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Played at
Eden Gardens, Calcutta , on 27,28,29,30 November, 1 December 1996 (5-day match)
Result South Africa won by 329 runs
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Hudson b Prasad
146 317
244
24
0
59.83
G Kirsten b Srinath
102 244
170
14
0
60.00
HH Gibbs lbw b Prasad
31 157
112
7
0
27.67
DJ Cullinan lbw b Prasad
43 130
80
7
0
53.75
WJ Cronje c
4 22
18
1
0
22.22
BM McMillan lbw b Prasad
0 3
2
0
0
0.00
DJ Richardson not out
36 85
60
4
0
60.00
L Klusener b Prasad
10 25
20
1
0
50.00
PL Symcox b Prasad
13 41
21
0
1
61.90
AA Donald c Laxman b Kumble
0 3
2
0
0
0.00
PR Adams b Kumble
4 6
8
0
0
50.00
Extras
(b 6, lb 24, nb 9)
39
Total
(all out; 121.1 overs)
428 (3.53 runs per over)
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
NR Mongia run out (Gibbs)
35 88
68
5
0
51.47
R Dravid c Hudson b McMillan
31 78
48
5
0
64.58
SC Ganguly b McMillan
6 24
17
1
0
35.29
SR Tendulkar b Donald
18 91
62
3
0
29.03
M Azharuddin c & b Adams
109 132
77
18
1
141.55
VVS Laxman b Donald
14 55
35
2
0
40.00
SB Joshi run out (Donald)
4 14
9
1
0
44.44
J Srinath b Donald
11 51
44
1
0
25.00
A Kumble run out (Gibbs)
88 168
124
13
0
70.96
BKV Prasad c
1 5
10
0
0
10.00
ND Hirwani not out
0 3
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
(lb 5, nb 7)
12
Total
(all out; 81.2 overs)
329 (4.04 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-68 (Dravid) , 2-71 (Mongia) , 3-77 (Ganguly) , 3-87* (Azharuddin, retired not out) , 4-114 (Laxman) , 5-119 (Tendulkar) , 6-119 (Joshi) , 7-161 (Srinath) , 8-322 (Azharuddin) , 9-324 (Prasad) , 10-329 (Kumble)
South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Hudson retired hurt
6 44
27
1
0
22.22
G Kirsten run out (Joshi)
133 317
196
18
0
67.85
HH Gibbs c Dravid b Srinath
9 24
12
2
0
75.00
DJ Cullinan not out
153 364
261
15
1
58.62
WJ Cronje c & b Kumble
34 51
37
5
0
91.89
BM McMillan not out
17 53
35
2
0
48.57
Extras
(b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 2)
15
Total
(3 wickets dec; 93.2 overs)
367 (3.93 runs per over)
India 2nd innings (target: 467 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
NR Mongia c Cullinan b Klusener
8 80
57
1
0
14.03
R Dravid b McMillan
23 191
127
3
0
18.11
SC Ganguly c
0 2
4
0
0
0.00
SR Tendulkar c Kirsten b Symcox
2 28
25
0
0
8.00
VVS Laxman b Klusener
1 11
5
0
0
20.00
M Azharuddin c McMillan b Klusener
52 82
55
9
0
94.54
SB Joshi c McMillan b Klusener
1 8
8
0
0
12.50
A Kumble b Klusener
17 48
22
2
0
77.27
J Srinath c McMillan b Klusener
19 31
24
2
0
79.16
BKV Prasad not out
3 9
3
0
0
100.00
ND Hirwani b Klusener
0 1
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
(lb 2, nb 9)
11
Total
(all out; 53.3 overs)
137 (2.56 runs per over)
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat firstSeries 3-match series level 1-1
Test debuts
HH Gibbs and
L Klusener
(South Africa)Player of the match
G Kirsten (South Africa)
Umpires
BC Cooray (Sri Lanka) and VK Ramaswamy TV umpire
SK Porel Match referee
JR Reid (New Zealand)
Close of play 27 Nov day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 339/2 (HH Gibbs 28* , DJ Cullinan 29* )28 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 152/6 (J Srinath 9* , A Kumble 24* )29 Nov day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 160/1 (G Kirsten 82* , DJ Cullinan 60* )30 Nov day 4 - India 2nd innings 59/4 (R Dravid 18* , M Azharuddin 25* )1 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 137 (53.3 ov ) - end of match
Match notes
Day 1
Hudson dropped once by Ganguly and once by Mongia off Srinath in the first session. Highest opening partnership at the Eden Gardens.
Day 3
M Azharuddin (1) retired hurt on 6* from 87/3 to 161/7
Azharuddin hits five consecutive fours off Klusener in the 61st over of the innings.
AC Hudson retired hurt at 18/0
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