South Africa v India, Cape Town

South Africa 362/10 & 341/10

India 364/10 & 166/3

Match drawn

India v South Africa 2010 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 2–6 Jan 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.17× +17%

India

0.93× -7%

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

JH Kallis South Africa

270 +405

Sachin Tendulkar India

160 +266

G Gambhir India

157 +206

MV Boucher South Africa

55 +71

AG Prince South Africa

69 +67

Best bowling

Top match figures

Harbhajan Singh7/120

DW Steyn5/75

S Sreesanth5/114

Z Khan3/89

Top score

161

JH Kallis · South Africa

Biggest stand

176

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · South Africa

Match facts

TossIndia, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

362 /10 (112.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	21	47	3	0	44.68
GC Smith	lbw b Z Khan	6	12	0	0	50.00
HM Amla	c CA Pujara b S Sreesanth	59	80	9	1	73.75
JH Kallis	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	161	291	19	0	55.33
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	26	72	3	0	36.11
AG Prince	b S Sreesanth	47	100	6	0	47.00
MV Boucher	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	0	1	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c CA Pujara b Z Khan	0	5	0	0	0.00
M Morkel	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	8	11	2	0	72.73
PL Harris	c CA Pujara b I Sharma	7	41	0	0	17.07
LL Tsotsobe*	not out	8	28	0	0	28.57

Extras 19 (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 11)

Total 362/10 (112.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	29.5	7	89	3	2.98
S Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	3.93
I Sharma	27.0	6	77	2	2.85
Harbhajan Singh	27.0	3	75	0	2.78

Fall of wickets

1-17 (GC Smith, 6.3)·2-34 (AN Petersen, 13.3)·3-106 (HM Amla, 28.3)·4-164 (AB de Villiers, 50.6)·5-262 (AG Prince, 83.5)·6-262 (MV Boucher, 83.6)·7-272 (DW Steyn, 86.1)·8-283 (M Morkel, 87.8)·9-310 (PL Harris, 98.1)·10-362 (JH Kallis, 112.5)

India

364 /10 (117.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	93	222	13	0	41.89
V Sehwag	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	13	20	3	0	65.00
R Dravid	run out (AB de Villiers)	5	16	0	0	31.25
Sachin Tendulkar	b M Morkel	146	314	17	2	46.50
VVS Laxman	run out (PL Harris)	15	19	3	0	78.95
CA Pujara	lbw b DW Steyn	2	14	0	0	14.29
MS Dhoni	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	c JP Duminy b DW Steyn	40	67	3	2	59.70
Z Khan	c AG Prince b M Morkel	23	22	1	2	104.55
I Sharma	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	1	2	0	0	50.00
S Sreesanth*	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 22 (lb 20, w 1, nb 1)

Total 364/10 (117.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	31.0	11	75	5	2.42
M Morkel	29.1	8	106	2	3.63
LL Tsotsobe	26.0	5	82	0	3.15
PL Harris	29.0	8	72	1	2.48
AN Petersen	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-19 (V Sehwag, 6.3)·2-28 (R Dravid, 10.5)·3-204 (G Gambhir, 71.2)·4-235 (VVS Laxman, 79.4)·5-237 (CA Pujara, 82.6)·6-247 (MS Dhoni, 84.3)·7-323 (Harbhajan Singh, 110.1)·8-341 (Sachin Tendulkar, 113.3)·9-350 (I Sharma, 114.3)·10-364 (Z Khan, 117.1)

South Africa

341 /10 (102.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	29	47	3	0	61.70
AN Petersen	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	22	47	1	0	46.81
PL Harris	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	8	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	b Harbhajan Singh	2	11	0	0	18.18
JH Kallis*	not out	109	240	8	0	45.42
AB de Villiers	b Z Khan	13	58	1	0	22.41
AG Prince	c S Sreesanth b I Sharma	22	35	2	0	62.86
MV Boucher	lbw b Sachin Tendulkar	55	82	4	0	67.07
DW Steyn	c M Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	32	48	2	1	66.67
M Morkel	c S Sreesanth b Harbhajan Singh	28	45	4	0	62.22
LL Tsotsobe	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	8	3	2	0	266.67

Extras 21 (lb 7, w 2, nb 12)

Total 341/10 (102.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	20.0	2	64	1	3.20
S Sreesanth	24.0	3	79	0	3.29
I Sharma	18.0	1	62	1	3.44
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.16
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	0	9	1	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-50 (GC Smith, 13.4)·2-52 (PL Harris, 15.2)·3-53 (AN Petersen, 17.5)·4-64 (HM Amla, 19.5)·5-98 (AB de Villiers, 36.1)·6-130 (AG Prince, 46.5)·7-233 (MV Boucher, 79.1)·8-287 (DW Steyn, 91.6)·9-333 (M Morkel, 101.3)·10-341 (LL Tsotsobe, 101.6)

India

166 /3 (82.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	64	184	9	34.78
V Sehwag	c GC Smith b M Morkel	11	40	2	27.50
R Dravid	c AG Prince b LL Tsotsobe	31	112	4	27.68
Sachin Tendulkar*	not out	14	91	0	15.38
VVS Laxman*	not out	32	67	4	47.76

Extras 14 (b 7, w 5, nb 2)

Total 166/3 (82.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.0	6	43	1	2.39
M Morkel	15.0	6	26	1	1.73
LL Tsotsobe	13.0	4	29	1	2.23
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	0	0.97
GC Smith	4.0	0	27	0	6.75
AN Petersen	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-27 (V Sehwag, 11.6)·2-106 (R Dravid, 48.5)·3-120 (G Gambhir, 62.3)