Proteas wrap up victory
Fast bowlers Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn took a wicket apiece as
South Africa completed victory by an innings and 25 runs on the fifth
day of the first Test against India at SuperSport Park on Monday.
Sachin Tendulkar was left stranded on 111 not out as India were
bowled out for 459, losing their last two wickets for five runs in 26
minutes and 35 balls.
Morkel had Sree Sreesanth caught at third slip before Steyn had last
man Jaidev Unadkat caught at gully to give South Africa a 1-0 lead in
the three-match series against the team ranked number one in Test
cricket.
Morkel and Steyn had ripped through India’s batting on a lively
pitch, dismissing the world’s number one ranked Test team for 136 in
their first innings.
Taking full advantage of improved batting conditions, South Africa
piled up 620 for four declared, with Jacques Kallis hitting a maiden
Test double century and AB de Villiers racing to South Africa’s fastest
Test century.
Faced with a first innings defict of 484, India put up a
much-improved performance in the second innings to give them heart going
into the remaining two matches of the series, in Durban and Cape Town.
Openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag both made half-centuries
before Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni put on 172 for the
seventh wicket to ensure that the match would extend into a fifth day.
Tendulkar went on to record his 50th test century. India resumed at
454 for eight, still trailing by 30 runs.
CENTURION, AFP
INDIA
FIRST INNINGS 136
SOUTH AFRICA
FIRST INNINGS 620-4 dec
INDIA
SECOND INNINGS
(overnight 454-8)
G. Gambhir lbw b Steyn 80
V. Sehwag c Smith b Harris 63
R. Dravid c Boucher b Morkel 43
I. Sharma c Amla b Steyn 23
S. Tendulkar not out 111
V. Laxman c De Villiers b Tsotsobe 8
S. Raina c Harris b Kallis 5
M. Dhoni c Boucher b Steyn 90
Harbhajan Singh c Kallis b Harris 1
S. Sreesanth c De Villiers b Morkel 3
J. Unadkat c Prince b Steyn 1
Extras (b13, lb5, nb5, w8) 31
Total (128.1 overs) 459
Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Sehwag), 2-170 (Gambhir), 3-214 (Sharma), 4-242 (Dravid), 5-256 (Laxman),
6-277 (Raina), 7-449 (Dhoni), 8-450 (Harbhajan), 9-456 (Sreesanth).
Bowling: Steyn 30.1-6-105-4 (w1), Morkel 31-6-94-2 (nb2, w3), Tsotsobe 24-3-98-1 (nb1), Harris 30-5-88-2, Kallis 13-3-56-1 (nb2) |