Five best Test match knocks by JP Duminy

1st Test - Australia v South Africa: Day 2
JP Duminy retired from Test cricket after 46 Tests and an average of 32

#5 103 vs New Zealand, Wellington 2012

New Zealand v South Africa - 2nd Test: Day 3
At the Basin Reserve in 2012, Duminy struck 103 on his return to the Test side

Two years after being dropped from the Test side, Duminy returned to the South African middle-order in style by reminding the selectors of his five-day game potential with his second Test hundred, with the first coming only in his debut series on the 2008-09 tour of Australia. With stalwarts Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla being sent back by rapid pace, Duminy found Alviro Petersen to post yet another mountain-like partnership in his Test career.

In a union of 200 runs, the number five hit 103 to take the total across 300 at the Basin Reserve, where the tourists ended with 474/9 declared in the first innings. And when quick runs were the need of the hour, Duminy smashed a blazing 33* off 23 balls in the second innings, which included 2 fours and 3 sixes.

Though the match ended in a draw, South Africa took yet another away series victory with a 1-0 margin, as a mature knock from a very capable batsman booked his ticket for the upcoming tour of England.

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