South Africa were in total control at the end of day two of the final Test against Pakistan at the Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. They lead Pakistan by a whopping 525 runs and have also picked up the wicket of Mohammed Hafeez. Pakistan have a lot to do on day three and must bat for at least a day and a half to think about saving this game. mage>
AB de Villiers was unbeaten on 278, and was involved in an amazing last wicket partnership of 107 runs with Morne Morkel off just 13.4 overs. He had played well for an excellent century on the first day and continued in the same vein today. It was a stable innings and his focus was to stay at the wicket, for most part of the day. Only in the last few overs he decided to cut loose, when wickets were falling quickly at the other end. 
South Africa lost Mark Boucher in the 11th over of the day and after just 30 runs had been scored. Johan Botha went pretty soon and the tail was exposed. However, the presence of de Villiers helped South Africa as he was involved in a few more than useful partnerships with Dale Steyn and then with Morne Morkel.
While the honors of the morning session were evenly shared, the next session totally belonged to South Africa. Steyn was not afraid to hit the ball hard, and over the top. Paul Harris made a useful 19 off just 24 balls and it was clear that the last few batsmen had not come to just hang on with the set de Villiers.
Morne Morkel smashed five boundaries in his knock of 35 off just 40 balls while AB de Villiers went past Graeme Smith to record the highest individual score by a South African. The declaration came when South Africa were on 584/9.
Steyn got the breakthrough in the very first over when Mohammed Hafeez padded a ball that was heading towards middle stump. However, a fine partnership between Taufeeq Umar and Azhar Ali helped Pakistan finish the day without losing any more wickets.