Wisden

The independent voice of cricket

LIVE SCORES
RSA flag RSA
235 & 259
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlIND
100 & 66
IND flag
Overs: 70.0 RR: 3.70 vs spin: 2.36
vs seam: 3.73
Overs: 34.1 RR: 1.93 vs seam: 1.87
Thu 26/12/96 South Africa v India, 1st Test, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 328 runs
Select View

South Africa - 1st Inns 235 (86.0; RR: 2.73)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Hudson c Mongia b Ganguly 80 191 12 0 41.88
G Kirsten b Prasad 2 12 0 0 16.67
AM Bacher lbw b Srinath 25 73 3 1 34.25
DJ Cullinan c Mongia b Prasad 1 6 0 0 16.67
WJ Cronje c Mongia b Prasad 15 41 3 0 36.59
HH Gibbs c Mongia b Johnson 0 10 0 0 0.00
BM McMillan lbw b Johnson 34 99 2 0 34.34
SM Pollock not out 23 47 3 0 48.94
DJ Richardson b Prasad 24 31 4 0 77.42
L Klusener c Mongia b Srinath 1 4 0 0 25.00
AA Donald c Rathour b Prasad 5 11 1 0 45.45
Extras (4b, 10lb, 0w, 11nb) 25  
TOTAL 235 all out (86.0 overs; RR: 2.73)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 70-2 (AM Bacher 0.0 ov), 71-3 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 99-4 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 113-5 (HH Gibbs 0.0 ov), 162-6 (AC Hudson 0.0 ov), 190-7 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 229-8 (DJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 230-9 (L Klusener 0.0 ov), 235-10 (AA Donald 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 20.0 7 36 2 1.80 0 0
BKV Prasad 19.0 6 60 5 3.16 0 0
DJ Johnson 15.0 2 52 2 3.47 0 0
SR Tendulkar 2.4 2 0 0 0.00 0 0
A Kumble 20.2 3 61 0 3.05 0 0
SC Ganguly 9.0 4 12 1 1.33 0 0

India - 1st Inns 100 (39.1; RR: 2.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
V Rathour c Hudson b Donald 7 42 0 0 16.67
WV Raman b Pollock 0 3 0 0 0.00
SC Ganguly c Klusener b Pollock 16 45 1 0 35.56
SR Tendulkar b Donald 15 45 2 0 33.33
M Azharuddin c Bacher b McMillan 15 15 1 1 100.00
RS Dravid lbw b McMillan 7 23 0 0 30.43
NR Mongia c Richardson b Donald 4 13 1 0 30.77
A Kumble not out 13 27 0 1 48.15
J Srinath c Cullinan b Donald 0 1 0 0 0.00
DJ Johnson c Bacher b Donald 3 10 0 0 30.00
BKV Prasad c Richardson b Klusener 4 16 0 0 25.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 2w, 7nb) 16  
TOTAL 100 all out (39.1 overs; RR: 2.55)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (WV Raman 0.0 ov), 22-2 (V Rathour 0.0 ov), 36-3 (SC Ganguly 0.0 ov), 52-4 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 68-5 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 74-6 (RS Dravid 0.0 ov), 74-7 (NR Mongia 0.0 ov), 74-8 (J Srinath 0.0 ov), 89-9 (DJ Johnson 0.0 ov), 100-10 (BKV Prasad 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 16.0 5 40 5 2.50 0 0
SM Pollock 8.0 2 18 2 2.25 0 0
L Klusener 7.1 2 8 1 1.14 0 0
BM McMillan 8.0 2 27 2 3.38 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 259 (70.0; RR: 3.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Hudson c Tendulkar b Kumble 52 97 8 0 53.61
G Kirsten c Dravid b Prasad 2 17 0 0 11.76
AM Bacher c Tendulkar b Kumble 55 101 9 0 54.46
DJ Cullinan c Mongia b Prasad 3 8 0 0 37.50
WJ Cronje c Mongia b Prasad 17 46 1 0 36.96
HH Gibbs lbw b Srinath 25 47 3 0 53.19
BM McMillan not out 51 54 4 3 94.44
SM Pollock c Rathour b Prasad 2 14 0 0 14.29
DJ Richardson b Srinath 4 4 0 0 100.00
L Klusener c Mongia b Srinath 4 4 1 0 100.00
AA Donald c Rathour b Prasad 26 35 3 0 74.29
Extras (7b, 6lb, 0w, 5nb) 18  
TOTAL 259 all out (70.0 overs; RR: 3.70)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 115-2 (AM Bacher 0.0 ov), 120-3 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 120-4 (AC Hudson 0.0 ov), 164-5 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 164-6 (HH Gibbs 0.0 ov), 171-7 (SM Pollock 0.0 ov), 181-8 (DJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 185-9 (L Klusener 0.0 ov), 259-10 (AA Donald 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 23.0 5 80 3 3.48 0 0
BKV Prasad 25.0 4 93 5 3.72 0 0
DJ Johnson 9.0 1 39 0 4.33 0 0
A Kumble 11.0 3 26 2 2.36 0 0
SC Ganguly 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 66 (34.1; RR: 1.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
V Rathour c Richardson b Donald 2 2 0 0 100.00
WV Raman b Donald 1 8 0 0 12.50
SC Ganguly b Donald 0 1 0 0 0.00
SR Tendulkar c Kirsten b Pollock 4 25 1 0 16.00
M Azharuddin c Klusener b Pollock 8 14 1 0 57.14
RS Dravid not out 27 73 5 0 36.99
NR Mongia c Cronje b Klusener 4 29 0 0 13.79
A Kumble c Hudson b Klusener 2 17 0 0 11.76
J Srinath run out 7 17 0 0 41.18
DJ Johnson c Klusener b Pollock 5 12 1 0 41.67
BKV Prasad c Hudson b Donald 1 10 0 0 10.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 5  
TOTAL 66 all out (34.1 overs; RR: 1.93)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (V Rathour 0.0 ov), 2-2 (SC Ganguly 0.0 ov), 7-3 (WV Raman 0.0 ov), 15-4 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 20-5 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 25-6 (NR Mongia 0.0 ov), 40-7 (A Kumble 0.0 ov), 51-8 (J Srinath 0.0 ov), 59-9 (DJ Johnson 0.0 ov), 66-10 (BKV Prasad 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 11.1 4 14 4 1.27 0 0
SM Pollock 12.0 4 25 3 2.08 0 0
L Klusener 9.0 2 16 2 1.78 0 0
BM McMillan 2.0 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v India at Durban, 1st Test

Date

Thursday December 26, 1996

Toss

India won the toss and elected to field

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban

Umpires

DL Orchard, RS Dunne

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, AA Donald, AC Hudson, DJ Richardson, BM McMillan, DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, L Klusener, HH Gibbs, AM Bacher

India Team

Playing XI

M Azharuddin, WV Raman, SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, J Srinath, SC Ganguly, NR Mongia, BKV Prasad, RS Dravid, V Rathour, DJ Johnson