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South Africa pile up 591-3 as De Villiers blasts 74-ball ton
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 CENTURION: AB de Villiers scored South Africa's fastest Test century as the host nation continued to pile on the runs on the third day of the first Test against India at SuperSport Park here on Saturday.South Africa were 591 for three at lunch, a first innings lead of 455. Jacques Kallis was on 182 not out and De Villiers was on 119. De Villiers raced to his century off 74 balls with 11 fours and five sixes, beating the previous record of 95 deliveries, shared by Denis Lindsay (v Australia 1966-67), Jonty Rhodes (v West Indies, 1998-99) and Shaun Pollock (v Sri Lanka 2000-01). It was an extraordinary innings by De Villiers, who in his previous Test match scored a South African record 278 not out against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi last month. De Villiers played a dazzling array of strokes, from sweetly-timed drives and delicate cuts to reverse sweeps and fearless slog-sweeps over fielders placed on the mid-wicket boundary. He reached his 12th Test century with two successive hits for six off part-time spinner Suresh Raina. Jacques Kallis was nearing his first test double century as he continued unperturbed to 182 not out at the break. South Africa resumed their first innings on 366 for two and Hashim Amla, Kallis and De Villiers launched a mind-numbing assault on the lacklustre Indian bowlers, lashing 225 runs in 36 overs in the morning session. India's only success came when Amla, who had cruised to 140, edged a terrible delivery, way down the leg-side, from Ishant Sharma to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was Amla's fourth successive century against India, equalling the world record shared by South African Alan Melville against England (1938/39-1947), West Indian Everton Weekes against India (1948/49) and Pakistan's Shoaib Mohammed against New Zealand (1984/85-1990/91). Amla and Kallis's partnership of 230 in 238 minutes was their fifth double-century stand in tests, just one behind the world record set by Australians Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer. Kallis and De Villiers have added 195 in 30.3 overs against an Indian team who look dead on their feet. |
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