-century to foil South Africa's attempts to win the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Tuesday.
Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took three wickets and scored his maiden half-century to foil South Africa's attempts to win the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Tuesday.
Rehman checked South Africa's quest for quick runs in order to set a target for Pakistan with wickets of Alviro Petersen (35), Hashim Amla (62) and AB de Villiers (25) before South Africa closed the fourth day at 173-4, with an overall lead of 323.
Ashwell Prince was unbeaten on 27 and Mark Boucher was 13 not out on a day when the 30-year-old Rehman became Pakistan's saviour. Rehman scored a career-best 60 to help Pakistan score 434 in their first-innings in reply to South Africa's mammoth 584-9 declared.u00a0 Hashim Amla, who completed 1,000 runs in the calendar year with his first shot for boundary, was bowled of an arm ball. Amla hit eight boundaries during his 64-ball rapid innings. "I am happy that my performance has saved my team and hopefully we will be able to save this Test because only odd ball is taking spin, so there is not much danger," said Rehman.
In the morning, South Africa started on a positive note when they dismissed Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq for 77 off the first delivery of the day, trapped leg-before by paceman Dale Steyn.
Steyn said the pitch was not good to bowl on. "It wasn't a great pitch to bowl on. If we manage to get some quick runs, maybe we are able to set a target and pull it off."
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