India levels series as Proteas fall short in run chase
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December 30, 2010, Thursday
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INDIA ripped through South Africa's middle and lower order yesterday to win the second test at Kingsmead by 87 runs and level the three-match series between the top two test teams.
Fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth had three wickets each in South Africa's second innings as top-ranked India took 7-114 on day four to bowl out the home team for 215.
Khan finished with 3-57, Sreesanth 3-45 and offspinner Harbhajan Singh had 2-70 to lead India to just its second test match win in South Africa. Ashwell Prince top-scored with 39 not out for the home team.
India has lost all four of its previous series in the country. The teams will now contest a series-deciding third match in Cape Town, beginning on January 2.
The touring team collected four wickets in the first session. Khan took two wickets and Sreesanth and Singh one each in the morning as South Africa struggled to 182-7 at lunch, still needing 121 to win.
India's bowlers struck at regular intervals on a fast, bouncy Durban pitch for only its second victory in 14 matches in South Africa.
Sreesanth produced a superb fast, bouncing delivery that Jacques Kallis gloved to Virender Sehwag at gully on 17 in the eighth over of the day for India's crucial first breakthrough yesterday.
A.B. de Villiers for 33 and Mark Boucher for 1 were then both out lbw in the space of three overs, but replays suggested both decisions were wrong as the deliveries were going to miss the stumps. Khan snapped up his second wicket when Dale Steyn (10) edged to the slips. Paul Harris was bowled by Khan in the second over after lunch.
Fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth had three wickets each in South Africa's second innings as top-ranked India took 7-114 on day four to bowl out the home team for 215.
Khan finished with 3-57, Sreesanth 3-45 and offspinner Harbhajan Singh had 2-70 to lead India to just its second test match win in South Africa. Ashwell Prince top-scored with 39 not out for the home team.
India has lost all four of its previous series in the country. The teams will now contest a series-deciding third match in Cape Town, beginning on January 2.
The touring team collected four wickets in the first session. Khan took two wickets and Sreesanth and Singh one each in the morning as South Africa struggled to 182-7 at lunch, still needing 121 to win.
India's bowlers struck at regular intervals on a fast, bouncy Durban pitch for only its second victory in 14 matches in South Africa.
Sreesanth produced a superb fast, bouncing delivery that Jacques Kallis gloved to Virender Sehwag at gully on 17 in the eighth over of the day for India's crucial first breakthrough yesterday.
A.B. de Villiers for 33 and Mark Boucher for 1 were then both out lbw in the space of three overs, but replays suggested both decisions were wrong as the deliveries were going to miss the stumps. Khan snapped up his second wicket when Dale Steyn (10) edged to the slips. Paul Harris was bowled by Khan in the second over after lunch.
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