LAHORE (Reuters):

Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis scored half centuries to guide South Africa to a respectable 259 for six against Pakistan on the first day of the second Test at the Gaddafi stadium yesterday.

The complexion of the innings changed in the final session when Pakistan took the wickets of Prince (63) and AB de Villiers (45), who had put on 83 runs together to take the total to 243 for four.

They fell in the space of eight overs with Prince bowled by left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman and de Villiers unluckily run out backing up at the non-striker's end. Two balls after de Villiers went, bad light ended play seven overs early. Mark Boucher was not out on nine with Andre Nel yet to score at the crease.

"De Villiers' wicket was unfortunate and it has tilted the match a bit in favour of Pakistan," Prince told reporters. "But this pitch still has something for the seamers and hopefully our guys will get back at them.

"We need to get close to 400 as the pitch will break up and they have to bat last on it," he said.

The Test is former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's last before retiring.