Opener Sehwag skewed a drive to Graeme Smith at mid-off before Dravid was run out by a sensational piece of fielding by AB de Villiers, who shattered the wicket from the slips after Gambhir had been dropped by Alviro Petersen at third slip. Tendulkar and Gambhir got India's innings back on track after Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid were dismissed cheaply at 28-2. However, Kallis' endeavours came a price as he aggravated a side strain during his innings, forcing him off the field for most of India's innings. His century came off 209 deliveries while his next 61 were scored off only 82 deliveries, adding 10 boundaries to the nine in his first 100. The 35-year-old added 79 valuable runs batting alongside Paul Harris and number 11 Lonwabo Tsotsobe, taking his score from 100 to 161 before he was caught behind off Zaheer Khan. Tendulkar is one run short of his 60th Test half century He bowled Prince with a perfect inswinger, through bat and pad, before removing Mark Boucher for a golden duck with his next delivery, edging a thin outside edge to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.ĭale Steyn and Morne Morkel fell soon after but Kallis maintained his aggressive mentality as well as showing impeccable judgement batting with the tail. The 27-year-old reduced the hosts to 283-8, with four wickets falling in the space of 26 balls.
Resuming on 81 not out, Kallis added 30 runs to the overnight total of 232-4 alongside Ashwell Prince with relatively little trouble as India's seamers struggled to break the fifth-wicket pair.īut the course of the game changed drastically when the tourists took the second new ball as Sreesanth ripped through the lower-middle order with a mesmeric spell of world-class swing bowling.
It was also the highest of seven Test centuries by the all-rounder at Newlands, his home ground, and his second of the three-match series. However, the day was once again dominated by the indefatigable Kallis, who equalled Australia skipper Ricky Ponting's mark of 39 career Test centuries, a number exceeded only by Tendulkar.
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