5 best second innings Test centuries

Faf du Plessis (110* vs Australia)

On the foreign soil of Adelaide, the target for South Africa was 430 and they were reeling at 45/4. Debutant Faf du Plessis came out to accompany AB de Villiers and that's when they forgot about runs and played for survival.

Australians kept pounding in, Faf and AB kept blocking them like a wall.

On that evening of 2012, the two most flamboyant T20 players became Test match icons. AB played 220 balls to score 33 before giving up but Faf kept going.

Eventually, after facing 376 deliveries, scoring 110 runs and batting for eight hours, Faf saved the Test match for his country.