Proteas are still confident

Middle-order batter Tony de Zorzi (below) is confident the Proteas can stick their heels in at the crease and fight for victory today, though they will enter the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan on the back foot.

- Wesley Botton

At the close of play yesterday, the Proteas were on 51/2 in their second innings, needing 226 runs to win. Opener Ryan Rickelton was on 29 not out and De Zorzi was unbeaten on 16.

De Zorzi, who hit 104 runs in the SA team’s first innings - his second career century in his 14th Test - felt a big partnership was going to be key.