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Mohammed Hafeezs half-century guided Pakistan to 144/2 in reply to South Africas 380 on the second day of the first Test in Dubai.

Pak off to flying start

Mohammed Hafeezs half-century guided Pakistan to 144/2 in reply to South Africas 380 on the second day of the first Test in Dubai on Saturday. Opener Hafeez slammed 60 off 89 balls as Pakistan ended the day 236 runs behind. Earlier,South Africas first innings ended soon after lunch when off-spinner Saeed Ajmal trapped Morkel leg before for 10. Umar Gul and left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman claimed three wickets each.

Brief scores: SA 1st innings 380 all out in 123 overs (G Smith 100,H Amla 80; U Gul 3/100,A Rehman 3/101); Pak 1st Innings 144/2 in 55 overs (M Hafeez 60,T Umar 42)

United draw at Villa

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Manchester United scored twice in the last nine minutes to snatch a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Saturday just when they looked to be heading for their first Premier League defeat of the season. Substitute Federico Macheda and defender Nemanja Vidic cancelled out Villa’s 2-0 lead,established by an Ashley Young penalty and a Marc Albrighton tap-in with 14 minutes to play.

At Eastlands,the title aspirations of big-spending Manchester City took another knock after a 0-0 draw with Birmingham City. Coach Roberto Mancini was booed by disgruntled fans when he took striker Carlos Tevez off and replaced him with midfielder Gareth Barry as City played out a third successive home match without a goal. Tottenham Hotspur were the highest scorers with a 4-2 win over Blackburn Rovers while Bolton Wanderers won 3-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Gangjee tied 14th

Rahil Gangjee was the lone Indian golfer to break par with a two-under 69 and rise 12 rungs to tied 14th after the third round of the Singapore Open. Gangjee totals seven-under 206. A couple of strokes behind Gangjee was Jeev Milkha Singh,who carded a three-over 74. Adam Scott closed in on a third Singapore Open title with a two-under to aggregate 14-under