The 21-year-old had been dual-registered both with Saints and Championship side Leigh Centurions.

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Everywhere there was stability, in government and in society, for the centurions saw that it was so.

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Resuming on 299-1, South Africa soon lost centurions Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla, before Ashwell Prince's timely 59 helped push the score along.

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O'Driscoll is the 14th player to join the ranks of rugby's centurions, one match after John Hayes became the first Irishman to reach the landmark.

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But Ramdin (61) and Nash (81), both centurions in the Test series between these teams in the Caribbean, applied themselves well, before finally falling to an impressively hostile Broad.

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For fifty generations in exile, it was the memory of those Jewish Centurions, manning the barricades that inspired us to keep faith with our traditions, our God, our law, and our land.

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Both centurions survived chances - Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim could not make a stumping when Smith was on 83 and Amla was on 93 when he was dropped at slip by Mashrafe Mortaza off Mehrab.

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If he makes it through that he will join a six-week camp in Florida which could see him allocated to one of six teams - Amsterdam Admirals, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils or Rhein Fire.

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Only 16 more runs from the start of play would have taken him ahead of two-time triple centurions Don Bradman of Australia and West Indian Brian Lara and made him the first player to score three triple hundreds in Tests.

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