Amla's wait goes on

Jan 02, 2017

Stephen Cook departed for a duck in the first over of Test cricket for 2017•Getty Images

Hashim Amla battled hard but his wait for a fifty would go on...•Getty Images

...where Kusal Mendis, taking the gloves in place of Dinesh Chandimal, took a sharp catch•Gallo Images

Elgar celebrated with his sixth-wicket partner, Quentin de Kock •Gallo Images

Suranga Lakmal was the man to make the opening breakthrough•AFP

...he was bowled by Lahiru Kumara who struck twice in his third over•AFP

Dean Elgar held South Africa's innings together•Gallo Images

... who rode some early luck to compile a brisk half-century•Gallo Images

Kumara's second wicket came when JP Duminy gloved down the leg side...•Gallo Images

and duly brought up a hard-earned century•Gallo Images