First test, Centurion (day two):
South Africa 366-2 v India 136
Place: SuperSport Park date: 16-20 December time: Play resumes 0830 GMT coverage: live on Sky Sports. reports and fact sheets on the BBC website
Match scorecard
Jacques Kallis shattered his 38th career test century as South Africa has taken full control agenda first against the Centurion India review.
The versatile completed the 102 not outside while Hashim Amla was undefeated 116 366-2 accumulated hosts to lead tourists discouraged by 230 runs.
Graeme Smith (62) a Alviro Petersen (77) gave a fine start in South Africa.
India could not add to their total 136 night when Mahendra Dhoni was lbw third ball in the morning.
The Indian master fell to Morne Morkel, which has garnered its fifth window the round to finish with astonishing figures of 5 to 20 of 12.4 overs.
This is fourth five-wicket Morkel in test cricket - return and 26 years old thoroughly deserved praise for one of the most hostile periods of rapid bowling anywhere in the world this year.
While South Africa particularly Morkel and Steyn, seamers exploit tone first day, melon-friendly in Centurion, tourists have been made to toil a sunny day almost perfect in the Veldt encouragement shortly concerning the supply to the triumvirate of the seamers.
While Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and debutant Jaidev Unadkat fought without success, Smith and Petersen looting a 111 - run window opening partnership in the morning.
South Africa Captain Smith was in imperious form breaking boundaries 11 in his sleeve 87-ball before he was caught by Dhoni off Harbhajan Singh back on the path of lunch.
Petersen has reached his third test century in his seventh game hosts exceeded total first-sleeves with Amla tourists in excellent shape.
With his bleeding seamers runs, Dhoni has been heavily dependent on off-spinner Harbhajan to split the pair of second-counter.
Gaucher Petersen had struck nine four and six, including a number of readers swelling around the blankets, before he succumbed to Harbhajan, presenting a simple buffer bat of Gautam Gambhir in 166-2.
But any hope of a robust hilt Indian quickly evaporated as Amla and Kallis took complete control of the next session and-half.
Amla encoches his race 1 000e his 10th game against India, where both his grandparents were born, and survived a number of narrow opportunities on the path towards its 12th century test, his sixth this year.
Kallis was at his best bellicose and dominating on the path to another century, hammering the nine limits and three indicate just deliveries 130.
In the meantime, a spectator has been removed from the pattern of verbal abuse directed at Sreesanth the India.
The fast player complained of umpires on behaviour of the viewer with the fourth referee, Brian Jerling and Beer have to fight against corruption and to the International Cricket Council human security group.
"Me, fourth referee Brian Jerling and security personnel were to go the relevant audience and has been removed from the soil by security," said beer.
"We know at present if racial abuse or not."
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