CRICKET:Wasim Jaffer's third Test century anchored India on the first day of the third and final Test against South Africa in Cape Town yesterday.

Jaffer scored 116 to help guide India, who chose to bat, to stumps on 254 for three as they look to clinch the series.

Opener Jaffer batted for six hours, faced 244 balls and hit 15 fours before he was out in the fifth over before the close when he edged fast bowler Dale Steyn to second slip, where Jacques Kallis claimed a head-high catch.

Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik shared a first-wicket stand of 153, India's first century opening partnership in South Africa.

The Indian openers were able to settle at their own pace on the flattest pitch of the series, against an attack that failed to make them play often enough.