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Test no. 1564

India in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v India

2001/02 season

Played at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, on 3,4,5,6 November 2001 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 9 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	b Hayward	9	55	50	2	0	18.00
	R Dravid	c Kallis b Pollock	2	15	10	0	0	20.00
	VVS Laxman	c Boucher b Hayward	32	50	30	4	1	106.66
	SR Tendulkar	c McKenzie b Ntini	155	233	184	23	1	84.23
	SC Ganguly	c Kirsten b Kallis	14	22	18	3	0	77.77
	V Sehwag	b Pollock	105	272	173	19	0	60.69
	D Dasgupta	c Boucher b Pollock	34	115	71	5	0	47.88
	A Kumble	c Boucher b Kallis	6	21	27	1	0	22.22
	J Srinath	c Gibbs b Hayward	1	24	10	0	0	10.00
	Z Khan	c Boucher b Pollock	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	A Nehra	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 7, nb 7)	21

	Total	(all out; 95.1 overs; 405 mins)	379	(3.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Dravid, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Das, 13.5 ov), 3-51 (Laxman, 15.2 ov), 4-68 (Ganguly, 20.3 ov), 5-288 (Tendulkar, 67.5 ov), 6-351 (Sehwag, 84.4 ov), 7-372 (Kumble, 89.6 ov), 8-378 (Dasgupta, 94.2 ov), 9-379 (Khan, 94.5 ov), 10-379 (Srinath, 95.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	27	8	91	4	3.37	(6nb, 1w)
M Hayward	20.3	5	70	3	3.41
JH Kallis	22	6	87	2	3.95	(1nb, 6w)
M Ntini	14.4	2	71	1	4.84
L Klusener	6	1	32	0	5.33
N Boje	5	1	21	0	4.20


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Gibbs	c Khan b Srinath	107	204	145	16	2	73.79
	G Kirsten	b Kumble	73	198	132	12	0	55.30
	JH Kallis	c Laxman b Nehra	68	214	138	10	0	49.27
	ND McKenzie	lbw b Kumble	68	145	134	7	0	50.74
	HH Dippenaar	b Srinath	20	81	62	5	0	32.25
	L Klusener	c & b Kumble	108	195	124	18	1	87.09
	SM Pollock	c Das b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	MV Boucher	c Dravid b Srinath	47	110	85	5	1	55.29
	N Boje	c Dasgupta b Nehra	6	31	26	1	0	23.07
	M Ntini	c Dasgupta b Srinath	23	37	23	4	1	100.00
	M Hayward	not out	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 7, lb 11, w 4, nb 16, pen 5)	43

	Total	(all out; 143 overs; 610 mins)	563	(3.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-189 (Kirsten, 43.5 ov), 2-197 (Gibbs, 44.4 ov), 3-327 (McKenzie, 81.5 ov), 4-359 (Kallis, 96.6 ov), 5-377 (Dippenaar, 101.3 ov), 6-377 (Pollock, 101.4 ov), 7-498 (Boucher, 127.3 ov), 8-517 (Boje, 134.3 ov), 9-548 (Klusener, 141.2 ov), 10-563 (Ntini, 142.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	33	6	140	5	4.24	(1nb, 2w)
A Nehra	22	3	121	2	5.50	(11nb, 1w)
Z Khan	26	7	98	0	3.76	(1w)
A Kumble	50	12	132	3	2.64	(1nb)
SR Tendulkar	7	0	27	0	3.85	(1nb)
V Sehwag	5	0	22	0	4.40	(2nb)


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	c Boucher b Hayward	62	117	96	13	0	64.58
	R Dravid	c Kirsten b Pollock	11	20	17	0	0	64.70
	VVS Laxman	c Kallis b Pollock	29	87	63	5	0	46.03
	SR Tendulkar	c Gibbs b Kallis	15	60	35	2	0	42.85
	SC Ganguly	c Boucher b Ntini	30	94	71	5	0	42.25
	V Sehwag	b Pollock	31	49	36	6	0	86.11
	D Dasgupta	c Boucher b Pollock	4	42	31	0	0	12.90
	A Kumble	lbw b Hayward	4	25	19	1	0	21.05
	J Srinath	c McKenzie b Pollock	16	39	25	2	0	64.00
	Z Khan	c Boucher b Pollock	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	A Nehra	not out	17	31	29	1	1	58.62
	Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 6)	18

	Total	(all out; 69.4 overs; 283 mins)	237	(3.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (Dravid, 6.1 ov), 2-108 (Laxman, 28.5 ov), 3-108 (Das, 29.1 ov), 4-154 (Tendulkar, 42.1 ov), 5-188 (Ganguly, 51.1 ov), 6-195 (Sehwag, 53.3 ov), 7-202 (Kumble, 60.1 ov), 8-206 (Dasgupta, 61.3 ov), 9-206 (Khan, 61.5 ov), 10-237 (Srinath, 69.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	2.58	(4nb)
M Hayward	23	8	74	2	3.21	(1nb)
JH Kallis	15	3	56	1	3.73	(1nb)
M Ntini	10	3	39	1	3.90


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 54 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Gibbs	lbw b Kumble	1	11	8	0	0	12.50
	G Kirsten	not out	30	60	48	4	0	62.50
	JH Kallis	not out	21	49	34	4	0	61.76
	Extras	(nb 2)	2

	Total	(1 wicket; 14.4 overs; 60 mins)	54	(3.68 runs per over)

Did not bat ND McKenzie, HH Dippenaar, L Klusener,

SM Pollock,

MV Boucher, N Boje, M Ntini, M Hayward

Fall of wickets1-6 (Gibbs, 3.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	5	1	13	0	2.60	(1nb)
A Kumble	4	0	23	1	5.75	(1nb)
A Nehra	3	0	9	0	3.00
Z Khan	2.4	0	9	0	3.37

Toss South Africa, who chose to field first
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts D Dasgupta and V Sehwag (India)
Player of the match SM Pollock (South Africa)

Umpires EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and DL Orchard
TV umpire IL Howell
Match referee MH Denness (England)

Close of play
3 Nov day 1 - India 1st innings 372/7 (D Dasgupta 29*, 90 ov)
4 Nov day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 327/3 (JH Kallis 49*, 81.5 ov)
5 Nov day 3 - India 2nd innings 96/1 (SS Das 54*, VVS Laxman 25*, 27 ov)
6 Nov day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 54/1 (14.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
SC Ganguly goes to 3,000 test runs
Gangully dropped by Dippenaar when on 6
India 100, 110 minutes, 153 balls
SR Tendulkar 50 in 57 balls, 72 mins (9x4)
Hayward leaves the field in the 58th over with an injury
200 Partnership (Tendulkar, Sehwag) 178 minutes, 258 balls
V Sehwag 100, on debut, 251 minutes 157 balls
New ball taken after 80 overs

Day 2
ND McKenzie 50, 92 minutes
JH Kallis 50, 164 minutes, 105 balls

Day 3
New ball taken after 94 overs
J Srinath takes his 200th test wicket, the 5th bowler to do so for India
L Klusener 100, 117 balls, 186 minutes
Penalty runs for the ball hitting the helmet
SS Das 50, 90 minutes, 79 balls

Day 4
JH Kallis takes his 100th test wicket, becomes the 8th to get 100 wickets and 3000 runs

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