Kallis century puts South Africa on top

Jacques Kallis hit a majestic century as South Africa moved into a dominant position on the second day of the second Test against England at Kingsmead Monday. Kallis was last man out for 162 in a South African total of 332, a first innings lead of 193. England were 30 for no wicket in their second innings at the close.
Kallis, with good support from the lower order batsmen, had the England bowlers virtually on their knees as they toiled in hot weather. England's attack was a man short, with left-arm spinner Ashley Giles unable to take the field because of a back spasm.
A measure of Kallis' superiority on a pitch described by England coach Duncan Fletcher as two-paced was that no other batsman in the first innings scored a half-century.
The match was evenly poised when Shaun Pollock joined Kallis with South Africa on 118 for six, still 21 runs behind England's first innings total of 139.
At that stage no partnership in the match had been worth more than 31. But Kallis and Pollock put on 87 for the seventh wicket in a crucial stand before Pollock was out for 43.
As the England bowlers flagged, Kallis then shared stands of 38 with Nicky Boje, 50 with Makhaya Ntini and 39 with last man Dale Steyn before he was caught on the square leg boundary. The last four wickets put on 214 runs, with Kallis making 120 of them.
Kallis, who reached his 18th Test century off 186 balls with 13 fours, added another eight fours and a pulled six off Andrew Flintoff before he tried to hit Matthew Hoggard for another six and was held above his head by Paul Collingwood on the boundary. He faced a total of 264 deliveries in an innings which is likely to be remembered as one of his career highlights.
England had fought their way back into the game at the start of the day, reducing South Africa's run scoring to a trickle with a preponderance of short-pitched bowling.
SCOREBOARD:
England (1st innings) 139:

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South Africa (first innings, 70-3 overnight)

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G.Smith c Flintoff b Harmison              9

H.Gibbs b Hoggard                         15

J.Rudolph c Thorpe b Harmison             32

J.Kallis c sub (Collingwood) b Hoggard   162

M.van Jaarsveld b Flintoff                 1

H.Amla c G Jones b Harmison                1

A.de Villiers c Thorpe b S Jones          14

S.Pollock c G Jones b Vaughan             43

N.Boje c sub (Collingwood) b Hoggard      15

M.Ntini c S Jones b Flintoff              22

D.Steyn not out                            7

Extras: (lb-7 nb-4)                       11

Total: (all out, 102 overs)              332

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Fall of wickets: 1-17 2-48 3-70 4-80 5-90 6-118 7-205 8-243
9-293.
Bowling: Hoggard 23-8-58-3, Harmison 28-3-91-3 (nb-1),
Flintoff 23-5-66-2 (nb-1), S.Jones 18-1-81-1 (nb-2), Vaughan
10-3-29-1

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England (2nd innings)

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M.Trescothick not out                  7

A.Strauss not out                     21

Extras: (lb-1 nb-1)                    2

Total: (for no loss, 11 overs)        30

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