Test Match #1870 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
2007-2008 India v South Africa - 1st Test
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
26th March, 2008
 
India 627
South Africa 540 & 331/5
Match drawn

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Smith* c Laxman b Kumble 73  97  13  0 75.26 13.52%
Neil McKenzie c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 94  156  18  0 60.26 17.41%
Hashim Amla run out 159  262  20  0 60.69 29.44%
Jacques Kallis c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh 13  42  1  0 30.95 2.41%
Ashwell Prince c & b Kumble 23  60  2  0 38.33 4.26%
AB de Villiers c †Dhoni b Sreesanth 44  58  8  0 75.86 8.15%
Mark Boucher c Dravid b Sehwag 70  149  9  0 46.98 12.96%
Morne Morkel c & b Harbhajan Singh 35  54  7  0 64.81 6.48%
Paul Harris c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 5  16  0  0 31.25 0.93%
Dale Steyn c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh 15  21  3  0 71.43 2.78%
Makhaya Ntini not out 1  6  0  0 16.67 0.19%
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1) 8  
Total All Out   (152.5 overs @ 3.53 rpo) 540
Fall of Wickets
 
1-132 Smith, 2-196 McKenzie, 3-244 Kallis, 4-291 Prince, 5-357 de Villiers, 6-456 Amla,
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7-510 Boucher, 8-520 Morkel, 9-529 Harris, 10-540 Steyn
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
R P Singh 23.0 1 111 0 4.83
Sreesanth 26.0 5 104 1 4.00 10.00
Anil Kumble 45.0 11 106 2 2.36 20.00
Harbhajan Singh 44.5 4 164 5 3.66 50.00
Virender Sehwag 11.0 1 37 1 3.36 10.00
Sourav Ganguly 3.0 0 12 0 4.00
 
 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Wasim Jaffer c Kallis b Harris 73  166  6  1 43.98 11.64%
Virender Sehwag c McKenzie b Ntini 319  304  42  5 104.93 50.88%
Rahul Dravid c Kallis b Ntini 111  291  15  0 38.14 17.70%
Sachin Tendulkar c Kallis b Ntini 0  5  0  0 0.00
Sourav Ganguly c †Boucher b Harris 24  29  4  0 82.76 3.83%
V V S Laxman c & b Harris 39  64  4  0 60.94 6.22%
M S Dhoni c †Boucher b Steyn 16  33  2  0 48.48 2.55%
Anil Kumble* b Steyn 3  18  0  0 16.67 0.48%
Harbhajan Singh b Steyn 0  2  0  0 0.00
R P Singh b Steyn 0  8  0  0 0.00
Sreesanth not out 4  15  0  0 26.67 0.64%
Extras (b 20, lb 10, w 4, nb 4) 38  
Total All Out   (155.1 overs @ 4.04 rpo) 627
Fall of Wickets
 
1-213 Jaffer, 2-481 Sehwag, 3-481 Tendulkar, 4-526 Ganguly, 5-573 Dravid, 6-593 Dhoni,
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7-610 Kumble, 8-610 Harbhajan Singh, 9-612 RP Singh, 10-627 Laxman
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Dale Steyn 32.0 3 103 4 3.22 40.00
Makhaya Ntini 28.0 3 128 3 4.57 30.00
Morne Morkel 25.0 4 76 0 3.04
Paul Harris 53.1 6 203 3 3.82 30.00
Jacques Kallis 14.0 0 71 0 5.07
Ashwell Prince 3.0 0 16 0 5.33
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Neil McKenzie not out 155  339  13  1 45.72 46.83%
Graeme Smith* lbw b Harbhajan Singh 35  30  5  0 116.67 10.57%
Hashim Amla c Dravid b Kumble 81  148  9  0 54.73 24.47%
Jacques Kallis c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh 19  40  1  0 47.50 5.74%
Ashwell Prince c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh 5  11  1  0 45.45 1.51%
AB de Villiers c Ganguly b Sehwag 11  41  0  0 26.83 3.32%
Mark Boucher not out 11  46  0  0 23.91 3.32%
Extras (b 8, lb 5, nb 1) 14  
Total 5 wickets   (109.0 overs @ 3.04 rpo) 331
 
Did not Bat
 
Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini
Fall of Wickets
 
1-53 Smith, 2-210 Amla, 3-264 Kallis, 4-272 Prince, 5-308 de Villiers
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Sreesanth 12.0 0 42 0 3.50
R P Singh 9.0 1 43 0 4.78
Harbhajan Singh 34.0 1 101 3 2.97 30.00
Sourav Ganguly 2.0 1 1 0 0.50
Anil Kumble 20.0 2 57 1 2.85 10.00
Virender Sehwag 22.0 2 55 1 2.50 10.00
V V S Laxman 10.0 2 19 0 1.90
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 2007-2008 India v South Africa - 1st Test
Match No. Test #1870
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Virender Sehwag
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 304/4, 90 overs (HM Amla 85*, AB de Villiers 10*)
Day 2 - India 1st innings 82/0, 21 overs (W Jaffer 25*, V Sehwag 52*)
Day 3 - India 1st innings 468/1, 106 overs (V Sehwag 309*, R Dravid 65*)
Day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 131/1, 33 overs (ND McKenzie 59*, HM Amla 35*)
Day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 331/5d (109 overs) - end of match

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