Kaneria cleans up

Danish Kaneria's probing spell accounted for Mark Boucher, but Gary Kirsten held fort and took South Africa to 211 for 6 one hour after lunch on the fourth day. Shoaib Akhtar, who wrecked the innings in the morning, had pulled a muscle before lunch and did not come on to the field.

Kaneria bowled a marathon spell - unchanged since morning - but Boucher showed aggressive intent and swept anything even slightly full. However he paid for his get-on-with-things attitude as he poked at a good length ball that ballooned gently to Imran Farhat at forward short leg.

Kirsten - the wounded soldier - battled on and gathered five fours in an innings where he was extra positive. The bruise he suffered in the first innings had no impact on his style. If anything, it