MatchesMen's TestSouth Africa in India Test Series 2007/08

South Africa v India

1st Test · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 26 Mar 2008 – 30 Mar 2008

Match drawn

South Africa 1st innings540152.5 overs

India 1st innings627155.1 overs

South Africa 2nd innings331/5d109 overs

South Africa 1st innings 540 (152.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c VVS Laxman b A Kumble	73	97	13	0	75.3
ND McKenzie	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	94	156	18	0	60.3
HM Amla	run out (S Sreesanth/MS Dhoni/A Kumble)	159	262	20	0	60.7
JH Kallis	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	13	42	1	0	31.0
AG Prince	c & b A Kumble	23	60	2	0	38.3
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	44	58	8	0	75.9
MV Boucher	c R Dravid b V Sehwag	70	146	9	0	47.9
M Morkel	c & b Harbhajan Singh	35	54	7	0	64.8
PL Harris	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	5	16	0	0	31.3
DW Steyn	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	15	21	3	0	71.4
M Ntini	not out	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras		8
Total	all out, 152.5 overs	540

Fall of wickets: 132-1 (GC Smith, 33.3 ov), 196-2 (ND McKenzie, 50.5 ov), 244-3 (JH Kallis, 64.6 ov), 291-4 (AG Prince, 81.3 ov), 357-5 (AB de Villiers, 97.6 ov), 456-6 (HM Amla, 126.4 ov), 510-7 (MV Boucher, 143.5 ov), 520-8 (M Morkel, 146.6 ov), 529-9 (PL Harris, 150.2 ov), 540-10 (DW Steyn, 152.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
RP Singh	23	1	111	0	4.83	94	0	0
S Sreesanth	26	5	104	1	4.00	121	1	1
A Kumble	45	11	106	2	2.36	211	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	3.66	178	0	0
V Sehwag	11	1	37	1	3.36	46	0	0
SC Ganguly	3	0	12	0	4.00	13	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	132	201	GC Smith 73, ND McKenzie 56
2	64	104	ND McKenzie 38, HM Amla 25
3	48	85	HM Amla 34, JH Kallis 13
4	47	99	HM Amla 23, AG Prince 23
5	66	99	HM Amla 21, AB de Villiers 44
6	99	172	HM Amla 56, MV Boucher 43
7	54	103	MV Boucher 27, M Morkel 26
8	10	19	M Morkel 9, PL Harris 1
9	9	20	PL Harris 4, DW Steyn 5
10	11	15	DW Steyn 10, M Ntini 1

India 1st innings 627 (155.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	73	166	6	1	44.0
V Sehwag	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	319	304	42	5	104.9
R Dravid	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	111	291	15	0	38.1
SR Tendulkar	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	0	5	0	0	0.0
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	24	29	4	0	82.8
VVS Laxman	c & b PL Harris	39	64	4	0	60.9
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	16	33	2	0	48.5
A Kumble	b DW Steyn	3	18	0	0	16.7
Harbhajan Singh	b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.0
RP Singh	b DW Steyn	0	8	0	0	0.0
S Sreesanth	not out	4	15	0	0	26.7
Extras		38
Total	all out, 155.1 overs	627

Fall of wickets: 213-1 (W Jaffer, 52.6 ov), 481-2 (V Sehwag, 111.4 ov), 481-3 (SR Tendulkar, 113.3 ov), 526-4 (SC Ganguly, 123.5 ov), 573-5 (R Dravid, 135.4 ov), 598-6 (MS Dhoni, 144.2 ov), 610-7 (A Kumble, 148.2 ov), 610-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 148.4 ov), 612-9 (RP Singh, 150.4 ov), 627-10 (VVS Laxman, 155.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	32	3	103	4	3.22	135	0	0
M Ntini	28	3	128	3	4.57	113	0	0
M Morkel	25	4	76	0	3.04	112	1	2
PL Harris	53.1	6	203	3	3.82	205	2	2
JH Kallis	14	0	71	0	5.07	47	0	0
AG Prince	3	0	16	0	5.33	10	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	213	318	W Jaffer 73, V Sehwag 134
2	268	352	V Sehwag 185, R Dravid 68
3	0	11	R Dravid 0, SR Tendulkar 0
4	45	62	R Dravid 16, SC Ganguly 24
5	47	71	R Dravid 27, VVS Laxman 19
6	25	52	VVS Laxman 9, MS Dhoni 16
7	12	24	VVS Laxman 4, A Kumble 3
8	0	2	VVS Laxman 0, Harbhajan Singh 0
9	2	12	VVS Laxman 2, RP Singh 0
10	15	27	VVS Laxman 5, S Sreesanth 4

South Africa 2nd innings 331/5d (109 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	not out	155	339	13	1	45.7
GC Smith	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	35	30	5	0	116.7
HM Amla	c R Dravid b A Kumble	81	148	9	0	54.7
JH Kallis	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	19	40	1	0	47.5
AG Prince	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	5	11	1	0	45.5
AB de Villiers	c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag	11	41	0	0	26.8
MV Boucher	not out	11	46	0	0	23.9
Extras		14
Total	5 wickets declared, 109 overs	331

Did not bat: M Ntini, M Morkel, DW Steyn, PL Harris

Fall of wickets: 53-1 (GC Smith, 10.3 ov), 210-2 (HM Amla, 56.6 ov), 264-3 (JH Kallis, 76.2 ov), 272-4 (AG Prince, 78.6 ov), 306-5 (AB de Villiers, 94.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
S Sreesanth	12	0	42	0	3.50	48	1
RP Singh	9	1	43	0	4.78	33	0
Harbhajan Singh	34	1	101	3	2.97	142	0
SC Ganguly	2	1	1	0	0.50	11	0
A Kumble	20	2	57	1	2.85	87	0
V Sehwag	22	2	55	1	2.50	94	0
VVS Laxman	10	2	19	0	1.90	47	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	53	63	ND McKenzie 17, GC Smith 35
2	157	279	ND McKenzie 70, HM Amla 81
3	54	116	ND McKenzie 32, JH Kallis 19
4	8	16	ND McKenzie 3, AG Prince 5
5	34	93	ND McKenzie 19, AB de Villiers 11
Unbroken	25	87	ND McKenzie 14, MV Boucher 11

Match details

Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Player of the match: V Sehwag
Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium, India
Season: 2007/08
Umpires: Asad Rauf, AL Hill
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Source: Cricsheet match 332911