MatchesMen's TestIndia tour of South Africa 2006/07

India v South Africa

1st Test · The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg · 15 Dec 2006 – 18 Dec 2006

India won by 123 runs

India 1st innings24979.5 overs

South Africa 1st innings8425.1 overs

India 2nd innings23664.4 overs

South Africa 2nd innings27886.5 overs

India 1st innings 249 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Ntini	9	40	2	0	22.5
V Sehwag	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	4	26	0	0	15.4
R Dravid	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	32	83	5	0	38.6
SR Tendulkar	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	44	89	7	0	49.4
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	28	67	5	0	41.8
SC Ganguly	not out	51	101	4	1	50.5
MS Dhoni	c SM Pollock b M Ntini	5	20	0	0	25.0
A Kumble	c JH Kallis b A Nel	6	15	1	0	40.0
Z Khan	lbw b SM Pollock	9	23	0	0	39.1
S Sreesanth	c HM Amla b SM Pollock	0	2	0	0	0.0
VRV Singh	c & b SM Pollock	29	19	6	0	152.6
Extras		32
Total	all out, 79.5 overs	249

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (W Jaffer, 9.6 ov), 14-2 (V Sehwag, 10.5 ov), 83-3 (SR Tendulkar, 35.4 ov), 110-4 (R Dravid, 41.6 ov), 156-5 (VVS Laxman, 56.5 ov), 167-6 (MS Dhoni, 61.6 ov), 188-7 (A Kumble, 66.5 ov), 205-8 (Z Khan, 73.4 ov), 205-9 (S Sreesanth, 73.6 ov), 249-10 (VRV Singh, 79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	10.1	3	26	0	2.56	51	0	2
M Ntini	18	1	57	3	3.17	78	0	0
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	2.19	83	0	0
A Nel	18.5	5	45	1	2.39	92	1	1
JH Kallis	15	0	67	2	4.47	61	10	3

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	14	60	W Jaffer 9, V Sehwag 4
2	0	5	V Sehwag 0, R Dravid 0
3	69	149	R Dravid 19, SR Tendulkar 44
4	27	38	R Dravid 13, VVS Laxman 2
5	46	89	VVS Laxman 26, SC Ganguly 14
6	11	31	SC Ganguly 6, MS Dhoni 5
7	21	29	SC Ganguly 11, A Kumble 6
8	17	41	SC Ganguly 8, Z Khan 9
9	0	2	SC Ganguly 0, S Sreesanth 0
10	44	35	SC Ganguly 12, VRV Singh 29

South Africa 1st innings 84 (25.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	12	0	0	41.7
HH Gibbs	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
HM Amla	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	0	6	0	0	0.0
JH Kallis	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	12	14	3	0	85.7
AG Prince	c MS Dhoni b A Kumble	24	60	2	0	40.0
AB de Villiers	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	6	14	1	0	42.9
MV Boucher	b S Sreesanth	5	6	1	0	83.3
SM Pollock	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	10	1	0	50.0
A Nel	c Z Khan b VRV Singh	21	24	2	1	87.5
M Ntini	b A Kumble	0	1	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 25.1 overs	84

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (GC Smith, 1.6 ov), 5-2 (HH Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 5-3 (HM Amla, 3.6 ov), 21-4 (JH Kallis, 7.3 ov), 33-5 (AB de Villiers, 12.5 ov), 38-6 (MV Boucher, 15.2 ov), 45-7 (SM Pollock, 17.1 ov), 84-8 (AG Prince, 24.4 ov), 84-9 (M Ntini, 24.5 ov), 84-10 (A Nel, 25.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	10	3	32	2	3.20	44	0	0
S Sreesanth	10	3	40	5	4.00	46	2	1
VRV Singh	3.1	0	8	1	2.53	15	1	0
A Kumble	2	1	2	2	1.00	11	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	5	12	GC Smith 5, HH Gibbs 0
2	0	4	HH Gibbs 0, HM Amla 0
3	0	8	HM Amla 0, JH Kallis 0
4	16	21	JH Kallis 12, AG Prince 1
5	12	32	AG Prince 5, AB de Villiers 6
6	5	15	AG Prince 0, MV Boucher 5
7	7	11	AG Prince 1, SM Pollock 5
8	39	45	AG Prince 17, A Nel 21
9	0	1	A Nel 0, M Ntini 0
10	0	2	A Nel 0, DW Steyn 0

India 2nd innings 236 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c GC Smith b A Nel	4	9	1	0	44.4
V Sehwag	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	33	29	6	0	113.8
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	1	9	0	0	11.1
SR Tendulkar	b SM Pollock	14	22	3	0	63.6
VVS Laxman	c GC Smith b M Ntini	73	154	12	0	47.4
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	25	38	4	0	65.8
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	18	25	3	0	72.0
A Kumble	c AG Prince b A Nel	1	11	0	0	9.1
Z Khan	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	37	80	3	2	46.3
S Sreesanth	not out	6	7	0	1	85.7
VRV Singh	run out	11	4	2	0	275.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 64.4 overs	236

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (W Jaffer, 3.5 ov), 37-2 (R Dravid, 6.6 ov), 41-3 (V Sehwag, 7.5 ov), 61-4 (SR Tendulkar, 16.1 ov), 119-5 (SC Ganguly, 28.1 ov), 147-6 (MS Dhoni, 36.3 ov), 148-7 (A Kumble, 39.2 ov), 218-8 (VVS Laxman, 62.4 ov), 219-9 (Z Khan, 62.6 ov), 236-10 (VRV Singh, 64.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
M Ntini	15.4	2	77	3	4.91	62	1
A Nel	19	4	58	3	3.05	85	0
SM Pollock	16	4	33	3	2.06	79	0
JH Kallis	11	2	30	0	2.73	50	0
GC Smith	3	0	26	0	8.67	8	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	23	W Jaffer 4, V Sehwag 13
2	17	19	V Sehwag 16, R Dravid 1
3	4	5	V Sehwag 4, SR Tendulkar 0
4	20	50	SR Tendulkar 14, VVS Laxman 6
5	58	72	VVS Laxman 28, SC Ganguly 25
6	28	50	VVS Laxman 8, MS Dhoni 18
7	1	17	VVS Laxman 0, A Kumble 1
8	70	140	VVS Laxman 31, Z Khan 37
9	1	2	Z Khan 0, S Sreesanth 0
10	17	10	S Sreesanth 6, VRV Singh 11

South Africa 2nd innings 278 (86.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HH Gibbs	c SR Tendulkar b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
GC Smith	c V Sehwag b S Sreesanth	10	27	1	0	37.0
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	17	30	2	0	56.7
JH Kallis	c SC Ganguly b S Sreesanth	27	72	4	0	37.5
AG Prince	b A Kumble	97	223	11	0	43.5
AB de Villiers	run out	17	42	3	0	40.5
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	23	41	3	0	56.1
SM Pollock	b A Kumble	40	41	6	1	97.6
A Nel	lbw b A Kumble	6	12	1	0	50.0
DW Steyn	not out	6	24	0	0	25.0
M Ntini	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	8	20	1	0	40.0
Extras		27
Total	all out, 86.5 overs	278

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (HH Gibbs, 0.4 ov), 22-2 (GC Smith, 7.6 ov), 34-3 (HM Amla, 11.6 ov), 84-4 (JH Kallis, 29.6 ov), 120-5 (AB de Villiers, 44.1 ov), 164-6 (MV Boucher, 60.3 ov), 231-7 (SM Pollock, 74.3 ov), 245-8 (A Nel, 78.3 ov), 264-9 (AG Prince, 80.1 ov), 278-10 (M Ntini, 86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
Z Khan	22.5	5	79	3	3.46	104	0
S Sreesanth	25	8	59	3	2.36	125	5
VRV Singh	18	4	67	0	3.72	84	12
SC Ganguly	1	0	11	0	11.00	4	2
A Kumble	20	4	54	3	2.70	91	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	4	HH Gibbs 0, GC Smith 0
2	22	44	GC Smith 10, HM Amla 10
3	12	24	HM Amla 7, JH Kallis 0
4	50	108	JH Kallis 27, AG Prince 17
5	36	85	AG Prince 18, AB de Villiers 17
6	44	98	AG Prince 19, MV Boucher 23
7	67	84	AG Prince 20, SM Pollock 40
8	14	24	AG Prince 8, A Nel 6
9	19	10	AG Prince 15, DW Steyn 0
10	14	40	DW Steyn 6, M Ntini 8

Match details

Toss: India, chose to bat
Player of the match: S Sreesanth
Ground: The Wanderers Stadium, South Africa
Season: 2006/07
Umpires: MR Benson, DJ Harper
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Source: Cricsheet match 249215