| t1827 f49778 |
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| Venue | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th January 2007 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | Asad Rauf (Pakistan), DJ Harper (Australia) |
| TV umpire | M Erasmus |
| Referee | RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | MW Brown |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 254/3 (Tendulkar 28*, Laxman 4*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 144/1 (Smith 76*, Amla 50*; 41 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (1) 373 all out |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 55/2 (Smith 21*; 16.2 overs) |
| Player of the Match | GC Smith |
| Ball-by-ball | Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4 |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Jaffer | c Kallis b Steyn | 116 | 244 | 362 | 15 | - | |
| +KD Karthik | c Amla b Harris | 63 | 170 | 243 | 7 | - | |
| *RS Dravid | c Boucher b Pollock | 29 | 58 | 63 | 5 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Kallis b Harris | 64 | 130 | 186 | 11 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | b Steyn | 13 | 46 | 57 | 3 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Amla b Pollock | 66 | 75 | 159 | 9 | 1 | |
| V Sehwag | c Ntini b Harris | 40 | 50 | 51 | 6 | 1 | |
| A Kumble | lbw b Pollock | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Z Khan | st Boucher b Harris | 1 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| S Sreesanth | c Gibbs b Pollock | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| MM Patel | not out | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 580 minutes, 131.1 overs) | 414 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-153 (Karthik, 56.1 ov), 2-202 (Dravid, 71.5 ov), 3-240 (Jaffer, 85.1 ov), 4-269 (Laxman, 97.6 ov), 5-337 (Tendulkar, 112.4 ov), 6-395 (Sehwag, 124.6 ov), 7-395 (Kumble, 125.3 ov), 8-398 (Khan, 128.1 ov), 9-407 (Sreesanth, 129.6 ov), 10-414 (Ganguly, 131.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steyn | 27 | 12 | 58 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Ntini | 26 | 4 | 107 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pollock | 29.1 | 9 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 12 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| Harris | 37 | 3 | 129 | 4 | - | 4 | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Smith | c Sehwag b Kumble | 94 | 142 | 218 | 14 | 1 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Karthik b Sreesanth | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - | |
| HM Amla | c Karthik b Sreesanth | 63 | 174 | 213 | 7 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Patel b Tendulkar | 54 | 128 | 161 | 8 | - | |
| AG Prince | b Kumble | 26 | 112 | 153 | 1 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | c Jaffer b Sehwag | 7 | 24 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | c Karthik b Patel | 50 | 99 | 144 | 6 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Ganguly b Khan | 31 | 57 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| PL Harris | not out | 11 | 29 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| DW Steyn | b Kumble | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| M Ntini | lbw b Kumble | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 13 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 539 minutes, 128.3 overs) | 373 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (de Villiers, 3.6 ov), 2-173 (Smith, 50.5 ov), 3-177 (Amla, 53.6 ov), 4-260 (Kallis, 92.1 ov), 5-260 (Prince, 93.6 ov), 6-281 (Gibbs, 101.2 ov), 7-350 (Pollock, 120.1 ov), 8-372 (Boucher, 127.3 ov), 9-373 (Steyn, 128.2 ov), 10-373 (Ntini, 128.3 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 20 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sreesanth | 24 | 9 | 58 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kumble | 42.3 | 6 | 117 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Patel | 20 | 5 | 43 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Sehwag | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Tendulkar | 10 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Jaffer | c de Villiers b Ntini | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| V Sehwag | c Boucher b Steyn | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| *RS Dravid | c and b Harris | 47 | 134 | 202 | 5 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Gibbs b Kallis | 46 | 89 | 130 | 5 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b Pollock | 14 | 62 | 88 | 1 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | run out (Pollock->Boucher) | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| +KD Karthik | not out | 38 | 48 | 75 | 6 | - | |
| A Kumble | c Gibbs b Steyn | 6 | 22 | 31 | - | - | |
| Z Khan | run out (de Villiers->Boucher) | 1 | 7 | 19 | - | - | |
| S Sreesanth | c Kallis b Steyn | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| MM Patel | c Pollock b Steyn | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 299 minutes, 64 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-6 (Jaffer, 2.2 ov), 3-90 (Ganguly, 31.4 ov), 4-114 (Dravid, 46.5 ov), 5-115 (Laxman, 48.3 ov), 6-121 (Tendulkar, 51.3 ov), 7-147 (Kumble, 59.4 ov), 8-165 (Khan, 63.1 ov), 9-169 (Sreesanth, 63.6 ov), 10-169 (Patel, 64 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ntini | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 7 | 0 | 30 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Pollock | 15 | 5 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harris | 22 | 6 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AB de Villiers | c Karthik b Khan | 22 | 33 | 45 | 4 | - | |
| *GC Smith | c Karthik b Khan | 55 | 84 | 144 | 6 | - | |
| HM Amla | lbw b Kumble | 10 | 22 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Laxman b Khan | 37 | 56 | 88 | 5 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Dravid b Khan | 32 | 90 | 149 | 2 | - | |
| AG Prince | not out | 38 | 103 | 130 | 2 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| +MV Boucher | did not bat | ||||||
| PL Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 294 minutes, 64.1 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (de Villiers, 9.2 ov), 2-55 (Amla, 16.2 ov), 3-127 (Smith, 31.1 ov), 4-132 (Pollock, 35.3 ov), 5-209 (Kallis, 63.2 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 21 | 2 | 62 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Sreesanth | 13 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Kumble | 25 | 4 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Patel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Tendulkar | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |