India's famous win at Centurion
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00:00Pollock over the wicket now to the new man, Shiv Sundar Das, and a shout first ball.
00:09High in the air, that's going to fall safe.
00:14Well, well, was that six or was it four? It was very, very close to the ropes.
00:19It was very well struck.
00:21Nicky Booyah is signalling four.
00:24And I would back Nicky Booyah's word.
00:27Yes, I think it dropped just a little bit short of the boundary rope over there.
00:31Short. It's into position very quickly.
00:34I don't think he got hold of it because he was trying to scoop it away.
00:40There it is. I think it is well inside the boundary rope.
00:44Gone. Cuts it straight to second slip.
00:47Pollock the bowler, Krizna the catcher, and India now 52 for 2.
00:56That is a poor shot.
00:59That is a very, very poor shot. He's trying to poke at it.
01:02The ball is just a little too close to him.
01:05A little extra bounce as well.
01:07That is what defeated that intended glide into third man.
01:11Pollock very happy. He's got Das for 2 and India 52 for 2.
01:19This is only his second One Day International for Shiv Sundar Das.
01:27On the up. On the up. And what a shot.
01:30Sachin Tendulkar at his best.
01:34They need Sachin Tendulkar to fire. He's got it on the up.
01:38This is a good pitch to play this kind of a shot.
01:40Lovely bounce there. Just the right height.
01:4657 for 2.
01:4734 to Tendulkar.
01:49The cut shot he plays beautifully. He timed that superbly.
01:54There wasn't too much effort in.
01:56It headwards. He just rolled the wrists.
02:00That is very well played.
02:01Look at the way he's rolled his wrists on top of the ball.
02:04Make sure that the ball was hit along the ground.
02:07At the back of the mind will be the thought that there is Jumpty Rhodes lurking there at backward point.
02:12So he got to hit it finer.
02:16It's an excellent shot. 61 for 2.
02:20Not only the single. There is a man in the deep.
02:23And what they've done is that they've altered the length.
02:26As compared to the game of the Wanderers.
02:28Where they were too much on the shorter side.
02:31Plenty of shots ahead of the back foot.
02:36That's in the air. Straight to third man.
02:40Tendulkar has found the fielder in the deep.
02:43South Africa have struck.
02:45Mteni getting his man.
02:47And India have lost a very important wicket.
02:51They've worked hard for that over South Africa.
02:53They've strangled the run rate.
02:56Kept it down.
02:57Not given any boundaries.
02:58The right shot is wide and short.
03:00He's clipped it well.
03:01He's just actually hit it too well.
03:03He's carried very high.
03:04And become in the end quite a straight forward catch.
03:07Not difficult at all.
03:08Unfortunate that because it wasn't a bad shot.
03:11It is a bad shot because he got out.
03:13Juvraj Singh comes out to the middle.
03:15Juvraj Singh comes out to the middle.
03:1724.6 but he's a much more talented player than that.
03:21Balance of the game now.
03:23He's definitely tilted in South Africa's favor.
03:29I've seen this lot of Juvraj Singh.
03:31Not as much as Juvraj.
03:32He didn't play one or two nice shots.
03:38That's a lovely shot from Dravid.
03:40He's done well to beat that man in the deep.
03:44And a boundary there to Eliova.
03:50What was that?
03:52Straight in and out.
03:54You don't see that too often.
03:57Now the last time he dropped a catch like that.
04:00Oh, that's Nicky Boyes, isn't it?
04:05The culprit.
04:06I thought it was Gibbs.
04:07That's why I said the last time he dropped one like that,
04:09he was totally dropped the World Cup.
04:14Sometimes at mid-on,
04:16difficult to pick up whether the ball's going to drop short,
04:19whether it's coming, the pace that it's coming to you.
04:23Another one.
04:27Is this South Africa in the field then?
04:29It's a tough one.
04:30He's going the wrong way, though, to be honest.
04:32Went to his left.
04:33And Dravid must think Diwali has come early.
04:38Another sharp chance, but the South Africans are so
04:41used to setting high standards for themselves.
04:44Not quite in the centre of the palm of the hand,
04:46so as his elbow hit the ground,
04:49the momentum forced the ball out of his hand,
04:51or out of his fingertips.
04:55Zantini.
04:59And that's superbly struck.
05:00It'll go all the way, it does.
05:03Just wide of the fielder.
05:04Ever so often, Raul Dravid comes up and plays these lovely shots.
05:07McKenzie's a good fielder.
05:08So it must have been a good shot to beat him.
05:11You can see he's into position pretty early.
05:16You have to be able to swivel to play that shot effectively.
05:29Oh!
05:31Good morning, Yuvratsingh.
05:32Zantini enjoyed that, didn't he?
05:34He really enjoyed that.
05:35He hit that, didn't he?
05:36He really enjoyed that.
05:37Yuvratsingh would have heard a lot about Jonty Rhodes.
05:40He was trembling at the non-strikers end.
05:44See, that's the fun about being Jonty Rhodes, isn't it?
05:46He seems to enjoy it so much.
05:48Well, that's his philosophy.
05:50On occasions I've heard him talk at dinners or to schools.
05:53He always talks about how you have to enjoy what you're doing,
05:56otherwise no one's going to enjoy watching you do it.
06:02Look how quickly he gets up.
06:03That is a secret.
06:04Any of you watching this...
06:13Yuvrats looking at him as if to say,
06:15which planet have you come from?
06:17You were talking about it earlier.
06:18It's no doubt that the South African fielders
06:21make the South African bowlers look better, perhaps,
06:23than they are on occasions.
06:29Makayantini.
06:30Makayantini.
06:33It's a very significant run for Rahul Dravid.
06:38He's just gone to 5,000 runs in one day international cricket.
06:50That might go. It will.
06:51One bounce for four.
06:56There's the odd occasion when he does just that.
06:59That's when mistakes can creep in.
07:00You take your eye off the ball at the last second.
07:03Latched onto that very quickly.
07:05Slow and was telegraphed, and that's gone for four.
07:12That's a superb shot.
07:14Had to beat the man inside the circle, and he did.
07:16And you've already seen two examples
07:18of why these Indians are good players of spin bowling.
07:20Shortens the length so beautifully.
07:23Using your feet is not all about charging down the pitch.
07:26It's also going back.
07:28As soon as you've picked the length, the delivery.
07:37That's a cracking shot.
07:39That's beautifully executed.
07:42Got into position so quickly, Yuvraj.
07:47Lance Klusner, no real pace, and he's pitched it short.
07:50You could have hit it with a walking stick.
07:52He had just put it away in style.
07:56That will allow them to propel the score to around 250.
08:05That's gone all the way.
08:07Superb timing from Yuvraj.
08:09That's what I mean.
08:10He has the ability to play the big shots.
08:13That was short, but it still had to be put away.
08:17That would suit his kind of play.
08:19Tall man gets stuck into that one.
08:26That's a good, positive blow.
08:29Mid-off was up.
08:31Yuvraj Singh freeing his arms and finding the boundary.
08:37Tremendous shot to end the last over.
08:40Shots like this that will take a lot of pressure off Rahul Dravid.
08:44Yuvraj Singh has reached 35, just 39 balls.
08:49He picks this one well.
08:50It's the off-cutter, a little slower in the air.
08:54He's off with the full face of the blade and banging it over mid-off.
08:58He picked the line very early, Yuvraj Singh, and hit it on the up.
09:02He's known to take the aerial route time and again.
09:06Totally in control.
09:10That's a fine shot.
09:13Just punched down the ground.
09:17And Dravid should get three.
09:24Three.
09:27Giving him the charge.
09:29Still adjusting when Klusner pitched it short.
09:34It's a premeditated shot from Rahul Dravid.
09:38Before the bowler had delivered that, he was down the wicket charging.
09:42Klusner, as wily as a fox, checked that delivery, pitched it short.
09:46Surprised Dravid, but in the end he managed to keep it down.
09:50He's got that fine.
09:51He will find the boundary.
09:52Just straying in line, Andre Nel.
09:55And Dravid onto it in a flash.
10:02All Dravid had to do was to get some bat on it.
10:06It's not all about power.
10:08That occasion, Dravid just a deft touch onto that ball.
10:12Just utilising the pace of the bowler to get that boundary.
10:18That's more the line he'll be looking to bowl.
10:19He's got a packed offside field.
10:25It doesn't matter how they come, as long as Rung is coming.
10:30He's played that shot well.
10:31Does get himself into a good position to work it away on the onside.
10:36Yuvraj Singh at the end of this half century.
10:38A lot of responsibility.
10:40He's really shouldered.
10:41He's guided Yuvraj Singh to play the innings that he has played.
10:46So the second test could really spell doomsday for Yuvraj.
10:49Lucky to survive.
10:51Now this is the last ball of the previous over.
10:54Almost was a mix-up and a direct hit.
10:58Would have had Yuvraj in trouble.
10:59Send back.
11:02He would have been in trouble.
11:06That'll be four.
11:07Cut it hard.
11:08Nobody moved.
11:10Fielder's there for the cut shot that he might play in the air.
11:13This man at point one at backward point.
11:14Almost a deep gully.
11:16These few shots that we now see from the Indian batsmen have come about
11:20because Nicky Boye has given them that bit of momentum.
11:2519 runs was it of two overs.
11:27When they were struggling to get four in over, weren't they?
11:30Mistake by Sean Pollock.
11:44I think that's out, isn't it?
11:49I think that's out.
11:50Raul Drauw, it's standing, but I think he's pulled a good length ball
11:54and he's straight at Lance Kusner and caught cleanly low down.
11:57I don't know why.
11:58He's very puzzled, he's Raul Drauw, and he thinks that bounce of him.
12:03But this is where you see, you know, television should tell you that.
12:06Television should tell us here.
12:13You'll need to see another angle to that, though,
12:15because you couldn't tell on that one.
12:17But Yuvraj Singh looked disappointed at the decision.
12:20And Raul Drauw waited.
12:21Sean Pollock said, you're out, off you go.
12:23I don't know why you're waiting.
12:24There you go.
12:25He shouldn't be doing that.
12:26It's not his job to put the finger up.
12:33Jeffrey Boycott was...
12:36Wow, he's had two questionable shots already as Sehwag.
12:40That's out.
12:41We don't need any replays for that.
12:44We'll probably get one, but that's out.
12:46That seems just a quick full ball.
12:48My impression is he didn't use his feet.
12:51He didn't move his feet.
12:52He got stuck in the grease and played just down the wrong line.
12:56I'd be very surprised if that isn't what happened.
12:59And then to get out like this, he's...
13:02Irritating.
13:03Look, he's not really moved anything.
13:05Full foot's got hardly anywhere.
13:08And the whole stumps have been over
13:10from what is a quickie straight, well-pitched ball.
13:14167 for five.
13:20That'll be four.
13:21He'll stamp the ball sweetly, just wide of the fielder.
13:24A lovely shot, using the pace of the ball.
13:27Hitting it behind square, letting it come on a little more.
13:31Played a little later.
13:32A little wristy.
13:3311 overs to play.
13:35India 172 for five.
13:36Ganguly 24.
13:38Zorabit looking very good on 54.
13:42And then Yuvraj out for 42.
13:46Four.
13:47Just wide.
13:52Mark Boucher went for it, but that ball was flying.
13:54It was a fairly quick ball from Makayantini.
13:59That's a better shot.
14:00That, in fact, is a very nice shot.
14:02On this outfield, that's got to go.
14:07But it was nicely put away.
14:09There's a proper cricket shot there, just timed.
14:11He let the ball come close to him.
14:14First ball in international cricket.
14:16Doing pretty well as well, so is Ram Prakash.
14:20That's not a bad shot at all.
14:21He's flat-batted it.
14:24Straight back past the bowler for four.
14:27That's not a bad shot at all.
14:29Anything short or well pitched up, get some wood on it.
14:33Give it a whack.
14:51It's just a single.
14:53It's just a single.
14:55They don't take a second.
14:56188 for five.
14:59That's gone a long way.
15:00That's into the stands for six.
15:02Welcome back.
15:04It's just a different culture, I think.
15:06India's batsmen very happy to go down the track.
15:08It's almost as if they've got a new serving of karakand in front of them.
15:13You don't know what it is, but it's a sweet, Jeffrey.
15:14It's something you look forward to.
15:19This really is food and drink.
15:20It really is.
15:21That's another boundary.
15:24I know this much.
15:26That any captain that bowls Nicky Boye on this pitch wants his head tested.
15:33They lack experience.
15:34That's beautifully played.
15:35I thought that was gorgeously played.
15:38Nice feeling, but it just opened the face there very cleverly.
15:43Just let it run off as if it was slip-catching practice,
15:46but there's nobody there to catch it, so it's run.
15:51Oh, that's out.
15:52That's just a wild slog.
15:54I didn't like that at all.
15:55It was a shame that.
15:58It wasn't a ball to be hitting,
16:00and if it had hit with the off-cut,
16:02he would have probably hauled out long on any out.
16:04There was a man out there.
16:06That ball's not pieced up by a long way.
16:10Well, that's a shame that.
16:142-0-4 for six.
16:16Ajit Agarkar is the new batsman with seven overs to play.
16:20He's averaging 16,
16:22but he's easily the quickest Indian runner between the wickets,
16:24and that will come in handy here.
16:29That's going to clear the inner ring.
16:31That's going to land in no man's land,
16:33and it'll bring Gurinder two runs.
16:38Not sure how measured that was, but he's got away with it.
16:42Well, that's the kind of batting that India will need.
16:46Gurinder Sehwag playing it over the top.
16:50He knew that the fielder was in the circle at mid-off.
16:53There was a long on,
16:55so that shot was always on.
16:56All that he had to make sure was that it didn't go too high,
16:59because then it would allow the fielders to get under it.
17:05Repeated it, but this time straight into the hands
17:08of Micaiah Anttini at mid-off,
17:11and that is a big blow for India.
17:14Sehwag departs,
17:15and India are now 208-7.
17:17Yes, I think it's a much slower delivery.
17:21Didn't quite bowl it as a slow-off cut-up,
17:23but it didn't release it with the seam up.
17:27Simple catch to Anttini.
17:30Gurinder Sehwag, after playing a good hand of 33,
17:33is out India 208-7.
17:36Bharadwajan Singh is the new man in for India.
17:39The best scorer of 46 against Australia last year.
17:42He's 21 years of age.
17:44Has a reputation of being something of a hitter
17:47in the last few overs of a match.
17:54And he's gone.
17:56Klusner strikes again.
18:00And Agarkar
18:01is the man out for one.
18:03That is disappointing,
18:04and India are losing wickets at a rate of knots.
18:07They wanted their last three wickets in consecutive overs.
18:10Once again, this is a little too close to play the cut shot.
18:14He's just come into bat.
18:15Very difficult when you've come into bat
18:17to play the horizontal bat or angle bat shots.
18:20Try and play as straight as possible.
18:22Agarkar didn't have that many overs to do so.
18:25208-8.
18:26Agarkar didn't have that many overs to do so.
18:28208-8.
18:31Anil Kumble
18:32coming at 10 for India.
18:3530 years of age.
18:37A lot of cricket.
18:39209 one-day internationals.
18:42And India are 208-8.
18:44Klusner is on a hat-trick.
18:47Bowling now to Kumble.
18:49No hat-trick.
18:56Wide of the crease that time, Klusner.
18:59And the angle gives Harbhajan a chance.
19:01Oh, it could be a mix-up here.
19:09boundary now.
19:13And Harbhajan
19:17collects a four.
19:20It was the wicket of Harbhajan Singh.
19:23And that is out.
19:36Last man in, Javagal Srinath Pollak.
19:39And Javagal Srinath squeezes one out
19:43and they go back for a second.
19:48That's useful running.
19:49233 for 9.
19:51Having a full swing of the bat
19:53rather than trying to just nudge the ball away.
19:57Well, he went right across the stubs.
20:00And he's gone.
20:02That is 200th wicket
20:05in international one-day cricket.
20:07And Sean Pollak has played the captain's role
20:10for South Africa.
20:13And Sean Pollak has put in a masterful bowling performance.
20:18A slower delivery.
20:21Javagal Srinath didn't quite pick it up.
20:23But what a lovely catch this by Jack Hull.
20:25He's jumping at just the right moment
20:27to pull the ball down.
20:30Javagal Srinath out for two.
20:32India all out for 233
20:34with an over and two deliveries to spare.
20:40Sean Pollak
20:43lost the toss.
20:45But he's brought back the South African team.
20:49We've seen some good performances from the Indian team.
20:51But I think they will agree in the dressing room.
20:55Top score there from Rahul Javagal.
20:5754 had to work hard for those runs.
20:59And India had to work hard for their runs at St. Julian.
21:03They all got starts apart from Das.
21:06But no one went on to make the big score.
21:08233.
21:10But again, getting bowled out before the 50 overs were up.
21:14South Africa's bowlers led by Pollak.
21:16Wonderful spell of bowling from the South African captain.
21:19Five for 37 in 9.5.
21:22Mel, one for 49 in 10.
21:24Plenty of fire from him.
21:25Kallis, none for 42.
21:27And Tini.
21:29Thank you, Harsha.
21:30So the South African innings about to commence.
21:33234 the target.
21:37The pressure will be on the Indians in the first 10 overs
21:39because that's where they lost out in the game at the Wanderers.
21:45Javagal, Srinath will start the proceedings.
21:49And on strike, Gary Kirsten.
21:58Kirsten, definitely the man in form.
22:00In fact, both these players have got a lot of runs of late.
22:07There's no Venkatesh Prasad in this game.
22:09So Ajit Agarkar will share the new ball with Srinath.
22:15That's taken.
22:17That's a fine delivery.
22:19Agarkar strikes.
22:20Gets a little bit of late swing.
22:22Opens up Herschel Gibbs.
22:24And India have drawn first blood.
22:28That is a top delivery.
22:31That is just the delivery an opening batsman doesn't want to face early in his innings.
22:36See that? It's straight all the way through.
22:38No movement.
22:39There's just a little bit of movement after pitching.
22:41Herschel Gibbs thought that he could work it away to the onside, to the leg side, to square leg.
22:46Gets a thick outside edge.
22:47Virender Sehwag completing the catch.
22:50That's a big blow struck by Agarkar.
22:535 for 1.
22:55So Jack Cullis comes out to the middle.
22:57India have taken an early wicket.
23:00Ajit Agarkar striking with his second delivery.
23:12Cullis off the mark straight away.
23:15What must be encouraging for Agarkar is that he's getting a little bit of swing away from the right handers.
23:22That's chipped away on the onside.
23:24And Cullis will get four.
23:30It is not much of an effort to do that.
23:42Shouts of casualty are wide signalled by the umpire.
23:48Obviously there must have been some noise for the Indians to go up.
23:58That's got shot.
24:00He's timed it nicely and punched it down the ground.
24:12Gary Kirsten leaning into the drive very nicely.
24:15It was pitched up there for the drive.
24:22And the other option could be Sourav Ganguly bowling himself.
24:26I doubt he'll take that chance in the first 15.
24:42He's not strongly built, Ajit Agarkar, but he has a good wrist action.
24:45That's the reason why he generates the pace.
24:57That's a lovely shot. No need to run for it.
25:00The placement is spot on. So is the timing.
25:04This is such a good wicket to bat on.
25:06As are most pitches in South Africa.
25:08Just a little short there.
25:10But that's enough because he's such a tall man.
25:14To be able to move on to the back foot.
25:16The ball comes on at a comfortable height for the tall Cullis.
25:20And he's smashed it away to the boundary.
25:29And again he's found the gap once more.
25:32The result will be the same.
25:33Consecutive boundaries for Cullis.
25:36And the South Africans get a move on.
25:41Similar delivery. Similar shot.
25:45Matched.
25:46This one also timed very well.
25:50But it gave the fielder just a little bit of hope that he might be able to cut it off.
25:54Didn't happen that way.
26:03Slower delivery. He adjusted well, Cullis.
26:06Sloppy piece of fielding will allow Cullis to come back for the second.
26:21That's a tremendous shot from Cullis.
26:25So the previous over from Srinath.
26:27Which was such a tight over.
26:28Nullified with those three boundaries of the Agarwad over.
26:36That will be for the width offered for Kirsten for the first time.
26:39And he's put it away.
26:42Giving Gary Kirsten ample width.
26:45Look at the free movement of the arms there.
26:49The previous few deliveries he's tucked him up.
26:51Now there he has ample room to swing his arms.
26:59And now Srinath deciding to come around the wicket to the left-hander.
27:06A little surprised why the Indians don't start off in that fashion straight away.
27:20Misunderstanding.
27:22Kirsten gets back.
27:27Sevak was very quick to come in from extra cover.
27:31Very, very quick.
27:32That's what caused the confusion in the minds of the batsmen.
27:35There it is, a slow delivery.
27:36He's just tapped it.
27:37It's gone a little quicker than he expected.
27:39Sevak very, very quick to come in.
27:42If it had hit.
27:43Who knows?
27:46Kirsten would have been walking back.
28:03That will be a wide.
28:15So three runs coming off that last over.
28:1738 for 1.
28:19So 38 for 1, South Africa.
28:21No change in the bowling.
28:22Srinath will continue in the commentary box now.
28:25Mike Proctor and Navjot Sidhu.
28:28Thanks, Ravi.
28:29Ball in!
28:31Round the wicket.
28:32He's dropped it on as Gary Kirsten.
28:35And India have taken their second wicket.
28:37Much to the joy of their supporters.
28:40A huge bonus for the Indian side.
28:42Gary Kirsten, the danger man.
28:43The sheet anchor of the South African side.
28:45Just playing that one on to the stump.
28:48Quick delivery.
28:49Going away.
28:50Gary Kirsten going for the cut.
28:51The ball too near his body.
28:54No real room.
28:55Takes the inside edge.
28:56And disturbs the timber.
28:59Kirsten departs.
29:00Score 38 for 2.
29:03Neil McKenzie, the new man in for South Africa.
29:0525 years of age.
29:07His 31st match for his country.
29:10350s, 100.
29:11Averaging just over 34.
29:14Runs per 6 balls.
29:16Just under 4.
29:17120 not out.
29:18His best against Sri Lanka, East London.
29:202000, 2001 season.
29:24And he comes in at a very, very interesting time.
29:29In the heat of the battle, Neil McKenzie.
29:36It will be very interesting to see how he shapes against the spinners.
29:39At the moment he's got to deal with some fiery bowling from Jawaharlal Nehru.
29:43Big appeal.
29:44Huge appeal by all and sundry.
29:48Umpire Brian Joling is not interested.
29:51It looked a very awkward shot.
29:54Whether it was out or not.
29:56I have my doubts.
29:58The Indians certainly believed that was out.
30:01Soon find out.
30:02I think that would have missed off stump by a whisker.
30:06Big boast, but a small roast.
30:12High on the pad.
30:14And the next one, bang on target.
30:16Yeah, I think it was a tough call.
30:26McKenzie on strike.
30:29Cut away.
30:31Beautiful shot.
30:33Stand and deliver.
30:36That certainly has blitzed away to the boundary.
30:39Neil McKenzie on his toes and back to cage.
30:42Freed the arms, whipped for the asking.
30:45Clonk.
30:46Ball races away to the boundary.
30:48No real chance for anyone to really move.
30:52Blazing shot from McKenzie.
30:54No cushion for the bowler.
30:55Ball ridden all over it.
30:59Slow delivery.
31:00And McKenzie saw it very quickly.
31:02He's launched into it and hit it over the top of it all.
31:07Slow delivery.
31:08Picked early by Neil McKenzie.
31:10Got into position very early.
31:12Didn't try to hit it too hard.
31:14Just timed it to perfection.
31:16Pierced the two fielders.
31:18Great shot.
31:20Great anticipation.
31:22Great control.
31:23Hit on the up.
31:24Not an easy shot to play.
31:26Saino, a man in control of the situation.
31:28In good form.
31:32And pulled away.
31:33That's where McKenzie's very strong indeed.
31:35Hasn't gone all the way.
31:37Retrieves the situation very well.
31:39Anil Kumble on his follow through.
31:42Hold him.
31:44That big shot by McKenzie.
31:47And a very good out of Anil Kumble.
31:49He's deceived him a couple of times.
31:51And now he's got his just reward.
31:53He's certainly been very susceptible against the spinners.
31:55He's got the pre-set mind to just sweep Anil Kumble.
31:58He would have been far better off playing with that sound of timber.
32:01McKenzie departs.
32:03The score, 66 for 3.
32:06The Indians on a fight back.
32:12The new man at the crease, John T. Rhodes.
32:14A huge roar around the Supersport Park Stadium.
32:18Anil Kumble over Kumble.
32:20Supersport Park Stadium.
32:22Anil Kumble over-pitched.
32:24Driven through the covers.
32:26Beautiful shot by John T. Rhodes.
32:28What a way to start off.
32:30I think this is a good selection.
32:32He was pretty far in with the new ball.
32:37He's able to get a bit of movement through the air.
32:39And just comes onto the bat a little bit quicker than I think the batsmen expect.
32:42He's not a tall man.
32:43He's quite thin in stature.
32:46The margin of error is so slight to Kallis and to a player of his ability.
32:53That was just, just middle of middle of the leg.
32:56Perhaps to strain down.
32:59John Kallis, while the wickets have been falling around him,
33:02he has played brilliantly.
33:04He hasn't had much of a strike of length,
33:06but he scored quickly.
33:08And he scored with orthodox cricket shots.
33:10No real risk. He's got his...
33:12And that's one of the problems, Dave, here.
33:14The outfield is so scoured with irrigation channels and various lines on it.
33:22End of the over. 15 overs gone.
33:24It's 72 for 3.
33:27He bowled it a little bit short of the Wanderers on the Friday.
33:30Now then, the look for one.
33:31They're coming back for the second throw.
33:33It's got to be good.
33:34It's gone to the bowler's end.
33:36And Jacques Kallis making his ground.
33:38And Jacques Kallis making his ground.
33:41The value of Jonty Rhodes again.
33:43This time, with the bat in hand.
33:48No one else really would have got 2 for that.
33:51I always think he's averaging 33.
33:54If he had my speed, he'd only be averaging 15.
33:59And note how he turned the right way.
34:01Kept his eye on the ball all the time.
34:04And Jonty Rhodes is off at a rate of knots.
34:08Oh, it's a great stop.
34:20It's gone. Jonty Rhodes is gone.
34:23Comble has struck.
34:25A tremendous catch.
34:29Rahul Dravid with a catch.
34:31A smart catch as well.
34:33And South Africa are 4 down.
34:36And the best thing about this dismissal was the catch.
34:38That flew off Jonty Rhodes' bat.
34:40And he took it as it was going past him.
34:42Comble, when he gets his tail up, he becomes unplayable.
34:48Great start for Jonty Rhodes, but it didn't last.
34:52Jonty Rhodes gone for 8.
34:53Caught Dravid, bowled Comble.
34:54We're in the 16th over.
34:55South Africa 76 for 4.
34:58Comble to the new batsman Sean Pollock.
35:01It's a no ball.
35:03And Comble overstepping.
35:09It's a good shot.
35:11It's 4 for the South African captain.
35:16It's quite obvious Pollock is determined to stay as positive as possible.
35:22Not easy because sometimes Comble just skids it on a little quicker than you imagine.
35:28Pollock is well positioned to play the shot to perfection.
35:38Sean Pollock squeezed out a single there.
35:4085 for 4.
35:45Just one way of tracking the South African reply.
35:48You can see the effect that the wickets have.
35:50When you take wickets at crucial moments.
35:52Not only does it stop the run race, but of course it brings new players to the crease.
35:56And it gives the fielding captain the chance to bring on a new bowler.
36:00Which is why Harbhajan Singh is having a ball now.
36:02Oh, it's on the wicket. He goes.
36:05And Callis is gone.
36:07He fell for it.
36:08And Harbhajan Singh weaved his little magic.
36:11And that is the end of Callis.
36:15Well, and all of a sudden.
36:18Singh gets the ball to go away from the right hander.
36:22He's meant to be bowling off spinners, remember.
36:25And Dasgupta does a good job.
36:27He catches the ball and takes the bails off.
36:29That's the most important thing with the stumping.
36:32Doesn't matter how far the batsman is down the pitch.
36:35You've still got to catch the ball.
36:37Nicky Boye is the new man at the crease for South Africa.
36:40Who find themselves at 85 for 5.
36:46Harbhajan Singh to come round the wicket to the left handed Boye.
36:51Harbhajan on top.
36:55And Nicky Boye off the mark.
36:57First ball.
36:58He won't get four.
37:00He might look for a third though.
37:02And they're going back for a third.
37:05So Boye off the mark straight away.
37:07It's 88 for 5.
37:10Well, that's a bad ball.
37:11Bad ball by Kumble.
37:13But he gets away with it.
37:14Harbhajan Singh the fielder.
37:16Just dragged that one down.
37:18Kumble.
37:19Oh, it's caught.
37:21Dropped it.
37:22It's dropped.
37:29Rahul Dravid who normally has the safest pair of hands.
37:34Harbhajan Singh now.
37:35And it's gone through as well.
37:37It's all happening out there.
37:49Yes!
37:50It's behind square.
37:52And they'll pick up two quite easily.
37:54But always a dangerous shot to play against a bowler who gets bounced.
37:57And he's hitting against the turn as well.
37:59I just wonder if there's a hint of desperation in that shot.
38:04Well, I think he's eyeing that vacant mid-wicket area.
38:15Big, big shout.
38:18And it's given him. Yes, yes.
38:20Went in for the sweep.
38:22And I think you'll see, Sunny, this is the one you were talking about.
38:24One that goes the other way.
38:30This has gone for the big one.
38:31He's hit on the back leg.
38:33101 for 6.
38:38Lance Klusner is the new man in.
38:41It's a very interesting batting line at this mark.
38:43Boucher still to come.
38:44He's probably the most pedigreed of the lower order batsmen.
38:47Klusner averages 41.
38:50And a strike rate of 90.
38:53In the traditional format, they measure 90 runs per 100 balls.
38:565.4 for 6 balls.
39:00He's got the ball in the gap.
39:02And that'll go all the way.
39:04It's just getting to be a better and better day for Sean Pollock.
39:08And you don't really pay attention to Sean Pollock as an all-rounder.
39:13Because there's a tendency to think of him mainly as a new-ball bowler.
39:17He's a fine new-ball bowler.
39:19One of the very best.
39:20But he's a very, very handy bat down the order as well.
39:27That's a very close one. That's got to go.
39:29Missed the line completely.
39:31It was bang in front.
39:32And Harbhajan Singh is now starting to cause ripples in that batting lineup.
39:37In fact, he's creating a fair bit of havoc at the moment.
39:41Well, it deceived him.
39:43He deceived him because Sean Pollock was expecting the ball to turn.
39:46But this is the one that goes straight.
39:48This is the one that curves just a little bit away.
39:51Right in front.
39:53And that's where someone like Neal McKenzie, for example, fell short today.
40:03That's a lovely shot.
40:07So much punch. Beautiful use of the wrists.
40:10Wonderful placement too.
40:13As soon as he saw that ball, he was looking to work it wide or mid-on.
40:17It's not an easy shot to play.
40:19But he's played it well.
40:20Because you've got to play a bit across.
40:21There it is. He's played a bit across.
40:22But he's played it beautifully.
40:24Wide of the fielder at mid-on.
40:26A boundary all the way.
40:29123-meter.
40:30They've got the batsmen in these two to get them close to the target.
40:39Ganguly now has to strike a very fine balance
40:41between attacking the batsmen as well as trying to save rumps.
40:46Another man dropping back for Lance Klusener.
40:48Dropping back too long off.
40:50It's a fearsome hitter when he puts back to ball.
40:54Like he has on this occasion.
40:58Is the man there?
40:59Uh-oh. Now that is back to touch the rope.
41:04It's taken two.
41:07The umpire is doing the right thing here.
41:09He's asking for the replay.
41:11The critical thing is, the ball actually left Anil Kumble for a while.
41:15I'm interested to see if his foot might have brushed the rope while the ball was not in his hands.
41:27Yes, he was trying to get the ball away.
41:313 for 15.
41:33And so far.
41:36A little bit of an appeal from the wicket-keeper again.
41:38He's quite an enthusiastic young fellow.
41:43Good subtle variations of pace.
41:45He settled down nicely.
41:47Didn't try too much early on.
41:53Again, good timing from Boucher.
41:56And you have to take another look.
41:58Just get the feeling it might be a boundary.
42:04Just signalled as too clearly a boundary.
42:10At the same time, you want to get rid of some of your weak ball.
42:13You don't want your weak ball to bowl in at the end, do you?
42:15You know, the one sixing over and the weak ball is a bowling.
42:18So, you want to get rid of some of your weak balls.
42:21You know, the one sixing over and the weak ball is a bowling.
42:24So, it's awkward.
42:30See, I don't understand why you lap sweep.
42:32The modern day players, so many of them want to lap or sweep.
42:47Kuzmin only loves to have a go early on.
42:49Come and announce himself to the opposition straight away.
42:53But he's batted very responsibly and sensibly so far.
43:12He's got that away fine.
43:14Chase for Tendulkar.
43:17But the ball will win.
43:20He's got it.
43:23Different high quality bowler.
43:25That was deliberately played.
43:26He tried to go inside out.
43:28Might have gone a little finer than he wanted.
43:30But he deliberately tried to get back and easy.
43:32I think they got used to the pace and everything.
43:35Going to change it.
43:36Do something different.
43:37Make them think about different things the bowler is bowling.
43:47Plays that shot well.
43:48On the own side, he's struck a couple of boundaries.
44:00Both these players, they know the required run rate is still under a runner ball.
44:03So, they're quite happy to knock it around.
44:13The 150 comes up for South Africa.
44:16Now, Ajit Agarkar.
44:25Now, with this partnership blossoming.
44:29The pressure to get back on the Indians.
44:34At the moment, they're a bit rattled.
44:36He's just adapted to the situation beautifully.
44:38Just picked the ones and twos.
44:40There's no doubt whatsoever they'll go back for the second.
44:43Great running between the wicket.
44:45Off the blocks, in a flash.
44:47Really as fleet as a gazelle.
44:49Lance Kloosner.
44:51Crowd love it.
44:52And a very appreciative crowd over here.
44:55We all know Lance Kloosner has got this ability to really explode.
45:00No real problem.
45:01Just tucked it away.
45:02A neat little clip off the hips.
45:06Gazelles are nice, delicate creatures.
45:08Looking for two again.
45:09There's the gazelle.
45:14Nair Intini is the new batsman.
45:19Coming in with South Africa 183 for eight.
45:26Great catch.
45:31There's a little bit of bat on that.
45:33Now, what would you do here, Jeffrey?
45:35Would you just put a little fielder in there
45:37just to apply a little bit of pressure?
45:40I think you've got to keep him on strike.
45:42I don't think he'll dare slog.
45:44I wonder if they dare bring another one up on the lickside.
45:48You want to keep Kloosner off strike.
45:51You want to keep him away from the bowling.
45:57He's got a bit of a run.
45:59He's got a bit of a run.
46:00The South African reply to India's 233.
46:07In the 50 overs, Kirsten, 12, Gibbs, 1.
46:11Callis, 29.
46:13Mackenzie, 21.
46:14Rhodes, 8.
46:15Pollock, 15.
46:17Kloosner is still there.
46:19The danger man, 38 not out.
46:21Boucher just gone for 38.
46:23Intini is with him.
46:25Anil Kumble now.
46:27He's bowled nine overs.
46:28He's in his last.
46:31They've got to save two.
46:32They've got to save two.
46:34Big, big.
46:35Oh, he's got it.
46:37Well run.
46:39That's very well run by Kloosner.
46:43India desperate to keep Kloosner at the mark.
46:45Strike is in.
46:49The old Chinese cut here.
46:51Play to cover.
46:52Inside edge to find leg.
46:54One of the better shots in the game to get your runs.
46:57It's a bit short.
46:58Intini chops away for one.
47:01Harbhajan Singh, the man on the fence.
47:04Now, big delivery, this last one.
47:06Can he keep Kloosner on strike?
47:11Or are they even going to try and keep him on strike?
47:13Or are they going to just stay back,
47:15try and save the twos, the threes, the boundaries?
47:19I don't see too many people coming in to save Kloosner.
47:22I don't see twos, the threes, the boundaries.
47:25I don't see too many people coming in to save a single.
47:28No, they're all staying back.
47:33A tremendous blow by Virender Sehwag.
47:37And Intini goes.
47:38The woodwork has blown all over the place.
47:41And South Africa are nine down.
47:44Well, what a stupid shot that was.
47:46And yet everybody in India is saying,
47:48what a great shot.
47:49What a great shot.
47:50I mean, a slugger missing it.
47:52Got to play for Kloosner.
47:54Look at this.
47:55Wonderful side for the Indian team.
47:58This was the shot that Intini played.
48:01No, I can't believe that.
48:02I mean, really, not the smartest thing I've ever seen
48:05with the destructive Kloosner at the other end.
48:08188 for nine.
48:11Here's Sehwag to Andre Nel,
48:13the last man in for South Africa.
48:20It's nicely played.
48:22Intini should have played that.
48:24And now here's Ajit Agarkar.
48:27The big swing of the bat from Kloosner.
48:29It's gone for four.
48:32South Africa are not finished yet.
48:43I don't think that's clever.
48:45I think you bowl the length,
48:46you let Kloosner have to make the hits.
48:54In fact, really,
48:55you don't have to bowl Kloosner out.
48:57You have to just bowl the length,
48:59let him take a single,
49:00try and cut off his boundaries.
49:03There's that big gap which Kloosner,
49:05now Sourav Ganguly has plugged the gap.
49:08He's gone there himself.
49:09Or was that Sehwag?
49:11Agarkar to Kloosner.
49:13Oh, it's gone high and handsome.
49:15It's going to be a catch.
49:19Oh, it's a magnificent catch.
49:23And India have won
49:25an historic match here
49:27at Supersport Park, Centurion.
49:31Sourav Ganguly, the victorious captain.
49:36See, all he did there, Agarkar,
49:38was bowl length.
49:39Yes.
49:44Make him have to hit a length ball.
49:46That's what he's trying to do.
49:48It's gone straight over the end.
49:49Actually, in the end,
49:50he's quite a nice catch.
49:52He should be straight forward,
49:53straight forward,
49:54but you can see,
49:55he only gets the fingertips there.
49:59But who the hell cares?
50:00He caught it.
50:01That's all that matters.
50:03A wonderful moment for Ajit Agarkar.
50:07It's only the third time
50:08that India have beaten South Africa
50:10in South Africa.
50:12And the last time that South Africa
50:13lost a World International here
50:15was 1997.
50:17And this has been a tremendous performance
50:19by India.
50:20That's a wonderful performance.
50:21All credit to them.
50:22They've given a far better performance
50:23than they did in Johannesburg.