- 2010 season
- IND vs SA 1st Test at Nagpur - Feb 6-10, 2010
- 06 Feb 2010
South Africa 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
b Zaheer
6
26
0
0
23.08
Over 6.3: Bowled him! Zaheer to G Smith, good length delivery, plays along the wrong line with feet stuck in the crease in his defence and the ball nips back to rattle the stumps.
ct M S Dhoni b Zaheer
0
10
0
0
0
Over 4.3: He is Caught! Zaheer to A Prince, short and rising delivery, thats perfectly directed onto the rib cage of Prince and he has no chance of dropping his wrists down and the ball after taking the arm guard flies into the keeper's gloves. Not exactly sure if that was the arm guard or the glove, no referrals anyway!
ct Murali Vijay b Harbhajan
173
351
15
2
49.29
Over 113.2: He is Caught! Harbhajan to J Kallis, flighted delivery, gets an inside edge onto the pad while trying to play that softly to the onside. Vijay at shortleg gets a dolly that lobs up in the air. Kallis once again fails to register a double century!
ct S Badrinath b V Sehwag
53
88
5
0
60.23
Over 141.1: He is Caught! V Sehwag to AB de Villiers, flatter trajectory delivery, steps out and slices his big lofted shot towards backward point and is caught by Tendulkar.
lbw b Harbhajan Singh
9
35
1
0
25.71
Over 151.5: Out LBW! Harbhajan to J Duminy, flatter trajectory delivery, attempts a forcing sweep and is his hit on the pad by one that drifted in to hit the pad infront of middle. A loud lbw appeal and this time the Umpire gives in. Hawk Eye claims that the ball was going to bounce over the top of middle.
ct Amit Mishra b Zaheer
39
75
3
0
52
Over 174.2: He is Caught! Zaheer to M Boucher, pitched up delivery, miscues his big shot high in the air and Mishra at extra covers runs back slightly to hold onto the catch safely. That was a slower one as well from Zak.
Extras
(lb 8, w 0, nb 9 , b8)
25
Total
(6 wickets; 175.6 overs)
558
(3.17 runs per over)
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (A Prince,
4.3 ov) ,
2-6 (G Smith,
6.3 ov) ,
3-346 (J Kallis,
113.2 ov) ,
4-454 (AB de Villiers,
141.1 ov) ,
5-476 (J Duminy,
151.5 ov) ,
6-554 (M Boucher,
174.2 ov) ,
Bowling
o
m
r
w
Econ
31
7
96
3
3.1
(4nb)
Over 4.3: He is Caught! Zaheer to A Prince, short and rising delivery, thats perfectly directed onto the rib cage of Prince and he has no chance of dropping his wrists down and the ball after taking the arm guard flies into the keeper's gloves. Not exactly sure if that was the arm guard or the glove, no referrals anyway!
Over 6.3: Bowled him! Zaheer to G Smith, good length delivery, plays along the wrong line with feet stuck in the crease in his defence and the ball nips back to rattle the stumps.
Over 174.2: He is Caught! Zaheer to M Boucher, pitched up delivery, miscues his big shot high in the air and Mishra at extra covers runs back slightly to hold onto the catch safely. That was a slower one as well from Zak.
46
1
166
2
3.61
0
Over 113.2: He is Caught! Harbhajan to J Kallis, flighted delivery, gets an inside edge onto the pad while trying to play that softly to the onside. Vijay at shortleg gets a dolly that lobs up in the air. Kallis once again fails to register a double century!
Over 151.5: Out LBW! Harbhajan to J Duminy, flatter trajectory delivery, attempts a forcing sweep and is his hit on the pad by one that drifted in to hit the pad infront of middle. A loud lbw appeal and this time the Umpire gives in. Hawk Eye claims that the ball was going to bounce over the top of middle.
18
1
55
1
3.06
0
Over 141.1: He is Caught! V Sehwag to AB de Villiers, flatter trajectory delivery, steps out and slices his big lofted shot towards backward point and is caught by Tendulkar.
India 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
ct M Boucher b M Morkel
12
15
2
0
80
Over 5.1: He is Caught! M Morkel to Gambhir, short of length delivery, thats it, superb bowling, angling the ball into the left hander around the off stump and getting just enough away movement to catch the feather edge for the keeper!
ct J Duminy b Wayne Parnell
109
139
15
0
78.42
Over 46.4: He is Caught. Wayne Parnell to V Sehwag, half volley, drives it off the frontfoot towards covers.
b D Steyn
4
13
1
0
30.77
Over 8.6: Bowled him! D Steyn to Murali Vijay, pitched up delivery, poor judgement, leaves a 138 kmph inswinger which as predicted comes into hit the off stump. VJ wasn't looking that confident about himself since the last ball and now he is gone caught unawares of what the bowler was doing.
ct M Boucher b D Steyn
7
16
1
0
43.75
Over 14.1: He is Caught! D Steyn to S Tendulkar, pitched up delivery, lures him into the cover drive with a late outswinger which swings away just enough to catch a feather edge for the keeper. Beautiful bowling, curling the ball in at a juicy length and swinging it away late at top speed.
ct A Prince b D Steyn
56
139
7
0
40.29
Over 58.1: He is Caught! D Steyn to S Badrinath, good length delivery, flicks the sharp inswinger straight into the hands of short mid wicket!!
ct J Kallis b P Harris
6
29
1
0
20.69
Over 57.4: He is Caught! P Harris to M S Dhoni, flighted delivery, goes back looking to take it on the pad but the ball pitches in the rough outside leg and exploded to take the glove of MSD and fly into slip. AB de Villiers is keeping with Boucher having some back problems.
b D Steyn
0
3
0
0
0
Over 58.4: Bowled him! D Steyn to W Saha, good length delivery, shoulders arms to a 136 kmph inswinger to have his off stump ratlled up.
lbw b D Steyn
8
16
1
0
50
Graeme Smith has enforced the Follow On! India trail behind by 325 runs in their second innings.
b D Steyn
2
8
0
0
25
Over 60.3: Bowled him! D Steyn to Zaheer , good length delivery, doesn't get behind the line and is cleaned up by a pacy inswinger which defeats an ugly cut shot.
b D Steyn
0
9
0
0
0
Over 62.2: Bowled him! D Steyn to Amit Mishra, good length delivery, doesn't move his feet at all and doesn't cover the line as well to get cleaned up by a 139 kmph inswinger.
Extras
(lb 6, w 5, nb 4 , b14)
29
Total
(10 wickets; 64.4 overs)
233
(3.6 runs per over)
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Gambhir,
5.1 ov) ,
2-40 (Murali Vijay,
8.6 ov) ,
3-56 (S Tendulkar,
14.1 ov) ,
4-192 (V Sehwag,
46.4 ov) ,
5-221 (M S Dhoni,
57.4 ov) ,
6-221 (S Badrinath,
58.1 ov) ,
7-222 (W Saha,
58.4 ov) ,
8-226 (Zaheer ,
60.3 ov) ,
9-228 (Amit Mishra,
62.2 ov) ,
10-233 (Harbhajan,
64.4 ov) ,
Bowling
o
m
r
w
Econ
16.4
6
51
7
3.06
0
Over 8.6: Bowled him! D Steyn to Murali Vijay, pitched up delivery, poor judgement, leaves a 138 kmph inswinger which as predicted comes into hit the off stump. VJ wasn't looking that confident about himself since the last ball and now he is gone caught unawares of what the bowler was doing.
Over 14.1: He is Caught! D Steyn to S Tendulkar, pitched up delivery, lures him into the cover drive with a late outswinger which swings away just enough to catch a feather edge for the keeper. Beautiful bowling, curling the ball in at a juicy length and swinging it away late at top speed.
Over 58.1: He is Caught! D Steyn to S Badrinath, good length delivery, flicks the sharp inswinger straight into the hands of short mid wicket!!
Over 58.4: Bowled him! D Steyn to W Saha, good length delivery, shoulders arms to a 136 kmph inswinger to have his off stump ratlled up.
Over 60.3: Bowled him! D Steyn to Zaheer , good length delivery, doesn't get behind the line and is cleaned up by a pacy inswinger which defeats an ugly cut shot.
Over 62.2: Bowled him! D Steyn to Amit Mishra, good length delivery, doesn't move his feet at all and doesn't cover the line as well to get cleaned up by a 139 kmph inswinger.
Over 64.4: Out LBW! D Steyn to Harbhajan, good length delivery, misses an inswinger playing outside the line and is plumb infront of the middle stump getting struck on the back knee.
Graeme Smith has enforced the Follow On! India trail behind by 325 runs in their second innings.
15
4
58
1
3.87
(4nb)
Over 5.1: He is Caught! M Morkel to Gambhir, short of length delivery, thats it, superb bowling, angling the ball into the left hander around the off stump and getting just enough away movement to catch the feather edge for the keeper!
17
2
39
1
2.29
0
Over 57.4: He is Caught! P Harris to M S Dhoni, flighted delivery, goes back looking to take it on the pad but the ball pitches in the rough outside leg and exploded to take the glove of MSD and fly into slip. AB de Villiers is keeping with Boucher having some back problems.
7
1
31
1
4.43
(1w)
Over 46.4: He is Caught. Wayne Parnell to V Sehwag, half volley, drives it off the frontfoot towards covers.
India 2nd Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
b M Morkel
1
3
0
0
33.33
Over 1.2: Bowled him! M Morkel to Gambhir, good length delivery, goes back and shoulders arms to one that angles in and ends up kissing the off stump bail!
ct G Smith b D Steyn
16
19
4
0
84.21
Over 4.4: He is Caught! D Steyn to V Sehwag, good length delivery, slashes at the wide outswinger and the thick outside edge is softly caught by Smith at first slip!
ct M Morkel b P Harris
32
90
4
0
35.56
Over 31.2: He is Caught! P Harris to Murali Vijay, flatter trajectory delivery, thats in the rough and VJ top edges his full blooded sweep against the turn and the ball perfectly flies flat and straight into the hands of Morkel at square fine leg.
b P Harris
100
179
13
0
55.87
Over 67.2: Bowled him!. P Harris to S Tendulkar, flatter trajectory delivery, sweeps it towards square leg.
ct M Boucher b Wayne Parnell
6
31
1
0
19.35
Over 41.3: He is Caught! Wayne Parnell to S Badrinath, good length delivery, he is gone much to my surprise, the ball angled in and left the right hander very late and Badri played away from his body and might have got the faintest of edges to the keeper who straightaway knew that was out. I didn't get to hear any sound at all but looking at the Keeper's reaction, it was perhaps out.
ct AB de Villiers b P Harris
25
112
3
0
22.32
Over 75.6: He is Caught. P Harris to M S Dhoni, flighted delivery, defends it off the backfoot.
lbw b D Steyn
36
101
4
0
35.64
Over 105.1: Out LBW! D Steyn to W Saha, good length delivery, just plants his frontfoot forward and across the stumps totally along the wrong line as it was an inswinger that was heading towards middle to strike the middle of the pad! Steyn had replaced Harris.Â
lbw b Wayne Parnell
39
39
6
1
100
Over 87.5: Out LBW! Wayne Parnell to Harbhajan, pitched up delivery, fails to connect his flick and is hit on the pad by an inswinger that was full enough to crash onto the leg stump.
ct P Harris b J Kallis
33
57
4
2
57.89
Over 104.4: He is Caught! J Kallis to Zaheer , short of length delivery, goes for the predetermined big pull shot, the length isn't there and Zak can only miscue it towards mid off where Harris has to run in few yards to take the skier.
b D Steyn
0
3
0
0
0
Hashim Amla is the Man of the Match. Well I would have loved to see that go to Dale Steyn because it was not a bowler friendly pitch to be honest and for a fast bowler to take 10 wickets is an incredible feat. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that SA are 1-0 up and cannot lose the series from here. India have only one opporunity at Kolkata to draw this Series.
Extras
(lb 8, w 6, nb 2 , b15)
31
Total
(10 wickets; 107.1 overs)
319
(2.98 runs per over)
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Gambhir,
1.2 ov) ,
2-24 (V Sehwag,
4.4 ov) ,
3-96 (Murali Vijay,
31.2 ov) ,
4-122 (S Badrinath,
41.3 ov) ,
5-192 (S Tendulkar,
67.2 ov) ,
6-209 (M S Dhoni,
75.6 ov) ,
7-259 (Harbhajan,
87.5 ov) ,
8-318 (Zaheer ,
104.4 ov) ,
9-318 (W Saha,
105.1 ov) ,
10-319 (Amit Mishra,
107.1 ov) ,
Bowling
o
m
r
w
Econ
38
17
76
3
2
0
Over 31.2: He is Caught! P Harris to Murali Vijay, flatter trajectory delivery, thats in the rough and VJ top edges his full blooded sweep against the turn and the ball perfectly flies flat and straight into the hands of Morkel at square fine leg.
Over 67.2: Bowled him!. P Harris to S Tendulkar, flatter trajectory delivery, sweeps it towards square leg.
Over 75.6: He is Caught. P Harris to M S Dhoni, flighted delivery, defends it off the backfoot.
18.1
1
57
3
3.14
0
Over 4.4: He is Caught! D Steyn to V Sehwag, good length delivery, slashes at the wide outswinger and the thick outside edge is softly caught by Smith at first slip!
Over 105.1: Out LBW! D Steyn to W Saha, good length delivery, just plants his frontfoot forward and across the stumps totally along the wrong line as it was an inswinger that was heading towards middle to strike the middle of the pad! Steyn had replaced Harris.Â
Over 107.1: Bowled him! D Steyn to Amit Mishra, good length delivery, doesn't move his feet at all and gets cleaned up by sheer pace to have his furniture disturbed. That's a 10-wicket haul for Steyn! South Africa win by an innings and 6 runs.
So that is the end of the first Test at Nagpur with South Africa inflicting an innings defeat to the hosts. The heroes of the match are the trio of Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn. Hmm its going to be a very difficult situation to name the Man of the Match between Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn. Perhaps both of them will be sharing the award.
India went in with an under strength team, it was without three world class batsmen and the last minute injury to Rohit Sharma further depleted the middle order. This is the first loss for MS Dhoni in Test Matches.
Hashim Amla is the Man of the Match. Well I would have loved to see that go to Dale Steyn because it was not a bowler friendly pitch to be honest and for a fast bowler to take 10 wickets is an incredible feat. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that SA are 1-0 up and cannot lose the series from here. India have only one opporunity at Kolkata to draw this Series.
21
6
65
1
3.1
(1nb, 2w)
Over 1.2: Bowled him! M Morkel to Gambhir, good length delivery, goes back and shoulders arms to one that angles in and ends up kissing the off stump bail!
13
2
58
2
4.46
0
Over 41.3: He is Caught! Wayne Parnell to S Badrinath, good length delivery, he is gone much to my surprise, the ball angled in and left the right hander very late and Badri played away from his body and might have got the faintest of edges to the keeper who straightaway knew that was out. I didn't get to hear any sound at all but looking at the Keeper's reaction, it was perhaps out.
Over 87.5: Out LBW! Wayne Parnell to Harbhajan, pitched up delivery, fails to connect his flick and is hit on the pad by an inswinger that was full enough to crash onto the leg stump.
12
3
19
1
1.58
0
Over 104.4: He is Caught! J Kallis to Zaheer , short of length delivery, goes for the predetermined big pull shot, the length isn't there and Zak can only miscue it towards mid off where Harris has to run in few yards to take the skier.
South Africa Team: AG Prince,
GC Smith,
JH Kallis,
HM Amla,
AB de Villiers,
JP Duminy,
MV Boucher,
DW Steyn,
M Morkel,
PL Harris,
WD Parnell,
Match Details
Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat first
Player of the match: H Amla (South Africa)
Umpires: SJ Davis and IJ Gould
TV umpire: AM Saheba
Match referee: ; AJ Pycroft
Reserve Umpire: S Rao



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