Phillip Hughes powered to his second century of the match as Australia extended their lead over South Africa to 506 at the close on the third day of the second Test at Kingsmead.

Hughes advanced to 136 not out as Australia surged to 292 for three in their second innings. The opener, who hit his maiden Test ton in the first innings, became the youngest player to score a century in each innings of a Test at 20 years and 98 days old.

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Jacques Kallis was born 16 October 1975 in Pinelands, Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. He is a talented right-handed batsman and effective fast-medium bowler who can swing the ball both ways off a good line and length. He is the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 8,000 runs, 200 wickets and 100 catches in both Test and One Day International cricket.

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Sanath Jayasuriya was born 30 June 1969 in Matara. He is a Sri Lankan cricketer. The all-rounder has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. He is the only player in the world to score over 12,000 runs and capture over 300 wickets in ODIs.

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Herschelle Gibbs was born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town. Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. At backward point, he is considered by some to be the next Jonty Rhodes in his ability to hit the stumps, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the eighth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the tenth highest success rate

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Wasim Akram born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab. Wasim is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals. He is widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever and holds world records for the most wickets taken in both ODIs (502) and List A cricket (881).

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