South Africa beat Pakistan by 211 runs in first test
JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan lost the first Sunfoil test by 211 runs at the New Wanderers Ground.
Starting the day at 183/4, Pakistan was depending on the overnight pair of Asad Shafiq and Misbah ul Haq to see off the second new ball to postpone the inevitable, but it was not to be.
Steyn struck immediately with the new ball and dismissed Asad Shafiq and Misbah in consecutive overs ending all hopes for Pakistan.
The rest was a formality as the tail tried to wag with few aerial shots but the S.African pace attack proved too much for them.
Asad Shafiq (58) and Misbah (64) were the only notable scores in pakistan’s second outing.
DW Steyn took 5/52 in the second innings finishing with match figures of 11/60. As expected he was declared the player of the match.
Wicketkeeper AB de Villiers held five catches to add to the six he took in the first innings equalling the world record set by Jack Russell for England against South Africa on the same ground in 1995/96. He also became the first player in Test history to make a century and claim ten or more dismissals in a match after hitting an unbeaten 103 in the second innings.
Score:
Pakistan: 49 & 268 (Misbah-ul-Haq 64, Asad Shafiq 56; D. Steyn 5-52) v South Africa 253 & 275-3d.
S.Africa leads the 3-match series 1-0.
Pakistan play the second test of the series from February 14 at Cape Town.
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