India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007-08 in India
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Third Test at Kanpur India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007-08
India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007-08
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: India crush South Africa by eight wickets to level series (1:1)
Apr 13, 2008
India win by 8 wickets in the third and final Test against South Africa at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur.
With this win, Team India have levelled the Future Cup series and retained their position in the ICC Test rankings. Harbhajan Singh was declared Man of the Series for picking an amazing haul of 19 wickets in the series.
Playing their second innings, South Africa were cheaply bowled out for 121-all out on Day 3 of the third Test. Spinner Harbhajan took a four wicket haul, while Virender Sehwag struck three vital wickets leaving Indian batsmen to chase a measly 62 run target to win the match and level the series.
Opening India's second innings play on a bouncy wicket on Day 3, Sehwag scored a quickfire 22 in 12 balls, with two huge sixes off Paul Harris. Sourav Ganguly on 13 and Dravid on 18 runs remained unbeaten at the end of play.
Earlier, replying to the Proteas' first innings total of 265-all out, India put up an aggregate of 325 runs taking a lead of 60 runs. Ganguly top scored playing a handsome knock of 87 runs, with VVS Laxman giving him company in the top scorers with a 33rd Test fifty. The Bengal Tiger was rightly adjudged Man of the Match.
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: India 325 & 64-2 beat South Africa 265 & 121 by eight wickets
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: Ganguly gives India slender lead
Apr 12, 2008
Sourav Ganguly helped India establish a 23 run lead to ensure the third Test against South Africa. Ganguly scored 87 of India's 288-9, sharing partnerships of 65 with Yuvraj Singh (32) and 60 with captain Mahendra Dhoni (32).
Resuming after lunch at 88 for two, the hosts found themselves slipping in the post-lunch session with Rahul Dravid (29) and VVS Laxman (50) returning to the pavilion to open up the game again. Sourav Ganguly (26) and Yuvraj Singh (21) played some sparkling shots as they tried to steady the ship by remaining unseparated till the tea break with India still 100 runs behind South Africa's first innings total.
With both batsmen going for their strokes, runs came quite briskly which led to some heated verbal exchanges between Yuvraj Singh and Dale Steyn. The two umpires stepped in quickly to diffuse the situation by talking to the players and South African captain Graeme Smith.
The lanky Morne Morkel produced a devastating spell to clean up Dravid and Laxman in quick succession as the Green Park track showed signs of crumbling with the bounce becoming more and more unpredictable. Dravid was dismissed by a ball that reared up sharply, hitting him on the wrist before ballooning up to AB de Villiers who took a simple catch at gully.
Dravid was in pain as he held his wrist while taking the long walk back to the pavillion. The stylish Laxman, who seemed to be far more comfortable in the middle, took a single off Harris to notch up his 33rd Test half century and his first at Green Park but the celebrations by the sparse crowd were shortlived as he perished soon after.
Sourav Ganguly came out in a positive frame of mind and went for his strokes straightaway, realising that it was not a track where you could survive for long by only defending.
The former captain picked up spinner Harris for special treatment hammering him for two boundaries and did not hesitate to use his feet against the slow bowler.
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: South Africa 265 all out v India 288 for 9
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: South Africa bowled out for 265 in first innings
Apr 11, 2008
South Africa were bowled out for 265 in their first innings against India at the close of play on the first day of the final Test match here Friday. Skipper Graeme Smith was the top scorer with 69 while Hashim Amla made 51 after South Africa opted to bat at Green Park. Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh picked up three wickets each.
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: South Africa 265 all out v India
IND vs SA, 3rd Test, Kanpur: Sharma, Munaf in Indian squad for Kanpur test, RP Singh dropped
Apr 05, 2008
After receiving a humiliating defeat from the South African team, India on Sunday made some changes in its squad for the Kanpur Test.
Pacers Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel have been inducted, while RP Singh has been dropped from the 16-member Indian squad. Selectors also recalled Mumbai’s off-spinner Ramesh Powar in the squad. The South African went 1-0 up in the three-test series on Saturday after winning the second game in Ahmedabad by an innings and 90 runs.
Powar, who has played two tests, has been named partly as cover for skipper and leg-spinner Anil Kumble, who suffered a groin strain in the drawn first test and did not seem fully fit in the second test. Shah said both Sharma and Kumble would be subject to fitness tests on April 10, a day before the final test starts in Kanpur. India team: Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble (Captain), Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Ishant Sharma, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Third Test at Kanpur India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007-08
India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007-08
Scores
South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
265 all out (87.3 overs)
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121 all out (55.5 overs)
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325 all out (99.4 overs)
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64 for 2 (13.1 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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McKenzie | st Dhoni | b Chawla | 36 |
57 | 5 | 0 |
Smith | c Jaffer | b Yuvraj | 69 |
134 | 8 | 2 |
Amla | b Sharma | 51 |
101 | 6 | 0 | |
Kallis | b Harbhajan | 1 |
7 | 0 | 0 | |
Prince | lbw | b Sehwag | 16 |
71 | 0 | 0 |
de Villiers | c Ganguly | b Chawla | 25 |
45 | 3 | 0 |
Boucher | b Sharma | 29 |
59 | 3 | 0 | |
M Morkel | c Dravid | b Harbhajan | 17 |
17 | 3 | 0 |
Harris | b Sharma | 12 |
31 | 2 | 0 | |
Steyn | c sub | b Harbhajan | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
Ntini | not out | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 4nb 2w 3lb | 9 | ||||
Total | all out | 265 | (87.3 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Jaffer | lbw | b M Morkel | 15 |
34 | 3 | 0 |
Sehwag | lbw | b Steyn | 8 |
14 | 2 | 0 |
Dravid | c de Villiers | b M Morkel | 29 |
106 | 4 | 0 |
Laxman | b M Morkel | 50 |
103 | 7 | 0 | |
Ganguly | c Amla | b Steyn | 87 |
119 | 9 | 1 |
Yuvraj | c de Villiers | b Harris | 32 |
57 | 6 | 0 |
Dhoni | st Boucher | b Harris | 32 |
54 | 5 | 0 |
Harbhajan | lbw | b Steyn | 6 |
21 | 0 | 0 |
Chawla | c Smith | b Ntini | 4 |
12 | 1 | 0 |
Sreesanth | c Prince | b Harris | 29 |
44 | 5 | 0 |
Sharma | not out | 14 |
38 | 2 | 0 | |
Extras | 4nb 1w 8b 6lb | 19 | ||||
Total | all out | 325 | (99.4 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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McKenzie | lbw | b Sreesanth | 14 |
45 | 1 | 0 |
Smith | b Sehwag | 35 |
90 | 3 | 0 | |
Amla | c Jaffer | b Harbhajan | 0 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
Kallis | c Jaffer | b Sehwag | 15 |
45 | 1 | 0 |
Prince | not out | 22 |
87 | 1 | 0 | |
de Villiers | c Laxman | b Harbhajan | 7 |
21 | 0 | 0 |
Boucher | c Dhoni | b Sharma | 5 |
11 | 0 | 0 |
M Morkel | b Sharma | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
Harris | c Dravid | b Harbhajan | 0 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
Steyn | b Harbhajan | 7 |
10 | 1 | 0 | |
Ntini | c Ganguly | b Sehwag | 0 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
Extras | 2nb 1w 12b 1lb | 16 | ||||
Total | all out | 121 | (55.5 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Jaffer | lbw | b M Morkel | 10 |
11 | 2 | 0 |
Sehwag | c Prince | b Harris | 22 |
12 | 1 | 2 |
Ganguly | not out | 13 |
28 | 2 | 0 | |
Dravid | not out | 18 |
29 | 4 | 0 | |
Extras | 1nb | 1 | ||||
Total | for 2 | 64 | (13.1 ovs) |
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Umpires: Asad Rauf, B R Doctrove
India: Sehwag, Jaffer, Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Harbhajan, Chawla, Sreesanth, Sharma
South Africa: Smith, McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, Prince, de Villiers, Boucher, M Morkel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini