Vijay, Amre scored his landmark century AT THE KINGSMEAD in the 1992-93 series, on a devilishly fast pitch. The South African pace attack had Allan Donald, Brian McMillan, Meryck Pringle and Brett Schultz. It may be mentioned that left armer Schultz looked even faster than Allan Donald at times. Almost all the Indian batsmen caved except for Amre, who showed a lot of guts to stick it out. He may not have the flamboyance of some of our bigger "Superstars", but he had courage and put a price to his wicket. Both are essential for playing fast bowling. Its a pity that people's memories are so short--we do not even seem to recognise one of the finest test hundreds made by an Indian under hostile batting conditions.
