India vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Kanpur, Apr 11 2008, South Africa tour of India

RESULT
3rd Test, Kanpur, April 11 - 13, 2008, South Africa tour of India
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265 & 121
(T:62) 325 & 64/2

India won by 8 wickets

Player Of The Match
87
sourav-ganguly
Player Of The Series
19 wkts
harbhajan-singh
South Africa 1st Innings
India 1st Innings
South Africa 2nd Innings
India 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
South Africa 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
st †Dhoni b Chawla3657935063.15
c Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh691341948251.49
b Sharma511011146050.49
b Harbhajan Singh17220014.28
lbw b Sehwag16711050022.53
c Ganguly b Chawla2545553055.55
b Sharma2959903049.15
c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh17171930100.00
b Sharma1231442038.70
c sub (M Kaif) b Harbhajan Singh058000.00
not out 0215000.00
Extras(lb 3, nb 4, w 2)9
TOTAL87.3 Ov (RR: 3.02, 379 Mins)265
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Neil McKenzie, 17.5 ov), 2-152 (Graeme Smith, 45.4 ov), 3-160 (Hashim Amla, 48.4 ov), 4-161 (Jacques Kallis, 49.6 ov), 5-199 (AB de Villiers, 62.2 ov), 6-215 (Ashwell Prince, 73.2 ov), 7-241 (Morne Morkel, 77.5 ov), 8-264 (Mark Boucher, 85.2 ov), 9-265 (Dale Steyn, 86.4 ov), 10-265 (Paul Harris, 87.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1103202.90534012
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48.4 to HM Amla, bowled him! Ishant's been getting the ball to seam back into Amla and this time he gets beaten by the pace and the movement, Amla tries to defend from his crease but the ball thuds into his back pad before dislodging the leg bail, that was nearly 137 kmh. 160/3
85.2 to MV Boucher, bowled! Ishant pitches the ball outside off and cuts it into the right-hander, it keeps low as well, Boucher tries to defend from his crease and gets beaten by pace and movement, the ball crashes into off and middle stump. 264/8
87.3 to PL Harris, Ishant batters leg stump! It was a full ball which swung into the right-hander, Harris tried to slog it over long on and missed, the ball cannoned into the middle of leg stump and uprooted it, that is the end of the South African innings and that is also stumps on day one. 265/10
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49.6 to JH Kallis, bowled again! Kallis moves back and across to defend one that pitched around off and spun into him, he misses and gets hit on the thigh, the ball bounces off the thigh, hits the back of Kallis' gloves and then ricochets back on to the stumps, Kallis looks bewildered but he has to go. 161/4
77.5 to M Morkel, caught! Morkel moves on to the back foot to cut - a shot he has played twice with success - but this time he's beaten by the spin and the high bounce, he gets an edge to Dravid who takes the catch at first slip. 241/7
86.4 to DW Steyn, caught! that's a smart catch by Kaif at first slip, it was the quicker ball on middle and off stump, Steyn tried to reverse sweep and the ball went straight off the edge to first slip, South Africa are nine down. 265/9
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17.5 to ND McKenzie, stumped! McKenzie tries to jump out of crease and hit Chawla down the ground, this time he gets beaten by the flight and is no where close to making contact, it didn't turn a lot but enough to beat the bat, Dhoni collects cleanly and demolishes off stump with McKenzie a long way out of his crease, Chawla breaks through in his first over. 61/1
62.2 to AB de Villiers, caught! de Villiers moves back to pull but he's playing the shot against the turn, the ball hits the bottom of the bat and goes high in the air towards midwicket where Ganguly settles under the catch, Chawla once again strikes in the first over of his spell. 199/5
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45.4 to GC Smith, caught! Yuvraj comes back and how! He bowls a flat and quicker delivery on middle and off stump, Smith comes forward to defend, the ball bounces a little more and hits Smith on the glove and bobs up towards short leg where Jaffer dives forward to hold a low catch. 152/2
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73.2 to AG Prince, lbw! Sehwag goes round the wicket and drifts the ball with the arm into Prince who tries to defend on the back foot, he misses and gets hit on the pad, the ball would have gone on to hit off stump but the impact was perhaps marginally outside off but Doctrove didn't think so and sent Prince on his way, it's been a struggle for Prince on this pitch. 215/6
India 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Morkel1534503044.11
lbw b Steyn814212057.14
c de Villiers b Morkel291061514027.35
b Morkel501031387048.54
c Amla b Steyn871192199173.10
c de Villiers b Harris3257756056.14
st †Boucher b Harris3254745059.25
lbw b Steyn621320028.57
c Smith b Ntini412171033.33
c Prince b Harris2944645065.90
not out 1438622036.84
Extras(b 8, lb 6, nb 4, w 1)19
TOTAL99.4 Ov (RR: 3.26, 456 Mins)325
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Virender Sehwag, 4.6 ov), 2-35 (Wasim Jaffer, 10.4 ov), 3-113 (Rahul Dravid, 41.1 ov), 4-123 (VVS Laxman, 43.5 ov), 5-188 (Yuvraj Singh, 60.6 ov), 6-248 (MS Dhoni, 76.1 ov), 7-268 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.5 ov), 8-279 (Piyush Chawla, 85.6 ov), 9-279 (Sourav Ganguly, 86.1 ov), 10-325 (Sreesanth, 99.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2017133.55879010
4.6 to V Sehwag, lbw! South Africa are thrilled! Steyn follows several short balls with a good length one that pitches just outside off and angles into the right-hander, Sehwag hardly moves his feet while trying to defend and gets hit in line with off stump, that ball is heading for middle stump and Asad Rauf raises the finger in a flash. 18/1
82.5 to Harbhajan Singh, that is quick and straight from Steyn, Harbhajan stays on the back foot and moves across his crease, he gets hit flush on the pad, Asad Rauf makes a quick decision and raises the finger. 268/7
86.1 to SC Ganguly, Ganguly tries to play the big shot, he moves his front foot out of the way and tries to loft over the off side, he slices it straight to Amla who is just outside the circle at extra cover, India have lost two in two. 279/9
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85.6 to PP Chawla, caught! Chawla tries to pull a short of a length ball, the length isn't that short and the ball is on to him a bit quicker, he connects with the high part of the bat and hits it straight to Smith at mid-on. 279/8
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10.4 to W Jaffer, lbw! Morkel fires in a full and fast ball angling into middle, Jaffer should have been playing straight but he tried to hit across the line while staying in his crease, he gets hit low on the pad in front of middle and falls over a little, Asad Rauf raises the finger after some thought, Morkel strikes in his first over. 35/2
41.1 to R Dravid, caught! That's a vicious ball and Dravid is hurt as well, a good length ball pitches outside off stump and rears up sharply at Dravid who comes half forward and tries to defend, the ball angles into the right-hander and the bounce is so steep that the ball smashes into Dravid's glove and lobs up to de Villiers at gully, Dravid is in pain as he walks off the ground. 113/3
43.5 to VVS Laxman, bowled him! what a delivery from Morkel, it was on a good length and it swung into Laxman who moved forward and tried to play the ball on the leg side, the ball straightened off the pitch after swinging into the right-hander and hits the top of off stump, brilliant stuff and South Africa have picked up a massive wicket. 123/4
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60.6 to Yuvraj Singh, caught! de Villiers takes it in the deep! Yuvraj gets down on one knee and tries to sweep from off stump, he plays a short arm sweep and gets a top edge in front of square leg, de Villiers moves to his left in the deep and and holds on to a flat catch while he's on the run. 188/5
76.1 to MS Dhoni, stumped! Dhoni charges down the track and has a wild heave at the ball, Harris bowls a flat ball outside off stump, it kept a little low but Dhoni was never going to make contact, Boucher collects cleanly and breaks the stumps with Dhoni well short. 248/6
99.4 to S Sreesanth, caught! Sreesanth comes forward to drive a flighted delivery and plays it in the air towards Prince at short cover who takes a simple catch towards his right, that's the end of the innings. 325/10
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South Africa 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Sreesanth1445501031.11
b Sehwag35901573038.88
c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh067000.00
c Jaffer b Sehwag1545831033.33
not out 22871171025.28
c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh721220033.33
c †Dhoni b Sharma511230045.45
b Sharma032000.00
c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh075000.00
b Harbhajan Singh710221070.00
c Ganguly b Sehwag01222000.00
Extras(b 12, lb 1, nb 2, w 1)16
TOTAL55.5 Ov (RR: 2.16, 259 Mins)121
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Neil McKenzie, 11.3 ov), 2-27 (Hashim Amla, 12.5 ov), 3-65 (Jacques Kallis, 29.1 ov), 4-72 (Graeme Smith, 33.1 ov), 5-90 (AB de Villiers, 39.5 ov), 6-101 (Mark Boucher, 45.1 ov), 7-101 (Morne Morkel, 45.4 ov), 8-102 (Paul Harris, 46.5 ov), 9-114 (Dale Steyn, 50.5 ov), 10-121 (Makhaya Ntini, 55.5 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2374441.911072000
12.5 to HM Amla, caught! Amla falls on the stroke of lunch, Harbhajan bowled a quicker ball around off stump, Amla went back in his crease to play it, the ball spun into the right-hander, forcing him to defend, he got an inside edge on to the pad and the ball bobbed up towards short leg where Jaffer dived forward to take the catch. 27/2
39.5 to AB de Villiers, caught! Harbhajan gets one to spin and bounce into the right-hander from just outside off stump, it is a flat and quick ball, de Villiers tries to defend it from his crease on the leg side, he gets hit on the glove and the ball goes straight to Laxman at leg slip. 90/5
46.5 to PL Harris, caught! South Africa are crumbling, Harbhajan Singh bowls the straighter ball flat and fast on off stump, Harris goes back to defend, he is playing for the turn but the ball goes straight through and hits the outside edge, Dravid takes a comfortable catch at first slip. 102/8
50.5 to DW Steyn, bowled him! Steyn plants his front foot forward and slogs wildly across the line, he misses and Harbhajan hits middle stump, he picks up his fourth wicket and South Africa are nine down. 114/9
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45.1 to MV Boucher, caught! that was a nasty nasty ball from Ishant, he pitched it just short of a length outside off stump, the ball cut back and bounced sharply into the right-hander, Boucher was caught by surprise, he swayed out of the way but couldn't get his bat out of the line of the ball, Dhoni took the faint edge comfortably. 101/6
45.4 to M Morkel, bowled him! Ishant pitches on a good length around middle and leg, he moves the ball towards off and it keeps a little low as well, Morkel tries to drive off the back foot and plays outside the line, the ball smacks into off stump. 101/7
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11.3 to ND McKenzie, this time Asad Rauf does agree! Sreesanth pitches the ball on a good length and angles it into the right-hander, McKenzie moves across his stumps and tries to pull, the length is short enough to pull but the ball doesn't bounce, he gets hit on the top of the pad, his front foot was slightly off the ground as well so it may have been rather high but Rauf raises the finger, on this pitch it may have clipped the top of the stumps because the bounce on such deliveries has died, that is Sreesanth's 50th wicket in Tests. 26/1
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29.1 to JH Kallis, he strikes with his first ball! Sehwag bowled the quicker delivery outside off stump, Kallis went back and across to play it, the ball spun sharply and bounced a lot into the right-hander, Kallis tried fending it down but edged it on to his pad towards Jaffer at short leg. 65/3
33.1 to GC Smith, bowled round the legs! Sehwag bowls a full and fast ball outside leg stump, Smith moves across his stumps and tries to play on the leg side, the ball pitches outside leg and spins in to hit the stumps, massive wicket for India and Smith's long resistance has ended. 72/4
55.5 to M Ntini, caught! Sehwag picks up his third, he pitches the ball outside off stump and turns it sharply into the right-hander, Ntini comes forward and doesn't play a shot, the ball spins into him, hits the glove and lobs up to Ganguly who comes forward to take the catch at silly point. 121/10
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India 2nd Innings (T: 62 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Morkel1011202090.90
c Prince b Harris22121512183.33
not out 1328412046.42
not out 1829364062.06
Extras(nb 1)1
TOTAL13.1 Ov (RR: 4.86, 57 Mins)64/2
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Virender Sehwag, 3.3 ov), 2-32 (Wasim Jaffer, 4.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
201507.5062000
10505.0041000
5.103616.96225200
3.3 to V Sehwag, caught! Sehwag tries to clear the boundary once again, he comes down the track and slogs across the line, he gets a top edge that lobs up towards backward point where Prince takes an easy catch. 32/1
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4.2 to W Jaffer, that's lbw! Morkel pitches the ball on a good length outside off stump and seams the ball back off the pitch into the right-hander, Jaffer moves half-forward and across his stumps and gets hit on the back pad in front of off stump, that's plumb and Morkel has dismissed Jaffer for the second time in the Test, he has him lbw in the first innings as well. 32/2
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Fri, 11 Apr - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 265
Sat, 12 Apr - day 2 - India 1st innings 288/9 (Sreesanth 9*, Ishant Sharma 0*, 88 ov)
Sun, 13 Apr - day 3 - India 2nd innings 64/2 (13.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
  • India: 300 runs in 91.6 overs (556 balls), Extras 18
  • Drinks: India - 319/9 in 97.0 overs (S Sreesanth 24, I Sharma 14)
  • Innings Break: India - 325/10 in 99.4 overs (I Sharma 14)
  • South Africa 2nd innings
  • Lunch: South Africa - 27/2 in 12.5 overs (GC Smith 10)
  • Drinks: South Africa - 39/2 in 21.0 overs (GC Smith 15, JH Kallis 6)
  • South Africa: 50 runs in 24.3 overs (149 balls), Extras 4
  • Drinks: South Africa - 65/2 in 29.0 overs (GC Smith 30, JH Kallis 15)
  • Tea: South Africa - 88/4 in 39.0 overs (AG Prince 8, AB de Villiers 6)
  • South Africa: 100 runs in 44.1 overs (267 balls), Extras 14
  • Drinks: South Africa - 102/8 in 48.0 overs (AG Prince 10, DW Steyn 0)
  • Innings Break: South Africa - 121/10 in 55.5 overs (AG Prince 22)
  • India 2nd innings
  • India: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (57 balls), Extras 1
MATCH DETAILS
Green Park, Kanpur
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Series
Season2007/08
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result3-match series drawn 1-1
Match numberTest no. 1873
Hours of play (local time)09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.42
Match days11,12,13 April 2008 - day (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee