South Africa seal series victory

Third Test, Cape Town, day three: South Africa 183 & 161-5 bt Pakistan 157 & 186 by five wickets
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Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince hit fifties as South Africa won the third Test against Pakistan in Cape Town by five wickets to clinch the series 2-1.

Mohammad Asif got Graeme Smith lbw and had Hashim Amla caught behind to make it 39-4 during a superb morning spell.

He continued to jag the ball around in the afternoon and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria turned the ball viciously, while Prince was dropped twice.

But though Kallis (51) fell with five needed, Prince (59) saw the hosts home.

A flurry of boundaries came near the end, with Pakistan's bowlers deflated but that was not the story of the morning.

The Newlands surface had come in for plenty of criticism and continued to offer assistance for pace and spin bowlers alike after the Proteas resumed on 36-2.

Skipper Smith, who had looked so assured on Saturday evening, played around a straight one from Asif and was plumb lbw, while Amla nicked behind.

Only 11 runs came in 15 overs in the first hour - seven of which were maidens - and the 14 needed to bring up the 50 were all garnered in singles.

With Asif bowling a probing line outside off-stump and Kaneria unfurling fizzing leg-breaks and well-disguised googlies, the batsmen were reluctant to take any risks.

It was only when Mohammad Sami came on for Asif that the pressure lifted, with Kallis driving through the covers and down the ground for the first two boundaries of the day in the 24th over.

Prince finally got his first four off his 77th ball when he drove Asif through mid-on in the second over after lunch.

But the attritional theme of the morning continued, with Asif producing another lion-hearted spell in which Kallis came close to edging behind and survived a strong lbw shout playing no shot.

Gradually, though, Asif and Kaneria's appeals became increasingly desperate and the umpires asked vice-captain Younis Khan to cool things down.

Asif had to tire eventually and both batsmen pulled him for fours before tucking into Nazir, who confirmed that the back-up bowling was nowhere near as threatening.

Prince should have gone for 31, however, when he pushed at Kaneria with the score on 116-4 and the ball came off inside edge and pad, but Imran Farhat could not hold on with his right hand at silly mid-off.

The left-hander was then lucky to see an inside edge off the leg-spinner miss the stumps and wicket-keeper Akmal's gloves as Pakistan's frustration grew.

Prince sliced Nazir over gully to the vacant third man boundary to bring up the century partnership off 262 balls before both reached their half centuries off 147 and 132 deliveries.

In a frenetic finish, Kallis was clean bowled by Nazir and Akmal dropped Prince off the same bowler before AB de Villiers drove Kaneria through mid-on for the winning two runs shortly before tea.