Kallis: The Durban Legend

Kallis batted for more than six hours, hitting 21 fours and a six in 264 balls to resurrect an innings that dwindled to 118 for six before lunch.

The innings put Kallis on 1,278 runs for the year, breaking the record of 1,198 set by Graeme Smith in 2003 for the most runs scored in Test matches by a South African in a calendar year.

Kallis found good support from Shaun Pollock, who scored 43 in a seventh-wicket stand of 87. Makhaya Ntini, who scored 22, helped Kallis add 50 for the ninth wicket.

South Africa resumed on 70 for three, and lost three wickets for 38 runs in a morning session that yielded just 69 runs. They lost their fourth wicket in the sixth over of the day when Martin van Jaarsveld dragged fast bowler Andrew Flintoff on to his stumps. England bowled with discipline to restrict the South Africans in the morning session but Kallis and Pollock scored more freely after lunch as England’s bowlers wilted in the heat. (Reuters)

Brief scores

England: 139 & 30 for no loss (A Strauss batting 21) vs South Africa: 332 all out (J Kallis 162, S Pollock 43; M Hoggard 3/58, S Harmison 3/91)