South Africa set for series win

SECOND TEST, Lahore, day four (tea):
South Africa 357 & 305-4dec v Pakistan 206

Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis hit patient centuries before South Africa declared on 305-4, leaving Pakistan an improbable 457 to win the final Test.

The tourists, 1-0 up in the series, resumed on 154-2 and were in no rush.

Smith got to 100 off 254 balls and Kallis got to his 27th Test ton off 231 as they took their stand to 207.

Danish Kaneria finally had Smith caught for 133 but Kallis was on 107 when the Proteas declared to give themselves four sessions to clinch a 2-0 triumph.

Pakistan were hampered by the absence of paceman Mohammad Asif, who will not bowl again in this game after injuring his elbow on Wednesday.

Kallis had a lucky escape on 47 when captain Shoaib Malik misjudged a lofted shot at long-off in left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman's first over.

But other than that there were few scares for the right-hander, whose previous three Test innings had yielded 155, 100 not out and 59, as he and Smith went on the defensive.

Smith was first to get to three figures, his first Test century since hitting 126 in May 2005 in Antigua, before top-edging a sweep off leg-spinner Kaneria.

After Kallis had nudged his way to his ton, Ashwell Prince was bowled by a delivery from Rehman which turned sharply and the declaration was not long in coming.

Source: BBC Sport