South Africa in India ODI Series - 3rd ODI
South Africa won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
- ODI no. 1574 | 1999/00 season
- Played at Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
- 15 March 2000 (50-over match)
| India innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SC Ganguly* | c †Boucher b Elworthy | 56 | 78 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 103.70 | |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b Pollock | 12 | 48 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| R Dravid | run out (†Boucher/Pollock) | 73 | 172 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 66.97 | |
| M Azharuddin | c †Boucher b Kallis | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| A Jadeja | c Kallis b Cronje | 31 | 76 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 55.35 | |
| SB Joshi | run out (Gibbs/†Boucher) | 23 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 143.75 | |
| RR Singh | run out (Strydom/†Boucher) | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| SS Dighe† | not out | 17 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| AB Agarkar | b Kallis | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 9, nb 3) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs; 230 mins) | 248 | (4.96 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat T Kumaran, A Kumble |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | (2nb) | ||
| S Elworthy | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| WJ Cronje | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 6.90 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3.70 | (2w) | ||
| L Klusener | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | |||
| N Boje | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 | |||
| DM Benkenstein | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| PC Strydom | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | (4w) |
| South Africa innings (target: 249 runs from 49 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | b Tendulkar | 93 | 162 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 83.78 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Tendulkar b Kumble | 19 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 65.51 | |
| N Boje | c Agarkar b Tendulkar | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 116.66 | |
| JH Kallis | b Joshi | 10 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | |
| WJ Cronje* | lbw b Tendulkar | 66 | 107 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 92.95 | |
| DM Benkenstein | b Kumble | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| L Klusener | c Ganguly b Tendulkar | 6 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| SM Pollock | b Dravid | 14 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 93.33 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 17 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 121.42 | |
| PC Strydom | not out | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (b 1, w 8, nb 2) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 48 overs; 212 mins) | 251 | (5.22 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat S Elworthy |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AB Agarkar | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | (1w) | ||
| T Kumaran | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6.20 | (1w) | ||
| SB Joshi | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 | (3w) | ||
| A Kumble | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| SR Tendulkar | 10 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 5.60 | (1w) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| R Dravid | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series India led the 5-match series 2-1 |
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Player of the match
WJ Cronje (South Africa) |
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Umpires
V Chopra and TR Kashyappan TV umpire SC Gupta Match referee R Subba Row (England) |
| Match notes |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Mar 19, 2000 
Rahul Dravid about to launch into a drive © AFP |
Mar 19, 2000 
Ganguly middles the ball in his essay of 56 at Faridabad © AFP |
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