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540 & 331-5d
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Overs: 155.1 RR: 4.04 vs spin: 3.90
vs seam: 3.82
Overs: 109.0 RR: 3.04 vs spin: 2.70
vs seam: 3.74
Wed 26/03/08 India v South Africa, 1st Test, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
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South Africa - 1st Inns 540 (152.5; RR: 3.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GC Smith c Laxman b Kumble 73 97 13 0 75.26
ND McKenzie c Dravid b Singh 94 156 18 0 60.26
HM Amla run out 159 262 20 0 60.69
JH Kallis c Jaffer b Singh 13 42 1 0 30.95
AG Prince c & b Kumble 23 60 2 0 38.33
AB de Villiers c Dhoni b Sreesanth 44 58 8 0 75.86
MV Boucher c Dravid b Sehwag 70 146 9 0 47.95
M Morkel c & b Singh 35 54 7 0 64.81
PL Harris c Dhoni b Singh 5 16 0 0 31.25
DW Steyn c Singh b Singh 15 21 3 0 71.43
M Ntini not out 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (1b, 5lb, 1w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 540 all out (152.5 overs; RR: 3.53)

Fall of wickets

132-1 (GC Smith 33.3 ov), 196-2 (ND McKenzie 50.5 ov), 244-3 (JH Kallis 64.6 ov), 291-4 (AG Prince 81.3 ov), 357-5 (AB de Villiers 97.6 ov), 456-6 (HM Amla 126.4 ov), 510-7 (MV Boucher 143.5 ov), 520-8 (M Morkel 146.6 ov), 529-9 (PL Harris 150.2 ov), 540-10 (DW Steyn 152.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RP Singh 23.0 1 111 0 4.83 0 0
S Sreesanth 26.0 5 104 1 4.00 1 1
A Kumble 45.0 11 106 2 2.36 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 44.5 4 164 5 3.73 0 0
V Sehwag 11.0 1 37 1 3.36 0 0
SC Ganguly 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 627 (155.1; RR: 4.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
W Jaffer c Kallis b Harris 73 166 6 1 43.98
V Sehwag c McKenzie b Ntini 319 304 42 5 104.93
RS Dravid c Kallis b Ntini 111 291 15 0 38.14
SR Tendulkar c Kallis b Ntini 0 5 0 0 0.00
SC Ganguly c Boucher b Harris 24 29 4 0 82.76
VVS Laxman c & b Harris 39 64 4 0 60.94
MS Dhoni c Boucher b Steyn 16 33 2 0 48.48
A Kumble b Steyn 3 18 0 0 16.67
Harbhajan Singh b Steyn 0 2 0 0 0.00
RP Singh b Steyn 0 8 0 0 0.00
S Sreesanth not out 4 15 0 0 26.67
Extras (20b, 10lb, 4w, 4nb) 38  
TOTAL 627 all out (155.1 overs; RR: 4.04)

Fall of wickets

213-1 (W Jaffer 52.6 ov), 481-2 (V Sehwag 111.4 ov), 481-3 (SR Tendulkar 113.3 ov), 526-4 (SC Ganguly 123.5 ov), 573-5 (RS Dravid 135.4 ov), 598-6 (MS Dhoni 144.2 ov), 610-7 (A Kumble 148.2 ov), 610-8 (Harbhajan Singh 148.4 ov), 612-9 (RP Singh 150.4 ov), 627-10 (VVS Laxman 155.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DW Steyn 32.0 3 103 4 3.22 0 0
M Ntini 28.0 3 128 3 4.57 0 0
M Morkel 25.0 4 76 0 3.04 1 2
PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 3.83 1 2
JH Kallis 14.0 0 71 0 5.07 0 0
AG Prince 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 1 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 331-5 (109.0; RR: 3.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ND McKenzie not out 155 339 13 1 45.72
GC Smith lbw b Singh 35 30 5 0 116.67
HM Amla c Dravid b Kumble 81 148 9 0 54.73
JH Kallis c Singh b Singh 19 40 1 0 47.50
AG Prince c Jaffer b Singh 5 11 1 0 45.45
AB de Villiers c Ganguly b Sehwag 11 41 0 0 26.83
MV Boucher not out 11 46 0 0 23.91
M Morkel  
PL Harris  
DW Steyn  
M Ntini  
Extras (8b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 331-5 (109.0 overs; RR: 3.04)

Fall of wickets

53-1 (GC Smith 10.3 ov), 210-2 (HM Amla 56.6 ov), 264-3 (JH Kallis 76.2 ov), 272-4 (AG Prince 78.6 ov), 306-5 (AB de Villiers 94.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
S Sreesanth 12.0 0 42 0 3.50 0 1
RP Singh 9.0 1 43 0 4.78 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 34.0 1 101 3 2.97 0 0
SC Ganguly 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
A Kumble 20.0 2 57 1 2.85 0 0
V Sehwag 22.0 2 55 1 2.50 0 0
VVS Laxman 10.0 2 19 0 1.90 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v South Africa at Chennai, 1st Test

Date

Wednesday March 26, 2008

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

4:00am UTC

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Umpires

AL Hill, Asad Rauf

India Team

Playing XI

SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, RS Dravid, VVS Laxman, W Jaffer, Harbhajan Singh, MS Dhoni, V Sehwag, S Sreesanth, RP Singh

South Africa Team

Playing XI

JH Kallis, MV Boucher, ND McKenzie, M Ntini, AG Prince, HM Amla, GC Smith, PL Harris, AB de Villiers, DW Steyn, M Morkel