Taufiq, Younis lead Pakistan revival

Opener Taufiq Umar scored an unbeaten 85 to lead a Pakistan revival in the face of a huge South African total on day two of the second Test ...

Opener Taufiq Umar scored an unbeaten 85 to lead a Pakistan revival in the face of a huge South African total on day two of the second Test on Friday. Pakistan were 141 for one at the close, still 479 runs behind South Africa who declared their first innings just before tea at 620 for seven.

The total was just two runs short of the South African record of 622 for nine set against Australia in 1969-70.

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South Africa (1st innings): (Overnight 445/3) G Smith b Zahid 151, H Gibbs c Younis b Saqlain 228, G Kirsten c Younis b Waqar 19, J Kallis lbw Sami 31, B Dippenaar c Kamran b Saqlain 62, N McKenzie c Kamran b Zahid 51, M Boucher b Saqlain 7, S Pollock not out 36, N Boje not out 7; Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-21, w-1): 28; Total: (For 7 wkts decl, in 135 overs) 620 Fall of wickets: 1-368, 2-413, 3-414, 4-463, 5-548, 6-557, 7-594 Bowling: Waqar Younis 28-4-121-1, Mohammad Sami 28-2-124-1, Mohammad Zahid 25-3-108-2, Saqlain Mushtaq 50-3-237-3, Younis Khan 4-0-24-0 Story continues below this ad Pakistan (1st Innings): Taufeeq Umar batting 85, Salim Elahi c Smith b Pollock 10, Younis Khan batting 44; Extras (nb-2): 2; Total (For 1 wkt): 141 Fall of wickets: 1-36 Bowling: Pollock 12-3-24-1, Ntini 10-2-35-0, Kallis 8-2-20-0, Hayward 5-0-34-0, Boje 10-2-28-0.

Taufiq and Younis Khan shared an unbeaten 105 run second wicket partnership off 194 balls, with Khan not out on 44.

South Africa’s mammoth total — in which the home team scored a record 445 runs on the first day — was achieved chiefly through the efforts of openers Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith.

The pair set a South Africa record 368 for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnership in test history and the highest partnership for any wicket by a South African duo.

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That set South Africa up for their most runs in a day, breaking the 100-year-old record of 428 set at the Wanderers against Australia in 1902. (Reuters)