The left hander's three-hour innings came to an end soon after when his attempted sweep off Nathan Hauritz popped into the hands of Brad Haddin.
The left hander led the charge as Ricky Ponting's men easily chased down the victory target of 106 at the Basin Reserve to win by 10 wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
But with Strauss perhaps wondering if Prior might have to turn his arm over, the dependable Flintoff tempted the left-hander to edge to the keeper's left, ending a partnership of 70.
The left-hander, the only South African batsman to score a hundred on their last visit two years ago, immediately got into his stride.
Just nine days shy of the fifth anniversary of that gem, the left-hander retired the first 17 batters before Izturis lined a clean double several feet over the outstretched arm of third baseman Will Middlebrooks that landed just inside the foul line.
The left-hander finished up the win over the Braves with 2 2-3 hitless innings.
The left-hander who led the majors with 21 wins last season struck out three and walked one.
That was ended by the persevering Roach, who angled one across the left-hander and induced the edge to the keeper.
Having built some pressure England relinquished it as Broad conceded three boundaries to the left-hander Siddique in the third over of the afternoon session.
But despite numerous replays none could prove that the bails had been dislodged in time and the left-hander was given the benefit of the doubt.
The selection of Davies ahead of Somerset's Craig Kieswetter comes after some strong performances from the left-hander when opening the batting with Andrew Strauss in England's one-day side.
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On his day, the left-hander can beat the best in the world, as 10 Tour titles and victories in 2001 over Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Gustavo Kuerten testify.
Newman looked to dominate an attack led by England's Chris Tremlett, who saw the left-hander continually steer the ball through or over the slip cordon and down to the boundary.
The left-hander was once again the outstanding performer in yet another indifferent batting performance from South Africa.
The left-hander also shone in the one-day series against Australia, which South Africa won 4-1 to top the one-day rankings.
The left-hander re-tore the anterior capsule in his pitching shoulder.
The left-hander's improvement over the last six months has been down to work with doubles coach Louis Cayer and has led the Scot to accept that doubles is his best path to replicating his brother's success.
The left-hander acknowledged that after seeing the life their own bowlers had extracted from the pitch, he and opening partner Brown had been in no mood to hang about as they chased a modest target of 116.
The left-hander's innings was also the fastest ever one-day century made in Australia.
The left-hander walked three straight to start the second inning but permitted only Chris Stewart's sacrifice fly.
When the left-hander took two further boundaries off the first over of spin, bowled by Mahmudullah, Ireland were in great shape.
It was a timely victory for the left-hander, who crashed out in the second round of his last tournament appearance, in Rotterdam two weeks ago.
Having made 173 runs in the first three innings during the winter series, the left-hander has scored just 13 in the last two Tests and here he sliced rather tamely to gully.
Umpire Asad Rauf gave the left-hander out after lengthy consideration of the evidence which included Hayden - batting well out of his crease anyway - taking a big stride down the ground to a swinging delivery.
The left-hander was dismissed for 91 shortly before the close as Pakistan were bowled out for 312.
Watling was also involved in Mike Hussey's dismissal when the left-hander edged a Chris Martin delivery to the slips to leave Australia faltering at 115-3.
The world number four had not lost to Verdasco in four previous attempts, beating the left-hander convincingly on his way to defending the St Petersburg Open only last week.
The results were ugly for the left-hander, who gave up five runs in the third.
The left-hander accumulated made 1, 656 runs in the calendar year, the third highest in Test history behind Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf and West Indian legend Viv Richards.
The left-hander seemed to show no lingering discomfort from the hairline fracture which kept him out for three weeks, although he had his bowlers - as well as some injudicious batting from the tourists - to thank for a swift return to the crease.
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