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| Venue | Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th December 2006 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | India won by 123 runs |
| Umpires | MR Benson (England), DJ Harper (Australia) |
| TV umpire | KH Hurter |
| Referee | RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | ZTA Ndamane |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 156/5 (Ganguly 14*; 56.5 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | India (2) 146/5 (Laxman 42*, Dhoni 17*; 35 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 163/5 (Prince 54*, Boucher 23*; 58 overs) |
| Player of the Match | S Sreesanth |
| Articles | Ganguly to Retire |
| Ball-by-ball | Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4 |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| W Jaffer | lbw b Ntini | 9 | 40 | 42 | 2 | - | 37 | |
| V Sehwag | c Boucher b Pollock | 4 | 26 | 46 | - | - | 22 | |
| *RS Dravid | c Smith b Kallis | 32 | 83 | 150 | 5 | - | 66 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c de Villiers b Kallis | 44 | 89 | 112 | 7 | - | 71 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Boucher b Ntini | 28 | 67 | 103 | 5 | - | 55 | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 51 | 101 | 179 | 4 | 1 | 69 | |
| +MS Dhoni | c Pollock b Ntini | 5 | 20 | 22 | - | - | 16 | |
| A Kumble | c Kallis b Nel | 6 | 15 | 22 | 1 | - | 12 | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Pollock | 9 | 23 | 31 | - | - | 18 | |
| S Sreesanth | c Amla b Pollock | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| VR Singh | c and b Pollock | 29 | 19 | 26 | 6 | - | 10 | |
| Extras | (15 lb, 6 nb, 11 w) | 32 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 374 minutes, 79.5 overs) | 249 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-14 (Jaffer, 9.6 ov), 2-14 (Sehwag, 10.5 ov), 3-83 (Tendulkar, 35.4 ov), 4-110 (Dravid, 41.6 ov), 5-156 (Laxman, 56.5 ov), 6-167 (Dhoni, 61.6 ov), 7-188 (Kumble, 66.5 ov), 8-205 (Khan, 73.4 ov), 9-205 (Sreesanth, 73.6 ov), 10-249 (Singh, 79.5 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Steyn | 10.1 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | 2 | 52 | 4 | - |
| Ntini | 18 | 1 | 57 | 3 | - | - | 79 | 7 | 1 |
| Pollock | 17.5 | 7 | 39 | 4 | - | - | 87 | 4 | - |
| Nel | 18.5 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 7 | - |
| Kallis | 15 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 8 | - |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| *GC Smith | lbw b Sreesanth | 5 | 12 | 8 | - | - | 9 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Sehwag b Khan | 0 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 4 | |
| HM Amla | c Laxman b Sreesanth | 0 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 6 | |
| JH Kallis | c Laxman b Sreesanth | 12 | 14 | 20 | 3 | - | 11 | |
| AG Prince | c Dhoni b Kumble | 24 | 60 | 104 | 2 | - | 46 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Sehwag b Khan | 6 | 14 | 23 | 1 | - | 12 | |
| +MV Boucher | b Sreesanth | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| SM Pollock | lbw b Sreesanth | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| A Nel | c Khan b Singh | 21 | 24 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| M Ntini | b Kumble | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| Extras | (2 b, 1 nb, 3 w) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 131 minutes, 25.1 overs) | 84 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-5 (Smith, 1.6 ov), 2-5 (Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 3-5 (Amla, 3.6 ov), 4-21 (Kallis, 7.3 ov), 5-33 (de Villiers, 12.5 ov), 6-38 (Boucher, 15.2 ov), 7-45 (Pollock, 17.1 ov), 8-84 (Prince, 24.4 ov), 9-84 (Ntini, 24.5 ov), 10-84 (Nel, 25.1 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Khan | 10 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 44 | 5 | - |
| Sreesanth | 10 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 1 |
| Singh | 3.1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | - |
| Kumble | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| W Jaffer | c Smith b Nel | 4 | 9 | 17 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| V Sehwag | c Gibbs b Nel | 33 | 29 | 39 | 6 | - | 17 | |
| *RS Dravid | c Boucher b Pollock | 1 | 9 | 15 | - | - | 8 | |
| SR Tendulkar | b Pollock | 14 | 22 | 44 | 3 | - | 18 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Smith b Ntini | 73 | 154 | 252 | 12 | - | 118 | |
| SC Ganguly | c Boucher b Ntini | 25 | 38 | 60 | 4 | - | 26 | |
| +MS Dhoni | c Boucher b Pollock | 18 | 25 | 35 | 3 | - | 17 | |
| A Kumble | c Prince b Nel | 1 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 10 | |
| Z Khan | c Boucher b Ntini | 37 | 80 | 106 | 3 | 2 | 64 | |
| S Sreesanth | not out | 6 | 7 | 14 | - | 1 | 6 | |
| VR Singh | run out (sub [DL Makalima]->Boucher) | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | |
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 1 w) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 308 minutes, 64.4 overs) | 236 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-20 (Jaffer, 3.5 ov), 2-37 (Dravid, 6.6 ov), 3-41 (Sehwag, 7.5 ov), 4-61 (Tendulkar, 16.1 ov), 5-119 (Ganguly, 28.1 ov), 6-147 (Dhoni, 36.3 ov), 7-148 (Kumble, 39.2 ov), 8-218 (Laxman, 62.4 ov), 9-219 (Khan, 62.6 ov), 10-236 (Singh, 64.4 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Ntini | 15.4 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 1 | - | 63 | 14 | - |
| Nel | 19 | 4 | 58 | 3 | - | - | 89 | 8 | 1 |
| Pollock | 16 | 4 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 80 | 5 | - |
| Kallis | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | 52 | 5 | - |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| HH Gibbs | c Tendulkar b Khan | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| *GC Smith | c Sehwag b Sreesanth | 10 | 27 | 35 | 1 | - | 21 | |
| HM Amla | c Dhoni b Sreesanth | 17 | 30 | 56 | 2 | - | 24 | |
| JH Kallis | c Ganguly b Sreesanth | 27 | 72 | 107 | 4 | - | 58 | |
| AG Prince | b Kumble | 97 | 223 | 328 | 11 | - | 173 | |
| AB de Villiers | run out (Khan) | 17 | 42 | 62 | 3 | - | 35 | |
| +MV Boucher | lbw b Khan | 23 | 41 | 78 | 3 | - | 31 | |
| SM Pollock | b Kumble | 40 | 41 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 26 | |
| A Nel | lbw b Kumble | 6 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 6 | 24 | 41 | - | - | 21 | |
| M Ntini | c Sehwag b Khan | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | - | 17 | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 19 nb) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 415 minutes, 86.5 overs) | 278 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-0 (Gibbs, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Smith, 7.6 ov), 3-34 (Amla, 11.6 ov), 4-84 (Kallis, 29.6 ov), 5-120 (de Villiers, 44.1 ov), 6-164 (Boucher, 60.3 ov), 7-231 (Pollock, 74.3 ov), 8-245 (Nel, 78.3 ov), 9-264 (Prince, 80.1 ov), 10-278 (Ntini, 86.5 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Khan | 22.5 | 5 | 79 | 3 | - | - | 106 | 11 | 1 |
| Sreesanth | 25 | 8 | 59 | 3 | - | 5 | 126 | 5 | - |
| Singh | 18 | 4 | 67 | 0 | - | 8 | 86 | 9 | - |
| Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Kumble | 20 | 4 | 54 | 3 | - | - | 91 | 5 | - |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: India (1) 19/2 (Dravid 0*, Tendulkar 4*; 14 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: India (1) 101/3 (Dravid 30*, Laxman 1*; 39.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 21/3 (Kallis 12*, Prince 1*; 7 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 84 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (2) 0/1 (GC Smith 0*; 0.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (2) 69/3 (JH Kallis 24*, Prince 5*; 25 overs)
--> India first innings: 50 in 24.6 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 39.2 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 52.5 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 71.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 23.6 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 59.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 15.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 37.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 57.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 65.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 79 overs
--> SR Tendulkar (1) passed 10500 runs in Test matches when he reached 31
--> VVS Laxman (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> SC Ganguly (1) 50 in 99 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> A Nel (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> VVS Laxman (2) 50 in 108 balls with 10 fours
--> AG Prince (2) 50 in 136 balls with 4 fours
--> AG Prince (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> S Sreesanth made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> VR Singh made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> W Jaffer made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MS Dhoni made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> S Sreesanth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed SM Pollock in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 4-70)
--> S Sreesanth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the South Africa first innings
--> S Sreesanth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 5-57)
--> SM Pollock reached 400 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RS Dravid, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
--> S Sreesanth reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JH Kallis, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> RS Dravid (13) and SR Tendulkar (37) added 50 in 110 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> VVS Laxman (22) and SC Ganguly (23) added 50 in 56 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> VVS Laxman (29) and Z Khan (21) added 50 in 119 balls for the India 8th wicket in the second innings
--> JH Kallis (27) and AG Prince (17) added 50 in 104 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AG Prince (16) and SM Pollock (31) added 50 in 64 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the second innings
New Ball Taken: South Africa 269/9 after 83.1 overs (DW Steyn 2, M Ntini 3)
RS Dravid (13) and SR Tendulkar (37) added 50 in 110 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
VVS Laxman (22) and SC Ganguly (23) added 50 in 56 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
VVS Laxman (29) and Z Khan (21) added 50 in 119 balls for the India 8th wicket in the second innings
JH Kallis (27) and AG Prince (17) added 50 in 104 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the second innings
AG Prince (16) and SM Pollock (31) added 50 in 64 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the second innings
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