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Test no. 1338

South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v South Africa

1996/97 season

Played at Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, on 20,21,22,23 November 1996 (5-day match)

Result India won by 64 runs


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SV Manjrekar	b Adams	34	114	94	4	0	36.17
	NR Mongia	lbw b de Villiers	9	33	18	2	0	50.00
	R Dravid	lbw b Symcox	24	124	98	3	0	24.48
	SR Tendulkar	c Rhodes b Symcox	42	80	64	7	0	65.62
	M Azharuddin	run out (Rhodes)	35	91	79	5	0	44.30
	VVS Laxman	lbw b Donald	11	62	43	1	0	25.58
	SB Joshi	c Hudson b Donald	16	79	60	1	0	26.66
	J Srinath	c Cullinan b Donald	14	59	46	1	0	30.43
	A Kumble	c Kirsten b Donald	17	71	54	3	0	31.48
	BKV Prasad	c Donald b de Villiers	9	54	37	0	0	24.32
	ND Hirwani	not out	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 9, nb 3)	12

	Total	(all out; 99 overs)	223	(2.25 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-22 (Mongia), 2-63 (Manjrekar), 3-98 (Dravid), 4-129 (Tendulkar), 5-159 (Azharuddin), 6-165 (Laxman), 7-193 (Srinath), 8-196 (Joshi), 9-221 (Prasad), 10-223 (Kumble)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	27	14	37	4	1.37
PS de Villiers	18	5	55	2	3.05
BM McMillan	11	4	20	0	1.81	(3nb)
WJ Cronje	5	3	8	0	1.60
PR Adams	17	2	46	1	2.70
PL Symcox	21	5	48	2	2.28


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	st Mongia b Kumble	17	62	47	2	0	36.17
	AC Hudson	lbw b Kumble	23	93	80	3	0	28.75
	DJ Cullinan	lbw b Joshi	43	97	75	4	1	57.33
	WJ Cronje	lbw b Hirwani	1	9	8	0	0	12.50
	JN Rhodes	c Manjrekar b Joshi	14	47	38	0	0	36.84
	BM McMillan	b Joshi	8	43	23	0	0	34.78
	DJ Richardson	b Hirwani	4	23	29	0	0	13.79
	PL Symcox	lbw b Joshi	32	105	81	1	1	39.50
	PS de Villiers	not out	67	189	136	5	1	49.26
	AA Donald	b Srinath	17	89	64	2	0	26.56
	PR Adams	c Azharuddin b Srinath	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
	Extras	(b 7, lb 9, nb 1)	17

	Total	(all out; 98.1 overs)	244	(2.48 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (Kirsten), 2-46 (Hudson), 3-49 (Cronje), 4-95 (Rhodes), 5-102 (Cullinan), 6-113 (Richardson), 7-119 (McMillan), 8-182 (Symcox), 9-242 (Donald), 10-244 (Adams)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	19.1	7	47	2	2.45	(1nb)
BKV Prasad	9	2	24	0	2.66
A Kumble	31	6	76	2	2.45
SB Joshi	24	4	43	4	1.79
ND Hirwani	15	3	38	2	2.53


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SV Manjrekar	c Hudson b Donald	5	22	20	0	0	25.00
	NR Mongia	c Richardson b Donald	5	37	22	0	0	22.72
	R Dravid	lbw b Symcox	34	149	110	5	0	30.90
	SR Tendulkar	c Rhodes b McMillan	7	43	33	1	0	21.21
	M Azharuddin	c McMillan b Donald	24	61	42	3	0	57.14
	VVS Laxman	lbw b Adams	51	170	125	6	0	40.80
	SB Joshi	c McMillan b Symcox	13	59	51	1	0	25.49
	J Srinath	lbw b de Villiers	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
	A Kumble	not out	30	82	61	4	0	49.18
	BKV Prasad	c McMillan b Adams	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	ND Hirwani	c sub (DN Crookes) b Adams	9	6	4	2	0	225.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 3)	11

	Total	(all out; 79.2 overs)	190	(2.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Manjrekar), 2-15 (Mongia), 3-38 (Tendulkar), 4-82 (Azharuddin), 5-91 (Dravid), 6-123 (Joshi), 7-124 (Srinath), 8-180 (Laxman), 9-180 (Prasad), 10-190 (Hirwani)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	15	3	32	3	2.13	(2nb)
PS de Villiers	17	4	45	1	2.64
BM McMillan	9	4	18	1	2.00
PL Symcox	22	8	47	2	2.13
WJ Cronje	7	2	10	0	1.42
PR Adams	9.2	4	30	3	3.21	(1nb)


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 170 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Hudson	lbw b Srinath	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	G Kirsten	lbw b Joshi	20	84	43	2	0	46.51
	DJ Cullinan	c Mongia b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	WJ Cronje	not out	48	172	122	6	0	39.34
	BM McMillan	c Joshi b Kumble	17	27	23	2	0	73.91
	DJ Richardson	c Mongia b Srinath	7	38	26	1	0	26.92
	JN Rhodes	lbw b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	PL Symcox	b Kumble	0	11	4	0	0	0.00
	PS de Villiers	c Azharuddin b Kumble	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	AA Donald	b Srinath	4	5	3	1	0	133.33
	PR Adams	b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 5)	9

	Total	(all out; 38.5 overs)	105	(2.70 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Hudson), 2-0 (Cullinan), 3-40 (Kirsten), 4-65 (McMillan), 5-96 (Richardson), 6-96 (Rhodes), 7-100 (Symcox), 8-100 (de Villiers), 9-105 (Donald), 10-105 (Adams)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	(5w)
BKV Prasad	7	0	18	0	2.57
A Kumble	12	2	34	3	2.83
SB Joshi	8	1	28	1	3.50

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series India led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut VVS Laxman (India)
Player of the match J Srinath (India)

Umpires SK Bansal and G Sharp (England)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

Close of play
20 Nov day 1 - India 1st innings 215/8 (A Kumble 13*, BKV Prasad 7*)
21 Nov day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 202/8 (PS de Villiers 40*, AA Donald 2*)
22 Nov day 3 - India 2nd innings 172/7 (VVS Laxman 50*, A Kumble 22*)
23 Nov day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 105 (38.5 ov) - end of match

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