TestNo. 1825MenUpset 54

South Africa v India

South Africa won by 174 runs

India tour of South Africa, Match 226 December 2006 to 30 December 2006Kingsmead, Durban

South Africabatted first

328 & 265/8d67.4 ov

India

240 & 17955.1 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match M Ntini

South Africa innings

32891.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c SR Tendulkar b Z Khan	5	13	0	0	38.5
AB de Villiers	c SR Tendulkar b S Sreesanth	9	38	1	0	23.7
HM Amla	lbw b Z Khan	1	9	0	0	11.1
HH Gibbs	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	63	88	13	0	71.6
AG Prince	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	121	212	16	0	57.1
MV Boucher	b S Sreesanth	53	91	7	0	58.2
SM Pollock	c V Sehwag b VRV Singh	11	23	2	0	47.8
AJ Hall	lbw b A Kumble	0	4	0	0	0.0
A Nel	b A Kumble	0	3	0	0	0.0
M Morkel	not out	31*	52	3	0	59.6
M Ntini	lbw b A Kumble	16	30	2	0	53.3
Extras	lb 3, w 1, nb 14	18
Total	all out, 91.3 overs, run rate 3.58	328

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-8 GC Smith2-13 HM Amla3-28 AB de Villiers4-122 HH Gibbs5-222 MV Boucher6-256 SM Pollock7-257 AJ Hall8-257 A Nel9-296 AG Prince10-328 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	23	7	83	2	3.61	106	12	1	4
S Sreesanth	24	4	109	4	4.54	100	17	0	3
VRV Singh	13	1	60	1	4.62	56	11	0	3
A Kumble	28.3	1	62	3	2.18	129	2	0	2
SC Ganguly	3	1	11	0	3.67	15	2	0	2

India innings

24077.5 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	26	73	5	0	35.6
V Sehwag	c AB de Villiers b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.0
R Dravid	lbw b A Nel	11	23	2	0	47.8
SR Tendulkar	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	63	115	11	0	54.8
VVS Laxman	not out	50*	156	3	0	32.1
SC Ganguly	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	0	2	0	0	0.0
MS Dhoni	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	34	39	7	0	87.2
A Kumble	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	6	0	0	0.0
Z Khan	c HM Amla b M Morkel	2	20	0	0	10.0
S Sreesanth	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	28	40	5	0	70.0
VRV Singh	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	4	4	1	0	100.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 12	22
Total	all out, 77.5 overs, run rate 3.08	240

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-5 V Sehwag2-35 R Dravid3-61 W Jaffer4-125 SR Tendulkar5-125 SC Ganguly6-179 MS Dhoni7-179 A Kumble8-183 Z Khan9-235 S Sreesanth10-240 VRV Singh

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
A Nel	23	5	60	2	2.61	111	11	1	0
M Ntini	15	4	41	3	2.73	67	5	0	1
M Morkel	18	1	86	3	4.78	80	12	1	11
SM Pollock	14.5	10	17	1	1.15	81	3	0	0
AJ Hall	7	0	28	1	4.00	28	3	0	0

South Africa innings

265/8d67.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c VVS Laxman b VRV Singh	47	100	8	0	47.0
GC Smith	b S Sreesanth	58	81	11	0	71.6
HM Amla	lbw b S Sreesanth	0	4	0	0	0.0
HH Gibbs	c KD Karthik (sub) b A Kumble	9	24	1	0	37.5
AG Prince	c SC Ganguly b S Sreesanth	0	3	0	0	0.0
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	8	14	1	0	57.1
SM Pollock	not out	63*	99	10	0	63.6
AJ Hall	lbw b S Sreesanth	21	52	3	0	40.4
M Morkel	c VRV Singh b V Sehwag	27	41	4	0	65.9
Extras	b 5, lb 8, w 7, nb 12	32
Total	8 wickets, 67.4 overs, run rate 3.92	265

Did not batA Nel, M Ntini

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-99 AB de Villiers2-108 HM Amla3-121 GC Smith4-121 AG Prince5-140 HH Gibbs6-143 MV Boucher7-213 AJ Hall8-265 M Morkel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	20	5	65	1	3.25	91	9	2	2
S Sreesanth	19	3	79	4	4.16	78	14	1	1
VRV Singh	10	2	64	1	6.40	38	10	0	7
A Kumble	16	4	37	1	2.31	75	4	0	2
V Sehwag	2.4	1	7	1	2.63	13	1	0	0

India innings

17955.1 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c A Nel b M Ntini	28	47	4	0	59.6
V Sehwag	c GC Smith b M Ntini	8	11	1	0	72.7
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	5	25	1	0	20.0
SR Tendulkar	lbw b M Ntini	0	7	0	0	0.0
VVS Laxman	b A Nel	15	44	1	0	34.1
SC Ganguly	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	26	33	4	0	78.8
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b A Nel	47	67	10	0	70.1
A Kumble	c HM Amla b AJ Hall	11	31	1	0	35.5
Z Khan	c AJ Hall b A Nel	21	56	2	0	37.5
S Sreesanth	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	10	12	2	0	83.3
VRV Singh	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 4	8
Total	all out, 55.1 overs, run rate 3.24	179

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-14 V Sehwag2-34 R Dravid3-38 SR Tendulkar4-45 W Jaffer5-83 SC Ganguly6-85 VVS Laxman7-101 A Kumble8-160 MS Dhoni9-179 Z Khan10-179 S Sreesanth

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
A Nel	16	4	57	3	3.56	68	5	0	0
M Ntini	19	6	48	5	2.53	92	8	0	0
SM Pollock	9	5	20	0	2.22	48	4	0	0
M Morkel	6	0	25	0	4.17	30	4	1	3
AJ Hall	5.1	1	26	2	5.03	22	5	0	0

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Player of the match

M NtiniSouth Africa

3-41in 15 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1825
Competition: India tour of South Africa
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Asad Rauf and MR Benson
TV umpire: IL Howell
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Season: 2006/07

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 25°C, 2.1 mm rain
Day 2: 26 / 25°C, 2.4 mm rain
Day 3: 26 / 24°C, 4.4 mm rain
Day 4: 31 / 25°C, 0.8 mm rain
Day 5: 25 / 24°C, 5.2 mm rain

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