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Test no. 1870

South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v South Africa

2007/08 season

Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26,27,28,29,30 March 2008 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	c Laxman b Kumble	73	157	97	13	0	75.25
	ND McKenzie	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	94	230	156	18	0	60.25
	HM Amla	run out (Sreesanth/Dhoni/Kumble)	159	406	262	20	0	60.68
	JH Kallis	c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	13	57	42	1	0	30.95
	AG Prince	c & b Kumble	23	68	60	2	0	38.33
	AB de Villiers	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	44	66	58	8	0	75.86
	MV Boucher	c Dravid b Sehwag	70	216	146	9	0	47.94
	M Morkel	c & b Harbhajan Singh	35	91	54	7	0	64.81
	PL Harris	c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	5	26	16	0	0	31.25
	DW Steyn	c Singh b Harbhajan Singh	15	22	21	3	0	71.42
	M Ntini	not out	1	10	6	0	0	16.66
	Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1)	8

	Total	(all out; 152.5 overs; 679 mins)	540	(3.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-132 (Smith, 33.3 ov), 2-196 (McKenzie, 50.5 ov), 3-244 (Kallis, 64.6 ov), 4-291 (Prince, 81.3 ov), 5-357 (de Villiers, 97.6 ov), 6-456 (Amla, 126.4 ov), 7-510 (Boucher, 143.5 ov), 8-520 (Morkel, 146.6 ov), 9-529 (Harris, 150.2 ov), 10-540 (Steyn, 152.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	23	1	111	0	4.82
S Sreesanth	26	5	104	1	4.00	(1nb, 1w)
A Kumble	45	11	106	2	2.35
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	3.65
V Sehwag	11	1	37	1	3.36
SC Ganguly	3	0	12	0	4.00


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	W Jaffer	c Kallis b Harris	73	250	166	6	1	43.97
	V Sehwag	c McKenzie b Ntini	319	530	304	42	5	104.93
	R Dravid	c Kallis b Ntini	111	396	291	15	0	38.14
	SR Tendulkar	c Kallis b Ntini	0	9	5	0	0	0.00
	SC Ganguly	c Boucher b Harris	24	56	29	4	0	82.75
	VVS Laxman	c & b Harris	39	162	64	4	0	60.93
	MS Dhoni	c Boucher b Steyn	16	49	33	2	0	48.48
	A Kumble	b Steyn	3	23	18	0	0	16.66
	Harbhajan Singh	b Steyn	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
	RP Singh	b Steyn	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
	S Sreesanth	not out	4	25	15	0	0	26.66
	Extras	(b 20, lb 10, w 4, nb 4)	38

	Total	(all out; 155.1 overs; 760 mins)	627	(4.04 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-213 (Jaffer, 52.6 ov), 2-481 (Sehwag, 111.4 ov), 3-481 (Tendulkar, 113.3 ov), 4-526 (Ganguly, 123.5 ov), 5-573 (Dravid, 135.4 ov), 6-598 (Dhoni, 144.2 ov), 7-610 (Kumble, 148.2 ov), 8-610 (Harbhajan Singh, 148.4 ov), 9-612 (Singh, 150.4 ov), 10-627 (Laxman, 155.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	32	3	103	4	3.21
M Ntini	28	3	128	3	4.57
M Morkel	25	4	76	0	3.04	(2nb, 1w)
PL Harris	53.1	6	203	3	3.81	(2nb, 1w)
JH Kallis	14	0	71	0	5.07
AG Prince	3	0	16	0	5.33	(1w)


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ND McKenzie	not out	155	445	339	13	1	45.72
	GC Smith	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	35	60	30	5	0	116.66
	HM Amla	c Dravid b Kumble	81	200	148	9	0	54.72
	JH Kallis	c Singh b Harbhajan Singh	19	69	40	1	0	47.50
	AG Prince	c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	5	12	11	1	0	45.45
	AB de Villiers	c Ganguly b Sehwag	11	50	41	0	0	26.82
	MV Boucher	not out	11	50	46	0	0	23.91
	Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 1)	14

	Total	(5 wickets dec; 109 overs; 445 mins)	331	(3.03 runs per over)

Did not bat M Morkel, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-53 (Smith, 10.3 ov), 2-210 (Amla, 56.6 ov), 3-264 (Kallis, 76.2 ov), 4-272 (Prince, 78.6 ov), 5-306 (de Villiers, 94.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	12	0	42	0	3.50	(1nb)
RP Singh	9	1	43	0	4.77
Harbhajan Singh	34	1	101	3	2.97
SC Ganguly	2	1	1	0	0.50
A Kumble	20	2	57	1	2.85
V Sehwag	22	2	55	1	2.50
VVS Laxman	10	2	19	0	1.90

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Player of the match V Sehwag (India)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire SK Tarapore

Close of play
26 Mar day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 304/4 (HM Amla 85*, AB de Villiers 10*, 90 ov)
27 Mar day 2 - India 1st innings 82/0 (W Jaffer 25*, V Sehwag 52*, 21 ov)
28 Mar day 3 - India 1st innings 468/1 (V Sehwag 309*, R Dravid 65*, 106 ov)
29 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 131/1 (ND McKenzie 59*, HM Amla 35*, 33 ov)
30 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 331/5d (109 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
South Africa 1st innings
Drinks: South Africa - 35/0 in 8.0 overs (GC Smith 17, ND McKenzie 16)
South Africa: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (79 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (GC Smith 20, ND McKenzie 30, Ex 2)
Drinks: South Africa - 59/0 in 16.0 overs (GC Smith 22, ND McKenzie 35)
ND McKenzie: 50 off 72 balls (11 x 4)
South Africa: 100 runs in 23.2 overs (141 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 141 balls (GC Smith 44, ND McKenzie 54, Ex 2)
Lunch: South Africa - 109/0 in 25.0 overs (GC Smith 53, ND McKenzie 54)
GC Smith: 50 off 71 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 133/1 in 35.0 overs (ND McKenzie 57, HM Amla 0)
South Africa: 150 runs in 38.2 overs (231 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: South Africa - 167/1 in 43.0 overs (ND McKenzie 76, HM Amla 14)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (ND McKenzie 30, HM Amla 21, Ex 1)
South Africa: 200 runs in 52.2 overs (315 balls), Extras 4
Tea: South Africa - 206/2 in 54.0 overs (HM Amla 31, JH Kallis 3)
HM Amla: 50 off 86 balls (7 x 4)
South Africa: 250 runs in 66.5 overs (402 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: South Africa - 272/3 in 75.0 overs (HM Amla 75, AG Prince 11)
South Africa: 300 runs in 86.2 overs (519 balls), Extras 6
End Of Day: South Africa - 304/4 in 90.0 overs (HM Amla 85, AB de Villiers 10)

Day 2
New Ball Taken: South Africa 323/4 after 93.1 overs (HM Amla 87, AB de Villiers 27)
HM Amla: 100 off 173 balls (14 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (HM Amla 21, AB de Villiers 31, Ex 1)
South Africa: 350 runs in 96.4 overs (581 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: South Africa - 358/5 in 99.0 overs (HM Amla 104, MV Boucher 0)
Drinks: South Africa - 382/5 in 106.0 overs (HM Amla 117, MV Boucher 11)
South Africa: 400 runs in 111.1 overs (668 balls), Extras 7
Lunch: South Africa - 404/5 in 113.0 overs (HM Amla 124, MV Boucher 26)
HM Amla 100 in 254 minutes
South Africa 400 in 501 minutes

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (HM Amla 22, MV Boucher 30, Ex 0)
HM Amla: 150 off 248 balls (19 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 449/5 in 124.0 overs (HM Amla 157, MV Boucher 38)
South Africa: 450 runs in 124.2 overs (747 balls), Extras 7
MV Boucher: 50 off 99 balls (8 x 4)
South Africa: 500 runs in 139.6 overs (842 balls), Extras 8
Tea: South Africa - 501/6 in 140.0 overs (MV Boucher 62, M Morkel 25)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (MV Boucher 24, M Morkel 26, Ex 1)
India 1st innings
Drinks: India - 47/0 in 10.0 overs (W Jaffer 19, V Sehwag 24)
India: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (W Jaffer 21, V Sehwag 25, Ex 4)
V Sehwag: 50 off 59 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
End Of Day: India - 82/0 in 21.0 overs (W Jaffer 25, V Sehwag 52)

Day 3
India: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (W Jaffer 34, V Sehwag 61, Ex 5)
Drinks: India - 126/0 in 29.0 overs (W Jaffer 45, V Sehwag 76)
W Jaffer: 50 off 107 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
India: 150 runs in 36.3 overs (220 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 220 balls (W Jaffer 54, V Sehwag 91, Ex 6)
Drinks: India - 151/0 in 37.0 overs (W Jaffer 54, V Sehwag 91)
V Sehwag: 100 off 116 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: India - 176/0 in 46.0 overs (W Jaffer 60, V Sehwag 110)
India: 200 runs in 51.1 overs (308 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 200 runs in 308 balls (W Jaffer 69, V Sehwag 126, Ex 6)
Drinks: India - 219/1 in 55.0 overs (V Sehwag 140, R Dravid 0)
V Sehwag: 150 off 171 balls (23 x 4, 1 x 6)
India: 250 runs in 61.4 overs (373 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: India - 253/1 in 62.0 overs (V Sehwag 169, R Dravid 3)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (V Sehwag 41, R Dravid 7, Ex 2)
V Sehwag: 200 off 194 balls (32 x 4, 2 x 6)
India: 300 runs in 69.2 overs (419 balls), Extras 8
Tea: India - 309/1 in 70.0 overs (V Sehwag 218, R Dravid 10)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 113 balls (V Sehwag 86, R Dravid 11, Ex 3)
India: 350 runs in 78.4 overs (476 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: India - 359/1 in 80.0 overs (V Sehwag 250, R Dravid 26)
V Sehwag: 250 off 225 balls (38 x 4, 3 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 175 balls (V Sehwag 118, R Dravid 27, Ex 5)
India: 400 runs in 89.5 overs (543 balls), Extras 16
Drinks: India - 401/1 in 90.0 overs (V Sehwag 273, R Dravid 39)
2nd Wicket: 200 runs in 241 balls (V Sehwag 147, R Dravid 43, Ex 12)
R Dravid: 50 off 151 balls (6 x 4)
V Sehwag: 300 off 278 balls (41 x 4, 5 x 6)
India: 450 runs in 100.5 overs (610 balls), Extras 20
2nd Wicket: 250 runs in 316 balls (V Sehwag 172, R Dravid 65, Ex 15)
End Of Day: India - 468/1 in 106.0 overs (V Sehwag 309, R Dravid 65)

Day 4
New Ball Taken: India 468/1 after 106.1 overs (V Sehwag 309, R Dravid 65)
2nd Wicket partnership between Sehwag and Dravid lasted 278 minutes.
Drinks: India - 481/3 in 113.3 overs (R Dravid 68)
India: 500 runs in 116.6 overs (707 balls), Extras 25
Drinks: India - 522/3 in 121.0 overs (R Dravid 84, SC Ganguly 20)
Lunch: India - 547/4 in 131.0 overs (R Dravid 99, VVS Laxman 6)
India: 550 runs in 131.3 overs (795 balls), Extras 26
R Dravid: 100 off 272 balls (14 x 4)
Drinks: India - 585/5 in 139.0 overs (VVS Laxman 23, MS Dhoni 8)
India: 600 runs in 145.6 overs (882 balls), Extras 27
Drinks: India - 600/6 in 146.0 overs (VVS Laxman 28, A Kumble 2)
South Africa 2nd innings
South Africa: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: South Africa - 50/0 in 9.0 overs (ND McKenzie 17, GC Smith 32)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (ND McKenzie 17, GC Smith 32, Ex 1)
Drinks: South Africa - 90/1 in 19.0 overs (ND McKenzie 33, HM Amla 20)
South Africa: 100 runs in 20.4 overs (124 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (ND McKenzie 26, HM Amla 23, Ex 1)
ND McKenzie: 50 off 86 balls (6 x 4)
End Of Day: South Africa - 131/1 in 33.0 overs (ND McKenzie 59, HM Amla 35)

Day 5
South Africa: 150 runs in 38.3 overs (231 balls), Extras 6
HM Amla: 50 off 85 balls (6 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 176 balls (ND McKenzie 46, HM Amla 50, Ex 5)
Drinks: South Africa - 160/1 in 42.0 overs (ND McKenzie 69, HM Amla 50)
Drinks: South Africa - 188/1 in 50.0 overs (ND McKenzie 75, HM Amla 71)
South Africa: 200 runs in 54.1 overs (326 balls), Extras 7
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 268 balls (ND McKenzie 68, HM Amla 79, Ex 6)
Lunch: South Africa - 212/2 in 59.0 overs (ND McKenzie 88, JH Kallis 0)
ND McKenzie: 100 off 184 balls (11 x 4)
South Africa: 250 runs in 69.4 overs (419 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: South Africa - 253/2 in 70.0 overs (ND McKenzie 113, JH Kallis 14)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (ND McKenzie 29, JH Kallis 18, Ex 3)
Tea: South Africa - 298/4 in 92.0 overs (ND McKenzie 139, AB de Villiers 9)
South Africa: 300 runs in 92.6 overs (559 balls), Extras 10
ND McKenzie: 150 off 312 balls (13 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: South Africa - 324/5 in 104.0 overs (ND McKenzie 153, MV Boucher 6)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 324/5 after 104.1 overs (ND McKenzie 153, MV Boucher 6)

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