Dippenaar was both man of the match and man of the series

South Africa on Sunday completed a comeback from 2-0 down to win the one-day series in Pakistan 3-2.

The tourists clinched a seven-wicket win with four overs to go, despite having to bat under lights after Pakistan won the toss and hit just 192.

Shaun Pollock took 3-33, seeing off last man Shoaib Akhtar in the final over of the Pakistan innings.

And in reply, Boeta Dippenaar and Jacques Kallis each hit half-centuries in a third-wicket partnership of 93 in 20 overs to set up the win.

Pakistan's batsmen were patently guilty of failing to convert scores. Five batsmen were out in the 20s, with the highest scorer Abdul Razzaq, who made 38 in just under an hour.

Seamers Andre Nel and Makhaya Ntini, plus slow bowler Robin Peterson, all enjoyed two-wicket bags, with none of the tourists' bowlers proving expensive.

Pakistan made three changes to the side which lost on Friday, with skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, Razzaq and Danish Kaneria returning.

South Africa, for whom skipper Graeme Smith and Andrew Hall were serving bans, included Neil McKenzie and Alan Dawson.

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Youhana was fined half his match fee, but escaped a ban which allowed him to take his place on Sunday.

Pakistan were always behind in this series-decider.

They lost Youhana and opener Mohammad Hafeez for ducks to plunge to 16-2.

Pollock grabs the key wicket of Youhana for a duck

And with nearly half the overs used up the score lurched to 80-5, not exactly helped by a typical Inzamam run-out.

Two reasonably productive partnerships followed, two of which involved Razzaq.

And some dash from Rashid Latif and Mohammad Sami took Pakistan to 180-7 before they folded in the last two-and-a-half overs.

South Africa tended to be in cruise control throughout their run chase, with Dippenaar (74) and Herschelle Gibbs (34) putting on 75 for the first wicket inside the first 20 overs.

Dippenaar and Kallis, who hit a lively 40, seemed intent on being there at the finish but first fell in a single over as the impressive Mohammad Sami gave the home fans something to cheer.

McKenzie and Jacques Rudolph completed the job and all the momentum is with South Africa heading into the Test matches.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana Inzamam-ul-Haq (Capt), Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik Rashid Latif, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria.

South Africa: H H Gibbs, H H Dippenaar, J H Kallis, N D McKenzie J A Rudolph, M V Boucher (Capt), S M Pollock, A C Dawson R J Peterson, A Nel, M Ntini.