f42704 t1341	India v South Africa
	South Africa in India 1996/97 (2nd Test)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th November, 1st December 1996 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 329 runs
Umpires	BC Cooray, VK Ramaswamy
TV umpire	SK Porel
Referee	JR Reid
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 339/2 (Gibbs 28*, Cullinan 29*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 152/6 (Srinath 9*, Kumble 24*)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 160/1 (Kirsten 82*, Cullinan 60*)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 59/4 (Dravid 18*, Azharuddin 25*)
Man of the Match	G Kirsten

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	b Prasad	146	244	317	24	-
G Kirsten	b Srinath	102	170	244	14	-
HH Gibbs	lbw b Prasad	31	112	157	7	-
DJ Cullinan	lbw b Prasad	43	80	130	7	-
*WJ Cronje	c Mongia b Srinath	4	18	22	1	-
BM McMillan	lbw b Prasad	0	2	3	-	-
+DJ Richardson	not out	36	60	85	4	-
L Klusener	b Prasad	10	20	25	1	-
PL Symcox	b Prasad	13	21	41	-	1
AA Donald	c Laxman b Kumble	0	2	3	-	-
PR Adams	b Kumble	4	8	6	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 24 lb, 9 nb)	39
Total	(all out, 121.1 overs)	428
Fall of wickets:
1-236 (Kirsten), 2-296 (Hudson), 3-346 (Gibbs), 4-361 (Cronje), 5-362 (McMillan), 6-363 (Cullinan), 7-379 (Klusener), 8-421 (Symcox), 9-422 (Donald), 10-428 (Adams)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	37	7	107	2	-	2
Prasad	35	6	104	6	-	5
Joshi	12	1	48	0	-	1
Ganguly	3	1	10	0	-	-
Kumble	20.1	1	78	2	-	-
Hirwani	14	2	51	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	run out (Gibbs)	35	68	88	5	-
RS Dravid	c Hudson b McMillan	31	48	78	5	-
SC Ganguly	b McMillan	6	17	24	1	-
*SR Tendulkar	b Donald	18	62	91	3	-
M Azharuddin	c and b Adams	109	77	132	18	1
VVS Laxman	b Donald	14	35	55	2	-
SB Joshi	run out (Donald)	4	9	14	1	-
J Srinath	b Donald	11	44	51	1	-
A Kumble	run out (Gibbs)	88	124	168	13	-
BKV Prasad	c Richardson b Adams	1	10	5	-	-
ND Hirwani	not out	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Dravid), 2-71 (Mongia), 3-77 (Ganguly), 4-114 (Laxman), 5-119 (Tendulkar), 6-119 (Joshi), 7-161 (Srinath), 8-322 (Azharuddin), 9-324 (Prasad), 10-329 (Kumble)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	21.2	4	72	3	-	-
Klusener	14	1	75	0	-	8
Adams	13	1	69	2	-	-
McMillan	16	4	52	2	-	-
Cronje	6	3	13	0	-	-
Symcox	11	1	43	0	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	retired hurt	6	27	44	1	-
G Kirsten	run out (Joshi)	133	196	317	18	-
HH Gibbs	c Dravid b Srinath	9	12	24	2	-
DJ Cullinan	not out	153	261	364	15	1
*WJ Cronje	c and b Kumble	34	37	51	5	-
BM McMillan	not out	17	35	53	2	-
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
L Klusener	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
PR Adams	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 93.2 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Gibbs), 2-251 (Kirsten), 3-306 (Cronje)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	24.2	2	101	1	-	1
Prasad	15	0	63	0	-	1
Kumble	32	4	101	1	1	-
Hirwani	11	1	40	0	-	-
Joshi	11	0	50	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	c Cullinan b Klusener	8	57	80	1	-
RS Dravid	b McMillan	23	127	191	3	-
SC Ganguly	c Richardson b Klusener	0	4	2	-	-
*SR Tendulkar	c Kirsten b Symcox	2	25	28	-	-
VVS Laxman	b Klusener	1	5	11	-	-
M Azharuddin	c McMillan b Klusener	52	55	82	9	-
SB Joshi	c McMillan b Klusener	1	8	8	-	-
A Kumble	b Klusener	17	22	48	2	-
J Srinath	c McMillan b Klusener	19	24	31	2	-
BKV Prasad	not out	3	3	9	-	-
ND Hirwani	b Klusener	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 9 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Mongia), 2-18 (Ganguly), 3-27 (Tendulkar), 4-28 (Laxman), 5-88 (Dravid), 6-92 (Joshi), 7-97 (Azharuddin), 8-132 (Srinath), 9-137 (Kumble), 10-137 (Hirwani)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McMillan	19	8	33	1	-	2
Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	-	10
Cronje	7	4	10	0	-	-
Symcox	6	1	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in Test matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in Test matches
--> ND Hirwani made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AC Hudson (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 33
--> DJ Richardson (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> M Azharuddin (1) 50 in 35 balls, 67 minutes
--> M Azharuddin (1) 100 in 74 balls, 126 minutes
--> M Azharuddin (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 41
--> M Azharuddin (1) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 46
--> A Kumble (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Test matches
--> G Kirsten (2) passed his previous highest score of 110 in Test matches
--> G Kirsten (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 96
--> DJ Cullinan (2) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Test matches
--> L Klusener made his debut for South Africa in first-class matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut for South Africa in first-class matches
--> BKV Prasad achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed PL Symcox in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 5-76)
--> L Klusener achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the India second innings
--> M Azharuddin retired hurt in the India first innings having scored 6 (team score 87/3) - he returned when the score was 161/7
--> AC Hudson retired hurt in the South Africa second innings having scored 6 (team score 18/0)

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Hudson dropped once by Ganguly and once by Mongia off Srinath in the first session. Highest opening partnership at the Eden Gardens.
Azharuddin hits five consecutive fours off Klusener in the 61st over of the innings.

 

 

 

 

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