Oval: Centuries of Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith put South Africa in control on the third day of the first Test against England here at the Oval.
Smith hit 131 in his 100th Test and Amla batted for nine hours and nine minutes to make 183 not out as South Africa reached 2-403 at the close, a lead of 18 runs with eight wickets in hand.
Smith and Amla put on a record 259 for the second wicket and there was no respite for the bowlers as Jacques Kallis (82 not out) joined Amla in an unbeaten third wicket stand of 143.
It took Smith 160 balls to reach his fifty but he unleashed a flurry of boundaries in the next hour and needed just 41 deliveries to notch his second half-century.
Score:
England 385
South Africa 403/2 (135.0 overs)
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