• Milestones for AB and Amla

    AB de Villiers became only the third South African to reach 8 000 Test runs with his unbeaten fifty against England on the third day of the Newlands Test.

    De Villiers (172 innings) achieved the feat one innings faster than Graeme Smith, who took 173 innings to get there. Jacques Kallis is the fastest South African in 170 innings.

    Hashim Amla (152 innings) became the fifth South African to reach 7 000 Test runs, one innings slower than Kallis (151) and De Villiers (151) but faster than Gary Kirsten (167). Smith did it in 148 innings.

    Fastest South Africans to 8000 Test runs

    Player Mat Inn Runs Ave
    Jacques Kallis 165 278 13206 55.25
    Graeme Smith 116 203 9253 48.7
    AB de Villiers 104* 172  8002*  51.6
    Gary Kirsten 101 176 7289 45.27
    Hashim Amla 90* 152  7000*  50.51
    Herschelle Gibbs 90 154 6167 41.95

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