India vs South Africa, 1st Test at Chennai, , Mar 26 2008 - Cricket Stats

RESULT

1st Test, Chennai, March 26 - 30, 2008, South Africa tour of India

South Africa

540 & 331/5d

India

627

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Virender Sehwag

, IND

1/37, 319 & 1/55

AllBest PerformancesPartnerships

Best performances - Batters

Spike Graph

Wagon Zone

V Sehwag

IND

319 runs (304)

42 fours5 sixes

Productive shot

off side drive on front foot

90 runs

13 fours2 sixes

Control

86%

HM Amla

159 runs (262)

20 fours0 six

Productive shot

off side drive on front foot

47 runs

8 fours0 six

Control

93%

Best performances - Bowlers

Harbhajan Singh

IND

44.5

164

ECO

3.65

DW Steyn

103

ECO

3.21

Partnerships

First innings

South Africa

ND McKenzieGC Smith

56 (104)

132 (201)

73 (97)

ND McKenzieHM Amla

38 (52)

64 (104)

25 (52)

JH KallisHM Amla

13 (42)

48 (85)

34 (43)

AG PrinceHM Amla

23 (60)

47 (99)

23 (39)

HM AmlaAB de Villiers

21 (41)

66 (99)

44 (58)

MV BoucherHM Amla

43 (85)

99 (172)

56 (87)

MV BoucherM Morkel

27 (61)

54 (104)

26 (43)

PL HarrisM Morkel

1 (8)

10 (19)

9 (11)

PL HarrisDW Steyn

4 (8)

9 (20)

5 (12)

M NtiniDW Steyn

1 (6)

11 (15)

10 (9)

India

W JafferV Sehwag

73 (166)

213 (318)

134 (152)

R DravidV Sehwag

68 (203)

268 (355)

185 (152)

SR TendulkarR Dravid

0 (5)

0 (11)

0 (6)

SC GangulyR Dravid

24 (29)

45 (63)

16 (34)

R DravidVVS Laxman

27 (48)

47 (71)

19 (23)

VVS LaxmanMS Dhoni

9 (19)

25 (52)

16 (33)

A KumbleVVS Laxman

3 (18)

12 (24)

4 (6)

VVS LaxmanHarbhajan Singh

0 (0)

0 (2)

VVS LaxmanRP Singh

2 (4)

2 (12)

0 (8)

VVS LaxmanS Sreesanth

5 (12)

15 (27)

4 (15)

Second innings

South Africa

ND McKenzieGC Smith

17 (33)

53 (63)

35 (30)

ND McKenzieHM Amla

70 (132)

157 (280)

81 (148)

JH KallisND McKenzie

19 (40)

54 (116)

32 (76)

ND McKenzieAG Prince

3 (5)

8 (16)

5 (11)

ND McKenzieAB de Villiers

19 (52)

34 (93)

11 (41)

MV BoucherND McKenzie

11 (46)

25* (87)

14 (41)

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South Africa Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ND McKenzie	not out	155	339
GC Smith	lbw	35	30
HM Amla	caught	81	148
JH Kallis	caught	19	40
AG Prince	caught	5	11
AB de Villiers	caught	11	41
MV Boucher	not out	11	46
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 1)
Total	331(5 wkts; 109 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	12	0	42	0	3.5 (1 nb)
RP Singh	9	1	43	0	4.77
Harbhajan Singh	34	1	101	3	2.97
SC Ganguly	2	1	1	0	0.5
A Kumble	20	2	57	1	2.85
V Sehwag	22	2	55	1	2.5
VVS Laxman	10	2	19	0	1.9

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	53	Neil McKenzie	Graeme Smith
2nd	157	Neil McKenzie	Hashim Amla
3rd	54	Jacques Kallis	Neil McKenzie
4th	8	Neil McKenzie	Ashwell Prince
5th	34	Neil McKenzie	AB de Villiers
6th	25	Mark Boucher	Neil McKenzie

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