f42800 t1347	South Africa v India
	India in South Africa and Zimbabwe 1996/97 (1st Test)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1996 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 328 runs
Umpires	RS Dunne, DL Orchard
TV umpire	RE Koertzen
Referee	BN Jarman
Close of play day 1	India (1) 2/0 (Rathour 2*, Raman 0*; 2 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 164/4 (Cronje 17*, Gibbs 25*; 51 overs)
Player of the Match	AC Hudson

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	c Mongia b Ganguly	80	191	288	12	-
G Kirsten	b Prasad	2	12	17	-	-
AM Bacher	lbw b Srinath	25	73	109	3	1
DJ Cullinan	c Mongia b Prasad	1	6	6	-	-
*WJ Cronje	c Mongia b Prasad	15	41	45	3	-
HH Gibbs	c Mongia b Johnson	0	10	18	-	-
BM McMillan	lbw b Johnson	34	99	128	2	-
SM Pollock	not out	23	47	94	3	-
+DJ Richardson	b Prasad	24	31	40	4	-
L Klusener	c Mongia b Srinath	1	4	4	-	-
AA Donald	c Rathour b Prasad	5	11	8	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 11 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Kirsten), 2-70 (Bacher), 3-71 (Cullinan), 4-99 (Cronje), 5-113 (Gibbs), 6-162 (Hudson), 7-190 (McMillan), 8-229 (Richardson), 9-230 (Klusener), 10-235 (Donald)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	20	7	36	2	-	-
Prasad	19	6	60	5	-	-
Johnson	15	2	52	2	-	-
Tendulkar	2.4	2	0	0	-	-
Kumble	20.2	3	61	0	-	-
Ganguly	9	4	12	1	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Rathour	c Hudson b Donald	7	42	48	-	-
WV Raman	b Pollock	0	3	13	-	-
SC Ganguly	c Klusener b Pollock	16	45	80	1	-
*SR Tendulkar	b Donald	15	45	58	2	-
M Azharuddin	c Bacher b McMillan	15	15	28	1	1
RS Dravid	lbw b McMillan	7	23	31	-	-
+NR Mongia	c Richardson b Donald	4	13	17	1	-
A Kumble	not out	13	27	46	-	1
J Srinath	c Cullinan b Donald	0	1	2	-	-
DJ Johnson	c Bacher b Donald	3	10	20	-	-
BKV Prasad	c Richardson b Klusener	4	16	20	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Raman), 2-22 (Rathour), 3-36 (Ganguly), 4-52 (Tendulkar), 5-68 (Azharuddin), 6-74 (Dravid), 7-74 (Mongia), 8-74 (Srinath), 9-89 (Johnson), 10-100 (Prasad)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	16	5	40	5	-	-
Pollock	8	2	18	2	-	-
Klusener	7.1	2	8	1	-	-
McMillan	8	2	27	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	c Tendulkar b Kumble	52	97	166	8	-
G Kirsten	c Dravid b Prasad	2	17	17	-	-
AM Bacher	c Tendulkar b Kumble	55	101	129	9	-
DJ Cullinan	c Mongia b Prasad	3	8	14	-	-
*WJ Cronje	c Mongia b Prasad	17	46	71	1	-
HH Gibbs	lbw b Srinath	25	47	71	3	-
BM McMillan	not out	51	54	96	4	3
SM Pollock	c Rathour b Prasad	2	14	15	-	-
+DJ Richardson	b Srinath	4	4	13	-	-
L Klusener	c Mongia b Srinath	4	4	4	1	-
AA Donald	c Rathour b Prasad	26	35	57	3	-
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Kirsten), 2-115 (Bacher), 3-120 (Cullinan), 4-120 (Hudson), 5-164 (Cronje), 6-164 (Gibbs), 7-171 (Pollock), 8-181 (Richardson), 9-185 (Klusener), 10-259 (Donald)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	23	5	80	3	-	-
Prasad	25	4	93	5	-	-
Johnson	9	1	39	0	-	-
Kumble	11	3	26	2	-	-
Ganguly	2	0	8	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Rathour	c Richardson b Donald	2	2	1	-	-
WV Raman	b Donald	1	8	21	-	-
SC Ganguly	b Donald	0	1	1	-	-
*SR Tendulkar	c Kirsten b Pollock	4	25	32	1	-
M Azharuddin	c Klusener b Pollock	8	14	26	1	-
RS Dravid	not out	27	73	120	5	-
+NR Mongia	c Cronje b Klusener	4	29	37	-	-
A Kumble	c Hudson b Klusener	2	17	21	-	-
J Srinath	run out (Bacher)	7	17	14	-	-
DJ Johnson	c Klusener b Pollock	5	12	13	1	-
BKV Prasad	c Hudson b Donald	1	10	20	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Rathour), 2-2 (Ganguly), 3-7 (Raman), 4-15 (Tendulkar), 5-20 (Azharuddin), 6-25 (Mongia), 7-40 (Kumble), 8-51 (Srinath), 9-59 (Johnson), 10-66 (Prasad)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	11.1	4	14	4	-	-
Pollock	12	4	25	3	-	-
Klusener	9	2	16	2	-	-
McMillan	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> AM Bacher made his debut in Test matches
--> DJ Johnson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SC Ganguly (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> A Kumble (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 6
--> WJ Cronje (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> NR Mongia (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AM Bacher made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> SC Ganguly made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> NR Mongia made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> BKV Prasad made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> RS Dravid made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> V Rathour made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> DJ Johnson made his debut in South Africa in Test matches

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Tendulkar was unable to complete his 3rd over due a strained left side

 

 

 

 

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