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India in South Africa / Scorecard

India tour of South Africa - tour match

Rest of South Africa v Indians

Indians won by 96 runs

First-class match | 2006/07 season
Played at Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom
7,8,9 December 2006 (4-day match)


Indians 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b Hayward	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
0.3 Speared in at the toes. Swung in from wide of the crease, it raps him on the back leg, leaving the umpire in no doubt whatsoever. 1/1
V Sehwag	b Morkel	0	7	1	0	0	0.00
1.1 a blistering yorker, crashed into the base of Sehwag's off stump. Beaten by the swing and pace. 1/2
VVS Laxman*	c Kemp b Morkel	23	93	61	3	0	37.70
20.2 A wide and rising ball has him playing away from the body, tries to steer that over the slips but finds the eager hands of Kemp in the slips who takes a superb catch 59/4
SR Tendulkar	c Kemp b Morkel	10	37	27	1	0	37.03
9.6 That's the big one! Sachin Tendulkar does not get the feet moving, pushes at it, gets the edge to 2nd slip, Kemp takes the catch cleanly. 37/3
SC Ganguly	c †van Wyk b de Wet	83	224	141	13	0	58.86
59.1 Gone! Ganguly falls after a valiant knock. The ball landed on a length, shaped away, Ganguly attempted to cut, it bounces a bit more than he expected and he gets a faint tickle to the wicketkeeper. That was a real fighting innings under pressure. A strong statement of intent from the former captain. A super comeback. 208/6
MS Dhoni†	c †van Wyk b Morkel	6	20	13	1	0	46.15
24.3 EDGED! GONE! The quick men again the undoing of the Indian top order, a ball outside the off and moving away a touch is flayed at only to get the edge to a diving keeper 69/5
IK Pathan	not out	111	272	176	15	1	63.06

Harbhajan Singh	c Rudolph b Thomas	47	84	67	6	2	70.14
77.5 And the 79-run partnership is broken. Harbhajan goes for the big drive, scoops it a bit and Rudolph takes the catch at mid-on. 287/7
Z Khan	not out	9	35	25	1	0	36.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 10, w 6, nb 9)	27

Total	(7 wickets dec; 85 overs; 389 mins)	316	(3.71 runs per over)

Did not bat S Sreesanth, VRV Singh

Fall of wickets1-1 (Jaffer, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 3-37 (Tendulkar, 9.6 ov), 4-59 (Laxman, 20.2 ov), 5-69 (Dhoni, 24.3 ov), 6-208 (Ganguly, 59.1 ov), 7-287 (Harbhajan Singh, 77.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Hayward	16	1	59	1	3.68	(2w)
0.3 to Jaffer, Speared in at the toes. Swung in from wide of the crease, it raps him on the back leg, leaving the umpire in no doubt whatsoever. 1/1
M Morkel	19	2	74	4	3.89	(3nb, 2w)
1.1 to Sehwag, a blistering yorker, crashed into the base of Sehwag's off stump. Beaten by the swing and pace. 1/2 9.6 to Tendulkar, That's the big one! Sachin Tendulkar does not get the feet moving, pushes at it, gets the edge to 2nd slip, Kemp takes the catch cleanly. 37/3 20.2 to Laxman, A wide and rising ball has him playing away from the body, tries to steer that over the slips but finds the eager hands of Kemp in the slips who takes a superb catch 59/4 24.3 to Dhoni, EDGED! GONE! The quick men again the undoing of the Indian top order, a ball outside the off and moving away a touch is flayed at only to get the edge to a diving keeper 69/5
AC Thomas	18	7	39	1	2.16	(2nb)
77.5 to Harbhajan Singh, And the 79-run partnership is broken. Harbhajan goes for the big drive, scoops it a bit and Rudolph takes the catch at mid-on. 287/7
F de Wet	18	4	56	1	3.11
59.1 to Ganguly, Gone! Ganguly falls after a valiant knock. The ball landed on a length, shaped away, Ganguly attempted to cut, it bounces a bit more than he expected and he gets a faint tickle to the wicketkeeper. That was a real fighting innings under pressure. A strong statement of intent from the former captain. A super comeback. 208/6
PR Adams	9	1	54	0	6.00

JM Kemp	2	0	8	0	4.00	(2w)

JP Duminy	3	1	14	0	4.66


Rest of South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph*	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	5	5	6	1	0	83.33
1.1 GONE! First delivery from Sreesanth gets a wicket. Great ball. Just outside off, swings away and bounces at a discomforting height.Rudolph gets the edge and Dhoni takes a fine catch. 5/1
AN Petersen	c sub (G Gambhir) b Khan	2	13	7	0	0	28.57
2.6 EDGED AND TAKEN! Petersen gets a thick edge and Gambhir, the substitute, takes a fine catch at third slip. Great start for the Indians. Rest of South Africa lose both their openers early 7/2
JP Duminy	lbw b Khan	16	33	26	3	0	61.53
8.5 GONE! No breathing space there. Zaheer fires it in full and straight. HUGE appeal and the umpire had no choice but to give that out. Duminy didn't expect the ball to be so full and missed it completely. Big wicket for the Indians there. Rest of South Africa (32 for 3) are in a similar position like the Indians were yesterday (37 for 3). Can they find a couple of batsmen to revive them? 32/3
VB van Jaarsveld	lbw b Sreesanth	52	87	57	9	0	91.22
19.6 Gone! Another one! Full and straight, van Jaarsveld misses and that's hitting middle and leg. As Michael Holding would say, 'if you miss I hit'. Some words are exchanged between Sreesanth and van Jaarsveld, but van Jaarsveld has to go. 94/6
MN van Wyk†	lbw b Pathan	6	35	14	1	0	42.85
15.2 GONE! Another one! Great going from Pathan. Full and straight, van Wyk misses it after trying to swat across the line. A straight shot might have worked there. That was going on to crash into middle and leg. Classic Pathan delivery. 67/4
JM Kemp	lbw b Singh	2	14	7	0	0	28.57
18.1 Gone! Another lbw! I had my suspicions about the line, maybe was straying down leg, height wasn't an issue, umpire decides that's gone. VRV claims his first wicket on this tour. 90/5
AC Thomas	lbw b Singh	0	13	6	0	0	0.00
20.1 Gone! Another lbw! Fifth lbw victim of the innings! It's all happening! Singh pings the full and straight line, Thomas tries to go across the line, hits him smack in front. He has to return to the hutch 94/7
PR Adams	lbw b Sreesanth	0	13	4	0	0	0.00
21.4 And another lbw! I fancy that one could be going down leg, but OUT is the decision. Sixth lbw victim. Indians are having a ball out there. 95/8
M Morkel	c Sehwag b Singh	4	27	15	1	0	26.66
24.4 Gotcha! VRV takes out Morkel, the man who harassed the Indian batsmen with pace. Cut straight into the hands of Sehwag at point! 106/9
F de Wet	not out	14	56	36	1	0	38.88

M Hayward	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	15	37	19	3	0	78.94
31.4 Finito! Edged and gone! Dhoni swallows that one.That's the end of the innings. They stitched and edged together a 32-run partnership for the last wicket. 138/10
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 12)	22

Total	(all out; 31.4 overs; 171 mins)	138	(4.35 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Rudolph, 1.1 ov), 2-7 (Petersen, 2.6 ov), 3-32 (Duminy, 8.5 ov), 4-67 (van Wyk, 15.2 ov), 5-90 (Kemp, 18.1 ov), 6-94 (van Jaarsveld, 19.6 ov), 7-94 (Thomas, 20.1 ov), 8-95 (Adams, 21.4 ov), 9-106 (Morkel, 24.4 ov), 10-138 (Hayward, 31.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	7	0	22	2	3.14
2.6 to Petersen, EDGED AND TAKEN! Petersen gets a thick edge and Gambhir, the substitute, takes a fine catch at third slip. Great start for the Indians. Rest of South Africa lose both their openers early 7/2 8.5 to Duminy, GONE! No breathing space there. Zaheer fires it in full and straight. HUGE appeal and the umpire had no choice but to give that out. Duminy didn't expect the ball to be so full and missed it completely. Big wicket for the Indians there. Rest of South Africa (32 for 3) are in a similar position like the Indians were yesterday (37 for 3). Can they find a couple of batsmen to revive them? 32/3
S Sreesanth	11.4	3	53	4	4.54	(2nb)
1.1 to Rudolph, GONE! First delivery from Sreesanth gets a wicket. Great ball. Just outside off, swings away and bounces at a discomforting height.Rudolph gets the edge and Dhoni takes a fine catch. 5/1 19.6 to van Jaarsveld, Gone! Another one! Full and straight, van Jaarsveld misses and that's hitting middle and leg. As Michael Holding would say, 'if you miss I hit'. Some words are exchanged between Sreesanth and van Jaarsveld, but van Jaarsveld has to go. 94/6 21.4 to Adams, And another lbw! I fancy that one could be going down leg, but OUT is the decision. Sixth lbw victim. Indians are having a ball out there. 95/8 31.4 to Hayward, Finito! Edged and gone! Dhoni swallows that one.That's the end of the innings. They stitched and edged together a 32-run partnership for the last wicket. 138/10
IK Pathan	4	1	18	1	4.50
15.2 to van Wyk, GONE! Another one! Great going from Pathan. Full and straight, van Wyk misses it after trying to swat across the line. A straight shot might have worked there. That was going on to crash into middle and leg. Classic Pathan delivery. 67/4
VRV Singh	9	2	35	3	3.88	(5nb)
18.1 to Kemp, Gone! Another lbw! I had my suspicions about the line, maybe was straying down leg, height wasn't an issue, umpire decides that's gone. VRV claims his first wicket on this tour. 90/5 20.1 to Thomas, Gone! Another lbw! Fifth lbw victim of the innings! It's all happening! Singh pings the full and straight line, Thomas tries to go across the line, hits him smack in front. He has to return to the hutch 94/7 24.4 to Morkel, Gotcha! VRV takes out Morkel, the man who harassed the Indian batsmen with pace. Cut straight into the hands of Sehwag at point! 106/9


Indians 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	lbw b Thomas	10	27	21	2	0	47.61
5.5 GONE! First LBW of the Indian innings. Sehwag gets a full and straight one, goes across the line and Thomas picks up his second wicket. That's a big blow. India's opening woes continue. 14/2
W Jaffer	c †van Wyk b Thomas	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
1.5 pair! lovely delivery outside the off stump and Jaffer tamely nicks it straight to the keeper. 'India's search for a Test opener' - the longest story ever wrtten 3/1
VVS Laxman*	c Duminy b Thomas	31	172	103	4	0	30.09
37.1 What a catch! Laxman tries to drive on the up, gets a thick edge and Duminy diving forward at point takes a great catch. Big breakthrough there 93/6
SR Tendulkar	lbw b Hayward	12	47	31	2	0	38.70
16.2 GONE! LBW! That was a superb delivery, fuller than the other ones and I would bet a bit faster too. it had some late inswing and just straightened after bouncing. Tendulker misread that one and he has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. 33/3
SC Ganguly	c †van Jaarsveld b Hayward	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
16.4 GONE! It's all over. He gets a fine edge and van Jaarsveld, standing in as keeper for van Wyk, takes the catch at a comfortable height. Ganguly would be dissapointed with that seeing that he looked in good form yesterday. It's all over for nought. The Master and the Prince depart in quick succession. 33/4
MS Dhoni†	c Kemp b Thomas	16	55	30	1	1	53.33
27.2 That's the breakthrough! Shortish delivery outside off, Dhoni tries to drive of the backfoot and gets the edge. Kemp - who dropped Laxman earlier - takes it at second slip. Dhoni tried to counterattack for a brief while but finally falls to Thomas. 55/5
IK Pathan	not out	40	134	66	3	0	60.60

Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Thomas	0	12	10	0	0	0.00
39.5 Gone! Full and straight, Harbhajan misses. That was going on to hit middle and leg. Harbhajan, who made a handy contribution in the first innings, falls for a duck this time. 93/7
Z Khan	c †van Wyk b Thomas	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
41.3 Gotcha! Fine edge to the 'keeper who makes no mistake! India are eight down now 97/8
S Sreesanth	c †van Wyk b de Wet	13	55	44	1	0	29.54
52.4 got 'em! A short of length delivery outside off stump, Sreesanth plays at it and gets an edge, and van Wyk takes a diving catch behind the stumps to end his time at the crease, India are nine down 134/9
VRV Singh	c Adams b Thomas	6	7	5	1	0	120.00
53.4 last man goes! Full outside off stump, he goes for the big shot over cover, gets a thickish top-edge though, and Adams at cover just has to make some ground to take the catch 142/10
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 3)	11

Total	(all out; 53.4 overs; 268 mins)	142	(2.64 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Jaffer, 1.5 ov), 2-14 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 3-33 (Tendulkar, 16.2 ov), 4-33 (Ganguly, 16.4 ov), 5-55 (Dhoni, 27.2 ov), 6-93 (Laxman, 37.1 ov), 7-93 (Harbhajan Singh, 39.5 ov), 8-97 (Khan, 41.3 ov), 9-134 (Sreesanth, 52.4 ov), 10-142 (Singh, 53.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	17	5	44	0	2.58	(1nb, 1w)

AC Thomas	21.4	6	56	7	2.58	(2nb)
1.5 to Jaffer, pair! lovely delivery outside the off stump and Jaffer tamely nicks it straight to the keeper. 'India's search for a Test opener' - the longest story ever wrtten 3/1 5.5 to Sehwag, GONE! First LBW of the Indian innings. Sehwag gets a full and straight one, goes across the line and Thomas picks up his second wicket. That's a big blow. India's opening woes continue. 14/2 27.2 to Dhoni, That's the breakthrough! Shortish delivery outside off, Dhoni tries to drive of the backfoot and gets the edge. Kemp - who dropped Laxman earlier - takes it at second slip. Dhoni tried to counterattack for a brief while but finally falls to Thomas. 55/5 37.1 to Laxman, What a catch! Laxman tries to drive on the up, gets a thick edge and Duminy diving forward at point takes a great catch. Big breakthrough there 93/6 39.5 to Harbhajan Singh, Gone! Full and straight, Harbhajan misses. That was going on to hit middle and leg. Harbhajan, who made a handy contribution in the first innings, falls for a duck this time. 93/7 41.3 to Khan, Gotcha! Fine edge to the 'keeper who makes no mistake! India are eight down now 97/8 53.4 to Singh, last man goes! Full outside off stump, he goes for the big shot over cover, gets a thickish top-edge though, and Adams at cover just has to make some ground to take the catch 142/10
M Hayward	7	3	13	2	1.85
16.2 to Tendulkar, GONE! LBW! That was a superb delivery, fuller than the other ones and I would bet a bit faster too. it had some late inswing and just straightened after bouncing. Tendulker misread that one and he has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. 33/3 16.4 to Ganguly, GONE! It's all over. He gets a fine edge and van Jaarsveld, standing in as keeper for van Wyk, takes the catch at a comfortable height. Ganguly would be dissapointed with that seeing that he looked in good form yesterday. It's all over for nought. The Master and the Prince depart in quick succession. 33/4
F de Wet	8	3	23	1	2.87	(1w)
52.4 to Sreesanth, got 'em! A short of length delivery outside off stump, Sreesanth plays at it and gets an edge, and van Wyk takes a diving catch behind the stumps to end his time at the crease, India are nine down 134/9


Rest of South Africa 2nd innings (target: 321 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph*	b Khan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
0.1 Gone!First ball!Rudolph bowled! A full, swinging ball outside off stump moves back and pegs back his off stump, Zak's loving it! 0/1
AN Petersen	lbw b Singh	22	106	68	3	0	32.35
20.1 Gone! Full and straight, Petersen misses and that was almost hitting all three stumps, the umpire raises the finger and VRV celebrates 75/3
JP Duminy	b Khan	20	52	28	3	0	71.42
10.3 Bowled! What a ball! Pitches full, fast and furious outside off stump and swings in, Duminy plays around it and the ball hits top of off stump, and Zaheer's cock-a-hoop, India strike again 36/2
VB van Jaarsveld	run out (Sreesanth/†Dhoni)	66	52	70	10	1	94.28
35.1 Harbhajan Singh to Kemp, Kemp goes for the quick single, van Jaarsveld goes aswell but is found short of his crease after Sreesanth attacks the ball and throws it straight to Dhoni who only has to dislodge the bails. Good knock from van Jaarsveld comes to an end - India need five more. 175/5
MN van Wyk†	b Singh	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
20.2 Gone! Another one bites the dust! Not a great ball, but all van Wyk can do is chop it onto his stumps from outside off, and the ball only just dislodges the bail! That's two in two balls for VRV! 75/4
JM Kemp	c †Dhoni b Khan	53	89	62	9	0	85.48
38.2 got'm! and that's a crucial wicket. Short delivery on the stumps, Kemp goes for the big pull and ends up with a thick top edge, ball steeples up behind the stumps on the leg side. Dhoni hurtles across and nicely settles under it 183/6
AC Thomas	c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	15	52	27	2	0	55.55
47.3 two more to go! Goes for the little tickle around the corner but fails ot keep it down. Ganguly at leg-slip makes no mistake 218/8
PR Adams	c sub (G Gambhir) b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
39.3 another one bites the dust! Adams get the ball on the glove, Short leg makes no mistake as the ball pops up right in front of him. Huge appeal and up goes the finger - Adams walks back for a duck and India are just three wickets away from victory here. 183/7
M Morkel	c †Dhoni b Sehwag	26	39	33	5	0	78.78
48.5 That's the game! Morkel tries to hit the big one over midwicket and gets a thick top edge. Dhoni gets under it and makes no mistake. 224/10
F de Wet	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
47.4 and he lasts just one ball - that's the third golden duck of the innings ! tossed up, lands full and straight, De Wet doesn't get any bat on that and he is caught stone dead. Nine down, just one more to get. 218/9
M Hayward	not out	1	4	3	0	0	33.33

Extras	(b 11, lb 5, w 1, nb 4)	21

Total	(all out; 48.5 overs; 204 mins)	224	(4.58 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Rudolph, 0.1 ov), 2-36 (Duminy, 10.3 ov), 3-75 (Petersen, 20.1 ov), 4-75 (van Wyk, 20.2 ov), 5-175 (van Jaarsveld, 35.1 ov), 6-183 (Kemp, 38.2 ov), 7-183 (Adams, 39.3 ov), 8-218 (Thomas, 47.3 ov), 9-218 (de Wet, 47.4 ov), 10-224 (Morkel, 48.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	12	5	36	3	3.00
0.1 to Rudolph, Gone!First ball!Rudolph bowled! A full, swinging ball outside off stump moves back and pegs back his off stump, Zak's loving it! 0/1 10.3 to Duminy, Bowled! What a ball! Pitches full, fast and furious outside off stump and swings in, Duminy plays around it and the ball hits top of off stump, and Zaheer's cock-a-hoop, India strike again 36/2 38.2 to Kemp, got'm! and that's a crucial wicket. Short delivery on the stumps, Kemp goes for the big pull and ends up with a thick top edge, ball steeples up behind the stumps on the leg side. Dhoni hurtles across and nicely settles under it 183/6
S Sreesanth	10	2	46	0	4.60

VRV Singh	8	0	41	2	5.12	(2nb)
20.1 to Petersen, Gone! Full and straight, Petersen misses and that was almost hitting all three stumps, the umpire raises the finger and VRV celebrates 75/3 20.2 to van Wyk, Gone! Another one bites the dust! Not a great ball, but all van Wyk can do is chop it onto his stumps from outside off, and the ball only just dislodges the bail! That's two in two balls for VRV! 75/4
IK Pathan	4	0	31	0	7.75	(1nb, 1w)

Harbhajan Singh	12	4	39	3	3.25	(1nb)
39.3 to Adams, another one bites the dust! Adams get the ball on the glove, Short leg makes no mistake as the ball pops up right in front of him. Huge appeal and up goes the finger - Adams walks back for a duck and India are just three wickets away from victory here. 183/7 47.3 to Thomas, two more to go! Goes for the little tickle around the corner but fails ot keep it down. Ganguly at leg-slip makes no mistake 218/8 47.4 to de Wet, and he lasts just one ball - that's the third golden duck of the innings ! tossed up, lands full and straight, De Wet doesn't get any bat on that and he is caught stone dead. Nine down, just one more to get. 218/9
V Sehwag	2.5	0	15	1	5.29
48.5 to Morkel, That's the game! Morkel tries to hit the big one over midwicket and gets a thick top edge. Dhoni gets under it and makes no mistake. 224/10

Match details

Toss Rest of South Africa, who chose to field

Player of the match IK Pathan (Indians)

Umpires M Erasmus and KH Hurter
Match referee CJ Mitchley
Reserve umpire R Ellis

Close of play
7 Dec day 1 - Indians 1st innings 316/7 (IK Pathan 111*, Z Khan 9*, 85 ov)
8 Dec day 2 - Indians 2nd innings 93/7 (IK Pathan 15*, Z Khan 0*, 40 ov)
9 Dec day 3 - Rest of South Africa 2nd innings 224 (48.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes