India made one
change to their playing eleven – Kiran More made way for One-day International
debutant Vijay Yadav. South Africa made no change to theirs. On winning the
toss, Kepler Wessels, the latter’s skipper, inserted the visitors.
Ajay Jadeja, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Thirty-nine balls into the match, he was caught by Brian McMillan. Allan Donald broke the 17-run stand. Woorkeri Raman, who faced 46 balls, scored 16. Fifty-nine balls later, he was caught by McMillan. Craig Matthews broke the 30-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 41. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 36. Seventy balls later, Dave Callaghan ran him out. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 106-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 86. He was unbeaten.
Sachin Tendulkar, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Sixteen balls later, Fanie de Villiers broke the 68-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.
South Africa conceded seven extras. India scored 207 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Callaghan bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 22. Hansie Cronje bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 20. McMillan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 59.
Matthews, Donald and de Villiers bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While Matthews’ spell included a maiden, Donald’s spell included a couple of maidens. They conceded 37, 36 and 29, respectively.
Wessels, whose 95-ball innings included three boundaries, conceded 55. He was caught by Anil Kumble, who broke the 196-ball innings, which was worth 125. Andrew Hudson, the player of the match, scored 108. His 147-ball innings included eight boundaries and the only six of the match. Eighty-five balls later, he was caught by Azharuddin. Srinath broke the 79-run stand.
Peter Kirsten, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 35. He was unbeaten, as was Jonty Rhodes, who faced a ball. He didn’t get off the mark. India conceded 10 extras. South Africa, who scored 208 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 47.2 overs, won by eight wickets with 16 balls to spare.
Pravin Amre, who bowled a couple of wicketless balls, conceded four. Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 27. Shastri, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25. Kapil Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.
Ajay Jadeja, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Thirty-nine balls into the match, he was caught by Brian McMillan. Allan Donald broke the 17-run stand. Woorkeri Raman, who faced 46 balls, scored 16. Fifty-nine balls later, he was caught by McMillan. Craig Matthews broke the 30-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 41. Manoj Prabhakar, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 36. Seventy balls later, Dave Callaghan ran him out. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 106-ball innings included five boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 86. He was unbeaten.
Sachin Tendulkar, whose 52-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Sixteen balls later, Fanie de Villiers broke the 68-run stand. Ravi Shastri, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.
South Africa conceded seven extras. India scored 207 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Callaghan bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 22. Hansie Cronje bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 20. McMillan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 59.
Matthews, Donald and de Villiers bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While Matthews’ spell included a maiden, Donald’s spell included a couple of maidens. They conceded 37, 36 and 29, respectively.
Wessels, whose 95-ball innings included three boundaries, conceded 55. He was caught by Anil Kumble, who broke the 196-ball innings, which was worth 125. Andrew Hudson, the player of the match, scored 108. His 147-ball innings included eight boundaries and the only six of the match. Eighty-five balls later, he was caught by Azharuddin. Srinath broke the 79-run stand.
Peter Kirsten, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 35. He was unbeaten, as was Jonty Rhodes, who faced a ball. He didn’t get off the mark. India conceded 10 extras. South Africa, who scored 208 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 47.2 overs, won by eight wickets with 16 balls to spare.
Pravin Amre, who bowled a couple of wicketless balls, conceded four. Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 27. Shastri, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25. Kapil Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.
Prabhakar, who
bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 35. Srinath, who bowled nine overs,
conceded 43, He picked up a scalp, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs. He
conceded 34.
South Africa took
an unassailable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.
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