Pakistan won the toss and decided to field, South Africa were put on to bat. When South Africa occupied the crease with Greame Smith and Petersen opening for them, they were astounded by the performance of one of the oldest Pakistani debutant bowler Tanvir Ahmed as he took the first three wickets of the morning in no time to reduce the mighty Proteas to 33 for 3.
When the South African were struggling on a score of 33/3, Kallis and AB de Villiers came up and made a 176 run partnership to get them out of trouble with a classy knock from Kallis but this time he played in a more aggressive manner, while de Villiers played first a supportive innings. Kallis made 105 which also included three sixes and this hundred was also among one of his quickest in the tests. Kallis was also fell victim to the debutant Tanvir as he had things going on his way but so was not for Pakistan.
AB de Villiers carried his innings even after the loss of his partner and soon reached to his century as well. Prince was just looking to get settled in when he was dismissed by Hafeez. The day ended with AB de Villiers unbeaten on 120 and Boucher making 26 not out to end the day. Pakistan had only one thing to be happy about in the whole day as their debut bowler had a fantastic day and took the top four wickets of the mighty Proteas. While none of the other Pakistani bowlers posed much difficulty for the visitors.
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