- Test no. 1341 | 1996/97 season
- Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta
- 27,28,29,30 November, 1 December 1996 (5-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | b Prasad | 146 | 317 | 244 | 24 | 0 | 59.83 | |
| G Kirsten | b Srinath | 102 | 244 | 170 | 14 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| HH Gibbs | lbw b Prasad | 31 | 157 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 27.67 | |
| DJ Cullinan | lbw b Prasad | 43 | 130 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 53.75 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c †Mongia b Srinath | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| BM McMillan | lbw b Prasad | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DJ Richardson† | not out | 36 | 85 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| L Klusener | b Prasad | 10 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| PL Symcox | b Prasad | 13 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 61.90 | |
| AA Donald | c Laxman b Kumble | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PR Adams | b Kumble | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 24, nb 9) | 39 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 121.1 overs) | 428 | (3.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-236 (Kirsten), 2-296 (Hudson), 3-346 (Gibbs), 4-361 (Cronje), 5-362 (McMillan), 6-363 (Cullinan), 7-379 (Klusener), 8-421 (Symcox), 9-422 (Donald), 10-428 (Adams) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 37 | 7 | 107 | 2 | 2.89 | (2nb) | ||
| BKV Prasad | 35 | 6 | 104 | 6 | 2.97 | (5nb) | ||
| SB Joshi | 12 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 4.00 | (1nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |||
| A Kumble | 20.1 | 1 | 78 | 2 | 3.86 | |||
| ND Hirwani | 14 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 3.64 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NR Mongia† | run out (Gibbs) | 35 | 88 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 51.47 | |
| R Dravid | c Hudson b McMillan | 31 | 78 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 64.58 | |
| SC Ganguly | b McMillan | 6 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| SR Tendulkar* | b Donald | 18 | 91 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 29.03 | |
| M Azharuddin | c & b Adams | 109 | 132 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 141.55 | |
| VVS Laxman | b Donald | 14 | 55 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| SB Joshi | run out (Donald) | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| J Srinath | b Donald | 11 | 51 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| A Kumble | run out (Gibbs) | 88 | 168 | 124 | 13 | 0 | 70.96 | |
| BKV Prasad | c †Richardson b Adams | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| ND Hirwani | not out | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 7) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 81.2 overs) | 329 | (4.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 21.2 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 3.37 | |||
| L Klusener | 14 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 5.35 | (8nb) | ||
| PR Adams | 13 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 5.30 | |||
| BM McMillan | 16 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 3.25 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2.16 | |||
| PL Symcox | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.90 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | retired hurt | 6 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| G Kirsten | run out (Joshi) | 133 | 317 | 196 | 18 | 0 | 67.85 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Dravid b Srinath | 9 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| DJ Cullinan | not out | 153 | 364 | 261 | 15 | 1 | 58.62 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c & b Kumble | 34 | 51 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 91.89 | |
| BM McMillan | not out | 17 | 53 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 48.57 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 2) | 15 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets dec; 93.2 overs) | 367 | (3.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DJ Richardson†, L Klusener, PL Symcox, AA Donald, PR Adams |
| Fall of wickets0-18* (Hudson, retired not out), 1-39 (Gibbs), 2-251 (Kirsten), 3-306 (Cronje) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 24.2 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 4.15 | (1nb) | ||
| BKV Prasad | 15 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 4.20 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 32 | 4 | 101 | 1 | 3.15 | (1w) | ||
| ND Hirwani | 11 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 3.63 | |||
| SB Joshi | 11 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 4.54 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 467 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NR Mongia† | c Cullinan b Klusener | 8 | 80 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 14.03 | |
| R Dravid | b McMillan | 23 | 191 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 18.11 | |
| SC Ganguly | c †Richardson b Klusener | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SR Tendulkar* | c Kirsten b Symcox | 2 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| VVS Laxman | b Klusener | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| M Azharuddin | c McMillan b Klusener | 52 | 82 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 94.54 | |
| SB Joshi | c McMillan b Klusener | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| A Kumble | b Klusener | 17 | 48 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 77.27 | |
| J Srinath | c McMillan b Klusener | 19 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 79.16 | |
| BKV Prasad | not out | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| ND Hirwani | b Klusener | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 9) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 53.3 overs) | 137 | (2.56 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-17 (Mongia), 2-18 (Ganguly), 3-27 (Tendulkar), 4-28 (Laxman), 5-88 (Dravid), 6-92 (Joshi), 7-97 (Azharuddin), 8-132 (Srinath), 9-137 (Kumble), 10-137 (Hirwani) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| BM McMillan | 19 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1.73 | (2nb) | ||
| L Klusener | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 2.97 | (10nb) | ||
| WJ Cronje | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 | |||
| PL Symcox | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4.66 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series 3-match series level 1-1 |
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Test debuts
HH Gibbs and
L Klusener
(South Africa) Player of the match G Kirsten (South Africa) |
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Umpires
BC Cooray (Sri Lanka) and VK Ramaswamy TV umpire SK Porel Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 27 Nov day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 339/2 (HH Gibbs 28*, DJ Cullinan 29*) 28 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 152/6 (J Srinath 9*, A Kumble 24*) 29 Nov day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 160/1 (G Kirsten 82*, DJ Cullinan 60*) 30 Nov day 4 - India 2nd innings 59/4 (R Dravid 18*, M Azharuddin 25*) 1 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 137 (53.3 ov) - end of match |
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