JH Kallis’s 110 in this test provide his 35^th test hundred and also his eighth against West Indies. His eight hundreds are – 110 at Cape Town n Jan 1999, 158 at Jo’burg in Dec 2003, 177 at Durban in Dec 2003, 130* at Cape Town in Jan 2004, 130* at Centurion in Jan 2004, 109* at Georgetown in Mar 2005, 147 at St John’s in Apr 2005 and 110 at Basseterre in Jun 2010.

JH Kallis with his eight hundreds now has the record of scoring most hundreds by a South African batsman against West Indies and he wrested the record from GC Smith who has seven hundreds to his credit. His seventh hundred was his 132 in this test.

JH Kallis’s eight hundreds against West Indies provide the 25^th occasion of a batsman scoring eight or more hundreds against a specific opposition

No	Batsmen	Team	Opp	Cen
1	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	19
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	Win	13
3	JB Hobbs	Eng	Aus	12
4	GS Sobers	Win	Eng	10
5	SR Waugh	Aus	Eng	10
6	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Aus	10
7	WR Hammond	Eng	Aus	09
8	GS Chappell	Aus	Eng	09
9	DI Gower	Eng	Aus	09
10	RB Richardson	Win	Aus	09
11	BC Lara	Win	Aus	09
12	H Sutcliffe	Eng	Aus	08
13	GA Headley	Win	Eng	08
14	AR Morris	Aus	Eng	08
15	RN Harvey	Aus	SAF	08
16	GS Sobers	Win	Ind	08
17	IVA Richards	Win	Ind	08
18	IVA Richards	Win	Eng	08
19	SM Gavaskar	Ind	Aus	08
20	AR Border	Aus	Eng	08
21	PA de Silva	Srl	Pak	08
22	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Srl	08
3	RT Ponting	Aus	Eng	08
24	RT Ponting	Aus	SAF	08
25	JH Kallis	SAF	Win	08

JH Kallis became the first South African batsman to score eight or more hundreds in tests against West Indies