South Africa forge ahead with Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis centuries

Kallis soon brought up the 300 for his country with a slashed four over point and he and De Villiers, who had opened his account with an authoritative four on the first ball he faced, put together a 50 partnership in just 99 balls.

The ground paused for two minutes' silence in memory of the dead of the two World Wars but it was business as usual after the resumption and the biggest cheer of the last hour came when David Warner athletically saved a four on the boundary.