India v South Africa, Chennai

South Africa 540/10 & 331/5

India 627/10

Match drawn

India v South Africa 2008 · 1st Test MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai 26–30 Mar 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

South Africa

1.00× 0%

India

0.97× -3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

V Sehwag India

319 +384

ND McKenzie South Africa

249 +348

HM Amla South Africa

240 +342

R Dravid India

111 +156

GC Smith South Africa

108 +103

Best bowling

Top match figures

Harbhajan Singh5/164

DW Steyn4/103

Harbhajan Singh3/101

M Ntini3/128

Top score

319

V Sehwag · India

Biggest stand

268

2nd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

540 /10 (152.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c VVS Laxman b A Kumble	73	97	13	75.26
ND McKenzie	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	94	156	18	60.26
HM Amla	run out (S Sreesanth)	159	262	20	60.69
JH Kallis	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	13	42	1	30.95
AG Prince	c & b A Kumble	23	60	2	38.33
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	44	58	8	75.86
MV Boucher	c R Dravid b V Sehwag	70	146	9	47.95
M Morkel	c & b Harbhajan Singh	35	54	7	64.81
PL Harris	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	5	16	0	31.25
DW Steyn	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	15	21	3	71.43
M Ntini*	not out	1	6	0	16.67

Extras 8 (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1)

Total 540/10 (152.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	23.0	1	111	0	4.83
S Sreesanth	26.0	5	104	1	4.00
A Kumble	45.0	11	106	2	2.36
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	3.66
V Sehwag	11.0	1	37	1	3.36
SC Ganguly	3.0	0	12	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-132 (GC Smith, 33.3)·2-196 (ND McKenzie, 50.5)·3-244 (JH Kallis, 64.6)·4-291 (AG Prince, 81.3)·5-357 (AB de Villiers, 97.6)·6-456 (HM Amla, 126.4)·7-510 (MV Boucher, 143.5)·8-520 (M Morkel, 146.6)·9-529 (PL Harris, 150.2)·10-540 (DW Steyn, 152.5)

India

627 /10 (155.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	73	166	6	1	43.98
V Sehwag	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	319	304	43	5	104.93
R Dravid	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	111	291	15	0	38.14
Sachin Tendulkar	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	0	5	0	0	0.00
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	24	29	4	0	82.76
VVS Laxman	c & b PL Harris	39	64	4	0	60.94
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	16	33	2	0	48.48
A Kumble	b DW Steyn	3	18	0	0	16.67
Harbhajan Singh	b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.00
RP Singh	b DW Steyn	0	8	0	0	0.00
S Sreesanth*	not out	4	15	0	0	26.67

Extras 38 (b 20, lb 10, w 4, nb 4)

Total 627/10 (155.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	3.22
M Ntini	28.0	3	128	3	4.57
M Morkel	25.0	4	76	0	3.04
PL Harris	53.1	7	203	3	3.82
JH Kallis	14.0	0	71	0	5.07
AG Prince	3.0	0	16	0	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-213 (W Jaffer, 52.6)·2-481 (V Sehwag, 111.4)·3-481 (Sachin Tendulkar, 113.3)·4-526 (SC Ganguly, 123.5)·5-573 (R Dravid, 135.4)·6-598 (MS Dhoni, 144.2)·7-610 (A Kumble, 148.2)·8-610 (Harbhajan Singh, 148.4)·9-612 (RP Singh, 150.4)·10-627 (VVS Laxman, 155.1)

South Africa

331 /5 (109.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie*	not out	155	339	13	1	45.72
GC Smith	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	35	30	5	0	116.67
HM Amla	c R Dravid b A Kumble	81	148	9	0	54.73
JH Kallis	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	19	40	1	0	47.50
AG Prince	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	5	11	1	0	45.45
AB de Villiers	c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag	11	41	0	0	26.83
MV Boucher*	not out	11	46	0	0	23.91

Extras 14 (b 8, lb 5, nb 1)

Total 331/5 (109.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	12.0	0	42	0	3.50
RP Singh	9.0	1	43	0	4.78
Harbhajan Singh	34.0	1	101	3	2.97
SC Ganguly	2.0	1	1	0	0.50
A Kumble	20.0	2	57	1	2.85
V Sehwag	22.0	2	55	1	2.50
VVS Laxman	10.0	2	19	0	1.90

Fall of wickets

1-53 (GC Smith, 10.3)·2-210 (HM Amla, 56.6)·3-264 (JH Kallis, 76.2)·4-272 (AG Prince, 78.6)·5-306 (AB de Villiers, 94.3)