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Tendulkar reaches 51st century

Cape Town - Sachin Tendulkar reached his 51st Test century on Tuesday with a top-edged hook for six on the third day of the third and deciding Test between India and South Africa.

He drove a boundary off the next delivery from Morne Morkel to take India to 247 for five in reply to South Africa's 362.

Tendulkar has also scored 46 one-day international centuries.


Teams:

South Africa - Graeme Smith (capt), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel.

India - Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt, wk), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

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