SPORT LD SA

Amla got his first reprieve Saturday when batting on 61,
he flashed at a Zaheer Khan delivery and neither Mahendra
Singh Dhoni nor Murali Vijay attempted to catch the edge which
flew through the stumper and the fielder in first slip.

Again on 82, Amla heaved a sigh of relief when S
Badrinath got his dive wrong and allowed the batsman to carry
on.
Amla's good fortune continued today as well with Vijay
dropping a bat-pad catch when the batsman was on 149 and
Harbhajan Singh suffered the agony of seeing the next delivery
also kissing the bat and going past Dhoni's gloves on the leg
side.
Amla's 340-run stand with Kallis, whose 351-ball 173
included 15 fours besides a couple of sixes, was the
cornerstone of South African innings.
For India, Zaheer Khan (3/96) was the most successful
bowler, while Harbhajan Singh bled 166 runs for his couple of
scalps.
Amla started off in an aggressive fashion today in
company of his senior partner Kallis, who looked subdued.
Harbhajan got the well-awaited breakthrough just after
the first hour in the morning by having Kallis caught at short
leg by Vijay.
Amla played the spinners with great elan and reached his
double hundred in the second session of play and found an able
ally in de Villiers who often stepped out to negotiate the
spinners. More PTI SSR
MYR


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