India v South Africa, Nagpur

South Africa 558/6

India 233/10 & 319/10

South Africa won by 6 runs

India v South Africa 2010 · 1st Test Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 6–9 Feb 2010

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

0.98× -2%

India

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

253 +352

JH Kallis South Africa

173 +216

V Sehwag India

125 +147

Sachin Tendulkar India

107 +124

S Badrinath India

62 +67

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn7/51

DW Steyn3/57

PL Harris3/76

Z Khan3/96

Top score

253*

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

340

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 6 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

558 /6 (176.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b Z Khan	6	26	0	0	23.08
AG Prince	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	0	10	0	0	0.00
HM Amla*	not out	253	473	22	0	53.49
JH Kallis	c M Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	173	351	16	2	49.29
AB de Villiers	c S Badrinath b V Sehwag	53	88	5	0	60.23
JP Duminy	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	9	35	1	0	25.71
MV Boucher	c A Mishra b Z Khan	39	75	3	0	52.00
DW Steyn*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 25 (b 8, lb 8, nb 9)

Total 558/6 (176.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	31.0	7	96	3	3.10
I Sharma	28.0	4	85	0	3.04
Harbhajan Singh	46.0	1	166	2	3.61
A Mishra	53.0	5	140	0	2.64
V Sehwag	18.0	1	55	1	3.06

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AG Prince, 4.3)·2-6 (GC Smith, 6.3)·3-346 (JH Kallis, 113.2)·4-454 (AB de Villiers, 141.1)·5-476 (JP Duminy, 151.5)·6-554 (MV Boucher, 174.2)

India

233 /10 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	12	15	2	80.00
V Sehwag	c JP Duminy b WD Parnell	109	139	16	78.42
M Vijay	b DW Steyn	4	13	1	30.77
Sachin Tendulkar	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	7	16	1	43.75
S Badrinath	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	56	139	7	40.29
MS Dhoni	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	6	29	1	20.69
WP Saha	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b DW Steyn	8	16	1	50.00
Z Khan	b DW Steyn	2	8	0	25.00
A Mishra	b DW Steyn	0	9	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	0	5	0	0.00

Extras 29 (b 14, lb 6, w 5, nb 4)

Total 233/10 (64.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.4	7	51	7	3.06
M Morkel	15.0	4	58	1	3.87
PL Harris	17.0	2	39	1	2.29
WD Parnell	7.0	1	31	1	4.43
JH Kallis	6.0	0	14	0	2.33
JP Duminy	3.0	0	20	0	6.67

Fall of wickets

1-31 (G Gambhir, 5.1)·2-40 (M Vijay, 8.6)·3-56 (Sachin Tendulkar, 14.1)·4-192 (V Sehwag, 46.5)·5-221 (MS Dhoni, 57.4)·6-221 (S Badrinath, 58.1)·7-222 (WP Saha, 58.4)·8-226 (Z Khan, 60.3)·9-228 (A Mishra, 62.2)·10-233 (Harbhajan Singh, 64.4)

India

319 /10 (107.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b M Morkel	1	3	0	0	33.33
V Sehwag	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	16	19	4	0	84.21
M Vijay	c M Morkel b PL Harris	32	90	4	0	35.56
Sachin Tendulkar	b PL Harris	100	179	13	0	55.87
S Badrinath	c MV Boucher b WD Parnell	6	31	1	0	19.35
MS Dhoni	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	25	112	3	0	22.32
WP Saha	lbw b DW Steyn	36	101	4	0	35.64
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b WD Parnell	39	39	6	1	100.00
Z Khan	c PL Harris b JH Kallis	33	57	4	2	57.89
A Mishra	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	0	11	0	0	0.00

Extras 31 (b 15, lb 8, w 6, nb 2)

Total 319/10 (107.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.1	2	57	3	3.14
M Morkel	21.0	6	65	1	3.10
WD Parnell	13.0	2	58	2	4.46
PL Harris	38.0	17	76	3	2.00
JH Kallis	12.0	3	19	1	1.58
JP Duminy	5.0	0	21	0	4.20

Fall of wickets

1-1 (G Gambhir, 1.2)·2-24 (V Sehwag, 4.4)·3-96 (M Vijay, 31.2)·4-122 (S Badrinath, 41.3)·5-192 (Sachin Tendulkar, 67.2)·6-209 (MS Dhoni, 75.6)·7-259 (Harbhajan Singh, 87.5)·8-318 (Z Khan, 104.4)·9-318 (WP Saha, 105.1)·10-319 (A Mishra, 107.1)