South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v South Africa |  | 2007/08 season |
Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26,27,28,29,30 March 2008 (5-day match) |
| | | | | | | | | | South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |  | GC Smith | c Laxman b Kumble | 73 | 157 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 75.25 | | | ND McKenzie | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 94 | 230 | 156 | 18 | 0 | 60.25 | | | HM Amla | run out (Sreesanth/ Dhoni/Kumble) | 159 | 406 | 262 | 20 | 0 | 60.68 | | | JH Kallis | c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 57 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 30.95 | | | AG Prince | c & b Kumble | 23 | 68 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 38.33 | | | AB de Villiers | c Dhoni b Sreesanth | 44 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 75.86 | | MV Boucher | c Dravid b Sehwag | 70 | 216 | 146 | 9 | 0 | 47.94 | | | M Morkel | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 91 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 64.81 | | | PL Harris | c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | | | DW Steyn | c Singh b Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 71.42 | | | M Ntini | not out | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | | | Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | (all out; 152.5 overs; 680 mins) | 540 | (3.53 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-132 (Smith, 33.3 ov), 2-196 (McKenzie, 50.5 ov), 3-244 (Kallis, 64.6 ov), 4-291 (Prince, 81.3 ov), 5-357 (de Villiers, 97.6 ov), 6-456 (Amla, 126.4 ov), 7-510 (Boucher, 143.5 ov), 8-520 (Morkel, 146.6 ov), 9-529 (Harris, 150.2 ov), 10-540 (Steyn, 152.5 ov) |
| | | | | | | | | Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | | | | RP Singh | 23 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 4.82 | | | | S Sreesanth | 26 | 5 | 104 | 1 | 4.00 | (1nb, 1w) | | | A Kumble | 45 | 11 | 106 | 2 | 2.35 | | | | Harbhajan Singh | 44.5 | 4 | 164 | 5 | 3.65 | | | | V Sehwag | 11 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.36 | | | | SC Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | India 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | | | | W Jaffer | not out | 25 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 38.46 | | | | V Sehwag | not out | 52 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 85.24 | | | | Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | (0 wickets; 21 overs) | 82 | (3.90 runs per over) |
| To bat R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, S Sreesanth |
| | | | | | | | | Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | | | | DW Steyn | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 | | | | M Ntini | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | | | | M Morkel | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | | | | PL Harris | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | |
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Player of the match tba Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire SK Tarapore Close of play
day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 304/4 (HM Amla 85*, AB de Villiers 10*, 90 ov)
day 2 - India 1st innings 82/0 (W Jaffer 25*, V Sehwag 52*, 21 ov) |
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