South Africa vs India

India 136 & 459 all out

South Africa 620/4d

South Africa win by an innings and 25 runs.

Scoring

Australia vs England

Australia 268 & 309

England 187 & 123

Australia won by 267 runs, Ashes series level 1-1

 
South Africa v India Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion, from 16 Dec to 20 Dec 2010
India 2nd innings
Batting R B 4s 6s
G Gambhir lbw b Steyn 80 124 10 0
V Sehwag c Smith b Harris 63 79 9 1
R Dravid c Boucher b M Morkel 43 109 6 0
I Sharma c HM Amla b Steyn 23 51 4 0
SR Tendulkar not out 111 241 13 1
VVS Laxman c de Villiers b Tsotsobe 8 21 2 0
SK Raina c Harris b Kallis 5 13 0 0
MS Dhoni c Boucher b Steyn 90 106 14 0
Harbhajan Singh c Kallis b Harris 1 2 0 0
S Sreesanth c de Villiers b M Morkel 3 18 0 0
JD Unadkat c Prince b Steyn 1 10 0 0
Extras (b 13, lb 5, w 8, nb 5) 31      
Total (10 wickets; 128.1 overs) 459      
Fall of wickets
1-137 (Sehwag, 29.3 ov); 2-170 (Gambhir, 39.2 ov); 3-214 (Sharma, 54.4 ov); 4-242 (Dravid, 64.5 ov); 5-256 (Laxman, 72.5 ov); 6-277 (Raina, 77.5 ov); 7-449 (Dhoni, 118.2 ov); 8-450 (Harbhajan, 119.1 ov); 9-456 (Sreesanth, 125.5 ov); 10-459 (Unadkat, 128.1 ov)
 
Result: South Africa won by an innings and 25 runs
India 136 & 459
South Africa 620/4 dec
MOM: JH Kallis
Toss: South Africa elected to field
Umpires: Steve Davis, Ian Gould
Third-umpire: Shaun George
Referee: Andy Pycroft
Bowling O M R W
Steyn 30.1 6 105 4
M Morkel 31 6 94 2
Tsotsobe 24 3 98 1
Harris 30 5 88 2
Kallis 13 3 56 1
South Africa 1st innings
Batting R B 4s 6s
Graeme Smith c Dhoni b Harbhajan 62 87 11 0
Alviro Petersen c Gambhir b Harbhajan 77 114 9 1
Hashim Amla c Dhoni b Sharma 140 202 14 1
Jacques Kallis not out 201 270 15 5
AB de Villiers c Dhoni b Sharma 129 112 12 5
Ashwell Prince          
Mark Boucher          
LL Tsotsobe          
PL Harris          
Dale Steyn          
Morne Morkel          
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 4) 11      
Total (4 wickets dec; 130.1 overs) 620      
 
Bowling O M R W
Sreesanth 24 1 97 0
Sharma 27.1 2 120 2
Unadkat 26 4 101 0
Harbhajan 36 2 169 2
Raina 7 0 77 0
Tendulkar 10 1 51 0
Fall of wickets
1-111 (Smith, 26.3 ov); 2-166 (Petersen, 40.1 ov); 3-396 (HM Amla, 92.3 ov); 4-620 (de Villiers, 130.1 ov)
India 1st innings
Batting R B 4s 6s
G Gambhir c Harris b M Morkel 5 43 0 0
V Sehwag c HM Amla b Steyn 0 3 0 0
R Dravid lbw b M Morkel 14 42 2 0
SR Tendulkar lbw b Steyn 36 34 8 0
VVS Laxman b Steyn 7 20 1 0
SK Raina c Prince b Kallis 1 3 0 0
MS Dhoni lbw b M Morkel 33 50 2 2
Harbhajan Singh run out (Petersen) 27 25 4 1
I Sharma c Kallis b M Morkel 0 2 0 0
S Sreesanth c Steyn b M Morkel 0 8 0 0
JD Unadkat not out 1 5 0 0
Extras (lb 6, w 3, nb 3) 12      
Total (10 wickets; 38.4 overs) 136      
 
Bowling O M R W
Steyn 10 1 34 3
M Morkel 12.4 5 20 5
Tsotsobe 9 2 50 0
Kallis 6 1 20 1
Harris 1 0 6 0
Fall of wickets
1-1 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov); 2-24 (Gambhir, 12.6 ov); 3-27 (Dravid, 14.4 ov); 4-66 (Laxman, 22.2 ov); 5-67 (Raina, 23.1 ov); 6-71 (Tendulkar, 24.4 ov); 7-110 (Harbhajan, 32.1 ov); 8-110 (Sharma, 32.3 ov); 9-116 (Sreesanth, 34.5 ov); 10-136 (Dhoni, 38.4 ov)
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Series South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debut JD Unadkat (India)
Player of the match JH Kallis (South Africa)
Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and IJ Gould (England)
TV umpire S George
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire BG Jerling
Close of play
16 Dec day 1 – India 1st innings 136/9 (MS Dhoni 33*, JD Unadkat 1*, 38.1 ov)
17 Dec day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 366/2 (HM Amla 116*, JH Kallis 102*, 87 ov)
18 Dec day 3 – India 2nd innings 190/2 (R Dravid 28*, I Sharma 7*, 44.1 ov)
19 Dec day 4 – India 2nd innings 454/8 (SR Tendulkar 107*, S Sreesanth 3*, 122.2 ov)
20 Dec day 5 – India 2nd innings 459 (128.1 ov) – end of match

456 Responses to Cricket: South Africa vs India – 1st 5-Day Test – 16 to 20 December

  • 451

    So happy we won. Now lets wrap this series up in Durban.

  • 452

    Full details of the match now up at the top.

  • 453

    The Boxing Day Test to follow in Durban (26 to 30 December) is always marred by rain, hope this time we can see a result.

  • 454

    Well done Proteas. Got so busy never even saw them wrap up this win this morning.

    Now hope we have no rain in Durbs and see the full 5 days.

    Go South Africa.

  • 455

    India’s score of 459 is the highest ever in an innings defeat

  • 456

    Smith could have said it better. This is what India needs now to motivate them. Why not just shut up?

    Graeme Smith expected more of a fight from India on the final morning, and was surprised at how easily the last two wickets came. Perhaps, it had something to do with the fact that after a comprehensive Test win, two of the three questions that came Smith’s way were about Sachin Tendulkar. Smith chose to be brutally honest. The stage for that tone was set when Jacques Kallis was asked why he didn’t applaud for Tendulkar’s century even as every other South African did. Smith’s bemused look told a story then.

    And two questions later, when Smith was asked to rate Tendulkar’s century, he let rip. “It gets difficult,” Smith said. “The guy has scored 50 Test hundreds, it’s hard to rate. He started scoring Test hundreds probably before I can remember. Under pressure, being able to score runs is always a good feather in your cap. [However] I must be honest I was a bit surprised he made life so easy for us this morning. That did surprise me a little bit. But otherwise, yesterday his partnership with MS Dhoni was [good] … I think MS probably needs some credit for that also because if he didn’t hang around, Sachin probably wouldn’t have got his 50th. That partnership in general was the one time that they really stood up in the game.”

    On the final morning, with India’s last two wickets needing 30 runs to avoid an innings defeat, Tendulkar didn’t farm the strike. He exposed Sreesanth and, after his dismissal, Jaidev Unadkat to the fiery quicks, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel. Sreesanth fell when he was given three balls to face from Morkel, and Unadkat when he had to deal with an entire over from Steyn.

    Smith also took a dig at Harbhajan Singh when rating Paul Harris’ performance. “Paul was brilliant you know,” Smith said. “If you compare him to Harbhajan, the way he controlled the game for us was brilliant. Paul gets written off every series, whether it is the opposition, or the media, everyone seems to bad-mouth him or write him off. He always seems to find a key way to do something for us, to allow other people to do big things. In our dressing room, too, he plays a big part.”

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