1.   Gayle and Sarwan both started with a flourish as they fashioned a century second wicket partnership with little bother on an excellent batting pitch.

2.   Left-arm spinner Aamer Sohail succeeded in breaking the fifth wicket partnership one hour after lunch when he got the prize wicket off Ranatunga.

3.   Symcox and Boucher saved the day for South Africa as they shared a face-saving ninth wicket partnership against some ordinary bowling.

4.   Heath Streak broke a threatening fifth wicket partnership between Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam Ul Haq just before tea to keep Zimbabwe in the driving seat against Pakistan Wednesday.

5.   A defiant tenth wicket partnership by English Minor Counties denied South Africa victory in their three-day tour match here on Friday.

6.   Karl Krikken and Dominic Cork produced a record-breaking eighth wicket partnership for Derbyshire at Old Trafford.