South Africa’s pace attack made optimum use of bowler-friendly conditions to dismiss India for just 76 runs before lunch on the opening day of the second Test on Thursday. Spearhead Dale Steyn finished with five wickets after Makhaya Ntini claimed three victims in 12 deliveries to rip through India’s top order after the hosts won the toss and opted to bat.
South Africa hold the psychological edge going into the second Test on Thursday against an India team weighed down by major fitness issues. The visitors will look to drive home their confidence of tackling the hosts’ experienced spin bowlers after rallying to draw the first match of the three-Test series, which ended on Sunday.
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/ 12 December 2007
In-form Saurav Ganguly cracked 91 to lead India to 221 for five at lunch on the last day of the third and final Test against Pakistan on Wednesday. Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (42) took their overnight third-wicket stand to 152 after the hosts had resumed at 131 for two.
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/ 11 December 2007
Pakistan grabbed two quick wickets to spark some life into the third and final Test on Tuesday after Misbah-ul-Haq’s unbeaten century brought the visitors 89 runs short of India’s first-innings total of 626. In-form Misbah struck 133 and was involved in two fruitful partnerships to help the visitors, resuming at 369-5, post 537.
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/ 10 December 2007
Pakistan’s new crisis men Misbah-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal defied India in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand after Younis Khan’s masterly 80 in the third and final Test on Monday. In-form Misbah struck a controlled 54 and Akmal a gritty 32 as the visitors, searching for a series-levelling victory, ended day three on 369-5.
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/ 2 December 2007
Misbah-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal scored battling hundreds to steer Pakistan to 358-6 against India on the third day of the second Test on Sunday. In-form Misbah, who struck 108 not out, and keeper-batsman Akmal, with 119, shared in a 207-run sixth-wicket stand after the visitors had lost four wickets in the morning session at Eden Gardens.
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/ 30 November 2007
Wasim Jaffer’s unbeaten 192 steered India to a commanding 352-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan on Friday. Opener Jaffer shared in two century partnerships to lay the foundations for an imposing total after the hosts chose to bat on a benign Eden Gardens pitch.
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/ 11 October 2007
Seamer Mitchell Johnson claimed his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals to lead Australia to a crushing nine-wicket victory over India in the fifth match of the series on Thursday. The 25-year-old took 5-26 in a display of remarkable swing bowling to bundle the hosts out for 148 in 39.4 overs.
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/ 14 February 2007
India’s left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan claimed his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals to help defeat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third match of their series on Wednesday. The 28-year-old ripped through the top order to restrict the visitors to 230-8 after they had won the toss and elected to bat.
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/ 8 February 2007
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday there was no merit in Australian umpire Darrell Hair’s claim of racial discrimination on the part of cricket’s world governing body and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The sacked Australian umpire on Wednesday filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the ICC and the PCB.