00:01Full shot, A.B. de Villiers just rocks back, swivels and finds four.
00:11That's through, there's a bit of width, nicely timed from de Villiers.
00:16Good shot, but it shouldn't be too discouraging off spinner, you want them driving there as long as you can
00:21drift away and spin it back.
00:23But the breeze may be pushing it too straight, you have to spin it back against this fairly strong breeze
00:27coming down the ground.
00:29He looked as though he actually got a little bit of drift away on that occasion, and it just drifted
00:34into a nice slot for de Villiers.
00:40Uses the feet, and finds the gap too, that'll be four.
00:44Well it was in it being a full toss, a bit of a gift from Lyon.
00:49De Villiers said thank you very much, three for 3.25.
00:56That's a good shot back, it's timed that alright.
00:59He's on to that short one very quickly, hit it in front of square.
01:04Three for 3.38.
01:08Down the ground, that'll be all the way, that's beautifully hit.
01:11That's a mile back.
01:14That's almost a marked wall.
01:16That was good, used his feet beautifully.
01:19He tried to do that early on, didn't quite get there, this time he was right on the money.
01:24Queen as a whistle.
01:28Good golfer and a good hockey player.
01:30A.B. de Villiers, probably incorporated a bit of both those sports in that shot.
01:37Now the reverse sweep, that'll be four more down there.
01:40It's quick down there.
01:42South Africa might have just about had enough here, and they thought to themselves, it's time
01:46to put the foot down.
01:48Oh, De Villiers decided who's going to make the running and give Elmer a spell at the other end.
01:54He did this early on.
01:56Controlled.
01:58Very quick down there, all of a sudden he's hit ten.
02:01Six and a four.
02:03He's now 39.
02:07Slashed for four.
02:09Brilliant shot, average ball.
02:12De Villiers goes to 53.
02:15Yeah, well about it.
02:17I'm going to talk about this new technique that he's got going, but he's averaging pretty well in the last
02:21few years.
02:22So it's effective.
02:23He works hard.
02:24He had a lot of throwdowns at the end of yesterday.
02:26He went out and he had someone throwing to him for a good 20 minutes or so.
02:31Well, that's whipped off his pads.
02:33Mitchell starts getting at the swing, but onto the wrong line.
02:46Style and power.
02:49This is his highest score as a wicketkeeper.
02:53Three for 400.
02:57That's another beauty.
02:59Such control of the bat.
03:01When this guy's at his best, because his hands are so good, he plays any sport.
03:05And he's brilliant at pretty much all of them.
03:08But he's got the bat under control.
03:09Stats of A.B. De Villiers since 2008.
03:12And he's averaging over 60.
03:16And this has been a smart innings.
03:18Look at that again.
03:19He races to 97.
03:20It's a good way to get through the 90s quickly.
03:23Well, you can play that, shall I say, if you're bowling quickly.
03:26The spinner's bowling too quick.
03:27That one was better.
03:28That was 86 Ks.
03:30They'll try and beat the guy in the flight.
03:31When he's playing a shot like that, there's plenty of risk there.
03:34There's even more risk if there's a bit of flight.
03:36To De Villiers.
03:37He goes again.
03:38Does he get it away?
03:39He's got a lead straight.
03:40It'll be a boundary.
03:41And a test match hundred.
03:44It's his 14th.
03:46And it's been a superb innings.
03:48South Africa.
03:50Are they batting Australia out of the game?
03:53The lead now, 512.
04:01His first as a wicket-keeper for South Africa,
04:04A.B. De Villiers.
04:05He decided to go three in a row.
04:07Three reverse sweeps in a row,
04:08and there's still three balls left.
04:12That one's down the ground and away.
04:15That's another superb shot.
04:17I know that he timed it, in fact.
04:19It was a bit of a thick inside edge.
04:23There's that reverse sweeps.
04:24Oh, how good is he at it?
04:26There's a man there now.
04:28Ed Cowan has come into the position a lot finer than he was previously.
04:32And he's given it the brule cream.
04:34It's really fine.
04:36And this is the chop-chop.
04:39Chop-chop-chop.
04:41Beautiful.
04:41Just a little guillotine.
04:43And gets enough connection.
04:46Good middle of the bat.
04:47That sort of takes the bat away from it
04:50as the ball's approaching
04:51and runs it away.
04:54Brilliant.
04:55Expecting South Africa to come at them.
04:57Oh, that's good.
04:59That's real good.
05:02They've broken the sequence of ones and twos with a four.
05:07Off the pitch.
05:08Short ball.
05:10Slammed.
05:11Well in front of square.
05:16John Hastings on the boost getting a lesson here
05:18that you must remain calm.
05:21Keep it on a length.
05:22If you hit a good ball for four, that's fair enough.
05:24But when you bowl bad balls to guys who are 100
05:26and the guy that's having probably
05:28two best test matches of his life,
05:31as I say,
05:32that's just glorious shot
05:34but a very poor ball.
05:35At this pace.
05:36Look, halfway.
05:37And he goes, bang, swatted it
05:39over mid-wicket.
05:43That's a slog.
05:44Has he got enough on it?
05:45Oh, he has.
05:45It's all the way.
05:48That's a long boundary.
05:50It's a good slog
05:50to walk off the meat of the bat.
05:53He's on fire to the list.
05:55That's a long, long hit on any ground, that one.
05:58It's a genuine six.
06:02It's five for 504 now.
06:05We're into the 100th over.
06:06Take another over.
06:07At least maybe two.
06:09Oh, here we go.
06:09The conventional sweep.
06:11He just gets down on one knee,
06:13waits for the ball,
06:14and he's got it for four.
06:15Yes!
06:20Oh, mate of mine.
06:21This is hurting him badly.
06:25Oh, and that's just swatted down the ground
06:27from well outside off.
06:28A.B. De Villiers makes it look easy.
06:31It's 150.
06:4324s in 152.
06:47That could have been driven through or over cover,
06:50but it's slammed wide in mid-iron for six.
06:54Oh, what a massive strike that was.
06:58John Inbury's stand shaken by the power of that massive sect.
07:03You won't see better batting than this anywhere.
07:06Clean as a whistle.
07:07Long hit.
07:09Right back into the spectators of everything.
07:11A great afternoon.
07:12Essings and superb batting.
07:14Deep point.
07:15Third man, fine leg.
07:16Deep backwards square.
07:18And there's the pull shot.
07:20Finds the gap perfectly.
07:24High score against Australia.
07:26A.B. De Villiers is batting beautifully.
07:30Edge and gone.
07:32So De Villiers goes now.
07:35Star gets his fourth wicket,
07:37and A.B. De Villiers,
07:38this brilliant innings,
07:39comes to an end.
07:42He's given the bat a little flick in the air
07:44as he left the arena,
07:46but he can be pretty happy with that knock.
07:48169 from 184,
07:51with 21 fours and three huge sixes.
07:55He's dominated the Australian attack
07:58and given South Africa a huge lead.
08:01619 they're ahead now,
08:04with eight down.
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