South Africa ended the first day of the first test match against England at Centurion at 262/4 thanks to a century by Jacques Kallis. This was after the English skipper Andrew Strauss had won the toss and elected to field first on a pitch he thought would assist the pace bowlers.
England tasted early success when Graeme Smith continued to bat woefully on the Centurion wicket and edged one to the leg-side where the wicket-keeper completed an amazing catch. Smith hadn’t opened his account and the Proteas was 1/1. 
Hashim Amla was then involved in a half century stand with the other opener, Ashwell Prince. Prince had replaced Neil McKenzie in the side, and needed to make his outings count, and the partnership looked like it was doing just that when Amla was snapped up by Graham Onions. Onions had been troubling Amla for most part of his innings, and in the end, got one to leave the batsman who edged it to the gully fielder. 
Prince, at the other end, compiled a well made 45, and looked good for much more before Graeme Swann claimed his scalp after lunch. England would have felt vindicated by their decision to field first, but the fact that Swann was bowling immediately after lunch said that Strauss had erred in his decision to field first.
As it turned out, England got only one further wicket as Kallis (112 not out) and AB de Villiers (32) added 62 for the fourth wicket and this was followed by a 103-run unfinished stand of Kallis with JP Duminy.
An early wicket tomorrow will help the English in restricting the opposition to a total of manageable proportions. However, if Kallis really gets stuck in with Duminy, batting fourth on this wicket could be a difficult proposition for England!