Pakistan were left with it all to do in the first Test against South Africa after Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla hit sparkling unbeaten hundreds on the fourth day at the Dubai Stadium on Monday.Pakistan, set a daunting 451-run target, were 26 without loss after South Africa declared their second innings at 318-2, an hour and 20 minutes after lunch with Kallis and Amla punishing the hapless bowling on a slow turning pitch.
Opener Mohammad Hafeez was 21 and Taufiq Umer on five at the break.
Earlier, Kallis made 135 and Amla 118 as Pakistan, a bowler short after paceman Wahab Riaz's injury on the first day, toiled hard against the two right-handed batsmen.
Amla and Kallis put on 242 runs for an unbroken third-wicket stand -- a new record against Pakistan, beating the 207-run stand Kallis put on with Graeme Smith in Lahore three years ago.
Kallis was more aggressive of the two as he hit eight boundaries and four towering sixes -- three of those off spinner Saeed Ajmal and one off left-armer Abdul Rehman -- during his attractive 218-ball knock.
Amla, the most improved batsman at the international level this year, notched ten boundaries during his 225-ball stay at the crease.
It was Amla who reached the three figure mark first.
The bearded 26-year-old hit Gul through point to reach 97, then took a couple and in the next Rehman over reached his 11th Test hundred with a single.
He hit nine boundaries and took 190 balls to reach three figures, his fourth this year.
Next over, Kallis also completed his 36th Test century off 185 balls which included seven boundaries and two sixes.
Resuming at 139-2, South Africa continued to build their lead through Amla and Kallis as none of the Pakistani bowlers could create any problems for the batsmen.
Amla was the first to reach his half-century, pushing paceman Gul for a single to reach the landmark. He hit five boundaries for his 16th Test half-century.
Kallis, who hit Ajmal for six off the first ball he faced in the day, also completed his second half-century of the match -- the 55th of his career -- with a single off spinner Abdul Rehman.
He then cut loose, hitting Ajmal for two boundaries and a six over long-off in one over as South Africa reached 239-2 at lunch.
