South Africa v India 3rd Test

India tour of South Africa - 2006 (2006/07) · Newlands, Cape Town · 2 January 2007

South Africa won by 5 wickets

South Africa won by 5 wickets. Wasim Jaffer top-scored with 116 for India. Dale Steyn took 4/30.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of South Africa - 2006 (2006/07)
Ground: Newlands, Cape Town
Dates: 2 January 2007 to 6 January 2007
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
Player of the match: Graeme Smith
Captains: Rahul Dravid (India), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Debut: Paul Harris (South Africa)
Umpires: Asad Rauf and DJ Harper
Match referee: RS Mahanama

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Paul Harris's first Test.

India batted first and made 414 all out. Wasim Jaffer top-scored with 116 off 244 balls, and Sourav Ganguly made 66. Shaun Pollock took 4 for 75 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 153-run stand for the first wicket between Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Newlands, 312 across 13 Tests.

South Africa replied with 373 all out. Graeme Smith top-scored with 94 off 142 balls, and Hashim Amla made 63. Anil Kumble took 4 for 117 for India. The innings was built on a 159-run stand for the second wicket between Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith, 43% of the total. India led by 41 on first innings.

India made 169 all out in their second innings. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 47 off 134 balls, and Sourav Ganguly made 46. Dale Steyn took 4 for 30 for South Africa.

Set 211 to win, South Africa made 211 for 5. Graeme Smith top-scored with 55 off 84 balls. Zaheer Khan took 4 for 62 for India.

South Africa won by 5 wickets.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 414 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Wasim Jaffer	c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn	116	244
Dinesh Karthik	c Hashim Amla b Paul Harris	63	170
Rahul Dravid	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	29	58
Sachin Tendulkar	c Jacques Kallis b Paul Harris	64	130
VVS Laxman	b Dale Steyn	13	46
Sourav Ganguly	c Hashim Amla b Shaun Pollock	66	75
Virender Sehwag	c Makhaya Ntini b Paul Harris	40	50
Anil Kumble	lbw b Shaun Pollock	0	3
Zaheer Khan	st Mark Boucher b Paul Harris	1	12
Sreesanth	c Herschelle Gibbs b Shaun Pollock	3	5
Munaf Patel	not out	0	2

Extras 19 · Total 414 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	27	12	58	2
Makhaya Ntini	26	4	107	0
Shaun Pollock	29.1	9	75	4
Jacques Kallis	12	4	36	0
Paul Harris	37	3	129	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-153 (Dinesh Karthik, 56.1 ov), 2-202 (Rahul Dravid, 71.5 ov), 3-240 (Wasim Jaffer, 85.1 ov), 4-269 (VVS Laxman, 97.6 ov), 5-337 (Sachin Tendulkar, 112.4 ov), 6-395 (Virender Sehwag, 124.6 ov), 7-395 (Anil Kumble, 125.3 ov), 8-398 (Zaheer Khan, 128.1 ov), 9-407 (Sreesanth, 129.6 ov), 10-414 (Sourav Ganguly, 131.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (84) and Dinesh Karthik (63)	153	340
second	Rahul Dravid (29) and Wasim Jaffer (18)	49	96
third	Sachin Tendulkar (19) and Wasim Jaffer (14)	38	80
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (14) and VVS Laxman (13)	29	78
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (31) and Sourav Ganguly (33)	68	90
sixth	Sourav Ganguly (18) and Virender Sehwag (40)	58	74
seventh	Anil Kumble (0) and Sourav Ganguly (0)	0	3
eighth	Sourav Ganguly (2) and Zaheer Khan (1)	3	16
ninth	Sourav Ganguly (6) and Sreesanth (3)	9	11
tenth	Sourav Ganguly (7) and Munaf Patel (0)	7	7

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 373 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	c Virender Sehwag b Anil Kumble	94	142
AB de Villiers	c Dinesh Karthik b Sreesanth	1	13
Hashim Amla	c Dinesh Karthik b Sreesanth	63	174
Jacques Kallis	c Munaf Patel b Sachin Tendulkar	54	128
Ashwell Prince	b Anil Kumble	26	112
Herschelle Gibbs	c Wasim Jaffer b Virender Sehwag	7	24
Mark Boucher	c Dinesh Karthik b Munaf Patel	50	99
Shaun Pollock	c Sourav Ganguly b Zaheer Khan	31	57
Paul Harris	not out	11	29
Dale Steyn	b Anil Kumble	1	5
Makhaya Ntini	lbw b Anil Kumble	0	1

Extras 35 · Total 373 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	20	3	74	1
Sreesanth	24	9	58	2
Anil Kumble	42.3	6	117	4
Munaf Patel	20	5	43	1
Virender Sehwag	12	0	31	1
Sachin Tendulkar	10	2	30	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (AB de Villiers, 3.6 ov), 2-173 (Graeme Smith, 50.5 ov), 3-177 (Hashim Amla, 53.6 ov), 4-260 (Jacques Kallis, 92.1 ov), 5-260 (Ashwell Prince, 93.6 ov), 6-281 (Herschelle Gibbs, 101.2 ov), 7-350 (Shaun Pollock, 120.1 ov), 8-372 (Mark Boucher, 127.3 ov), 9-373 (Dale Steyn, 128.2 ov), 10-373 (Makhaya Ntini, 128.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (13) and AB de Villiers (1)	14	24
second	Hashim Amla (60) and Graeme Smith (81)	159	288
third	Jacques Kallis (1) and Hashim Amla (3)	4	19
fourth	Jacques Kallis (53) and Ashwell Prince (26)	83	232
fifth	Herschelle Gibbs (0) and Ashwell Prince (0)	0	11
sixth	Herschelle Gibbs (7) and Mark Boucher (13)	21	44
seventh	Shaun Pollock (31) and Mark Boucher (27)	69	116
eighth	Mark Boucher (10) and Paul Harris (11)	22	44
ninth	Paul Harris (0) and Dale Steyn (1)	1	5
tenth	Makhaya Ntini (0) and Paul Harris (0)	0	1

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 169 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Wasim Jaffer	c AB de Villiers b Makhaya Ntini	2	11
Virender Sehwag	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	4	3
Rahul Dravid	c & b Paul Harris	47	134
Sourav Ganguly	c Herschelle Gibbs b Jacques Kallis	46	89
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Shaun Pollock	14	62
VVS Laxman	run out (Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher)	1	4
Dinesh Karthik	not out	38	48
Anil Kumble	c Herschelle Gibbs b Dale Steyn	6	22
Zaheer Khan	run out (AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher)	1	7
Sreesanth	c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn	4	5
Munaf Patel	c Shaun Pollock b Dale Steyn	0	1

Extras 6 · Total 169 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Makhaya Ntini	8	1	29	1
Dale Steyn	7	0	30	4
Shaun Pollock	15	5	24	1
Paul Harris	22	6	50	1
Jacques Kallis	12	0	31	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-6 (Virender Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-6 (Wasim Jaffer, 2.2 ov), 3-90 (Sourav Ganguly, 31.4 ov), 4-114 (Rahul Dravid, 46.5 ov), 5-115 (VVS Laxman, 48.3 ov), 6-121 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.3 ov), 7-147 (Anil Kumble, 59.4 ov), 8-165 (Zaheer Khan, 63.1 ov), 9-169 (Sreesanth, 63.6 ov), 10-169 (Munaf Patel, 63.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (2) and Virender Sehwag (4)	6	12
second	Rahul Dravid (0) and Wasim Jaffer (0)	0	2
third	Sourav Ganguly (46) and Rahul Dravid (36)	84	177
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (9) and Rahul Dravid (11)	24	91
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and VVS Laxman (0)	1	9
sixth	Sachin Tendulkar (5) and Dinesh Karthik (1)	6	18
seventh	Anil Kumble (6) and Dinesh Karthik (20)	26	49
eighth	Zaheer Khan (1) and Dinesh Karthik (17)	18	21
ninth	Dinesh Karthik (0) and Sreesanth (4)	4	5
tenth	Dinesh Karthik (0) and Munaf Patel (0)	0	–

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 211 FOR 5

Batter	How out	R	B
AB de Villiers	c Dinesh Karthik b Zaheer Khan	22	33
Graeme Smith	c Dinesh Karthik b Zaheer Khan	55	84
Hashim Amla	lbw b Anil Kumble	10	22
Shaun Pollock	c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan	37	56
Jacques Kallis	c Rahul Dravid b Zaheer Khan	32	90
Ashwell Prince	not out	38	103
Herschelle Gibbs	not out	0	2

Did not bat: Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Makhaya Ntini

Extras 17 · Total 211 for 5

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	21	2	62	4
Sreesanth	13	2	50	0
Anil Kumble	25	4	74	1
Munaf Patel	1	0	2	0
Virender Sehwag	1	0	8	0
Sachin Tendulkar	3.1	2	3	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-36 (AB de Villiers, 9.2 ov), 2-55 (Hashim Amla, 16.2 ov), 3-127 (Graeme Smith, 31.1 ov), 4-132 (Shaun Pollock, 35.3 ov), 5-209 (Jacques Kallis, 63.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (13) and AB de Villiers (22)	36	57
second	Hashim Amla (10) and Graeme Smith (8)	19	42
third	Shaun Pollock (35) and Graeme Smith (34)	72	89
fourth	Shaun Pollock (2) and Jacques Kallis (3)	5	26
fifth	Jacques Kallis (29) and Ashwell Prince (36)	77	171
sixth	Herschelle Gibbs (0) and Ashwell Prince (2)	2	5

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