What a sweet innings from Inzamam!

Inzamam herded the tail and managed the strike rotation to perfection. A 130 runs were scored for the last 4 wickets, with Inzi scoring 92 of them with the bat. I had predicted that the tail would probably collapse, but what a pleasant surprise. Pakistan's tail has certainly been putting a price on their wicket in the first 2 tests of this series.

Inzi added 31 with Sami, 18 with Shoaib, and 7 with Kaneria. However the best was yet to come and he accumulated an invaluable 74 with the last man, Mohammad Asif, who played just 29 deliveries, in their 1.5 hour partnership! That is ...just wow! It could turn out be the difference between the sides. Naturally the pressure of the 141 run lead that Pakistan eventually scraped together was even more useful in the light that they are playing a bowler short.

This could turn out to be the defining innings of the match. And if Inzi doesn't get a century on this tour, his last in SA, he needn't be too upset. It may be a 92 in the history books, but to all those who watched it, it was worth a hell of a lot more.