2nd Test: South Africa vs India
India 205 & 228
South Africa 131 & 215
India wins the Test by 87 runs
SA vs India – Full Score Card:
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South Africa v India Played at Kingsmead, Durban, from 26 Dec to 29 Dec 2010
| South Africa 2nd innings |
| Batting |
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Graeme Smith |
c Dhoni b Sreesanth |
37 |
38 |
5 |
0 |
| Alviro Petersen |
c Pujara b Harbhajan |
26 |
45 |
4 |
0 |
| Hashim Amla |
c Dhoni b Sreesanth |
16 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
| Jacques Kallis |
c Sehwag b Sreesanth |
17 |
52 |
2 |
0 |
| AB de Villiers |
lbw b Harbhajan |
33 |
76 |
0 |
1 |
| Ashwell Prince |
not out |
39 |
108 |
3 |
0 |
| Mark Boucher |
lbw b Khan |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Dale Steyn |
c Pujara b Khan |
10 |
24 |
2 |
0 |
| PL Harris |
b Khan |
7 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
| Morne Morkel |
c Dhoni b Sharma |
20 |
47 |
3 |
0 |
| LL Tsotsobe |
run out (Pujara) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
(lb 1, nb 8) |
9 |
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| Total |
(10 wickets; 72.3 overs) |
215 |
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| Fall of wickets |
| 1-63 (Smith, 12.1 ov); 2-82 (Petersen, 15.4 ov); 3-82 (HM Amla, 16.2 ov); 4-123 (Kallis, 34.2 ov); 5-136 (de Villiers, 39.6 ov); 6-143 (Boucher, 42.4 ov); 7-155 (Steyn, 48.5 ov); 8-182 (Harris, 60.2 ov); 9-215 (Morkel, 72.1 ov); 10-215 (Tsotsobe, 72.3 ov) |
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Result: India won by 87 runs
India 205 & 228
South Africa 131 & 215
Toss: South Africa elected to field
Umpires: Asad Rauf, Steve Davis
Third-umpire: Johanes Cloete
Referee: Andy Pycroft |
| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Khan |
17 |
3 |
57 |
3 |
| Sharma |
11.3 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
| Sreesanth |
14 |
2 |
45 |
3 |
| Harbhajan |
29 |
5 |
70 |
2 |
| Tendulkar |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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| India 2nd innings |
| Batting |
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| V Sehwag |
c Boucher b Tsotsobe |
32 |
31 |
6 |
0 |
| M Vijay |
c HM Amla b M Morkel |
9 |
27 |
1 |
0 |
| R Dravid |
c Boucher b Tsotsobe |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| SR Tendulkar |
c de Villiers b Steyn |
6 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
| VVS Laxman |
c Boucher b Steyn |
96 |
171 |
12 |
0 |
| CA Pujara |
b M Morkel |
10 |
56 |
1 |
0 |
| MS Dhoni |
c Boucher b Tsotsobe |
21 |
35 |
4 |
0 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
c Kallis b M Morkel |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Z Khan |
c de Villiers b Harris |
27 |
63 |
4 |
0 |
| I Sharma |
c HM Amla b Kallis |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| S Sreesanth |
not out |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
(b 8, lb 4, w 9) |
21 |
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| Total |
(10 wickets; 70.5 overs) |
228 |
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| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Steyn |
15.5 |
1 |
60 |
2 |
| M Morkel |
15 |
1 |
47 |
3 |
| Tsotsobe |
13 |
3 |
43 |
3 |
| Kallis |
13 |
2 |
30 |
1 |
| Harris |
14 |
2 |
36 |
1 |
| Fall of wickets |
| 1-42 (Sehwag, 9.1 ov); 2-44 (Vijay, 10.3 ov); 3-48 (Dravid, 11.2 ov); 4-56 (Tendulkar, 14.1 ov); 5-93 (Pujara, 31.5 ov); 6-141 (Dhoni, 41.6 ov); 7-148 (Harbhajan, 44.1 ov); 8-218 (Khan, 63.4 ov); 9-223 (Sharma, 68.5 ov); 10-228 (Laxman, 70.5 ov) |
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| South Africa 1st innings |
| Batting |
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Alviro Petersen |
b Khan |
24 |
39 |
3 |
0 |
| Graeme Smith |
c Dhoni b Khan |
9 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
| Hashim Amla |
lbw b Harbhajan |
33 |
46 |
5 |
0 |
| Jacques Kallis |
run out (Sharma) |
10 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
| AB de Villiers |
c Dhoni b Sreesanth |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Ashwell Prince |
b Khan |
13 |
46 |
2 |
0 |
| Mark Boucher |
not out |
16 |
24 |
2 |
0 |
| Dale Steyn |
c Dravid b Harbhajan |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| PL Harris |
c Pujara b Harbhajan |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Morne Morkel |
c Harbhajan b Sharma |
10 |
30 |
1 |
0 |
| LL Tsotsobe |
c Vijay b Harbhajan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
(lb 2, w 1, nb 12) |
15 |
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| Total |
(10 wickets; 37.2 overs) |
131 |
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| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Khan |
13 |
2 |
36 |
3 |
| Sreesanth |
8 |
0 |
41 |
1 |
| Sharma |
9 |
2 |
42 |
1 |
| Harbhajan |
7.2 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
| Fall of wickets |
| 1-23 (Smith, 4.6 ov); 2-46 (Petersen, 10.3 ov); 3-67 (Kallis, 15.2 ov); 4-74 (de Villiers, 16.4 ov); 5-96 (HM Amla, 25.1 ov); 6-100 (Prince, 26.4 ov); 7-103 (Steyn, 29.1 ov); 8-103 (Harris, 29.6 ov); 9-127 (Morkel, 36.4 ov); 10-131 (Tsotsobe, 37.2 ov) |
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| India 1st innings |
| Batting |
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| V Sehwag |
c Kallis b Steyn |
25 |
32 |
4 |
0 |
| M Vijay |
c Boucher b Steyn |
19 |
42 |
2 |
0 |
| R Dravid |
c Boucher b Steyn |
25 |
68 |
3 |
0 |
| SR Tendulkar |
c Kallis b Tsotsobe |
13 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
| VVS Laxman |
c Tsotsobe b Steyn |
38 |
73 |
4 |
1 |
| CA Pujara |
c Boucher b Tsotsobe |
19 |
45 |
3 |
0 |
| MS Dhoni |
c Petersen b Steyn |
35 |
57 |
3 |
1 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
c de Villiers b Steyn |
21 |
39 |
2 |
0 |
| Z Khan |
c Boucher b M Morkel |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| I Sharma |
not out |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| S Sreesanth |
c Boucher b M Morkel |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
(b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 2) |
9 |
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| Total |
(10 wickets; 65.1 overs) |
205 |
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| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Steyn |
19 |
6 |
50 |
6 |
| M Morkel |
19.1 |
3 |
68 |
2 |
| Tsotsobe |
11 |
3 |
40 |
2 |
| Kallis |
8 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
| Harris |
8 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
| Fall of wickets |
| 1-43 (Sehwag, 10.4 ov); 2-48 (Vijay, 12.5 ov); 3-79 (Tendulkar, 19.5 ov); 4-117 (Dravid, 36.6 ov); 5-130 (Laxman, 40.6 ov); 6-156 (Pujara, 49.4 ov); 7-190 (Harbhajan, 60.2 ov); 8-193 (Khan, 61.6 ov); 9-205 (Dhoni, 64.5 ov); 10-205 (Sreesanth, 65.1 ov) |
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| South Africa team |
| GC Smith*, AN Petersen, JH Kallis, HM Amla, AB de Villiers, AG Prince, MV Boucher†, LL Tsotsobe, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Morkel |
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India team |
| M Vijay, V Sehwag, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni*†, CA Pujara, I Sharma, Z Khan, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth |
4th Test: Australia v England
Australia 98 & 258 (85.4 ov)
England 513 (159.1.0 ov)
England won by an innings and 157 runs
T20 – International
Pakistan 143/9 (20 ov)
New Zealand 146/5 (17.1/20 ov)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
Australia vs England
Preview
England still have the upper hand going into the final two Tests of an enthralling Ashes series, needing only one more victory to retain the coveted urn against Australia.
Australia go into Sunday’s fourth Melbourne Test fuelled by the momentum from their emphatic 267-run victory in Perth, which levelled the series at 1-1. But they cannot afford a slip-up in the last two matches.
“We always talk about the last two Tests in a series being where things are won and lost,” England skipper Andrew Strauss said on Friday.
“The first few games set it up and the last couple bring it home. That is the challenge for us.”
England looked poised for their first series triumph Down Under since 1986-87 after an innings victory in the second Adelaide Test, before Ricky Ponting’s team hit back spectacularly in the third Test at the WACA.
Teams:
Australia: SR Watson, PJ Hughes, RT Ponting (capt), MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, BJ Haddin (wk), SPD Smith, MG Johnson, RJ Harris, PM Siddle, BW Hilfenhaus
England: AJ Strauss (capt), AN Cook, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior (wk), TT Bresnan, GP Swann, JM Anderson, CT Tremlett
Day 1 report
AUSTRALIA’S Ashes campaign is terminally ill after a humiliating opening day to the fourth Test at the MCG.
Before a bumper Boxing Day crowd of 84,345 the Australians were sent in and skittled for 98 – the only time they have been dismissed for under under three figures in the first innings of an Ashes Test – and were then made to look innocuous with the ball as England romped to 0-157 in reply by stumps.
It proved the perfect day for England captain Andrew Strauss.
He won the toss and his seamers destroyed the brittle Australian batting before he cruised to 64 not out in yet an
Fall of wickets1-15 (Watson, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Hughes, 13.1 ov), 3-37 (Ponting, 14.2 ov), 4-58 (Hussey, 25.2 ov)
Another top-order collapse left Australia in a post-Christmas stupor after England’s fast bowlers backed up Andrew Strauss’s decision to send the hosts in on a pitch with some moisture. A quick and aggressive Chris Tremlett struck twice, and James Anderson and Tim Bresnan once each, to give England the early advantage and Australia were relying on Michael Clarke to shake them out of their slumber.
If England win the Test they will retain the Ashes, and Strauss was keen to give his fast men the first opportunity on a greenish surface expected to become easier for batting as the match wears on. It quickly proved to be a wise call as Shane Watson had all sorts of trouble early in his innings, dropped twice before being caught for 5, and by the first break Australia were in major trouble at 4 for 58.
Michael Hussey has been their saviour after top-order shakes earlier in the series but his departure in the last over before lunch, when he edged behind off Anderson for 8, was a big blow. Steven Smith had faced only one, playing and missing, before a shower brought lunch five minutes early with Clarke unbeaten on 12.
There was more bounce in the surface than the batsmen might have expected from the usually slow and low drop-in pitches, and that was what did for Ricky Ponting, whose trough continued when he fell for 10. Tremlett sent down a superb delivery as the ball rose sharply and nipped away significantly off the seam, and Ponting’s edge was taken by Graeme Swann at second slip.
As has been Ponting’s way in this series, he’d played a couple of excellent pulls that reached the boundary, but couldn’t get past the initial stages of his innings. He had been watchful early, and had 2 from his first 33 deliveries, keen to steady Australia after they lost both openers to be 2 for 37 within the first hour.
Fall of wickets1-15 (Watson, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Hughes, 13.1 ov), 3-37 (Ponting, 14.2 ov), 4-58 (Hussey, 25.2 ov), 5-66 (Smith, 29.3 ov), 6-77 (Clarke, 33.4 ov), 7-77 (Haddin, 34.5 ov), 8-77 (Johnson, 35.2 ov)
Australia RR 2.34
Last 10 ovs 27/4 RR 2.70
Min overs remaining 48.1
3.2
Tremlett to Watson, OUT, 135.1 kph, third time lucky for England, Tremlett strikes with a cracker of a delivery, climbed from a length and rapped the glove, it looped gently to gully, simple enough chance for England to finally hold one
SR Watson c Pietersen b Tremlett 5 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 41.66
Australia 15/1 PJ Hughes 10* (8b 2×4) CT Tremlett 1.2-0-10-1
13.1
Bresnan to Hughes, OUT, 139.1 kph, Bresnan has his first Ashes wicket and Hughes has gone. Full and wide, inviting a slash but Hughes didn’t get enough of it, instead the edge flew straight to Pietersen who made no mistake in the gully
PJ Hughes c Pietersen b Bresnan 16 (32b 2×4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Australia 37/2 RT Ponting 10* (36b 2×4) TT Bresnan 1.1-1-0-1
14.2
Tremlett to Ponting, OUT, 134.0 kph, gone! Tremlett strikes again, what a delivery. Spitting off a length and going away off the seam, Ponting is rooted to the crease and pushes at the delivery. A thick edge flies straight to Graeme Swann
RT Ponting c Swann b Tremlett 10 (38b 2×4 0x6) SR: 26.31
Australia 37/3 MJ Clarke 0* (5b) CT Tremlett 5.2-2-17-2
25.2
Anderson to Hussey, OUT, 134.5 kph, edged! Anderson strikes straight away, and what a delivery to do it with. Landing on middle and off and shooting towards the slips, the length was full and Hussey was drawn into the drive, getting a good, healthy edge that flies through to Prior
MEK Hussey c †Prior b Anderson 8 (41b 1×4 0x6) SR: 19.51
Australia 58/4 MJ Clarke 12* (30b 2×4) JM Anderson 7.2-2-19-1
29.3
Anderson to Smith, OUT, 137.9 kph, Smith gone now, always looked a matter of time, pushed very hard at this outside off, touch of nibble away off the pitch found the edge and Prior did the rest
SPD Smith c †Prior b Anderson 6 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00
Australia 66/5 MJ Clarke 14* (40b 2×4) JM Anderson 9.3-3-24-2
33.4
Anderson to Clarke, OUT, 137.4 kph, brilliant bowling from Anderson, he’s just worked Clarke over with consistent, probing away swing and this time it finds the edge, Clarke pushing at the ball, feathered edge and Prior collects the simple chance. Australia in total disarray
MJ Clarke c †Prior b Anderson 20 (54b 2×4 0x6) SR: 37.03
Australia 77/6 BJ Haddin 5* (11b 1×4) JM Anderson 11.4-3-30-3
34.5
Bresnan to Haddin, OUT, 136.3 kph, Bresnan has another and Haddin has gifted him this, flat-footed waft of a drive, flicked the edge and went through to Strauss. Pretty miserable stuff this from the home side
BJ Haddin c Strauss b Bresnan 5 (16b 1×4 0x6) SR: 31.25
Australia 77/7 MG Johnson 0* (2b) TT Bresnan 11.5-5-21-2
35.2
Anderson to Johnson, OUT, 136.0 kph, Anderson has his man! Johnson’s gone for a duck, this is a cracking delivery, seams away off a full length, finds the edge and Prior has his fourth catch
MG Johnson c †Prior b Anderson 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Australia 77/8 RJ Harris 0* (1b) JM Anderson 12.2-4-30-4
40.3
Tremlett to Siddle, OUT, 135.9 kph, there we go, another one is on his way and Australia are nine down. Tremlett pitches one up invitingly outside off, a touch of movement through the air and off the pitch takes the ball away from the bat and a regulation edge lands safely in Prior’s gloves. His fifth catch today
PM Siddle c †Prior b Tremlett 11 (15b 1×4 0x6) SR: 73.33
Australia 92/9 RJ Harris 4* (17b 1×4) CT Tremlett 10.3-4-26-3
42.5
Tremlett to Hilfenhaus, OUT
BW Hilfenhaus c †Prior b Tremlett 0 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Australia 98/10 RJ Harris 10* (23b 2×4) CT Tremlett 11.5-5-26-4
CT Tremlett 11.5-5-26-4
JM Anderson 16-4-44-4
The hosts are all out for their lowest score against England at the MCG since Test cricket’s very first game, way back in 1877. They’ve simply been blown away by seam and swing bowling of the highest standard. There are no real demons in this pitch – it’s not hooping around corners. England were just the more disciplined team out there today. They gave nothing away, and Australia’s batsmen, in comparison, were unforgivably loose and 10 catches were presented behind the wicket.
Hilfenhaus feathers a sixth catch through to Prior
Well this game there for England to take , they better bat Australia totally out of it, if they give them a sniff they will rue it.
Top-scorer for the hosts was Michael Clarke with 20.
Matt Prior took six wickets behind the stumps.
England RR 3.40
Last 10 ovs 51/0 RR 5.10
Min overs remaining 6.
England lead by 11 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Strauss goes past 6000 Test match runs
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England passed Australia’s team total of 98 in just two hours and nine minutes – without loss – as a half-century to Alastair Cook put his side in a winning position on day one of the fourth Ashes Test.
Stumps From the moment the coin went up at the toss and Andrew Strauss called correctly England have been all over Australia. So much was promised for this Boxing Day Test but England used some helpful conditions and hapless Australian batting to bundle them out for 98. Almost as soon as the innings was over the sun came out and combined with a heavy roller to rid the pitch of any devils, allowing Strauss and Cook to knock off the runs and leave England sitting pretty with a 59-run lead at the end of the day.
Ponting under siege
Melbourne – Under siege skipper Ricky Ponting should remain captain of Australia despite the spectre of losing the Ashes series against England, team vice-captain Michael Clarke said Sunday.
Clarke vouched his support for Ponting’s captaincy as Australia endured one of their worst Test days and now face a mountain to climb to save the fourth Test after England seized command on the opening day.
Clarke, who has also had a patchy scoring series with only 80 in the second innings of the second Adelaide Test as his standout, said he was disappointed with his shot-making that contributed to his dismissal for 20 on Sunday.
“I thought I played okay today, I was happy that I got to spend some time in the middle,” Clarke said.
10.4
Steyn to Sehwag, OUT
V Sehwag c Kallis b Steyn 25 (32b 4×4 0x6) SR: 78.12
Steyn to Sehwag, OUT, 136.4 kph, Steyn gets reward from some terrific bowling, the sucker ball inviting the drive, Sehwag took the bait and went for it, but the ball moved away mischievously and took the outside edge on its way to Kallis at second slip about chest-high, Sehwag has again thrown it away
12.5
Steyn to Vijay, OUT
M Vijay c †Boucher b Steyn 19 (42b 2×4 0x6) SR: 45.23
12.4
Steyn to Vijay, FOUR, 132.1 kph, dropped AB went flying in the air from third slip to an edge that just eluded him and rolled away into the boundary, Vijay had enough of leaving and decided to go for the drive this time
Steyn to Vijay, OUT, 138.6 kph, gets his man this time! Vijay was tiring of all that leaving, and went for a poke at this one around off stump, it straightened to take a faint outside edge and Boucher gobbled the edge, South Africa are delighted, the openers are gone, similar to the one that got Dravid in the second innings at Centurion
Hello SuperBul, hope you had a lovely Christmas day and got quality family time. Sien jys weer op jou pos met die krieket, hard werkende man jy! Seem a bit of a shame that no one else here yet, I will try pop in periodically today to see how SA are doing. Put on the radio this morning and was really pleased to hear how things went in Melbourne, quite a commanding position England are in, but as we both know cricket is a strange game…
Afternoon All!
Bullscot wrote:
The Aussies will fight back that is for sure but they are in deep poo right now. And i like to see the wheels turning.
Dale Steyn is hot on fire again for SA, this is a very good Indian side , we are doing well so far.
36.6
Steyn to Dravid, OUT, edged and gone! A dismissal not unlike the one in Durban in the second innings when Dravid was facing up to Morkel. Except that this delivery was slightly wider and he poked at it, was around a good length, moved away to catch the glove just as he was taking the bottom hand off and Boucher made no mistake reaching forward, it’s been Steyn’s day
R Dravid c †Boucher b Steyn 25 (121m 68b 3×4 0x6) SR: 36.76
40.6
Steyn to Laxman, OUT
VVS Laxman c Tsotsobe b Steyn 38 (73b 4×4 1×6) SR: 52.05
Steyn to Laxman, OUT, Outstanding catch by Tsotsobe! It seemed like four the moment he hit it, not very much unlike Mark Waugh in that Chennai Test of 2001 when Laxman played that pull off Colin Miller. Short outside off and Laxman shaped up for the pull and connected superbly but Tsotsobe, at midwicket, stretched full length to his right and plucked it out with one hand, Laxman was left stunned, so were we. Steyn takes four and India are in trouble now
Mmmm India now 156 / 6
Looking bloody good for the Proteas at the moment!
Dontcha just lurve screwing the Aussies…..!!! 😉
I like being a Pommie this morning!! WRS watching the highlights….Lots of cheering!!
Would love to be with the Barmy Army today!!
Oh yes…Hello Boys, resting after an exhausing day are we? 😉
Today’s been such a lazy day… recovering from eating too much yesterday.
How is your liver doing? These setslappes are hard to digest too and that ‘Terrible’ jeripico cooking sherry stuff you drink !! lol 🙂
Well done on smiling this year! Well NEARLY smiling!! Heheheh
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