Kallis was the mainstay for South Africa on a tricky wicket

Pakistan collapsed dramatically to hand South Africa a 14-run victory and a 3-2 triumph in their one-day series.

South Africa made 233-9, thanks largely to Jacques Kallis' patient 86, with Shoaib Akhtar claiming 4-43 in his first game following a 13-match ban.

With Younus Khan (58) and Mohammad Yousuf (53) going well in a stand of 106 Pakistan were set for an easy win.

But Makhaya Ntini and Albie Morkel took four wickets each as they lost 6-20 to be bowled out with 21 balls remaining.

Earlier, the Proteas made a poor start after Graeme Smith won the toss, the skipper seeing his off-stump clipped by the first delivery he faced from Shoaib.

It would have been 13-2 had wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal not dropped a regulation chance off the speedster when Kallis was on two.

The star all-rounder, who had endured a miserable time previously in the series, bounced back to hit four fours and a straight six off Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

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He put on 80 with Herschelle Gibbs, who hit 10 boundaries in his fine 54, and 75 with JP Duminy (44) but they and Shaun Pollock fell to Anjum (3-45) before Shoaib returned to strike three more times.

After he removed Mark Boucher, Shoaib Mallik took a brilliant running catch to account for Kallis, while Morkel was bowled as South Africa lost six wickets for 56 runs in the last 10 overs.

After the early departures of Imran Nazir and Akmal, Younus and Yousuf steadied the home side with a partnership spanning 134 balls.

But Younis was caught at deep mid-wicket by Morkel off Pollock and part-time spinner Duminy saw Yousuf slash a wide ball behind three overs later to turn the game on its head.

Captain Malik was clean bowled by Morkel for 23, while the rest were undone by swinging deliveries and some spectacular catching in the outfield to leave most of the 28,000-strong crowd disappointed.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith: "When I walked out for fielding, I knew we could defend 233 because the wicket was slow and every time you tried to push the scoring you lost a wicket.

"It is fantastic to win both the Tests and one-dayers and this was an incredible win. We took huge catches and the ball swung in the end and helped us to take those last wickets."

Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik: "We controlled 90% of the match, but we simply could not finish it and lost too many wickets.

"It all boiled down to poor batting. A win would have been good for the Indian tour. Had we played all our overs we could have won it."