Safari in SouthAfrica

South Africa 362 & 36/0 (8.2 ov)

India 364

South Africa lead by 34 runs with 10 wickets remaining

Day 3 - Session 3

• India in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test
• Test no. 1988 | 2010/11 season
• Played at Newlands, Cape Town
• 2,3,4,5,6 January 2011 (5-day match)

	South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Petersen	c †Dhoni b Sharma	21	65	47	3	0	44.68
	13.3 132.5 kph, Full and straighter. That does the trick. The ball rushed across with a wobbling seam position, landed full outside off and invited a drive. Alviro, who plays lovely off drives, went for a straight drive this time and ended up pushing inside the line. The ball shaped away after landing and took the outside edge. Enter Jacques Kallis. 34/2
	GC Smith*	lbw b Khan	6	30	12	0	0	50.00
	6.3 130.3 kph, Trapped! Zaheer nails Smith again. It was the length delivery that moved in towards the off stump. Smith was caught at the crease and stumbled out in the end. He was searching for the delivery there, unsure whether it was coming in or going out, and stabbed well outside the line. The ball rushed through the bat and pad gap and struck the back pad around the off stump. The only question was whether it struck him marginally outside off. Will confirm post replays. But that looked out. The first one came in and was met with a perfect defensive push. The second one went out and this one came back in. Replays in. The ball hit him smack on the off-stump line. Dead plumb! 17/1
	HM Amla	c Pujara b Sreesanth	59	110	80	9	1	73.75
	28.3 132.8 kph, Amla has played one shot too many and Sree has struck with the short ball. We have had a few comments, asking whether Amla thought this was the Twenty20 match for which he's been picked.. Well, he was in T20 mode since the rain resumption, wasn't he? Sree gets this bouncer to end on off and middle, which meant Amla had to pull it all the way across. He went for the challenge, and tried to clear the two men in the deep, but this was onto him faster than he'd have though. The top-edge loops up and lands in deep midwicket's hands. India have a big wicket here. Sree gives him a bit of a send-off 106/3
	JH Kallis	c †Dhoni b Khan	161	459	291	19	0	55.32
	112.5 130.3 kph, the agony ends for India. They have finally managed to find a way past Kallis. It must be said, it was more a case of Kallis losing his wicket, in an attempt to manufacture a single out of somewhere. End of a really special innings. That was back of a length, close to off stump and was going away from Kallis, who shaped to cut it fine. He got a thin edge through to Dhoni. Kallis has done his job - the last two wickets have added 79 and South Africa are on top now. 362/10
	AB de Villiers	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	26	95	72	3	0	36.11
	50.6 130.0 kph, A lovely outswinger does the trick for Sreesanth. He has been spot on in this spell and has broken through for India. AB was lured into the cover drive by this full delivery but it swung away late to catch the edge. Sreesanth smiles. His team-mates rush to congratulate him. It was promising partnership but its over now. 164/4
	AG Prince	b Sreesanth	47	144	100	6	0	47.00
	83.5 130.0 kph, What a delivery. A youtube moment for Sreesanth. The last one seamed away. This one was a beauty: It swung in the air, landed on the good length outside off and invited Prince to drive. The bat came down but the ball shaped back in generously to thread the bat and pad gap and crashed into the off stump. Clatter! Fab delivery this. 262/5
	MV Boucher†	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	83.6 134.6 kph, Sreesanth take a bow. Another gem. Boucher had no chance. His poor series with the bat continues. It landed on a good length around the off stump, seam position facing the first slip as it rushed through the air, and Boucher shaped to defend. He must have thought he had got enough wood behind the line of the ball but it seamed further away to clip the outer edge. Serene celebrations from Sreesanth. India get back into the Test. Kallis stands alone. 262/6
	DW Steyn	c Pujara b Khan	0	12	5	0	0	0.00
	86.1 124.1 kph, The bouncer takes out Steyn. Zaheer switched to round the stumps and got one to rear up at the throat of Steyn who took his eyes off and put up his bat as a shield. It didn't work. It flew up to gully. Kallis is on 99. SA 272 for 7. 272/7
	M Morkel	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	8	10	11	2	0	72.72
	87.6 131.0 kph, Five-for for Sreesanth! Morne tries to heave a length delivery outside off out of the ground but only manages to get a thick edge to Dhoni. Sreesanth is pumped up before he calms down by pressing his palms together to give a namaskar pose .. as he looks up to the skies and mutters a small prayer. or so it looks. 283/8
	PL Harris	c Pujara b Sharma	7	55	41	0	0	17.07
	98.1 132.7 kph, And that's that. Ishant gets one to bounce to the ribcage and Harris tucks it straight to that man at leg gully. He resisted for a short while but he is gone now. SA 9 down. 310/9
	LL Tsotsobe	not out	8	63	28	0	0	28.57
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 11)	19
	Total	(all out; 112.5 overs; 577 mins)	362	(3.20 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (Smith, 6.3 ov), 2-34 (Petersen, 13.3 ov), 3-106 (Amla, 28.3 ov), 4-164 (de Villiers, 50.6 ov), 5-262 (Prince, 83.5 ov), 6-262 (Boucher, 83.6 ov), 7-272 (Steyn, 86.1 ov), 8-283 (Morkel, 87.6 ov), 9-310 (Harris, 98.1 ov), 10-362 (Kallis, 112.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	29.5	6	89	3	2.98	(2nb)
	6.3 to Smith, 130.3 kph, Trapped! Zaheer nails Smith again. It was the length delivery that moved in towards the off stump. Smith was caught at the crease and stumbled out in the end. He was searching for the delivery there, unsure whether it was coming in or going out, and stabbed well outside the line. The ball rushed through the bat and pad gap and struck the back pad around the off stump. The only question was whether it struck him marginally outside off. Will confirm post replays. But that looked out. The first one came in and was met with a perfect defensive push. The second one went out and this one came back in. Replays in. The ball hit him smack on the off-stump line. Dead plumb! 17/1 86.1 to Steyn, 124.1 kph, The bouncer takes out Steyn. Zaheer switched to round the stumps and got one to rear up at the throat of Steyn who took his eyes off and put up his bat as a shield. It didn't work. It flew up to gully. Kallis is on 99. SA 272 for 7. 272/7 112.5 to Kallis, 130.3 kph, the agony ends for India. They have finally managed to find a way past Kallis. It must be said, it was more a case of Kallis losing his wicket, in an attempt to manufacture a single out of somewhere. End of a really special innings. That was back of a length, close to off stump and was going away from Kallis, who shaped to cut it fine. He got a thin edge through to Dhoni. Kallis has done his job - the last two wickets have added 79 and South Africa are on top now. 362/10
	S Sreesanth	29	0	114	5	3.93	(6nb, 1w)
	28.3 to Amla, 132.8 kph, Amla has played one shot too many and Sree has struck with the short ball. We have had a few comments, asking whether Amla thought this was the Twenty20 match for which he's been picked.. Well, he was in T20 mode since the rain resumption, wasn't he? Sree gets this bouncer to end on off and middle, which meant Amla had to pull it all the way across. He went for the challenge, and tried to clear the two men in the deep, but this was onto him faster than he'd have though. The top-edge loops up and lands in deep midwicket's hands. India have a big wicket here. Sree gives him a bit of a send-off 106/3 50.6 to de Villiers, 130.0 kph, A lovely outswinger does the trick for Sreesanth. He has been spot on in this spell and has broken through for India. AB was lured into the cover drive by this full delivery but it swung away late to catch the edge. Sreesanth smiles. His team-mates rush to congratulate him. It was promising partnership but its over now. 164/4 83.5 to Prince, 130.0 kph, What a delivery. A youtube moment for Sreesanth. The last one seamed away. This one was a beauty: It swung in the air, landed on the good length outside off and invited Prince to drive. The bat came down but the ball shaped back in generously to thread the bat and pad gap and crashed into the off stump. Clatter! Fab delivery this. 262/5 83.6 to Boucher, 134.6 kph, Sreesanth take a bow. Another gem. Boucher had no chance. His poor series with the bat continues. It landed on a good length around the off stump, seam position facing the first slip as it rushed through the air, and Boucher shaped to defend. He must have thought he had got enough wood behind the line of the ball but it seamed further away to clip the outer edge. Serene celebrations from Sreesanth. India get back into the Test. Kallis stands alone. 262/6 87.6 to Morkel, 131.0 kph, Five-for for Sreesanth! Morne tries to heave a length delivery outside off out of the ground but only manages to get a thick edge to Dhoni. Sreesanth is pumped up before he calms down by pressing his palms together to give a namaskar pose .. as he looks up to the skies and mutters a small prayer. or so it looks. 283/8
	I Sharma	27	6	77	2	2.85	(3nb)
	13.3 to Petersen, 132.5 kph, Full and straighter. That does the trick. The ball rushed across with a wobbling seam position, landed full outside off and invited a drive. Alviro, who plays lovely off drives, went for a straight drive this time and ended up pushing inside the line. The ball shaped away after landing and took the outside edge. Enter Jacques Kallis. 34/2 98.1 to Harris, 132.7 kph, And that's that. Ishant gets one to bounce to the ribcage and Harris tucks it straight to that man at leg gully. He resisted for a short while but he is gone now. SA 9 down. 310/9
	Harbhajan Singh	27	3	75	0	2.77

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c †Boucher b Harris	93	318	222	13	0	41.89
	71.2 84.2 kph, the last one was a snorter that leaped from the rough and turned in. This one didn't spin in much but Gambhir, obviously affected by the last delivery, chose to poke at this one and got a thin edge. Boucher takes a good catch. It was a fine determined gritty effort from Gambhir 204/3
	V Sehwag	c Smith b Steyn	13	28	20	3	0	65.00
	6.3 135.4 kph, gone! Fuller this time and Sehwag drives it, not fully committed to that shot, he tries to drive it in the direction of cover but half-slices it towards mid-off, Smith's the man there, he dives forward to take it inches from the ground, good catch and South Africa have struck early 19/1
	R Dravid	run out (de Villiers)	5	21	16	0	0	31.25
	10.5 Tsotsobe to Gambhir, dropped but run-out, Gambhir tries to punch that off the back foot, gets a thick outside edge but is dropped at gully, slip runs back and returns an accurate throw to the striker's end, scores a direct-hit and Dravid, attempting the single, is caught short by a fair distance. Never run of a misfield, they say, and it includes drops. These two never looked comfortable in taking the singles and one's finally given way. India in a bit of trouble now. We suspect it was AB de Villiers who was the fielder but we need to take another look at the replay. Alviro, we think, was the dropper 28/2
	SR Tendulkar	b Morkel	146	465	314	17	2	46.49
	113.3 136.4 kph, Tendulkar falls. It was a good-length delivery that landed on the off-stump line and hit the off. Tendulkar, perhaps, was expecting something shorter, and was a touch late in getting forward. He never got across as he usually would have done for such deliveries. He ended up feeling, searching for it even as he tried to lean forward. The ball whooshed past the bat and crashed into the off stump. It landed on the off and straightened to hit the off. It brings back memory of a similar delivery that Chris Lewis once bowled to a young Tendulkar. In the here and now, though, What a outstanding innings this has been. Styen breathed fire with his screaming outswingers, Morne went for his throat and Tsotsobe probed him outside off but Tendulkar resisted everything that was thrown at him. A special knock but its over now. 341/8
	VVS Laxman	run out (Harris)	15	35	19	3	0	78.94
	79.4 Harris to Tendulkar, Laxman is run out Tendulkar is dropped and Laxman is out! Here is what happened: Tendulkar went down the track and smashed it hard in the air to right of Harris who just about managed to get his right hand to it. Laxman was outside his crease and the ball fell on the stumps at his end! Run out! Harris is bleeding. Blood on the pitch but he has run out, albeit accidentally, Laxman. Big moment this. 235/4
	CA Pujara	lbw b Steyn	2	17	14	0	0	14.28
	82.6 133.6 kph, That's Shane Warne at 134 kph! That's the end of Pujara. You need a huge dose of luck if you want to survive these. Pujara didn't have it. Steyn gets the away movement going again, this time from leg stump. It landed on a length and opened Pujara up as he desperately tried to cover the line. It defeated his prod and thudded into the back pad in front of middle. What. A. Ball. 237/5
	MS Dhoni*†	c Prince b Steyn	0	9	3	0	0	0.00
	84.3 135.0 kph, It's the new ball and it is Steyn all the way since lunch. Another inch-perfect outswinger from a length, Dhoni played at it like a zombie - no feet movement, no nothing. Seemed like he wanted to steer it square, he ended up playing it straight into third slip's hands. India are disintegrating here. 247/6
	Harbhajan Singh	c sub (JP Duminy) b Steyn	40	117	67	3	2	59.70
	110.1 141.8 kph, The bouncer takes out Harbhajan! He went for the short-arm pull but didn't connect too well. JP Duminy ran in from deep square-leg and pouches it . Fiesty counter-attacking knock ends. India trail by 39 323/7
	Z Khan	c Prince b Morkel	23	38	22	1	2	104.54
	117.1 135.7 kph, India bowled out 364. A lead of two. Zaheer went for the big slog over midwicket but top edged it towards third man. Prince was stationed there very fine but he still had to rush towards his left and lunged in the end. It appeared to be slipping off his palms but got stuck in his little fingers 364/10
	I Sharma	c †Boucher b Steyn	1	6	2	0	0	50.00
	114.3 141.1 kph, Done in by the bouncer. Ishant is not good in leaving em. He tries to ride the bounce. It's fine in Indian conditions but on these tracks, it's a risky move. This one climbed towards his head and the ugly fend saw the ball pop up to Boucher. That;s Steyn's five-for Enter Sreesanth. 350/9
	S Sreesanth	not out	4	15	5	1	0	80.00
	Extras	(lb 20, w 1, nb 1)	22
	Total	(all out; 117.1 overs; 536 mins)	364	(3.10 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Sehwag, 6.3 ov), 2-28 (Dravid, 10.5 ov), 3-204 (Gambhir, 71.2 ov), 4-235 (Laxman, 79.4 ov), 5-237 (Pujara, 82.6 ov), 6-247 (Dhoni, 84.3 ov), 7-323 (Harbhajan Singh, 110.1 ov), 8-341 (Tendulkar, 113.3 ov), 9-350 (Sharma, 114.3 ov), 10-364 (Khan, 117.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DW Steyn	31	11	75	5	2.41
	6.3 to Sehwag, 135.4 kph, gone! Fuller this time and Sehwag drives it, not fully committed to that shot, he tries to drive it in the direction of cover but half-slices it towards mid-off, Smith's the man there, he dives forward to take it inches from the ground, good catch and South Africa have struck early 19/1 82.6 to Pujara, 133.6 kph, That's Shane Warne at 134 kph! That's the end of Pujara. You need a huge dose of luck if you want to survive these. Pujara didn't have it. Steyn gets the away movement going again, this time from leg stump. It landed on a length and opened Pujara up as he desperately tried to cover the line. It defeated his prod and thudded into the back pad in front of middle. What. A. Ball. 237/5 84.3 to Dhoni, 135.0 kph, It's the new ball and it is Steyn all the way since lunch. Another inch-perfect outswinger from a length, Dhoni played at it like a zombie - no feet movement, no nothing. Seemed like he wanted to steer it square, he ended up playing it straight into third slip's hands. India are disintegrating here. 247/6 110.1 to Harbhajan Singh, 141.8 kph, The bouncer takes out Harbhajan! He went for the short-arm pull but didn't connect too well. JP Duminy ran in from deep square-leg and pouches it . Fiesty counter-attacking knock ends. India trail by 39 323/7 114.3 to Sharma, 141.1 kph, Done in by the bouncer. Ishant is not good in leaving em. He tries to ride the bounce. It's fine in Indian conditions but on these tracks, it's a risky move. This one climbed towards his head and the ugly fend saw the ball pop up to Boucher. That;s Steyn's five-for Enter Sreesanth. 350/9
	M Morkel	29.1	7	106	2	3.63	(1nb, 1w)
	113.3 to Tendulkar, 136.4 kph, Tendulkar falls. It was a good-length delivery that landed on the off-stump line and hit the off. Tendulkar, perhaps, was expecting something shorter, and was a touch late in getting forward. He never got across as he usually would have done for such deliveries. He ended up feeling, searching for it even as he tried to lean forward. The ball whooshed past the bat and crashed into the off stump. It landed on the off and straightened to hit the off. It brings back memory of a similar delivery that Chris Lewis once bowled to a young Tendulkar. In the here and now, though, What a outstanding innings this has been. Styen breathed fire with his screaming outswingers, Morne went for his throat and Tsotsobe probed him outside off but Tendulkar resisted everything that was thrown at him. A special knock but its over now. 341/8 117.1 to Khan, 135.7 kph, India bowled out 364. A lead of two. Zaheer went for the big slog over midwicket but top edged it towards third man. Prince was stationed there very fine but he still had to rush towards his left and lunged in the end. It appeared to be slipping off his palms but got stuck in his little fingers 364/10
	LL Tsotsobe	26	5	82	0	3.15
	PL Harris	29	8	72	1	2.48
	71.2 to Gambhir, 84.2 kph, the last one was a snorter that leaped from the rough and turned in. This one didn't spin in much but Gambhir, obviously affected by the last delivery, chose to poke at this one and got a thin edge. Boucher takes a good catch. It was a fine determined gritty effort from Gambhir 204/3
	AN Petersen	2	0	9	0	4.50

	South Africa 2nd innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith*	not out	24	31	3	0	77.41
	AN Petersen	not out	11	20	0	0	55.00
	Extras	(nb 1)	1
	Total	(0 wickets; 8.2 overs)	36	(4.32 runs per over)

To bat JH Kallis, HM Amla, AB de Villiers, AG Prince, MV Boucher†, LL Tsotsobe, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Morkel

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	4.2	0	22	0	5.07	(1nb)
	S Sreesanth	4	1	14	0	3.50

Match details

Toss India, who chose to field

Player of the match tba

Umpires IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire BG Jerling Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire S George

Close of play day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 232/4 (JH Kallis 81*, AG Prince 28*, 74 ov) day 2 - India 1st innings 142/2 (G Gambhir 65*, SR Tendulkar 49*, 50 ov)