AB de Villiers (above) is batting superbly punching an attempted yorker from Umar Gul back past the bowler to the boundary to move to 99.
Runs continue to flow off the blades of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers as the first 10 overs produce 61 runs.
Saeed Ajmal is back into the attack as Misbah ul Haq is desperate to break the fourth wicket partnership of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers which has produced 150 runs so far.
The 150 partnership off 192 balls comes with a single by Amla while AB de Villiers attacks Ajmal with a reverse sweep to the point boundary as South Africa step up a gear.
Left armer Junaid Khan is all at sea against AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla who have punched him to the boundary on either side of the wicket.
Hashim Amla has smacked Umar Gul for a couple of consecutive boundaries through backward point and extra cover.
AB de Villiers hits the first boundary of the third morning when he opens the face of the bat and glides Junaid Khan to third man in the second over.
The million dollar question is when South Africa will declare as they resume on the third day of the 1st Test against Pakistan with a lead of 411 runs at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Umar Gul bowled a hostile opening over conceding just one run to AB de Villiers.



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