TestNo. 1823MenUpset 36

India v South Africa

India won by 123 runs

India tour of South Africa, Match 115 December 2006 to 18 December 2006Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Indiabatted first

249 & 23664.4 ov

South Africa

84 & 27886.5 ov

India won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match S Sreesanth

India innings

24979.5 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Ntini	9	40	2	0	22.5
V Sehwag	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	4	26	0	0	15.4
R Dravid	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	32	83	5	0	38.6
SR Tendulkar	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	44	89	7	0	49.4
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	28	67	5	0	41.8
SC Ganguly	not out	51*	101	4	1	50.5
MS Dhoni	c SM Pollock b M Ntini	5	20	0	0	25.0
A Kumble	c JH Kallis b A Nel	6	15	1	0	40.0
Z Khan	lbw b SM Pollock	9	23	0	0	39.1
S Sreesanth	c HM Amla b SM Pollock	0	2	0	0	0.0
VRV Singh	c & b SM Pollock	29	19	6	0	152.6
Extras	lb 15, w 11, nb 6	32
Total	all out, 79.5 overs, run rate 3.12	249

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-14 W Jaffer2-14 V Sehwag3-83 SR Tendulkar4-110 R Dravid5-156 VVS Laxman6-167 MS Dhoni7-188 A Kumble8-205 Z Khan9-205 S Sreesanth10-249 VRV Singh

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	10.1	3	26	0	2.56	51	4	0	0	2
M Ntini	18	1	57	3	3.17	78	7	1	0	0
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	2.19	83	4	0	0	0
A Nel	18.5	5	45	1	2.39	92	7	0	1	1
JH Kallis	15	0	67	2	4.47	61	8	0	2	3

South Africa innings

8425.1 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	12	0	0	41.7
HH Gibbs	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
HM Amla	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	0	6	0	0	0.0
JH Kallis	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	12	14	3	0	85.7
AG Prince	c MS Dhoni b A Kumble	24	60	2	0	40.0
AB de Villiers	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	6	14	1	0	42.9
MV Boucher	b S Sreesanth	5	6	1	0	83.3
SM Pollock	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	10	1	0	50.0
A Nel	c Z Khan b VRV Singh	21	24	2	1	87.5
M Ntini	b A Kumble	0	1	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, w 3, nb 1	6
Total	all out, 25.1 overs, run rate 3.34	84

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-5 GC Smith2-5 HH Gibbs3-5 HM Amla4-21 JH Kallis5-33 AB de Villiers6-38 MV Boucher7-45 SM Pollock8-84 AG Prince9-84 M Ntini10-84 A Nel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	10	3	32	2	3.20	44	5	0	0	0
S Sreesanth	10	3	40	5	4.00	46	4	1	2	1
VRV Singh	3.1	0	8	1	2.53	15	1	0	1	0
A Kumble	2	1	2	2	1.00	11	0	0	0	0

India innings

23664.4 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c GC Smith b A Nel	4	9	1	0	44.4
V Sehwag	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	33	29	6	0	113.8
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	1	9	0	0	11.1
SR Tendulkar	b SM Pollock	14	22	3	0	63.6
VVS Laxman	c GC Smith b M Ntini	73	154	12	0	47.4
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	25	38	4	0	65.8
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	18	25	3	0	72.0
A Kumble	c AG Prince b A Nel	1	11	0	0	9.1
Z Khan	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	37	80	3	2	46.3
S Sreesanth	not out	6*	7	0	1	85.7
VRV Singh	run out	11	4	2	0	275.0
Extras	b 2, lb 10, w 1	13
Total	all out, 64.4 overs, run rate 3.65	236

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-20 W Jaffer2-37 R Dravid3-41 V Sehwag4-61 SR Tendulkar5-119 SC Ganguly6-147 MS Dhoni7-148 A Kumble8-218 VVS Laxman9-219 Z Khan10-236 VRV Singh

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
M Ntini	15.4	2	77	3	4.91	62	14	0	1
A Nel	19	4	58	3	3.05	85	8	1	0
SM Pollock	16	4	33	3	2.06	79	5	0	0
JH Kallis	11	2	30	0	2.73	50	5	0	0
GC Smith	3	0	26	0	8.67	8	2	2	0

South Africa innings

27886.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HH Gibbs	c SR Tendulkar b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
GC Smith	c V Sehwag b S Sreesanth	10	27	1	0	37.0
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	17	30	2	0	56.7
JH Kallis	c SC Ganguly b S Sreesanth	27	72	4	0	37.5
AG Prince	b A Kumble	97	223	11	0	43.5
AB de Villiers	run out	17	42	3	0	40.5
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	23	41	3	0	56.1
SM Pollock	b A Kumble	40	41	6	1	97.6
A Nel	lbw b A Kumble	6	12	1	0	50.0
DW Steyn	not out	6*	24	0	0	25.0
M Ntini	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	8	20	1	0	40.0
Extras	lb 8, nb 19	27
Total	all out, 86.5 overs, run rate 3.20	278

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-0 HH Gibbs2-22 GC Smith3-34 HM Amla4-84 JH Kallis5-120 AB de Villiers6-164 MV Boucher7-231 SM Pollock8-245 A Nel9-264 AG Prince10-278 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Z Khan	22.5	5	79	3	3.46	104	11	1	0
S Sreesanth	25	8	59	3	2.36	125	5	0	5
VRV Singh	18	4	67	0	3.72	84	9	0	8
SC Ganguly	1	0	11	0	11.00	4	2	0	2
A Kumble	20	4	54	3	2.70	91	5	0	0

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Player of the match

S SreesanthIndia

5-40in 10 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1823
Competition: India tour of South Africa
Toss: India, chose to bat
Umpires: DJ Harper and MR Benson
TV umpire: KH Hurter
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Season: 2006/07

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 34 / 19°C, 4.1 mm rain
Day 2: 33 / 19°C, 4.9 mm rain
Day 3: 28 / 16°C, 4.2 mm rain
Day 4: 29 / 17°C, 10.7 mm rain

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