| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c †Karthik b Pathan | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Hall | c †Karthik b Khan | 7 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| JA Rudolph | b Khan | 61 | 209 | 162 | 7 | 0 | 37.65 | |
| JH Kallis | b Ganguly | 121 | 399 | 259 | 12 | 0 | 46.71 | |
| HM Amla | b Pathan | 24 | 50 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 48.97 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c †Karthik b Pathan | 1 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Z de Bruyn | c †Karthik b Khan | 15 | 78 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| SM Pollock | c Dravid b Kumble | 18 | 94 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| JL Ontong | not out | 16 | 86 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 26.22 | |
| TL Tsolekile† | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 62 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 28.30 | |
| M Ntini | c Pathan b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 17, nb 10) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 121.3 overs) | 305 | (2.51 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IK Pathan | 31 | 7 | 72 | 3 | 2.32 | (1nb) | ||
| Z Khan | 27 | 7 | 64 | 3 | 2.37 | (9nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 30 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 2.53 | |||
| SC Ganguly | 9 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1.55 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 21.3 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 2.51 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| V Sehwag | c Smith b Ntini | 88 | 189 | 118 | 11 | 2 | 74.57 | |
| G Gambhir | lbw b Pollock | 7 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| R Dravid | b Hall | 80 | 328 | 247 | 8 | 0 | 32.38 | |
| SR Tendulkar | b de Bruyn | 20 | 82 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| SC Ganguly* | lbw b de Bruyn | 40 | 130 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 54.79 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Ontong b Ntini | 38 | 96 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 44.70 | |
| KD Karthik† | lbw b Pollock | 46 | 217 | 147 | 6 | 0 | 31.29 | |
| IK Pathan | c Smith b Ntini | 24 | 105 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 32.00 | |
| A Kumble | c Kallis b Ntini | 8 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Dippenaar b Ontong | 14 | 51 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 43.75 | |
| Z Khan | not out | 11 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 34.37 | |
| Extras | (lb 19, w 6, nb 10) | 35 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 150.1 overs) | 411 | (2.73 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 45 | 13 | 101 | 2 | 2.24 | (9nb, 1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 44 | 9 | 112 | 4 | 2.54 | (1w) | ||
| JL Ontong | 18.1 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 4.34 | |||
| AJ Hall | 27 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 2.51 | (1nb) | ||
| Z de Bruyn | 16 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 71 | 169 | 124 | 11 | 0 | 57.25 | |
| AJ Hall | c †Karthik b Harbhajan Singh | 21 | 104 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | |
| JA Rudolph | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| JH Kallis | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 55 | 133 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 56.12 | |
| HM Amla | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Sehwag b Kumble | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Z de Bruyn | not out | 32 | 103 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| SM Pollock | c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| JL Ontong | c †Karthik b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TL Tsolekile† | b Kumble | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| M Ntini | c Dravid b Kumble | 12 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 2, nb 3) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 74.4 overs) | 222 | (2.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IK Pathan | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3.40 | |||
| Z Khan | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | (3nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 34.4 | 7 | 82 | 3 | 2.36 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 2.90 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 117 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| V Sehwag | c Smith b Ntini | 10 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| G Gambhir | lbw b Rudolph | 26 | 73 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 46.42 | |
| R Dravid | not out | 47 | 123 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 45.19 | |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 32 | 73 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 4) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 39.4 overs) | 120 | (3.02 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SC Ganguly*, VVS Laxman, KD Karthik†, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, IK Pathan |
| Fall of wickets1-15 (Sehwag, 5.3 ov), 2-60 (Gambhir, 17.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3.14 | (2nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.75 | |||
| JL Ontong | 10.4 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 4.12 | (2nb) | ||
| JA Rudolph | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| GC Smith | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2.28 | |||
| AJ Hall | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.66 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series India won the 2-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
HM Amla
(South Africa) Player of the match Harbhajan Singh (India) Player of the series V Sehwag (India) |
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Umpires
DJ Harper (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire I Shivram Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 28 Nov day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 227/5 (JH Kallis 103*, Z de Bruyn 15*, 83.3 ov) 29 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 129/1 (V Sehwag 82*, R Dravid 33*, 39 ov) 30 Nov day 3 - India 1st innings 359/6 (KD Karthik 35*, IK Pathan 21*, 125 ov) 1 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 172/5 (JH Kallis 52*, Z de Bruyn 9*, 58 ov) 2 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 120/2 (39.4 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 2, 2004 Sachin Tendulkar waves his bat in joy after hitting the winning runs © AFP |
Dec 2, 2004 Sourav Ganguly with the trophy after winning the series against South Africa © AFP |
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