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SA win 2 - 0 SA gains 12 points; PAK loses 12 points
Draw 1 - 1 PAK gains 3 points; SA loses 3 points
SL win 2 - 0 PAK gains 18 points; SA loses 18 points
Durban
26 - 29 December 2002
After a short delay due to rain, Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first.� The choice seemed to pay off after Smith (16) and Gibbs (11) were out in the first hour and South Africa was 2 for 33.� However, the home side fought back and at lunch Pakistan still had a slight edge with the score was 2 for 70.� South Africa claimed the initiative after batting through the first half of the afternoon session without loss.� Pakistan then fought back to dismiss Kirsten (56) and Dippenaar (1) to have South Africa 4 for 159 before the home side went to tea at 4 for 171.� After Tea, Pakistan dismissed McKenzie (24) before Kallis posted his eleventh Test century before bad light stopped play with the match evenly poised and the score 5 for 250.
Pakistan ran through the home side on the second morning while the balance of control swung between each team.� After Kallis (105) fell at 6 for 252, Pollock (21), Boucher (55), Ntini (0) were dismissed while South Africa added 112 runs in the extended session to be 9 for 362 at lunch.� Two overs after lunch was all it took to dismiss Hayward (10) and South Africa was all out for 368 with Boje the not out batsman on 37.� Saqlain Mushtaq was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 119 off 37 overs.� With Pakistan's first objective was the follow on target of 169 runs, they batted through to tea to be 1 for 81 after Umar (39) had earlier been caught.� South Africa struck decisively during the evening session as Pakistan lost seven wickets for the addition of only 39 more runs after tea to hand control of the match to the home team.� After losing Younis Khan (1), Saleem Elahi (39), Inzamam-ul-Haq (18), Faisal Iqbal (6), Yousuf Youhana (12), Abdur Razzaq (1), and Saqlain Mushtaq (0) bad light prevented any further rot setting in and the day ended with Pakistan 8 for 120, needing another 49 runs to avoid following on.
The third morning saw Pakistan take the score to 145 before Kamran Akmal (12) was caught.� The final wicket fell only eight runs short of the follow on target when Waqar Younis (28) was bowled and Pakistan was all out for 161 runs with Hayward the most successful bowler with 5 for 56 off 10.4 overs.� South Africa enforced the follow on and Pakistan batted through to lunch without losing a wicket while scoring 49 runs.� South Africa struck at a rate of two wickets per hour during the afternoon session.� Soon after lunch and dismissed Elahi (18) and Umar (39) fell and then after drinks, Inzamam-ul-Haq (13) and Younis Khan (30) were out.� At tea, Pakistan was reeling at 4 for 139 still needing another 68 runs to force South Africa to bat again.� Pakistan's faltering batsmen continued to fall as Faisal Iqbal (17), Yousuf Youhana (42) and Abdul Razzaq (22) were dismissed before they passed the 207 runs needed to force the home side to bat again.� When bad light stopped play, Pakistan was 8 for 218 with a lead of only eleven runs.
The Pakistani tailenders took the total to 250 on the fourth morning before they were all out with a slender lead of 44 runs.� Kamran Akmal (29) and Waqar Younis (15) were the batsmen dismissed leaving Mohammad Sami not out on 11 while each of the South African bowlers took two wickets.� Gibbs (25) and Smith (13) then polished off the 44 runs required for a ten-wicket victory for South Africa.
Second Test
Cape Town
02 - 05 January 2003
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan failed to hold a catch from each of the openers and by lunch, South Africa had taken the score to 119 runs without loss of wickets. South Africa continued to pile on the runs during the afternoon session.� Pakistan missed one catch during the session and failed to take any wickets while the home side took the score to 241 runs with both Gibbs and Smith passing their centuries. After Gibbs had posted his second double century, Pakistan finally broke through during the evening session when Smith (151) was bowled at 1 for 386.� Gibbs (228) was caught at 2 for 413 and Kirsten (19) was dismissed before bad light stopped play with the home side well in control at 3 for 445.
Pakistan was only able to dismissed Kallis (31) during the second morning and South Africa went to lunch with the score 4 for 531. The tourists had more success during the afternoon session with McKenzie (51), Boucher (7) and Dippenaar (62) before South Africa declared at 7 for 620 with Pollock not out on 36 and Boje on 7. Saqlain Mushtaq was the most successful bowler with 3 for 237 off 50 overs. Tea was taken between innings and when Pakistan began their reply they lost Saleem Elahi (10) at 1 for 36 before batting through to stumps without further loss to be 1 for 141 needing another 280 runs to reach the follow on target.
On the third morning, South Africa dismissed Younis Khan (46) before Taufeeq Umar posted his third Test century.� Inzamam ul-Haq (32) and Yousuf Youhana (0) fell later in the session and by lunch, Pakistan with 4 for 212 looked unlikely to reach the follow on target.� During the afternoon session, South Africa dismissed Taufeeq Umar (135), Kamran Akmal (0), Faisal Iqbal (24), Waqar Younis (0), Saqlain Mushtaq (0) and Mohammad Zahid (0) within the space of 12 runs to see Pakistan all out for 252 runs.� Pollock (4 for 45 off 23 overs) and Ntini (4 for 62 off 20.4 overs) shared the bowling honours.� With Pakistan needing another 369 runs to force the home side to bat again, South Africa had no hesitation in enforcing the follow on.� Saleem Elahi (0) and Younis Khan (2) were back in the pavilion at 2 for 9 when tea was taken.� During the evening session, Pakistan consolidated before losing Inzamam-ul-Haq (60) and Taufeeq Umar at 4 for 130.� Late in the day, Yousuf Youhana (50) was out and Pakistan was 5 for 184 at stumps looking defeat down the barrel.
The final rites were administered by the home side before lunch when Kamran Akmal (4), Faisal Iqbal (11), Waqar Younis (9), Saqlain Mushtaq (9) and Mohammad Zahid (0) were dismissed for the addition of only 42 more runs.� Pakistan was all out for 226 with Ntini the best of the bowlers with 4 for 33 off 15.1 and a South African victory by an innings and 142 runs.
