South Africa skipper Graeme Smith tosses up before the start of play in the first Test at Centurion but is out of luck as England's Andrew Strauss calls correctly and asks the home side to bat
Local schoolchildren carrying South African flags greet the England team as they step onto the outfield for the opening session
England make a breakthrough in the second over as Smith shapes to leg-glance Stuart Broad's third delivery and is brilliantly caught by diving keeper Matt Prior
Smith, the scorer of four centuries against England - two of them doubles, can hardly believe it as he returns to the dressing room with a duck against his name
England think they have a second wicket when Graham Onions (with drink) wins an lbw decision against Ashwell Prince - but the batsman asks for a review by the TV umpire under the referral rule in force for the series and he wins a reprieve
Hashim Amla fends off a rising ball as he and Prince build a 50 partnership for South Africa but Amla eventually goes for 19, caught in the slips off the persevering Onions
England try spin following the lunch interval and Graeme Swann (left) strikes in his opening over, turning one sufficiently to find the edge of Prince's bat and Paul Collingwood does the rest at slip
Jacques Kallis, whose place in the side was touch and go at one stage because of a fractured rib, steadies South Africa with a typically determined half century, which includes a six off Swann and five fours
AB de Villiers survives a referral to the TV umpire when England appeal for a catch by keeper Matt Prior but he departs in Swann's next over as Alastair Cook snaffles a sharp chance at short leg
Kevin Pietersen, for once out of the limelight with England in the field, finds time to sign an autograph
The final session of play proves a tough one for England with skipper Strauss (pictured) and his bowlers unable to conjure up a single success
Kallis reaches his 32nd Test hundred with a boundary off Broad - putting him joint fifth in the all-time century-makers list - and ends the day on 112 not out
Kallis is congratulated by partner JP Duminy, who helps blunt England's attack in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand worth 103 at the close
Duminy has not been at his best of late but mixes defence with some stylish strokes to remind home fans of the potential he showed in making 166 against Australia last winter
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