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27 July
2008 De Villiers In
Fine Form Again De Villiers
handed another warning to England by hitting a fine
century as South Africa cruised to a draw in their
three-day match against Bangladesh A at Worcester,
as reported by Ladbrokes. The 24-year-old
retired out on 100 as his side made the most of
another day of practice ahead of the Edgbaston Test
which starts on Wednesday. Robin Peterson
also helped himself to an undefeated 103 before the
Proteas finally declared their second innings an
hour after lunch. Bet now at
Ladbrokes It gave them a
monster lead of 636 and at the close battered
Bangladesh were 97 for two with Tamim Iqbal making
65. It was De
Villiers' second successive century following his
174 in South Africa's 10-wicket triumph over
England in the Headingley Test. The tedious final
day began with Jacques Kallis failing to resume his
innings in which he was 55 not out overnight along
with De Villiers, who was undefeated with
79. Kallis, who
injured the fourth finger on his left hand while
attempting an overhead catch in the slips on
Saturday, went in the scorebook as retired hurt
from an innings which included four fours off 108
balls. He did, however,
take his place in the field when Bangladesh A came
out to launch their second innings. Bet now at
Ladbrokes With Kallis not
batting, Peterson joined de Villiers who survived a
run-out scare before going on to register the ninth
first-class century of his career. It contained two
sixes and seven fours off 139 balls. As soon as he
reached three figures he retired out to make way
for Peterson and Andre Nel to pile more misery on
outclassed Bangladesh with Mushfiqur Rahim finding
it a particularly painful experience. He had to be
ushered off after damaging his right shoulder while
going for a catch following a fierce shot from
Peterson which resulted in him adding to his
boundary count. Nel went on to
complete his maiden first-class half-century before
youthful Bangladesh finally had something to cheer
about by picking up a rare wicket. The victim was
Nel who played across the line and was bowled off
stump by slow left-armer Mosharraf Hossain for 56
in an innings which included one six and two fours
off 125 balls. He put on 140 in
36 overs with Peterson whose next partner Paul
Harris was run out without scoring. The South
Africans eventually declared on 328 for four as
soon as had Peterson chalked up the fifth
first-class century of his career, which contained
11 fours off 108 balls. South Africa
coach Mickey Arthur backed paceman Nel to keep the
heat on England in the third Test in three days'
time. The 31-year-old
has been called up to replace Dale Steyn who is
sidelined with a broken thumb. Arthur said: "Any
time Andre plays for South Africa he's fired up. I
can't wait to see him bowl hard. I think he's going
to do really well. We've backed him a huge amount
over the last couple of months and I've got a
feeling he is going to come through this one
fantastically. It just shows that when you plan
there has to be a queue and some succession in
place. We have the ability now to lose one guy and
be able to bring back a guy who is a hardened
Test-match campaigner. So we are fortunate to do
that, but that's how we structured our team. He
knew that if there was any injury or a serious loss
of form he was the next man in and that's the way
it's worked out." Arthur also
confirmed that Kallis is "100 per cent fine" and
that there are "no worries" about him being fit
enough to face England. Bet now at
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