By Telford Vice
CAPE TOWN, Jan 3 - Jacques Kallis scored his 19th
test century to inspire South Africa's bowlers on the second day
of the third test against England in Cape Town on Monday.
Kallis scored 149 in South Africa's 441, their highest first
innings total of the series so far. Makhaya Ntini then took two
wickets as England slumped to 95 for four in reply after
reaching 52 without loss.
Graham Thorpe was six not out with nightwatchman Matthew
Hoggard yet to score.
Kallis batted for more than eight hours, faced 334 balls and
hitting 11 fours. Fast bowler Andrew Flintoff took four for 79
for England.
Andrew Strauss scored 45 in England's reply to reach the
1,000-run milestone in only his 10th test match.
South Africa resumed on 247 for four, and were immediately
put under pressure by accurate, probing spells from fast bowlers
Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard.
The fifth wicket fell in the sixth over of the day when
umpire Daryl Harper harshly gave Hashim Amla out lbw to Hoggard
for 25.
Television replays showed the ball would have passed over
the stumps.
Kallis went to his century in the 13th over when he took
three runs to mid-wicket off fast bowler Simon Jones.
But England struck back seven overs later when AB de
Villiers took a swipe at a full, leg-side delivery from left-arm
spinner Ashley Giles and was bowled for 21.
Eleven balls after that Shaun Pollock was caught behind for
four by wicketkeeper Geraint Jones off fast bowler Andrew
Flintoff as South Africa slumped to 337 for seven.
England failed to take another wicket until four overs
before tea as Kallis and Nicky Boje set about building their
eighth-wicket partnership of 104.
It was ended when Kallis hung his bat out to a delivery from
Flintoff and was caught behind by Jones.
Flintoff took his third wicket three balls later when Ntini
skied a catch to Michael Vaughan at mid-off to be dismissed
without scoring.
PRECIOUS 76
The innings ended when Boje was caught behind by Jones off
Flintoff for a precious 76. Boje scored his third half-century
in more than two hours, off 97 balls and with 12 fours.
Marcus Trescothick and Strauss shared 52 for England's first
wicket before Trescothick, who scored 28, attempted to cut a
ball from fast bowler Ntini and was caught by Herschelle Gibbs
at backward point.
Four overs later Robert Key hooked wildly at a bouncer from
fast bowler Shaun Pollock and was caught behind by wicketkeeper
De Villiers for nought.
England were 70 for three when out-of-form captain Michael
Vaughan was caught behind by De Villiers off debutant fast
bowler Charl Langeveldt for 11.
Strauss went two overs before the close when he dragged a
ball from Ntini on to his stumps, giving Ntini two wickets for
35 from 11 overs.
Langeveldt took to the field with a fractured left hand
after being struck by Flintoff while batting.
England's Vaughan missed the first 45 minutes of the day's
play after being struck on the right hand by fast bowler James
Anderson while batting in the nets before the start.
Vaughan was taken to hospital for a precautionary x-ray,
which revealed bruising but no fracture.