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South Africa in India 2004: 1st Test at Kanpur |
Day 5 - November 24th, 2004
South Africa 510/9 dec
& 169/4 (Smith 47, Kartik 2/17)
drew with India 466 (Sehwag 164 Gambhir 96,
Hall 3/93)
Full Scorecard
The 1st Test between India and South Africa has
ended in a draw here at Kanpur.
Resuming at 401/4, India had a poor start to the
day as they lost Rahul Dravid and Dinesh Karthik
in quick succession, falling prey to Ntini and
Pollock. Kumble and Laxman didn't last long too,
as Ntini picked up their wickets with India
tottering at 420/8. Some powerful hitting by
late order batsman Zaheer Khan helped India
cross the 450 run mark. The Indian Innings
finally folded up at 466 with Hall and Ntini
taking 3 wickets each.
The South Africans went into bat with a lead of
44 runs over the Indians. They got off to a
quiet start and went into Lunch without losing a
wicket. The opening stand put on 67 runs for the
1st wicket before Kartik dismissed the 1st
Inning top scorer Andrew Hall, who edged the
ball to the wicket keepers hand. Martin Van
Jaarsveld scored 13 runs before he was dismissed
leg before wicket to the bowling of Murali
Kartik. The South Africans lost 2 more quick
wickets in the form of Smith who missed out 3
runs short of a half century and Jacques Rudolph
to the bowling of Harbhajan Singh. Jacques
Kallis and Boeta Dippenaar batted quietly to see
off the day without losing a wicket. The pair of
Kallis and Rudolph put 54 runs for the fifth
wicket before which play was called off for the
day and eventually the Test ending in a draw.
Murali Kartik ended with figures of 2/17 while
Harbhajan took 2/40. Andrew Hall was awarded the
Man of the Match for his brilliant 163 followed
by his 3 wickets in the match.
The Series now shifts to the 2nd and Final Test
at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. South Africa would
be happy with their batting, especially against
the Indian spinners, and would like to continue
with their good performance. India on the other
hand would like to go on and make it 1-0 at
Kolkata. Follow the 2nd Test which starts on the
28th of November only on Cricketfundas.com.
Day 4 - November 23rd, 2004
South Africa 510/9 dec
lead India 401/4 (Sehwag 164 Gambhir 96
Ganguly 57 Dravid 54*)
by 109 runs
It was another day dominated by the batsman in
the 1st Test between India and South Africa at
Kanpur, as 216 runs were scored with the fall of
just 3 wickets in the day.
Earlier in the day, the Indians resumed at the
overnight score of 185/0 after play was delayed
by half an hour due to the heavy fog. After
adding 11 runs to his overnight score of 85,
Gautam Gambhir got out just 4 runs short of what
would have been his maiden Test century as he
was caught behind by Tsolekile of Pollock.
Sehwag on the other end was going great guns, as
he reached his 100 of 162 balls with 17 hits to
the fence. There was no stopping Sehwag as he
continued blasting after reaching his century
and within no time he reached his 150, which
included 2 hits over the fence. He was finally
dismissed for a wonderful 164 by Hall leg before
wicket, but replays did suggest that the ball
was going down the leg side. Sachin Tendulkar
didn't last long in the middle as he had his
middle stump uprooted to the bowling of Andrew
Hall. Ganguly then joined Dravid and slowly
built a nice partnership. Ganguly looked in
prime form unleashing his trademark square cuts
to the dismay of the South African bowlers. He
was finally dismissed for a well made 57 caught
at fine leg by Peterson of the bowling of rookie
Zander de Bruyn, who got his first Test wicket.
Laxman and Dravid added 7 runs after Ganguly's
dismissal before bad light stopped play and the
umpires called off the day. Dravid was unbeaten
on 54 while Laxman was on 4 at Stumps.
Day 3 - November 22nd, 2004
South Africa 510/9 dec (Andrew Hall 163
Zander de Bruyn 83, Aniil Kumble 6/131)
lead India 185/0 (Sehwag 85* Gambhir 85*)
by 325 runs
India dominated the 3rd day of the 1st Test
against South Africa at Kanpur as they blew past
the South African bowlers without losing a
wicket.
Earlier in the day, the start of the 3rd Day's
play was delayed due to some heavy fog over the
ground. When play finally got underway after 2
hours of intermission, South Africa got on to
the field and started attacking the Indian
bowlers immediately. After the dismissal of
overnight batsman Tsolekile, the no. 10 batsman
Robin Peterson came into the middle and slammed
some lusty blows as he raised to 34 of 24 balls.
The South African captain finally declared at
510/9, when Harbhajan dismissed Peterson by
uprooting his middle stump. Anil Kumble, who is
now just one wicket short of Sir Richard
Hadlee's 431 wickets ended up with figures of
6/131.
The Indian openers Sehwag and Gambhir got off to
a wonderful start with both the batsman looking
to attack the bowlers. India reached their fifty
in just the 15th over, without losing a wicket
(The last time when the opening pair scored 50
runs for India was in the first Test at Multan
against Pakistan in March 2004). The South
African bowlers were unsuccessful to get even
close to take an Indian wicket, as both the
openers dispatched them all over the ground with
utter disdain. Gambhir got to his maiden Test 50
in grand style, as he stepped down the track to
Peterson and hit him for a huge six over
long-on. Sehwag didn't waste much time to get to
his fifty which came of 90 balls and included 10
boundaries. India ended the day without losing
any wickets at a commanding 185/0, still 325
runs behind the Proteas. The Delhi lads -
Gambhir and Sehwag, both were unbeaten on 85 at
stumps.
Day 2 - November 21st, 2004
South Africa 459/7 (Andrew Hall 163
Zander de Bruyn 83, Aniil Kumble 5/116)
Day 2 completely belonged to the South African
batsman as the South Africans lost just 3
wickets in the day and added 229 runs to their
overnight score.
Earlier in the day, after adding just 11 runs to
their overnight total of 230/4, Dippenaar was
dismissed for a well made 48 as he edged Ganguly
into the hands of Dinesh Karthik. Just when one
thought that the Indians had made their way in to
an inexperienced South African tail, Zander de
Bruyn proved every body wrong with his
wonderful batting. He along with Andrew Hall
dispatched the Indian Bowlers to all parts of
the park. Andrew Hall meanwhile continued to
frustrate the Indians and scored his Maiden Test
Century of 325 balls which included 13 hits to
the fence. Zander de Bruyn on the other end
scored his first fifty in his debut Match of 114
balls which included 6 fours and a hit over the
fence. The spin trio of Harbhajan, Kumble and
Kartik proved totally ineffective against the
patience and technique of Hall and de Bruyn.
Harbhajan Singh finally broke the 144 run stand
as he induced an edge of de Bruyn into the hands
of Dravid at slip. Pollock added 60 more runs
along with Hall, before Hall was finally
dismissed for a wonderful 163 bowled by Kumble.
The South Africans added 14 more runs without
losing a wicket and were at a commanding score
of 459/7 at stumps. Pollock was unbeaten on 31,
while the debutant Thami Tsolekile was unbeaten
on 5 at stumps.
Day 1 - November 20th, 2004
South Africa 230/4 (Andrew Hall 78*
Boeta Dippenaar 46*, Aniil Kumble 4/54)
South Africa ended Day 1 of the 1st Test
between India and South Africa at Kanpur at
230/4.
Earlier in the day, the South African Captain
Greame Smith won the toss and elected to bat
first on a typical Indian pitch that seemed to
be a good track for the batsmen to start off
with and would suit the spinners in the last 2
days. South Africa went in with 2 debutants in
the form of Zander de Bruyn and wicket keeper
Thami Tsolekile. India went in with a
3-spinners, 1 pacer attack and to everybody's
surprise, Zaheer Khan was preferred in front of
Irfan Pathan.
The two South African Openers Greame Smith
and Andrew Hall started off well against the new
ball bowlers - Zaheer Khan and the Indian
Captain Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly bowled well
earlier but was unlucky on more than one
occasion as the ball took off the inner edge of
Smith's bat, but didn't go on to hit the stumps.
Zaheer Khan on the other end too was impressive,
but not impressive enough to make an early break
through. The spin duo of Harbhajan and Kumble
was introduced and it didn't take long for
Kumble to take the first South African wicket as
he bowled Smith after the ball hit Smith's bat
and rolled on to the stumps. Martin van
Jaarsveld didn't last long as Kumble went on to
take his 2nd wicket for the morning session when
he had Jaarsveld caught plumb in front of the
stumps and the umpire did not hesitate to raise
his finger. The Post Lunch Session saw a good
partnership between Jacques Kallis and Andrew
Hall as they put on 85 runs for the 3rd wicket.
With only 2 overs left for Tea, Kallis got out
leg before wicket to Kumble as he failed to
sweep the ball which hit his thigh right in
front of the stumps. Kumble got Rudolph out on
the very next delivery in an exactly similar
manner as Smith was dismissed, as the ball
rolled on to the stumps after hitting the bat.
The Post Tea Session was dominated by the
Proteas with both Hall and Dippenaar putting a
price tag to their wicket and defying the Indian
bowlers their wickets. Hall who scored his 3rd
half century today was unbeaten on 78, while his
partner Dippenaar was on 46 at Stumps.
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