India v South Africa, Johannesburg

India 249/10 & 236/10

South Africa 84/10 & 278/10

India won by 123 runs

India v South Africa 2006 · 1st Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 15–18 Dec 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 847 runs at 21.2 per wicket.

The lead

How India's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

S Sreesanth5/40

SM Pollock4/39

SM Pollock3/33

A Kumble3/54

Top score

AG Prince · South Africa

Biggest stand

8th wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–16

3 wkts for 16 · South Africa

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 123 runs

Length4 days

India

249 /10 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Ntini	9	40	2	0	22.50
V Sehwag	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	4	26	0	0	15.38
Sachin Tendulkar	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	44	89	7	0	49.44
R Dravid	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	32	83	5	0	38.55
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	28	67	5	0	41.79
SC Ganguly*	not out	51	101	4	1	50.50
MS Dhoni	c SM Pollock b M Ntini	5	20	0	0	25.00
A Kumble	c JH Kallis b A Nel	6	15	1	0	40.00
Z Khan	lbw b SM Pollock	9	23	0	0	39.13
S Sreesanth	c HM Amla b SM Pollock	0	2	0	0	0.00
VRV Singh	c & b SM Pollock	29	19	6	0	152.63

Extras 32 (lb 15, w 11, nb 6)

Total 249/10 (79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	10.1	4	26	0	2.56
M Ntini	18.0	1	57	3	3.17
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	2.19
A Nel	18.5	5	45	1	2.39
JH Kallis	15.0	0	67	2	4.47

Fall of wickets

1-14 (W Jaffer, 9.6)·2-14 (V Sehwag, 10.5)·3-83 (Sachin Tendulkar, 35.4)·4-110 (R Dravid, 41.7)·5-156 (VVS Laxman, 56.5)·6-167 (MS Dhoni, 61.6)·7-188 (A Kumble, 66.5)·8-205 (Z Khan, 73.4)·9-205 (S Sreesanth, 73.6)·10-249 (VRV Singh, 79.5)

South Africa

84 /10 (25.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	12	0	0	41.67
HH Gibbs	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.00
JH Kallis	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	12	14	3	0	85.71
HM Amla	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	0	6	0	0	0.00
AG Prince	c MS Dhoni b A Kumble	24	60	2	0	40.00
AB de Villiers	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	6	14	1	0	42.86
MV Boucher	b S Sreesanth	5	6	1	0	83.33
SM Pollock	lbw b S Sreesanth	5	10	1	0	50.00
A Nel	c Z Khan b VRV Singh	21	24	2	1	87.50
M Ntini	b A Kumble	0	1	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 2, w 3, nb 1)

Total 84/10 (25.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	10.0	3	32	2	3.20
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	4.00
VRV Singh	3.1	1	8	1	2.53
A Kumble	2.0	1	2	2	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (GC Smith, 1.6)·2-5 (HH Gibbs, 2.4)·3-5 (HM Amla, 3.6)·4-21 (JH Kallis, 7.3)·5-33 (AB de Villiers, 12.5)·6-38 (MV Boucher, 15.2)·7-45 (SM Pollock, 17.1)·8-84 (AG Prince, 24.4)·9-84 (M Ntini, 24.5)·10-84 (A Nel, 25.1)

India

236 /10 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c GC Smith b A Nel	4	9	1	0	44.44
V Sehwag	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	33	29	6	0	113.79
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	1	9	0	0	11.11
VVS Laxman	c GC Smith b M Ntini	73	154	12	0	47.40
Sachin Tendulkar	b SM Pollock	14	22	3	0	63.64
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	25	38	4	0	65.79
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b SM Pollock	18	25	3	0	72.00
A Kumble	c AG Prince b A Nel	1	11	0	0	9.09
Z Khan	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	37	80	3	2	46.25
S Sreesanth*	not out	6	7	0	1	85.71
VRV Singh	run out	11	4	2	0	275.00

Extras 13 (b 2, lb 10, w 1)

Total 236/10 (64.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	15.4	2	77	3	4.91
A Nel	19.0	4	58	3	3.05
SM Pollock	16.0	4	33	3	2.06
JH Kallis	11.0	2	30	0	2.73
GC Smith	3.0	0	26	0	8.67

Fall of wickets

1-20 (W Jaffer, 3.5)·2-37 (R Dravid, 6.6)·3-41 (V Sehwag, 7.5)·4-61 (Sachin Tendulkar, 16.1)·5-119 (SC Ganguly, 28.1)·6-147 (MS Dhoni, 36.3)·7-148 (A Kumble, 39.2)·8-218 (VVS Laxman, 62.4)·9-219 (Z Khan, 62.6)·10-236 (VRV Singh, 64.4)

South Africa

278 /10 (86.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HH Gibbs	c Sachin Tendulkar b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	17	30	2	0	56.67
GC Smith	c V Sehwag b S Sreesanth	10	27	1	0	37.04
JH Kallis	c SC Ganguly b S Sreesanth	27	72	4	0	37.50
AG Prince	b A Kumble	97	223	11	0	43.50
AB de Villiers	run out	17	42	3	0	40.48
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	23	41	3	0	56.10
SM Pollock	b A Kumble	40	41	6	1	97.56
A Nel	lbw b A Kumble	6	12	1	0	50.00
DW Steyn*	not out	6	24	0	0	25.00
M Ntini	c V Sehwag b Z Khan	8	20	1	0	40.00

Extras 27 (lb 8, nb 19)

Total 278/10 (86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	22.5	5	79	3	3.46
S Sreesanth	25.0	8	59	3	2.36
VRV Singh	18.0	4	67	0	3.72
SC Ganguly	1.0	0	11	0	11.00
A Kumble	20.0	4	54	3	2.70

Fall of wickets

1-0 (HH Gibbs, 0.4)·2-22 (GC Smith, 7.6)·3-34 (HM Amla, 11.6)·4-84 (JH Kallis, 29.6)·5-120 (AB de Villiers, 44.1)·6-164 (MV Boucher, 60.3)·7-231 (SM Pollock, 74.3)·8-245 (A Nel, 78.3)·9-264 (AG Prince, 80.1)·10-278 (M Ntini, 86.5)