Complex sentence: Cronje missed the first Test of the series with Pakistan because of a knee injury, the second Test at Durban was lost but he top scored at Port Elizabeth with 85 to help square the three Test series 1-1.
Split into simpler sentences: Cronje missed the first Test of the series with Pakistan because of a knee injury. The second Test at Durban was lost, but he top scored at Port Elizabeth with 85, to help square the three Test series 1-1.