SA will hope to be at the crease at some stage on the second day of the first Test against India at SuperSport Park on Monday, a ground where they have enjoyed enormous success in the past.
They will be up against a formidable Indian bowling attack on a wicket that is likely to quicken up if there is enough sun to dry it .
He was in supreme form and would go on to score 150 against Australia in Cape Town in his next Test a few months later. But against the West Indies in 2004 he was at his dazzling best as SA won by 10 wickets, and Gibbs and Graeme Smith put on 301 in just 66.5 overs for the first wicket as the home side declared their first innings on 604 for six.
He would only play three more tests after this one before announcing his retirement from the longer format, and it was a commanding performance as SA easily won by an innings and 45 runs. But despite all his success, it took him 15 years from his international debut to score a double-ton, so long that many wondered if it would ever come.
He would get a second test double-ton, and highest score, a little over a year later when he managed 224 against Sri Lanka in Cape Town.Amla loved batting at Centurion, where he scored five centuries in 13 Tests and averaged 75.33 at the Highveld venue.
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