{"id":12658,"date":"2012-07-23T01:17:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T23:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-3-cricket-amla-triple-century-puts-south-africa-on-top\/"},"modified":"2012-07-23T01:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T23:17:21","slug":"update-3-cricket-amla-triple-century-puts-south-africa-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-cricket-amla-triple-century-puts-south-africa-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-Cricket-Amla triple century puts South Africa on top"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Richard Sydenham<\/p>\n

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LONDON, July 22<\/span> (Reuters) – Hashim Amla hit the highest test
\nscore by a South African with an unbeaten 311 to put his side
\nwithin sight of a crushing victory over England on the fourth
\nday of the first test at the Oval on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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At the close England were 102 for four in their second
\ninnings, trailing by 150 runs.<\/p>\n

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Jacques Kallis stroked an unbeaten 182, his 43rd test
\ncentury, as South Africa reached a commanding 637 for two before
\ndeclaring at tea. Amla surpassed the previous record of 278 by
\nteam mate AB de Villiers.<\/p>\n

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\u201c”I’m happy, surprised and really excited that I have done
\nsomething that’s never been done before by a South African,”
\nAmla told reporters. \u201c”But the biggest pleasure is that we are
\nin a really strong position to win this test match. That’s my
\nbiggest joy.”<\/p>\n

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The batsmen’s marathon efforts were then supported by the
\nbowlers as England lost Alastair Cook (0), Jonathan Trott (10),
\nKevin Pietersen (16) and Andrew Strauss (27) before the close.<\/p>\n

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Cook edged a probing ball on off stump from Vernon Philander
\nto wicketkeeper de Villiers, Trott fell in similar fashion to
\nDale Steyn, while Pietersen was bowled by a straight delivery
\nfrom Morne Morkel and Strauss top-edged a sweep to square leg
\noff Imran Tahir.<\/p>\n

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South Africa, who will leapfrog England at the top of the
\nworld rankings if they win the three-match series, now have an
\nexcellent chance of taking a 1-0 lead going to Headingley for
\nthe second test on Aug. 2. Their skipper Graeme Smith set the
\ntone on Saturday with 131 in his 100th test match.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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