The end of an 83-innings wait
Stats highlights from an eventful third day in Abu Dhabi, when Misbah-ul-Haq scored a rare century, and South Africa hurtled towards a huge defeat

Misbah-ul-Haq became the first Pakistan captain to score a Test century against South Africa • AFP
- Misbah-ul-Haq's century is his fourth in Tests, and in all international cricket. His previous one was in May 2011, against West Indies in Basseterre, and the two before that were in 2007, in successive Tests against India in 2007. Between his last two centuries, Misbah played 83 innings in all international cricket, and passed fifty 25 times, without once getting to a hundred.
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