A mighty knock ends just shy of fulfillment

Faf du Plessis celebrated his first hundred in two years by raising both arms in the air and unleashing a beaming smile in the direction of his teammates sitting outside the dressing room during third day of first Test against Sri Lanka in Centurion yesterday. He was just one run shy of his maiden double hundred but his career-best 199 in his first Test since giving up the captaincy gave South Africa a stellar first-innings total of 621 and a lead of 225. 

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