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India in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test

South Africa v India

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
V Rathour c †Richardson b Adams 13 92 69 1 0 18.84
NR Mongia† b Donald 21 142 104 3 0 20.19
R Dravid c Pollock b Cronje 148 541 362 21 0 40.88
SR Tendulkar* c McMillan b Cronje 35 72 55 7 0 63.63
SC Ganguly c McMillan b Klusener 73 174 138 13 1 52.89
M Azharuddin c Hudson b Klusener 18 19 20 4 0 90.00
VVS Laxman retired hurt 0 8 4 0 0 0.00
A Kumble c †Richardson b Klusener 29 104 80 3 0 36.25
J Srinath c Hudson b Donald 41 83 65 4 0 63.07
D Ganesh c Cullinan b Donald 1 19 13 0 0 7.69
BKV Prasad not out 2 6 3 0 0 66.66
Extras (lb 15, w 5, nb 9) 29
Total (all out; 150.3 overs) 410 (2.72 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Rathour), 2-46 (Mongia), 3-100 (Tendulkar), 4-245 (Ganguly), 5-266 (Azharuddin), 5-266* (Laxman, retired not out), 6-327 (Kumble), 7-403 (Srinath), 8-408 (Ganesh), 9-410 (Dravid)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AA Donald 32.1 9 88 3 2.73
SM Pollock 30 11 55 0 1.83
BM McMillan 20.5 4 50 0 2.40
L Klusener 27 6 75 3 2.77
PR Adams 24 6 88 1 3.66
WJ Cronje 16.3 5 39 2 2.36
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Hudson c Azharuddin b Kumble 18 41 27 1 1 66.66
G Kirsten b Prasad 29 74 48 5 0 60.41
AM Bacher lbw b Srinath 13 24 19 3 0 68.42
DJ Cullinan c sub (P Dharmani) b Srinath 33 70 46 6 0 71.73
WJ Cronje* c †Mongia b Srinath 43 77 57 7 0 75.43
BM McMillan lbw b Ganguly 47 136 83 4 0 56.62
SM Pollock c †Mongia b Srinath 79 204 158 12 0 50.00
DJ Richardson† c Azharuddin b Ganguly 13 51 46 1 0 28.26
L Klusener not out 22 61 38 1 1 57.89
AA Donald b Prasad 4 19 14 0 0 28.57
PR Adams c Dravid b Srinath 2 12 8 0 0 25.00
Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 8) 18
Total (all out; 89.1 overs) 321 (3.60 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-36 (Hudson), 2-64 (Bacher), 3-73 (Kirsten), 4-139 (Cullinan), 5-147 (Cronje), 6-259 (McMillan), 7-285 (Richardson), 8-303 (Pollock), 9-318 (Donald), 10-321 (Adams)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 25.1 5 104 5 4.13
BKV Prasad 20 2 83 2 4.15
A Kumble 25 5 63 1 2.52
D Ganesh 7 1 26 0 3.71
SC Ganguly 12 1 36 2 3.00
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
V Rathour lbw b Donald 44 149 111 5 0 39.63
NR Mongia† c McMillan b Donald 50 132 89 6 0 56.17
R Dravid c Cullinan b Adams 81 208 146 11 0 55.47
SR Tendulkar* c †Richardson b Cronje 9 13 11 2 0 81.81
SC Ganguly b Adams 60 124 93 11 1 64.51
M Azharuddin lbw b Pollock 2 6 6 0 0 33.33
A Kumble b Adams 6 29 17 0 0 35.29
J Srinath lbw b Donald 4 10 11 0 0 36.36
D Ganesh not out 0 14 10 0 0 0.00
BKV Prasad not out 1 8 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (lb 3, w 4, nb 2) 9
Total (8 wickets dec; 83 overs) 266 (3.20 runs per over)
Did not bat VVS Laxman
Fall of wickets 1-90 (Mongia), 2-109 (Rathour), 3-124 (Tendulkar), 4-232 (Ganguly), 5-235 (Azharuddin), 6-256 (Kumble), 7-265 (Srinath), 8-265 (Dravid)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AA Donald 18 6 38 3 2.11
SM Pollock 11 0 28 1 2.54
BM McMillan 11 0 48 0 4.36
L Klusener 13 1 41 0 3.15
PR Adams 21 1 80 3 3.80
WJ Cronje 8 3 24 1 3.00
AM Bacher 1 0 4 0 4.00
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 356 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Hudson b Kumble 3 19 23 0 0 13.04
G Kirsten c Rathour b Prasad 1 23 10 0 0 10.00
AM Bacher b Prasad 23 51 33 4 0 69.69
DJ Cullinan not out 122 261 200 15 1 61.00
WJ Cronje* run out (Kumble/†Mongia) 6 30 21 0 0 28.57
BM McMillan c sub (P Dharmani) b Srinath 2 6 5 0 0 40.00
SM Pollock b Srinath 0 7 4 0 0 0.00
DJ Richardson† c Azharuddin b Kumble 7 24 28 1 0 25.00
L Klusener c Dravid b Kumble 49 117 77 5 1 63.63
AA Donald not out 0 25 16 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 13, nb 1) 15
Total (8 wickets; 68 overs) 228 (3.35 runs per over)
Did not bat PR Adams
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Hudson), 2-4 (Kirsten), 3-49 (Bacher), 4-71 (Cronje), 5-76 (McMillan), 6-78 (Pollock), 7-95 (Richardson), 8-222 (Klusener)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 24 6 89 2 3.70
BKV Prasad 15 1 59 2 3.93
A Kumble 23 7 40 3 1.73
D Ganesh 2 0 8 0 4.00
SC Ganguly 2 2 0 0 0.00
SR Tendulkar 2 0 18 0 9.00
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series South Africa won the 3-match series 2-0
Player of the match R Dravid (India)
Player of the series AA Donald (South Africa)
Umpires CJ Mitchley and P Willey (England)
TV umpire DL Orchard
Match referee BN Jarman (Australia)
Close of play
Thu, 16 Jan - day 1 - India 1st innings 233/3 (R Dravid 81*, SC Ganguly 68*, 90 ov)
Fri, 17 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 0/0 (AC Hudson 0*, G Kirsten 0*, 0.2 ov)
Sat, 18 Jan - day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 321
Sun, 19 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 4/1 (G Kirsten 1*, 4.5 ov)
Mon, 20 Jan - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 228/8 (68 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Day 1
  • Day 3
  • Day 5
  • Rain halted play with South Africa 77/5 (23.3 overs).
  • 72 overs to be bowled in the innings in total after the rain.
  • DJ Cullinan 100 off 143 balls, 199 minutes, 12x4, 1x6.
  • Play halted for bad light with 4 overs remaining.
 
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Series Results
South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Jan 16-20, 1997
Match drawn
South Africa v India at Cape Town - Jan 2-6, 1997
South Africa won by 282 runs
South Africa v India at Durban - Dec 26-28, 1996
South Africa won by 328 runs
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