- Test no. 1344 | 1996/97 season
- Played at Green Park, Kanpur
- 8,9,10,11,12 December 1996 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NR Mongia† | b McMillan | 41 | 120 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 42.70 | |
| WV Raman | c Klusener b McMillan | 57 | 168 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 45.96 | |
| SC Ganguly | lbw b Cronje | 39 | 126 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 48.75 | |
| SR Tendulkar* | c de Villiers b Adams | 61 | 211 | 173 | 4 | 1 | 35.26 | |
| R Dravid | lbw b Adams | 7 | 64 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 12.72 | |
| M Azharuddin | c & b Adams | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| SB Joshi | c Klusener b Adams | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Kumble | b Cronje | 5 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 17.24 | |
| AR Kapoor | c de Villiers b Adams | 11 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 44.00 | |
| J Srinath | c & b Adams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BKV Prasad | not out | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 100.1 overs) | 237 | (2.36 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-76 (Mongia), 2-111 (Raman), 3-160 (Ganguly), 4-185 (Dravid), 5-193 (Azharuddin), 6-193 (Joshi), 7-214 (Kumble), 8-224 (Tendulkar), 9-224 (Srinath), 10-237 (Kapoor) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PS de Villiers | 15 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1.20 | |||
| L Klusener | 17 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 2.76 | (1nb) | ||
| PL Symcox | 21 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 2.71 | |||
| BM McMillan | 18 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 2.22 | |||
| PR Adams | 19.1 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 2.86 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1.10 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | lbw b Kumble | 15 | 65 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| G Kirsten | c Raman b Kapoor | 43 | 164 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 39.81 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Kapoor | 17 | 77 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 25.37 | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 29 | 68 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 55.76 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c sub (VVS Laxman) b Kumble | 15 | 64 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| BM McMillan | b Srinath | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| DJ Richardson† | b Srinath | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| L Klusener | c Dravid b Srinath | 9 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| PL Symcox | not out | 23 | 73 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 57.50 | |
| PS de Villiers | lbw b Kumble | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| PR Adams | run out (Joshi) | 8 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 72.3 overs) | 177 | (2.44 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-34 (Hudson), 2-73 (Gibbs), 3-94 (Kirsten), 4-121 (Cullinan), 5-126 (McMillan), 6-130 (Cronje), 7-131 (Richardson), 8-144 (Klusener), 9-163 (de Villiers), 10-177 (Adams) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 16 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 2.62 | |||
| BKV Prasad | 14 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1.78 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 27 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 2.62 | |||
| AR Kapoor | 8 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2.37 | |||
| SB Joshi | 7.3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1.73 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WV Raman | lbw b de Villiers | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| NR Mongia† | lbw b Klusener | 18 | 71 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 32.14 | |
| A Kumble | c Gibbs b de Villiers | 42 | 149 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 42.42 | |
| SC Ganguly | c McMillan b Symcox | 41 | 123 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 44.08 | |
| SR Tendulkar* | c †Richardson b Klusener | 36 | 129 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 36.73 | |
| M Azharuddin | not out | 163 | 314 | 229 | 25 | 1 | 71.17 | |
| R Dravid | c McMillan b Adams | 56 | 181 | 130 | 8 | 0 | 43.07 | |
| SB Joshi | b Adams | 16 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| AR Kapoor | not out | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 14, nb 2) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 126 overs) | 400 | (3.17 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat J Srinath, BKV Prasad |
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Raman), 2-41 (Mongia), 3-91 (Kumble), 4-121 (Ganguly), 5-192 (Tendulkar), 6-357 (Dravid), 7-385 (Joshi) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| PS de Villiers | 24 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 2.41 | (2nb) | ||
| L Klusener | 25 | 7 | 72 | 2 | 2.88 | (2nb) | ||
| BM McMillan | 16 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 15 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| PR Adams | 20 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 4.20 | |||
| PL Symcox | 26 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 3.88 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 461 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | c sub (VVS Laxman) b Kumble | 31 | 206 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 21.98 | |
| G Kirsten | lbw b Srinath | 7 | 46 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Prasad | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| DJ Cullinan | run out (Tendulkar) | 2 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c Tendulkar b Joshi | 50 | 90 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| BM McMillan | c sub (VVS Laxman) b Joshi | 18 | 65 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 26.86 | |
| DJ Richardson† | lbw b Srinath | 5 | 50 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 14.70 | |
| L Klusener | not out | 34 | 121 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 34.00 | |
| PL Symcox | c & b Joshi | 11 | 50 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 39.28 | |
| PS de Villiers | b Prasad | 2 | 48 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | |
| PR Adams | c Azharuddin b Srinath | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 14) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 96.1 overs) | 180 | (1.87 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Kirsten), 2-26 (Gibbs), 3-39 (Cullinan), 4-97 (Cronje), 5-109 (Hudson), 6-127 (McMillan), 7-138 (Richardson), 8-167 (Symcox), 9-179 (de Villiers), 10-180 (Adams) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 19.1 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 1.98 | |||
| BKV Prasad | 11 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2.27 | |||
| A Kumble | 24 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 1.12 | |||
| AR Kapoor | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.76 | |||
| SB Joshi | 29 | 9 | 66 | 3 | 2.27 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India won the 3-match series 2-1 |
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Player of the match
M Azharuddin (India) Player of the series M Azharuddin (India) |
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Umpires
DR Shepherd (England) and S Venkataraghavan TV umpire AV Jayaprakash Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 8 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 204/6 (SR Tendulkar 43*, A Kumble 5*) 9 Dec day 2 - India 2nd innings 7/1 (NR Mongia 4*, A Kumble 0*) 10 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 270/5 (M Azharuddin 88*, R Dravid 33*) 11 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 127/5 (BM McMillan 18*, DJ Richardson 5*) 12 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 180 (96.1 ov) - end of match |
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Brian McMillan bowls Mongia for 41 © Action Photographics |
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