6. Faf du Plessis:
Chasing an improbable 414 runs for victory on a wearing Adelaide Oval pitch, South Africa had to see off four and a half sessions to save the game. Debutant Faf du Plessis played a gem of an innings to help his team salvage a draw. Du Plessis survived at the crease for more than seven and a half hours to post one of the great hundreds by a debutant and lead South Africa to a famous draw. The right-handed batsman scored 110*. He was ably supported by AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis. De Villiers played against his normal style to score 33 from 220 balls without a boundary while Kallis played a 110-ball innings of 46.