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Ajmal came on to bowl after 11 overs had been bowled in

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South Africa's innings and struck with his ninth delivery, Smith missed a sweep and Pakistan successfully sought a review. Two overs later Ajmal had Alviro Petersen smartly caught at short leg by Azhar Ali, who dived to his right to hold a sharp chance. At tea, Ajmal had taken two for 20. Amla went back on his stumps and was also given out on review before Kallis was dismissed. He was followed by Faf du Plessis, caught at slip off a "doosra" for South Africa's highest score of 28. AB de Villiers and Dean Elgar survived until the close. Pakistan batted until lunch after resuming at 253 for five, although Philander's early strikes raised the home side's hopes of wrapping up the innings quickly. Philander, who took five for 59, struck with his first ball of the day when Asad Shafiq was caught at first slip without adding to his overnight score of 111. Shafiq batted for 308 minutes and faced 230 balls. Sarfraz Ahmed, the other overnight batsman, fell for 13 in Philander's next over when Petersen dived full length to his right to hold a good catch at third slip. Umar Gul was leg before wicket without scoring as Philander completed his ninth five-wicket haul in Test matches. But Tanvir and Ajmal went for their strokes, with Tanvir in particular hitting out aggressively as he made 44 off 59 balls with four fours, while Ajmal made 21 not out. South Africa suffered a blow when fast bowler Morne Morkel left the field after bowling three balls of his 21st over with what was described as a tight left hamstring. Tanvir fell shortly before lunch when he hit left-arm spinner Robin Peterson to Philander at deep mid-off, with last man Mohammad Irfan following in the next over when he was bowled by Peterson, going for a big hit. (AFP) AT AT 02152215 NNNN

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First Published: Feb 15 2013 | 10:30 PM IST

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