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Test no. 1873

South Africa in India Test Series - 3rd Test
India v South Africa

2007/08 season

Played at Green Park, Kanpur, on 11,12,13 April 2008 (5-day match)

Result India won by 8 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ND McKenzie	st Dhoni b Chawla	36	93	57	5	0	63.15
	GC Smith	c Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh	69	194	134	8	2	51.49
	HM Amla	b Sharma	51	114	101	6	0	50.49
	JH Kallis	b Harbhajan Singh	1	22	7	0	0	14.28
	AG Prince	lbw b Sehwag	16	105	71	0	0	22.53
	AB de Villiers	c Ganguly b Chawla	25	55	45	3	0	55.55
	MV Boucher	b Sharma	29	90	59	3	0	49.15
	M Morkel	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	17	19	17	3	0	100.00
	PL Harris	b Sharma	12	44	31	2	0	38.70
	DW Steyn	c sub (M Kaif) b Harbhajan Singh	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
	M Ntini	not out	0	15	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2, nb 4)	9

	Total	(all out; 87.3 overs; 379 mins)	265	(3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-61 (McKenzie, 17.5 ov), 2-152 (Smith, 45.4 ov), 3-160 (Amla, 48.4 ov), 4-161 (Kallis, 49.6 ov), 5-199 (de Villiers, 62.2 ov), 6-215 (Prince, 73.2 ov), 7-241 (Morkel, 77.5 ov), 8-264 (Boucher, 85.2 ov), 9-265 (Steyn, 86.4 ov), 10-265 (Harris, 87.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	11	0	32	0	2.90	(2nb, 1w)
I Sharma	12.3	1	55	3	4.40	(2nb, 1w)
Harbhajan Singh	31	9	52	3	1.67
PP Chawla	16	3	66	2	4.12
Yuvraj Singh	11	1	39	1	3.54
V Sehwag	6	2	18	1	3.00


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	W Jaffer	lbw b Morkel	15	50	34	3	0	44.11
	V Sehwag	lbw b Steyn	8	21	14	2	0	57.14
	R Dravid	c de Villiers b Morkel	29	151	106	4	0	27.35
	VVS Laxman	b Morkel	50	138	103	7	0	48.54
	SC Ganguly	c Amla b Steyn	87	219	119	9	1	73.10
	Yuvraj Singh	c de Villiers b Harris	32	75	57	6	0	56.14
	MS Dhoni	st Boucher b Harris	32	74	54	5	0	59.25
	Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Steyn	6	32	21	0	0	28.57
	PP Chawla	c Smith b Ntini	4	17	12	1	0	33.33
	S Sreesanth	c Prince b Harris	29	64	44	5	0	65.90
	I Sharma	not out	14	62	38	2	0	36.84
	Extras	(b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 4)	19

	Total	(all out; 99.4 overs; 456 mins)	325	(3.26 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Sehwag, 4.6 ov), 2-35 (Jaffer, 10.4 ov), 3-113 (Dravid, 41.1 ov), 4-123 (Laxman, 43.5 ov), 5-188 (Yuvraj Singh, 60.6 ov), 6-248 (Dhoni, 76.1 ov), 7-268 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.5 ov), 8-279 (Chawla, 85.6 ov), 9-279 (Ganguly, 86.1 ov), 10-325 (Sreesanth, 99.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20	1	71	3	3.55	(1w)
M Ntini	21	7	47	1	2.23
M Morkel	15	2	63	3	4.20	(3nb)
PL Harris	32.4	8	101	3	3.09	(1nb)
JH Kallis	9	1	23	0	2.55
HM Amla	2	0	6	0	3.00


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ND McKenzie	lbw b Sreesanth	14	50	45	1	0	31.11
	GC Smith	b Sehwag	35	157	90	3	0	38.88
	HM Amla	c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
	JH Kallis	c Jaffer b Sehwag	15	83	45	1	0	33.33
	AG Prince	not out	22	117	87	1	0	25.28
	AB de Villiers	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	7	22	21	0	0	33.33
	MV Boucher	c Dhoni b Sharma	5	23	11	0	0	45.45
	M Morkel	b Sharma	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	PL Harris	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
	DW Steyn	b Harbhajan Singh	7	22	10	1	0	70.00
	M Ntini	c Ganguly b Sehwag	0	22	12	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 2)	16

	Total	(all out; 55.5 overs; 259 mins)	121	(2.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (McKenzie, 11.3 ov), 2-27 (Amla, 12.5 ov), 3-65 (Kallis, 29.1 ov), 4-72 (Smith, 33.1 ov), 5-90 (de Villiers, 39.5 ov), 6-101 (Boucher, 45.1 ov), 7-101 (Morkel, 45.4 ov), 8-102 (Harris, 46.5 ov), 9-114 (Steyn, 50.5 ov), 10-121 (Ntini, 55.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Harbhajan Singh	23	7	44	4	1.91
I Sharma	10	2	18	2	1.80	(1w)
S Sreesanth	9	4	9	1	1.00	(2nb)
PP Chawla	4	0	18	0	4.50
V Sehwag	8.5	2	12	3	1.35
Yuvraj Singh	1	0	7	0	7.00


India 2nd innings (target: 62 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	W Jaffer	lbw b Morkel	10	20	11	2	0	90.90
	V Sehwag	c Prince b Harris	22	15	12	1	2	183.33
	SC Ganguly	not out	13	41	28	2	0	46.42
	R Dravid	not out	18	36	29	4	0	62.06
	Extras	(nb 1)	1

	Total	(2 wickets; 13.1 overs; 57 mins)	64	(4.86 runs per over)

Did not bat VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh,

MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, I Sharma, PP Chawla

Fall of wickets1-32 (Sehwag, 3.3 ov), 2-32 (Jaffer, 4.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	2	0	15	0	7.50
M Ntini	1	0	5	0	5.00
PL Harris	5.1	0	36	1	6.96
M Morkel	5	1	8	1	1.60	(1nb)

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series drawn 1-1

Player of the match SC Ganguly (India)
Player of the series Harbhajan Singh (India)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire GA Pratapkumar
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire S Dua

Close of play
11 Apr day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 265
12 Apr day 2 - India 1st innings 288/9 (S Sreesanth 9*, I Sharma 0*, 88 ov)
13 Apr day 3 - India 2nd innings 64/2 (13.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
South Africa 1st innings
Drinks: South Africa - 30/0 in 8.0 overs (ND McKenzie 19, GC Smith 10)
South Africa: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (ND McKenzie 27, GC Smith 22, Ex 1)
Drinks: South Africa - 52/0 in 15.0 overs (ND McKenzie 28, GC Smith 23)
Lunch: South Africa - 80/1 in 25.0 overs (GC Smith 31, HM Amla 11)
South Africa: 100 runs in 29.6 overs (182 balls), Extras 2
GC Smith: 50 off 96 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (GC Smith 27, HM Amla 23, Ex 1)
South Africa: 150 runs in 45.3 overs (275 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: South Africa - 152/2 in 45.4 overs (HM Amla 44)
HM Amla: 50 off 91 balls (6 x 4)
Tea: South Africa - 175/4 in 55.0 overs (AG Prince 10, AB de Villiers 3)
South Africa: 200 runs in 62.3 overs (381 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: South Africa - 203/5 in 65.0 overs (AG Prince 11, MV Boucher 3)
Drinks: South Africa - 241/6 in 77.0 overs (MV Boucher 18, M Morkel 17)
South Africa: 250 runs in 82.1 overs (499 balls), Extras 8
End Of Day: South Africa - 265/10 in 87.3 overs (M Ntini 0)

Day 2
India 1st innings
Drinks: India - 31/1 in 9.0 overs (W Jaffer 15, R Dravid 2)
India: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (90 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: India - 64/2 in 18.0 overs (R Dravid 8, VVS Laxman 22)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (R Dravid 14, VVS Laxman 33, Ex 5)
Lunch: India - 88/2 in 29.0 overs (R Dravid 20, VVS Laxman 33)
India: 100 runs in 36.5 overs (224 balls), Extras 13
Drinks: India - 105/2 in 39.0 overs (R Dravid 27, VVS Laxman 42)
VVS Laxman: 50 off 98 balls (7 x 4)
India: 150 runs in 51.3 overs (313 balls), Extras 16
Tea: India - 165/4 in 56.0 overs (SC Ganguly 26, Yuvraj Singh 21)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (SC Ganguly 24, Yuvraj Singh 27, Ex 2)
India: 200 runs in 64.2 overs (390 balls), Extras 16
Drinks: India - 203/5 in 65.0 overs (SC Ganguly 41, MS Dhoni 12)
SC Ganguly: 50 off 76 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: India - 238/5 in 74.0 overs (SC Ganguly 60, MS Dhoni 28)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (SC Ganguly 22, MS Dhoni 28, Ex 0)
India: 250 runs in 77.6 overs (472 balls), Extras 16
End Of Day: India - 288/9 in 88.0 overs (S Sreesanth 9, I Sharma 0)

Day 3
India: 300 runs in 91.6 overs (556 balls), Extras 18
Drinks: India - 319/9 in 97.0 overs (S Sreesanth 24, I Sharma 14)
Innings Break: India - 325/10 in 99.4 overs (I Sharma 14)
South Africa 2nd innings
Lunch: South Africa - 27/2 in 12.5 overs (GC Smith 10)
Drinks: South Africa - 39/2 in 21.0 overs (GC Smith 15, JH Kallis 6)
South Africa: 50 runs in 24.3 overs (149 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: South Africa - 65/2 in 29.0 overs (GC Smith 30, JH Kallis 15)
Tea: South Africa - 88/4 in 39.0 overs (AG Prince 8, AB de Villiers 6)
South Africa: 100 runs in 44.1 overs (267 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: South Africa - 102/8 in 48.0 overs (AG Prince 10, DW Steyn 0)
Innings Break: South Africa - 121/10 in 55.5 overs (AG Prince 22)
India 2nd innings
India: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (57 balls), Extras 1

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