t1823 f49730	South Africa v India
	India in South Africa 2006/07 (1st Test)
Venue	Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th December 2006 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 123 runs
Umpires	MR Benson (England), DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire	KH Hurter
Referee	RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	ZTA Ndamane
Close of play day 1	India (1) 156/5 (Ganguly 14*; 56.5 overs)
Close of play day 2	India (2) 146/5 (Laxman 42*, Dhoni 17*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 163/5 (Prince 54*, Boucher 23*; 58 overs)
Player of the Match	S Sreesanth
Articles	Ganguly to Retire
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
W Jaffer	lbw b Ntini	9	40	42	2	-	37
V Sehwag	c Boucher b Pollock	4	26	46	-	-	22
*RS Dravid	c Smith b Kallis	32	83	150	5	-	66
SR Tendulkar	c de Villiers b Kallis	44	89	112	7	-	71
VVS Laxman	c Boucher b Ntini	28	67	103	5	-	55
SC Ganguly	not out	51	101	179	4	1	69
+MS Dhoni	c Pollock b Ntini	5	20	22	-	-	16
A Kumble	c Kallis b Nel	6	15	22	1	-	12
Z Khan	lbw b Pollock	9	23	31	-	-	18
S Sreesanth	c Amla b Pollock	0	2	2	-	-	2
VR Singh	c and b Pollock	29	19	26	6	-	10
Extras	(15 lb, 6 nb, 11 w)	32
Total	(all out, 374 minutes, 79.5 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Jaffer, 9.6 ov), 2-14 (Sehwag, 10.5 ov), 3-83 (Tendulkar, 35.4 ov), 4-110 (Dravid, 41.6 ov), 5-156 (Laxman, 56.5 ov), 6-167 (Dhoni, 61.6 ov), 7-188 (Kumble, 66.5 ov), 8-205 (Khan, 73.4 ov), 9-205 (Sreesanth, 73.6 ov), 10-249 (Singh, 79.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Steyn	10.1	3	26	0	-	2	52	4	-
Ntini	18	1	57	3	-	-	79	7	1
Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	-	-	87	4	-
Nel	18.5	5	45	1	1	1	95	7	-
Kallis	15	0	67	2	2	3	61	8	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*GC Smith	lbw b Sreesanth	5	12	8	-	-	9
HH Gibbs	c Sehwag b Khan	0	4	12	-	-	4
HM Amla	c Laxman b Sreesanth	0	6	10	-	-	6
JH Kallis	c Laxman b Sreesanth	12	14	20	3	-	11
AG Prince	c Dhoni b Kumble	24	60	104	2	-	46
AB de Villiers	c Sehwag b Khan	6	14	23	1	-	12
+MV Boucher	b Sreesanth	5	6	12	1	-	4
SM Pollock	lbw b Sreesanth	5	10	10	1	-	8
A Nel	c Khan b Singh	21	24	48	2	1	16
M Ntini	b Kumble	0	1	1	-	-	1
DW Steyn	not out	0	1	2	-	-	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 3 w)	6
Total	(all out, 131 minutes, 25.1 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Smith, 1.6 ov), 2-5 (Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 3-5 (Amla, 3.6 ov), 4-21 (Kallis, 7.3 ov), 5-33 (de Villiers, 12.5 ov), 6-38 (Boucher, 15.2 ov), 7-45 (Pollock, 17.1 ov), 8-84 (Prince, 24.4 ov), 9-84 (Ntini, 24.5 ov), 10-84 (Nel, 25.1 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Khan	10	3	32	2	-	-	44	5	-
Sreesanth	10	3	40	5	2	1	47	4	1
Singh	3.1	0	8	1	1	-	15	1	-
Kumble	2	1	2	2	-	-	11	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
W Jaffer	c Smith b Nel	4	9	17	1	-	8
V Sehwag	c Gibbs b Nel	33	29	39	6	-	17
*RS Dravid	c Boucher b Pollock	1	9	15	-	-	8
SR Tendulkar	b Pollock	14	22	44	3	-	18
VVS Laxman	c Smith b Ntini	73	154	252	12	-	118
SC Ganguly	c Boucher b Ntini	25	38	60	4	-	26
+MS Dhoni	c Boucher b Pollock	18	25	35	3	-	17
A Kumble	c Prince b Nel	1	11	12	-	-	10
Z Khan	c Boucher b Ntini	37	80	106	3	2	64
S Sreesanth	not out	6	7	14	-	1	6
VR Singh	run out (sub [DL Makalima]->Boucher)	11	4	10	2	-	0
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 308 minutes, 64.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Jaffer, 3.5 ov), 2-37 (Dravid, 6.6 ov), 3-41 (Sehwag, 7.5 ov), 4-61 (Tendulkar, 16.1 ov), 5-119 (Ganguly, 28.1 ov), 6-147 (Dhoni, 36.3 ov), 7-148 (Kumble, 39.2 ov), 8-218 (Laxman, 62.4 ov), 9-219 (Khan, 62.6 ov), 10-236 (Singh, 64.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Ntini	15.4	2	77	3	1	-	63	14	-
Nel	19	4	58	3	-	-	89	8	1
Pollock	16	4	33	3	-	-	80	5	-
Kallis	11	2	30	0	-	-	52	5	-
Smith	3	0	26	0	-	-	8	2	2

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HH Gibbs	c Tendulkar b Khan	0	4	2	-	-	4
*GC Smith	c Sehwag b Sreesanth	10	27	35	1	-	21
HM Amla	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	17	30	56	2	-	24
JH Kallis	c Ganguly b Sreesanth	27	72	107	4	-	58
AG Prince	b Kumble	97	223	328	11	-	173
AB de Villiers	run out (Khan)	17	42	62	3	-	35
+MV Boucher	lbw b Khan	23	41	78	3	-	31
SM Pollock	b Kumble	40	41	66	6	1	26
A Nel	lbw b Kumble	6	12	17	1	-	10
DW Steyn	not out	6	24	41	-	-	21
M Ntini	c Sehwag b Khan	8	20	27	1	-	17
Extras	(8 lb, 19 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 415 minutes, 86.5 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Gibbs, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Smith, 7.6 ov), 3-34 (Amla, 11.6 ov), 4-84 (Kallis, 29.6 ov), 5-120 (de Villiers, 44.1 ov), 6-164 (Boucher, 60.3 ov), 7-231 (Pollock, 74.3 ov), 8-245 (Nel, 78.3 ov), 9-264 (Prince, 80.1 ov), 10-278 (Ntini, 86.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Khan	22.5	5	79	3	-	-	106	11	1
Sreesanth	25	8	59	3	-	5	126	5	-
Singh	18	4	67	0	-	8	86	9	-
Ganguly	1	0	11	0	-	2	4	2	-
Kumble	20	4	54	3	-	-	91	5	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: India (1) 19/2 (Dravid 0*, Tendulkar 4*; 14 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: India (1) 101/3 (Dravid 30*, Laxman 1*; 39.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 21/3 (Kallis 12*, Prince 1*; 7 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 84 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (2) 0/1 (GC Smith 0*; 0.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (2) 69/3 (JH Kallis 24*, Prince 5*; 25 overs)
--> India first innings: 50 in 24.6 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 39.2 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 52.5 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 71.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 23.6 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 59.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 15.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 37.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 57.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 65.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 79 overs
--> SR Tendulkar (1) passed 10500 runs in Test matches when he reached 31
--> VVS Laxman (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> SC Ganguly (1) 50 in 99 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> A Nel (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> VVS Laxman (2) 50 in 108 balls with 10 fours
--> AG Prince (2) 50 in 136 balls with 4 fours
--> AG Prince (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> S Sreesanth made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> VR Singh made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> W Jaffer made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MS Dhoni made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> S Sreesanth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed SM Pollock in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 4-70)
--> S Sreesanth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the South Africa first innings
--> S Sreesanth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 5-57)
--> SM Pollock reached 400 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RS Dravid, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
--> S Sreesanth reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JH Kallis, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> RS Dravid (13) and SR Tendulkar (37) added 50 in 110 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> VVS Laxman (22) and SC Ganguly (23) added 50 in 56 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> VVS Laxman (29) and Z Khan (21) added 50 in 119 balls for the India 8th wicket in the second innings
--> JH Kallis (27) and AG Prince (17) added 50 in 104 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AG Prince (16) and SM Pollock (31) added 50 in 64 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the second innings

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New Ball Taken: South Africa 269/9 after 83.1 overs (DW Steyn 2, M Ntini 3)

 

 

 

 

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