South Africa vs India – Second Test at Durban – Dec 2010 : India won by 87 runs
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first in this test to provide the fourth occasion of South Africa inserting India. The other three occasions are – at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 : at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001 and at Centurion in Dec 2010
This test was the 50th test for HM Amla. He became the 16th South African cricketer to appear in 50 or more tests. Others are – JH Kallis {144} : MV Boucher {138} : SM Pollock {108} : G Kirsten {101} : M Ntini {101} : HH Gibbs {90} : GC Smith {90} : AA Donald {72} : DJ Cullinan {70} : WJ Cronje {68} : AB de Villiers {65} : AG Prince {61} : ND McKennzie {58} : JN Rhodes {52} an JHB Waite {50}
India were dismissed for 136 in the first innings of this test providing the thirteenth occasion of India dismissed all out for a total less than 206 against South Africa. India has been dismissed for a total of less than 206 at Durban on four occasions. The other occasions are – 66 in the second innings in Dec 1996 : 100 in first innings in Dec 1996 and 179 in second innings in Dec 2006
R Dravid completed 12000 runs playing for India of this test when he was on 23 in his first innings knock of 25. At the end of the test his run aggregate stood at 12004. He became the second Indian batsman after SR Tendulkar to total 12000 plus runs. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 14532 runs at the end of this test.
Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth scored zeroes in this test to provide the 44th and 45th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa.
S Sreesanth registered his fourth duck against South Africa when he failed to open his account in this game. The other three occasions are – at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008 : at Centurion in Dec 2010.
With four ducks to his credit, S Sreesanth became the fourth Indian batsman to collected four zeroes against South Africa. The others are – SC Ganguly. A Kumble and J Srinath
Zaheer Khan’s duck in this test represents his third duck against South Africa. The other two occasions are – his pair at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001
Zaheer Khan became the sixth Indian batsman to collect three or more ducks in a test innings against South Africa. The others are – SC Ganguly {04} : A Kumble {04} : S Sreesanth {04} : J Srinath {04} and SR Tendulkar {03}
MV Boucher pouched five catches in the first innings to provide the 130th occasion of a wicket keeper accounting for five or more batsmen in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.
MV Boucher pouched five catches in the first innings to provide the 13th occasion of his pouching five or more catches in a test innings. MV Boucher now holds the record of most occasions of a wicket keeper’s five plus catches in a test innings. He wrested the record from RW Marsh of Australia who had accounted for five or more catches in a test innings on 12 occasions.
SR Tendulkar scored 13 runs in the first innings of this test to provide the 1222nd occasion of a batsman scoring 13 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. SR Tendulkar’s 13 represent the sixth occasion of scoring 13 in a test innings. He became the ninth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score six or more “thirteens” in the annals of test cricket. Others are – MA Atherton {07} : GA Gooch {06} : Inzamam-ul-Haq {06} : JH Kallis {06} : AJ Lamb {06} : A Ranatunga {06} : MA Taylor {06} and SR Waugh {06}
DW Steyn captured six wickets conceding 50 runs in the first innings of this test providing the 13th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India. His 6 for 50 in this test represents the third occasion of his five wicket haul against India. Others are – 5 for 23 at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008 and 7 for 51 at Nagpur in Feb 2010.
AA Donald and DW Steyn now jointly share the record of most five wicket hauls by a South African bowler against India. Both the bowlers have captured five wickets haul on three occasions.
DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test provide the third occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against India. The other two occasions are – 5 for 40 by AA Donald in Dec 1996 and 5 for 48 by M Ntini in Dec 2006. Thus DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test represents the best innings bowling effort by a South African bowler against India at Durban.
DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test provide the 15th occasion of his capturing a five wicket haul in an innings in tests. He became the fourth South African bowler to capture 15 or more innings wicket hauls. Others are – AA Donald {20} : M Ntini {18} and SM Pollock {15}
DW Steyn became the 32nd bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 15 or more five plus innings wicket hauls. DW Steyn earned the distinction of becoming the 20th pace bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 15 or more five plus innings wicket hauls.
AB de Villiers, PL Harris and LL Tsotsobe scored ducks in South Africa’s first innings providing the fourth occasion of three batsmen scoring South African batsmen against India.
AB de Villiers, PL Harris and LL Tsotsobe scored ducks in South Africa’s first innings providing the 43rd, 44th and 45th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck against India.
PL Harris became Harbhajan Singh’s 50th South African victim when he was caught by CA Pujara for zero. At the end of the test, his tally of wickets stood at 53. He is the third Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against South Africa. Others are – A Kumble {84} and J Srinath {64}
Zaheer Khan’s tally of wickets against South Africa at the end of this test stood at 29. He became the sixth Indian bowler to capture 25 or more wickets against South Africa. Others are – A Kumble {84} : J Srinath {64} : Harbhajan Singh {53} : S Sreesanth {26} and BKV Prasad {25}.
Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth reached the land mark of capturing 25 wickets in this test.
R Dravid became the first fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 200 catches when he caught DW Steyn of Harbhajan Singh. The break up of 200 catches – countrywise read thus – vs Australia {47} : vs Bangladesh {13} : vs England {26} : vs New Zealand {17} : vs Pakistan {19} : vs South Africa {21} : vs Sri Lanka {16} : vs West Indies {20} and vs Zimbabwe {21}
R Dravid’s 200 catches – Break up of on away soil and home soil read thus – on away soil {105} and home soil {95}. Break up soil wise read thus – in Australia {15} : in Bangladesh {13} : in England {15} ; in India {95} : in New Zealand {10} : in Pakistan {06} : in South Africa {09} : in Sri Lanka {09} : in West Indies {18} and in Zimbabwe {10}
PL Harris became R Dravid’s 50th victim of Harbhajan Singh. Dravid became the only fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 50 plus catches of two bowlers – A Kumble {55} and Harbhajan Singh {50}. The complete list of fielder-bowler combination in which a fielder has pouched 50 plus catches read as – DPMD Jayawardene {77 catches} of M Muralitharan : R Dravid {55 catches} of A Kumble : MA Taylor {51 catches} of SK Warne and R Dravid {50 catches} of Harbhajan Singh
South Africa were all out for 131 in its first innings providing the fourth occasion of its being all out for a total less than 150 runs against India. The other three occasions are – 84 at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : 105 at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996 and 121 at Kanpur in Apr 2008.
JH Kallis was dismissed run out for 10 in this test providing the 13th occasion of a South African batsman run out in a test innings against India. JH Kallis was run out for the first occasion against India. JH Kallis became the first South African batsman to be dismissed run out against India in a test at Durban.
JH Kallis’ run out in this test represents his sixth run out of his test career. The other five occasions are – for 7 vs Australia at Port Elizabeth in Mar 1997 : for 16 vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 1998 : for 99 vs Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2001 : for 66 vs England at The Oval in Sep 2003 and for 66 vs England at Cape Town in Jan 2005
JH Kallis became the third South African batsman to be dismissed on six or more occasions. The other two are – JHB Waite {07} and DJ McGlew {06}
AB de Villiers collected his second duck of his test career when he was dismissed without scoring in the first innings. The other occasion was against Bangladesh at Centurion in Nov 2008.
R Dravid and SR Tendulkar pair has a tatal partnership runs of 6352 runs at the end of this test. They have paired in 129 innings. They have 19 three figure partnerships and 24 half century partnerships. They have six unfinished partnerships. Their 6352 runs stands next only to 6482 runs between CG Greenidge and DL Haynes who have partnered in 148 innings. They have 16 century stands and 26 half century stands and eleven unfinished stands.
R Dravid and SR Tendulkar pair require 151 runs to surpass CG Greenidge and DL Haynes partnership runs of 6482 runs
MV Boucher accounted for four more batsmen in the second innings to take his match tally to nine {five plus four}. At the end of the test his aggregate of victims against India stood at 57 – 55 catches and 02 stumpings.
MV Boucher with his nine dismissals in this test emulated DJ Richardson who also had accounted for nine dismissals against India at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 to become the second South African wicket keeper to effect nine dismissals in a test against India.
VVS Laxman scored 96 in the second innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring ninety against South Africa. Others are – 97 by SR Tendulkar at Mumbai in Feb 2000 : 96 by G Gambhir at Kanpur in Nov 2004 and 90 by MS Dhoni at Centurion in Dec 2010.
VVS Laxman’s 96 in the second innings of this test provide the 97th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against various oppositions
VVS Laxman’s 96 in this test represent his fourth ninety in a test innings. Other occasions are – 95 vs Australia at Kolkata in Mar 1998 : 90 vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Jan 2006 and 91 vs New Zealand at Ahmedabad in Nov 2010.
VVS Laxman with four nineties became the tenth Indian batsman to score four or more nineties. Others are – R Dravid {10} : SR Tendulkar {08} : SM Gavaskar {05} : V Sehwag {05} : MS Dhoni {04} : SC Ganguly {04} : NS Sidhu {04} : DB Vengsarkar {04} and AL Wadekar {04}
Zaheer Khan completed 1000 runs when he was on five during his knock of 27 in the second innings. He became the 56th Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs in tests.
With 267 wickets with the leather at the end of this test and 1022 runs with the willow. Zaheer Khan became the eighth Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs and capture 100 plus wickets in tests. Others are – A Kumble {2506 runs and 619 wickets} : N Kapil Dev {5248 runs and 434 wickets} : Harbhahan Singh {1968 runs and 385 wickets} : J Srinath {1009 runs and 236 wickets} : MH Mankad {2109 runs and 162 wickets} : RJ Shastri {3830 runs and 151 wickets} and IK Pathan {1105 runs and 100 wickets}
Zaheer Khan with 1022 runs and 267 wickets became the 19th cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 runs and capture 250 plus wickets : 28th cricketer to score 1000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets and 53rd cricketer to score 1000 plus runs and capture 100 plus wickets.
VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan added 70 runs for th
e eighth wicket in India’s second innings. The seventh wicket fell at 148 and the eighth wicket fell at 218. By an astonishing coincidence, the same pair – VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan – has added the same number of runs – 70 runs – at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 in India’s second innings. In this innings also the seventh wicket fell at 148 and the eighth wicket fell at 218 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
South Africa was a set a target of 303 runs to win this test. They have won only twice chasing a total of 300 plus runs in the fourth innings – They won against Australia by six wickets at Perth in Dec 2008 – set a target of 413, they scored 414 for four and they won against Australia by five wickets at Durban in Mar 2002 – set a target of 339, they scored 340 for five. This is the first occasion of South Africa chasing a total of 300 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test against India {303 runs}
L Tsotsobe was dismissed run out in this test providing the 14th occasion a South African batsman dismissed run out against India. He became the first South African batsman to be dismissed run out without scoring.
Zaheer Khan’s tally of wickets stood at 267 at the end of this test. He now stands in the fourth position amongst the Indian bowlers who have taken most wickets in tests. The first three are – A Kumble {619} : N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {386}. Zaheer Khan went past BS Bedi’s 266 wickets to occupy the fourth position.
India’s win in this by 87 runs provide its seventh win against South Africa. The other six victories are – by 64 runs at Ahmedaad in Nov 1996 : by 280 runs at Kanpur in Dec 1996 : by eight wickets at Kolkata in Nov 2004 : by 123 runs at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : by eight wickets at Kanpur in Apr 2006 : by an innings and 57 runs at Kolkata in Feb 2010.
India’s win by 87 runs in this test represents its second win against South Africa in South Africa. The first win was at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 when India had won by 123 runs. South Africa’s loss in this test provides its 124th test loss against various oppositions.