SA vs IND, India tour of South Africa 2010/11, 1st Test at Centurion, December 16 - 20, 2010

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Harris b Morkel	5	43	62	0	0	11.62

Virender Sehwag	c Amla b Steyn	0	3	9	0	0	0.00

Rahul Dravid	lbw b Morkel	14	42	61	2	0	33.33

Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Steyn	36	34	61	8	0	105.88

VVS Laxman	b Steyn	7	20	36	1	0	35.00

Suresh Raina	c Prince b Kallis	1	3	5	0	0	33.33

MS Dhoni (c)†	lbw b Morkel	33	50	87	2	2	66.00

Harbhajan Singh	run out (Petersen/†Boucher)	27	25	40	4	1	108.00

Ishant Sharma	c Kallis b Morkel	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Sreesanth	c Steyn b Morkel	0	8	12	0	0	0.00

Jaydev Unadkat	not out	1	5	21	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 3, w 3)	12
TOTAL	38.4 Ov (RR: 3.51, 202 Mins)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-24 (Gautam Gambhir, 12.6 ov), 3-27 (Rahul Dravid, 14.4 ov), 4-66 (VVS Laxman, 22.2 ov), 5-67 (Suresh Raina, 23.1 ov), 6-71 (Sachin Tendulkar, 24.4 ov), 7-110 (Harbhajan Singh, 32.1 ov), 8-110 (Ishant Sharma, 32.3 ov), 9-116 (Sreesanth, 34.5 ov), 10-136 (MS Dhoni, 38.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dale Steyn	10	1	34	3	3.40	48	6	0	1	0
2.1 to V Sehwag, Steyn 1, Sehwag 0! Sehwag left the first two go in the first over. Can't hold back this time. Gets one on a length, landing outside off and moving away a touch. He tries to go up and over with the upper cut. Hashim Amla was lurking at third man, not all the way back to the boundary. He was there specifically for this shot. Sehwag was not entirely to the pitch of it, and ended up scooping it in the air. Amla snaffles it. SA have struck a huge blow.. 1/1 22.2 to VVS Laxman, got 'em! Steyn has gone right through Laxman, and the middle stump is knocked out of the ground, VVS played way across the line, looking to work it through midwicket, it was straight as an arrow, beat the wristy waft, and crashed into the timber, Steyn is on fire, so are South Africa. 66/4 24.4 to SR Tendulkar, and India's last specialist batsman goes! Steyn it is who gets the big one, raps SRT on the pads with a length delivery that straightens a bit, and catches him on the pads even as he plays across the line, that was hitting middle and the finger goes up straightaway, India are 29 short of the 100-run mark. 71/6
Morne Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	1.57	66	1	0	0	3
12.6 to G Gambhir, Morne has consumed Gambhir after working him over with an attacking spell. I daresay, he deserved this scalp. As is often the case with the bouncer-barrage, the wicket eventually comes to the sucker ball that is landed full. This one was on off stump, Gambhir was years late in coming forward. The body position for the drive was awry, the body momentum was going nowhere. The outside edge went straight into the lap of first slip.. 24/2 14.4 to R Dravid, Morne has struck a huge blow. Dravid has fallen to his first error of the day, and by the looks of it, he wasn't very lucky with the bounce. Sharp inwards movement from Morne, lands on and around off stump and curls into Dravid who is caught on the stumps and struck in front of middle and leg as it stays lower than he expected. That looked plumb, but it was just shaving the top of middle. Morne goes down in celebration. He knows he's got the big fish.. 27/3 32.3 to I Sharma, another one goes! Morkle gets the outside edge as Ishant hops to a short of a good length delivery that gets big on him, it flies to that man Kallis at second slip who juggles it for an instant, before holding it cleanly close to his chest. 110/8 34.5 to S Sreesanth, stays in the crease and drives crisply in the air, but straight to short extra cover, who was the only man in front of the stumps, apart from the bowler, and he gleefully accepts the early Christmas gift, India are nine down. 116/9 38.4 to MS Dhoni, hit on the pad and Dhoni's lbw! Morkel picks up his fifth. The ball was fuller again and angled into the right-hander. Dhoni might have wanted to come forward to that but he didn't and was caught on the crease. Umpire Ian Gould made a quick decision but Dhoni was almost ready to walk before the finger went up. 136/10
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	9	2	50	0	5.55	40	6	3	1	0
Jacques Kallis	6	1	20	1	3.33	28	3	0	1	0
23.1 to SK Raina, and Raina falls third ball! not the short ball, but the length delivery going across him does the trick, he stood in the crease and guided it straight into the hands of third slip, India are in complete disarray, Kallis gets one now. 67/5
Paul Harris	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	1	0	0	0

South Africa 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	62	87	133	11	0	71.26

Alviro Petersen	c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	77	114	191	9	1	67.54

Hashim Amla	c †Dhoni b Sharma	140	202	296	14	1	69.30

Jacques Kallis	not out	201	270	389	15	5	74.44
AB de Villiers	c †Dhoni b Sharma	129	112	149	12	5	115.17

Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 4, w 2)	11
TOTAL	130.1 Ov (RR: 4.76, 580 Mins)	620/4d
Did not bat: Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher †, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel
Fall of wickets: 1-111 (Graeme Smith, 26.3 ov), 2-166 (Alviro Petersen, 40.1 ov), 3-396 (Hashim Amla, 92.3 ov), 4-620 (AB de Villiers, 130.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sreesanth	24	1	97	0	4.04	100	14	0	1	2
Ishant Sharma	27.1	2	120	2	4.41	102	18	0	0	0
92.3 to HM Amla, that's out! Lucky man is Ishant, full and way down the leg side, Amla looked to flick it fine, got a touch but not wide enough to evade Dhoni, caught down the leg side, the opening India needed on the third day. 396/3 130.1 to AB de Villiers, AB is gone. Smith has declared. All the boxes have been ticked. India face a mountain. Make that two. How he got out is purely academic. For the record - it was a back of length ball on off. Not the kind of ball you can hit for six. Given his form, AB believed he could. He ended up playing a nothing-swipe. The outside edge landed in Dhoni's gloves. No one celebrated. Smith called them in. Sehwag and Gambhir have a nervy ten minutes ahead of them, as a prelude to the nervy two-and-a-half days ahead of the world's No. 1 team.. 620/4
Jaydev Unadkat	26	4	101	0	3.88	105	14	0	0	2
Harbhajan Singh	36	2	169	2	4.69	115	11	3	0	0
26.3 to GC Smith, caught! India have struck on the stroke of lunch and it's out of the blue. The ball was similar to the previous one, Harbhajan drifted it into the left-hander, pitched around off and got the ball to bounce considerably. Smith attempted to cut this one and Dhoni held the edge. Finally India have some respite.. 111/1 40.1 to AN Petersen, Bhajji gets one more! it was flighted on middle and leg, he got half-forward to defend, got an inside edge on to pad, the ball went in the air for Gambhir at forward short leg to take the simplest of catches, Alviro walks off without waiting for the umpire's decision. 166/2
Suresh Raina	7	0	77	0	11.00	12	3	7	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	10	1	51	0	5.10	26	1	2	1	0

India 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	lbw b Steyn	80	124	187	10	0	64.51

Virender Sehwag	c Smith b Harris	63	79	141	9	1	79.74

Rahul Dravid	c †Boucher b Morkel	43	109	159	6	0	39.44

Ishant Sharma	c Amla b Steyn	23	51	69	4	0	45.09

Sachin Tendulkar	not out	111	241	327	13	1	46.05
VVS Laxman	c de Villiers b Tsotsobe	8	21	33	2	0	38.09

Suresh Raina	c Harris b Kallis	5	13	21	0	0	38.46

MS Dhoni (c)†	c †Boucher b Steyn	90	106	178	14	0	84.90

Harbhajan Singh	c Kallis b Harris	1	2	5	0	0	50.00

Sreesanth	c de Villiers b Morkel	3	18	29	0	0	16.66

Jaydev Unadkat	c Prince b Steyn	1	10	11	0	0	10.00

Extras	(b 13, lb 5, nb 5, w 8)	31
TOTAL	128.1 Ov (RR: 3.58, 585 Mins)	459
Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Virender Sehwag, 29.3 ov), 2-170 (Gautam Gambhir, 39.2 ov), 3-214 (Ishant Sharma, 54.4 ov), 4-242 (Rahul Dravid, 64.5 ov), 5-256 (VVS Laxman, 72.5 ov), 6-277 (Suresh Raina, 77.5 ov), 7-449 (MS Dhoni, 118.2 ov), 8-450 (Harbhajan Singh, 119.1 ov), 9-456 (Sreesanth, 125.5 ov), 10-459 (Jaydev Unadkat, 128.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dale Steyn	30.1	6	105	4	3.48	125	11	0	1	0
39.2 to G Gambhir, Gambhir is gone and he will be gutted by this. Steyn angles one in from round the wicket, from outside off, but it was the bounce that did Gambhir in. It kept a touch low as he looked to play from the crease. It missed the bat and thudded into the pads. That was plumb. As Sid Monga once said, he wouldn't have been plumber if he worked with pipes and taps.. 170/2 54.4 to I Sharma, got him! The short square leg into action immediately, Amla the fielder there, on middle and leg, Ishant gets across and tries to work it square, uppish again and the ever-sharp Amla makes no mistake, grabbing it to his left. 214/3 118.2 to MS Dhoni, Dhoni falls! Steyn is the man for South Africa, breaks the partnership that had almost wiped off the huge deficit, it climbed nastily from short of a good length, nipped in too, Dhoni was caught in an awkward position, and fended it to Boucher, who took a neat catch, diving to his right, Dhoni goes for 90, Steyn roars. 449/7 128.1 to JD Unadkat, All over! Banged in short on the body and Unadkat looks to fend it into the off side, finds gully, didn't look too comfortable against the short one and it seemed it was only a matter of time. 459/10
Morne Morkel	31	6	94	2	3.03	145	12	0	3	2
64.5 to R Dravid, gone! Morkel strikes. Did that nip away? Landed on a good lengh just outside off, Dravid played at it, got a faint edge straight through to Boucher, the hint of movement may have just done him in. South Africa go past a major barrier in their quest to bowl India out here. 242/4 125.5 to S Sreesanth, edged and gone, good length outside off and Sreesanth poked at it again, fatally this time, angled in and then flew off the edge to second slip where AB took a dolly, South Africa move closer to a win. 456/9
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	24	3	98	1	4.08	108	16	1	0	1
72.5 to VVS Laxman, edged and gone! Laxman goes after a full delivery outside off and gets a thick edge straight to gully, flew towards that fielder there and he made no mistake, South Africa are breaking through the resistance steadily here. 256/5
Paul Harris	30	5	88	2	2.93	135	10	1	0	0
29.3 to V Sehwag, Sehwag has thrown it away. You sensed he was going to go after Harris at some point. This was was asking to be hit. Tossed up nice and wide outside off, Sehwag danced down, but could not get to the line of the ball. Hence, he ended up scooping instead of lofting cleanly. Smith runs back and to the left from widish mid off to take a well-judged catch. Big wicket.. 137/1 119.1 to Harbhajan Singh, Harris gets Harbhajan! it was tossed up outside the off stump, he went for the drive, and got an outside edge that went straight to slip, South Africa are closing in now. 450/8
Jacques Kallis	13	3	56	1	4.30	59	9	0	0	2
77.5 to SK Raina, Raina goes, almost guides it to slip, short of a good length and he's looking to play it behind point, edges it straight to first slip, the pressure on him only grows. 277/6

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Thu, 16 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 136/9 (MS Dhoni 33*, Jaydev Unadkat 1*, 38.1 ov)

Fri, 17 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 366/2 (Hashim Amla 116*, Jacques Kallis 102*, 87 ov)

Sat, 18 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 190/2 (Rahul Dravid 28*, Ishant Sharma 7*, 44.1 ov)

Sun, 19 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 454/8 (Sachin Tendulkar 107*, Sreesanth 3*, 122.2 ov)

Mon, 20 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 459 (128.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Day 2

Innings Break: India - 136/10 in 38.4 overs (JD Unadkat 1)
South Africa 1st innings
Drinks: South Africa - 42/0 in 14.0 overs (GC Smith 25, AN Petersen 16)
South Africa: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (GC Smith 29, AN Petersen 22, Ex 1)
GC Smith: 50 off 72 balls (9 x 4)
South Africa: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (145 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 145 balls (GC Smith 57, AN Petersen 39, Ex 4)
Lunch: South Africa - 111/1 in 27.0 overs (AN Petersen 45, HM Amla 0)
AN Petersen: 50 off 81 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
South Africa: 150 runs in 35.6 overs (218 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (AN Petersen 27, HM Amla 23, Ex 0)
South Africa: 200 runs in 46.6 overs (284 balls), Extras 5
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (HM Amla 19, JH Kallis 30, Ex 1)
Tea: South Africa - 236/2 in 55.0 overs (HM Amla 50, JH Kallis 42)
HM Amla: 50 off 78 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
South Africa: 250 runs in 59.6 overs (363 balls), Extras 8
JH Kallis: 50 off 73 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 146 balls (HM Amla 46, JH Kallis 50, Ex 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 274/2 in 67.0 overs (HM Amla 73, JH Kallis 54)
South Africa: 300 runs in 73.3 overs (444 balls), Extras 8
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 225 balls (HM Amla 62, JH Kallis 84, Ex 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 321/2 in 78.0 overs (HM Amla 85, JH Kallis 89)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 336/2 after 80.1 overs (HM Amla 91, JH Kallis 97)
JH Kallis: 100 off 130 balls (9 x 4, 3 x 6)
South Africa: 350 runs in 82.4 overs (499 balls), Extras 9
HM Amla: 100 off 165 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 281 balls (HM Amla 93, JH Kallis 102, Ex 5)
End Of Day: South Africa - 366/2 in 87.0 overs (HM Amla 116, JH Kallis 102)

Day 3

South Africa: 400 runs in 94.2 overs (570 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: South Africa - 411/3 in 97.0 overs (JH Kallis 110, AB de Villiers 12)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (JH Kallis 19, AB de Villiers 31, Ex 0)
South Africa: 450 runs in 102.3 overs (619 balls), Extras 10
AB de Villiers: 50 off 42 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: South Africa - 481/3 in 107.0 overs (JH Kallis 136, AB de Villiers 56)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 101 balls (JH Kallis 32, AB de Villiers 69, Ex 0)
South Africa: 500 runs in 109.5 overs (663 balls), Extras 10
JH Kallis: 150 off 210 balls (12 x 4, 3 x 6)
AB de Villiers: 100 off 75 balls (11 x 4, 5 x 6)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 138 balls (JH Kallis 47, AB de Villiers 105, Ex 1)
South Africa: 550 runs in 115.4 overs (698 balls), Extras 11
Lunch: South Africa - 591/3 in 123.0 overs (JH Kallis 182, AB de Villiers 119)
4th Wicket: 200 runs in 192 balls (JH Kallis 81, AB de Villiers 121, Ex 1)
South Africa: 600 runs in 126.1 overs (761 balls), Extras 11
JH Kallis: 200 off 267 balls (15 x 4, 5 x 6)
Innings Break: South Africa - 620/4 in 130.1 overs (JH Kallis 201)
India 2nd innings
India: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: India - 50/0 in 9.0 overs (G Gambhir 16, V Sehwag 30)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (G Gambhir 16, V Sehwag 30, Ex 4)
V Sehwag: 50 off 46 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: India - 92/0 in 17.0 overs (G Gambhir 33, V Sehwag 51)
India: 100 runs in 17.4 overs (107 balls), Extras 9
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 107 balls (G Gambhir 39, V Sehwag 52, Ex 9)
G Gambhir: 50 off 61 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: India - 135/0 in 28.0 overs (G Gambhir 62, V Sehwag 63)
India: 150 runs in 34.1 overs (207 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: India - 170/1 in 39.0 overs (G Gambhir 80, R Dravid 16)
End Of Day: India - 190/2 in 44.1 overs (R Dravid 28, I Sharma 7)

Day 4

India: 200 runs in 50.6 overs (309 balls), Extras 13
Drinks: India - 214/3 in 54.4 overs (R Dravid 34)
Drinks: India - 245/4 in 67.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 20, VVS Laxman 0)
India: 250 runs in 69.6 overs (425 balls), Extras 16
Lunch: India - 277/6 in 77.5 overs (SR Tendulkar 38)
New Ball Taken: India 288/6 after 80.1 overs (SR Tendulkar 39, MS Dhoni 10)
India: 300 runs in 83.2 overs (505 balls), Extras 19
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 95 balls (8 x 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (SR Tendulkar 14, MS Dhoni 34, Ex 2)
MS Dhoni: 50 off 40 balls (9 x 4)
India: 350 runs in 90.3 overs (548 balls), Extras 19
Drinks: India - 352/6 in 92.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 57, MS Dhoni 54)
7th Wicket: 100 runs in 142 balls (SR Tendulkar 29, MS Dhoni 68, Ex 3)
Tea: India - 394/6 in 106.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 80, MS Dhoni 72)
India: 400 runs in 107.2 overs (649 balls), Extras 20
7th Wicket: 150 runs in 207 balls (SR Tendulkar 59, MS Dhoni 83, Ex 9)
SR Tendulkar: 100 off 197 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: India - 448/6 in 118.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 105, MS Dhoni 90)
India: 450 runs in 118.3 overs (716 balls), Extras 31
Drinks: India - 451/8 in 121.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 107, S Sreesanth 0)
Bad Light: India - 454/8 in 122.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 107, S Sreesanth 3)
Rain: India - 454/8 in 122.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 107, S Sreesanth 3)
End Of Day: India - 454/8 in 122.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 107, S Sreesanth 3)

MATCH DETAILS

SuperSport Park, Centurion
Toss	South Africa, elected to field first
Series	India tour of South Africa
Season	2010/11
Player Of The Match	Jacques Kallis
Series result	South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1985
Hours of play (local time)	10.00am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 18.00
Match days	16,17,18,19,20 December 2010 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Jaydev Unadkat
Umpires	Ian Gould Steve Davis
TV Umpire	Shaun George
Reserve Umpire	Brian Jerling
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
G Gambhir	lbw	80	124
V Sehwag	caught	63	79
R Dravid	caught	43	109
I Sharma	caught	23	51
SR Tendulkar	not out	111	241
VVS Laxman	caught	8	21
SK Raina	caught	5	13
MS Dhoni	caught	90	106
Harbhajan Singh	caught	1	2
S Sreesanth	caught	3	18
JD Unadkat	caught	1	10
Extras	(b 13, lb 5, nb 5, w 8)
Total	459(10 wkts; 128.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	30.1	6	105	4	3.48
M Morkel	31	6	94	2	3.03 (2 nb)
LL Tsotsobe	24	3	98	1	4.08 (1 nb)
PL Harris	30	5	88	2	2.93
JH Kallis	13	3	56	1	4.3 (2 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	137	Gautam Gambhir	Virender Sehwag
2nd	33	Rahul Dravid	Gautam Gambhir
3rd	44	Rahul Dravid	Ishant Sharma
4th	28	Sachin Tendulkar	Rahul Dravid
5th	14	Sachin Tendulkar	VVS Laxman
6th	21	Sachin Tendulkar	Suresh Raina
7th	172	Sachin Tendulkar	MS Dhoni
8th	1	Sachin Tendulkar	Harbhajan Singh
9th	6	Sachin Tendulkar	Sreesanth
10th	3	Sachin Tendulkar	Jaydev Unadkat

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