1998 South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test Durban - Short Highlights | Full HD Quality.

1998 South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test Durban - Short Highlights | Full HD Quality.

Pakistan won by 29 runs - 2nd Test, Durban, February 26 - March 02, 1998,
Pakistan tour of South Africa

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Thu, 26 Feb - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 23/1 (Adam Bacher 14*, Jacques Kallis 7*, 6 ov)
Fri, 27 Feb - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 11/0 (Saeed Anwar 8*, Aamer Sohail 2*, 2 ov)
Sat, 28 Feb - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 222/8 (Mushtaq Ahmed 16*, Shoaib Akhtar 1*, 78.1 ov)
Sun, 01 Mar - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 186/8 (Mark Boucher 36*, Fanie de Villiers 26*, 80 ov)
Mon, 02 Mar - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 225 (88.2 ov) - end of match

For once, Pakistan played to their considerable potential to take a 1-0 lead. South Africa were unable to keep pace with their more gifted opponents, though a less determined side would surely have been overwhelmed by a wider margin.

Cronje returned after his knee injury and was joined in the middle order by debutant Hylton Ackerman, son of the former Northamptonshire batsman of the same name; they replaced Cullinan and Gibbs. The experienced swing bowler De Villiers also came into the side at the expense of off-spinner Symcox, who could feel unfortunate after his heroics at Johannesburg. Pakistan introduced Yousuf Youhana (only the fourth Christian to represent the country in a Test) because Inzamam-ul-Haq had twisted an ankle in practice; there was also a debut for fast-medium bowler Fazl-E-Akbar, replacing Saqlain Mushtaq. South Africa's decision to drop their spinner proved costly. Mushtaq Ahmed, admittedly a better slow bowler than any South Africa had to choose from, was to be the match-winner, with nine wickets.

Pakistan were put in on a two-paced pitch, and Donald and Pollock reduced them to 89 for five. They were rescued by another outstanding hundred from Azhar Mahmood, his third in six Test innings against South Africa. He looked to be much too low at No. 7, as he lifted his side to 259 with an uninhibited innings of 132, 96 of them in boundaries, in 198 minutes. He consistently drove and cut the fast bowlers backward of point and hit Donald back over his head before hooking him in front of square leg. Even more impressive, for a batsman two days short of his 23rd birthday, was the way he protected the tail. In a ninth-wicket stand of 80 with Shoaib Akhtar- who made six - he faced 80 per cent of the deliveries. His second fifty came in only 42 minutes, and he made 96 of Pakistan's last 106 runs.

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