The Rest of South Africa team were 220/4 scored off 68 overs in reply to Pakistan’s formidable first-innings total of 485/9 declared at stumps at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, on Sunday.
The not-out batsmen were skipper Morne van Wyk on 70 scored off 134 ball’s (8×4) and Jacobs with 69 (118 balls, 10×4).
The pre-lunch session highlight was fast-bowler Albie Morkel’s fiver. Undeterred by Pakistan’s formidable 401/3 first-day total, Morkel — bowling a good line and length at lively pace — first had Younis Khan, who began the day on 74, caught behind for 76.
Faisal Iqbal, who took his overnight 23 to 42; Kamran Akmal, who contributed a brisk, six-boundary 33; Umar Gul (0); and Shahid Nazir (4) were subsequently all caught off Morkel.
In 11 overs, Morkel snapped up five wickets for 44 runs.
With skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq opting not to bat because of a slight chest infection, the declaration came at the fall of the ninth wicket, 10 minutes before the scheduled lunch break, with Pakistan on 485. Morkel’s innings figures were 5/113 in 26 overs.
Paul Adams, having flown back to Cape Town on Saturday night to be with his pregnant wife, was replaced at short notice by Diamond Eagles spinner Thandi Tshabalala.
In spite of a stylish six-boundary 29 from JP Duminy and a solid 25 from Gulam Bodi, the Rest of South Africa team were struggling on 84/4 immediately after the tea interval.
Left-hander Arno Jacobs joined captain Morne van Wyk, and with sensible batting their fifth-wicket partnership blossomed on the batsman-friendly pitch. By close of play the pair had added 136 runs in even time.
The most successful of the Pakistani bowlers was the medium-fast Shahid Nazir with 2/33 in 12 accurate overs. Off-spinner Muhammad Hafeez has figures of 2/61 in 15 overs. — Sapa