BIRMINGHAM: South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith became the first opening pair in Test history to put on 300 runs twice as they destroyed England's attack on the first day of the series yesterday.
The two, who made 368 against Pakistan six months ago, never looked under any sustained pressure as they both recorded big centuries in a stand of 338.
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