| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| W Jaffer | lbw b Ntini | 9 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 22.50 | |
| V Sehwag | c †Boucher b Pollock | 4 | 46 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| R Dravid* | c Smith b Kallis | 32 | 151 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 38.55 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c de Villiers b Kallis | 44 | 113 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 49.43 | |
| VVS Laxman | c †Boucher b Ntini | 28 | 104 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 41.79 | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 51 | 180 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 50.49 | |
| MS Dhoni† | c Pollock b Ntini | 5 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| A Kumble | c Kallis b Nel | 6 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Pollock | 9 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| S Sreesanth | c Amla b Pollock | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| VRV Singh | c & b Pollock | 29 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 152.63 | |
| Extras | (lb 15, w 11, nb 6) | 32 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 79.5 overs; 374 mins) | 249 | (3.11 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 10.1 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2.55 | (2nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 18 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 3.16 | |||
| SM Pollock | 17.5 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 2.18 | |||
| A Nel | 18.5 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 2.38 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 15 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 4.46 | (3nb, 2w) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b Sreesanth | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Sehwag b Khan | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HM Amla | c Laxman b Sreesanth | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JH Kallis | c Laxman b Sreesanth | 12 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| AG Prince | c †Dhoni b Kumble | 24 | 105 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Sehwag b Khan | 6 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| MV Boucher† | b Sreesanth | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| SM Pollock | lbw b Sreesanth | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| A Nel | c Khan b Singh | 21 | 50 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 87.50 | |
| M Ntini | b Kumble | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, w 3, nb 1) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 25.1 overs; 131 mins) | 84 | (3.33 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 10 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 3.20 | |||
| S Sreesanth | 10 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| VRV Singh | 3.1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.52 | (1w) | ||
| A Kumble | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| W Jaffer | c Smith b Nel | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| V Sehwag | c Gibbs b Nel | 33 | 39 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 113.79 | |
| R Dravid* | c †Boucher b Pollock | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| SR Tendulkar | b Pollock | 14 | 43 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Smith b Ntini | 73 | 253 | 154 | 12 | 0 | 47.40 | |
| SC Ganguly | c †Boucher b Ntini | 25 | 61 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 65.78 | |
| MS Dhoni† | c †Boucher b Pollock | 18 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 72.00 | |
| A Kumble | c Prince b Nel | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| Z Khan | c †Boucher b Ntini | 37 | 107 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 46.25 | |
| S Sreesanth | not out | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 85.71 | |
| VRV Singh | run out (sub [DL Makalima]/†Boucher) | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 275.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 10, w 1) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 64.4 overs; 308 mins) | 236 | (3.64 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 15.4 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 4.91 | (1w) | ||
| A Nel | 19 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 3.05 | |||
| SM Pollock | 16 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2.06 | |||
| JH Kallis | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | |||
| GC Smith | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.66 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 402 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HH Gibbs | c Tendulkar b Khan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GC Smith* | c Sehwag b Sreesanth | 10 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| HM Amla | c †Dhoni b Sreesanth | 17 | 56 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 56.66 | |
| JH Kallis | c Ganguly b Sreesanth | 27 | 108 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| AG Prince | b Kumble | 97 | 327 | 223 | 11 | 0 | 43.49 | |
| AB de Villiers | run out (Khan) | 17 | 63 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 40.47 | |
| MV Boucher† | lbw b Khan | 23 | 80 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 56.09 | |
| SM Pollock | b Kumble | 40 | 67 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 97.56 | |
| A Nel | lbw b Kumble | 6 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 6 | 42 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| M Ntini | c Sehwag b Khan | 8 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, nb 19) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 86.5 overs; 415 mins) | 278 | (3.20 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 22.5 | 5 | 79 | 3 | 3.45 | |||
| S Sreesanth | 25 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 2.36 | (5nb) | ||
| VRV Singh | 18 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 3.72 | (8nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | (2nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 20 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 2.70 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
S Sreesanth (India) |
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Umpires
MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire KH Hurter Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire ZTA Ndamane |
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Close of play 15 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 156/5 (SC Ganguly 14*, 56.5 ov) 16 Dec day 2 - India 2nd innings 146/5 (VVS Laxman 42*, MS Dhoni 17*, 35 ov) 17 Dec day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 163/5 (AG Prince 54*, MV Boucher 23*, 58 ov) 18 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 278 (86.5 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 18, 2006 Sreesanth won the Man-of-the-Match award for his match figures of 8 for 99 © AFP |
Dec 18, 2006 Rahul Dravid grabs a souvenir after the victory © AFP |
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