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Kallis’ century gives Proteas 166-run lead
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A FAREWELL century by Jacques Kallis and a thumping half-century by tailender Robin Peterson gave South Africa a 166-run first-innings lead over India on the fourth day of the second test in Durban yesterday.
After Kallis signed off in test cricket with 115, Peterson hit nine fours and a switch-hit for six in his lively 61 off 52 balls and South Africa was 500 all out early in the day’s final session at Kingsmead.
Peterson shared a stroke-filled 110-run stand with Faf du Plessis (43) as South Africa scored quickly in an attempt to give itself a chance of a victory with just over a day left in veteran allrounder Kallis’ 166th and final test.
Kallis earlier was hugged by most of his teammates following what’s likely his final innings in test cricket, when he batted for over six hours for his 45th test hundred. He also moved up to third on the list of all-time test run-scorers — by a single run.
South Africa’s most successful batsman ever went to three figures with a nudge to mid-on and celebrated by removing his helmet and lifting both arms in the air as he faced the team dressing room. He was out to spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who had a career-best 6-138 in India’s flagging bowling attack.
India made 334 in its first innings of the final test.
As Kallis walked off waving his bat to the crowd, members of the South African team came out of the dressing room and down the stairs toward the field to hug him one by one. Captain Graeme Smith kissed the 38-year-old allrounder on the side of the head and then carried Kallis’ bat and gloves into the changing room.
Kallis’ century also took him past Rahul Dravid and up to the third-highest run-getter in tests behind India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Australia’s Ricky Ponting. He needed exactly 115 in his last test before retiring to overtake former India batsman Dravid.
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