Proteas pulverise India
9 Feb 2010
Dale Steyn claimed 10 wickets in the match as South Africa smashed India by an innings and six runs in Nagpur.
The visitors required eight wickets on the fourth day and although their ground fielding was below-par at times after two full days in the field, for the most part the bowlers remained disciplined.
Steyn will rightfully take the plaudits for his first innings demolition job, but importantly for the South Africans Paul Harris played a holding role on a turning wicket. Harris was attacked by the England batsmen at home and didn’t have the answers, but was allowed to settle by the Indians in this Test, and he restored a degree of confidence after being dropped for The Wanderers encounter last month.
The left-arm spinner still struggled with his length, but went at two an over bowling his leg-stump line from over the wicket and also claimed the wickets of Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar – who scored his 46th Test century – and MS Dhoni.
At 209-6, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh provided some frustration with their 50-run partnerships with Wriddhiman Saha, but once Khan departed after a Jacques Kallis-bouncer, Steyn wrapped up the tail to end with match figures of 10-108.
This was Dhoni’s first Test loss as captain and while no victory in India should be scoffed at, the South Africans will realise the hosts were missing a number of top batsmen in Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, and Rahul Dravid.
Singh and Dravid are likely to be ruled out for the second Test, but Laxman could return and his presence will provide the Indian middle order with greater experience and backbone as South Africa search for the series win that will see them go top of the ICC world rankings.
South Africa (1st innings) – 558-6 declared
Hashim Amla 253, Jacques Kallis 173, AB de Villiers 53, Zaheer Khan 3-96.
India (1st innings) – 233
Virender Sehwag 109, Subramaniam Badrinath 56, Dale Steyn 7-51
India (2nd innings) – 319
Sachin Tendulkar 100, Dale Steyn 3-57, Paul Harris 3-76
South Africa won by an innings and six runs
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182 Comments
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9 Feb 2010, 10:30 am
@Jozi: I think Tickles is related to Harris or something… It seems he’s the only Saffa he likes
9 Feb 2010, 10:34 am
@WP_: Hehehehe…..I think tickles has developed a school boy crush on Herra, he’s got a preference for men with maw-hawk hairstyles with blonde highlights
9 Feb 2010, 10:34 am
Harris gets another with his leg stump line!
MS Dhoni c de Villiers b Harris 25
210/6
9 Feb 2010, 10:35 am
@Jozi: Oh is that waht is it! haha
Ag, sweet man
9 Feb 2010, 10:35 am
Well, he bagged Dhoni — second innings in a row. Three wickets so far and all top-order batsmen. (I detest a good player being bagged by any number of dumbclucks who simply don’t know a thing about test cricket and even less about the subtle art of the spinner. The pyjama brigade, usually. Tip-and-runners.)
9 Feb 2010, 10:36 am
I’m in danger of being fed a big slice of humble pie…..good on ya Harris.
Steyn needs to come back into the attack now. He won’t get too many opportunities of a 10′fer in India.
9 Feb 2010, 10:39 am
@TheTackler: No Tickles tell us the truth man…….You’re like Tacitus and his obsession with Spies. It goes deeper (deeper being the operative word) than just playing ability.
9 Feb 2010, 10:40 am
@TheTackler: I agree with you on the front that Harris is underrrated.
I’d just like to see the sypathy towards saffas on other front
9 Feb 2010, 10:42 am
@Jozi: haha, he wont reveal he secret crush… haha…
@TheTackler: Come Tickles you like Harry… a lot.. shall we say
9 Feb 2010, 10:47 am
He’s a very good test spinner. World-class.
9 Feb 2010, 10:51 am
@WP_: I’m happy to salute talent. I’m just not into handing out sympathy to anyone, South African or otherwise. Sympathy is for losers.
9 Feb 2010, 11:06 am
@TheTackler: so what do you say about steyn now then you boring old ****?
gaaning aan about harris but steyn has taken 8 wickets..in one day!
you know he made you his bunny tickles
9 Feb 2010, 11:07 am
Do you think Boucher is healthy? I assume we are making use of a back stop cause he is not moving freely?
Maybe it’s time for someone like Kuhn to start joining the tours? Boucher is still world class, but he needs a lighter load. I suggest he should stop playing 20-20 (though that’s where the money is and he might not like that personally) and they should start to rotate him out of some of the one dayers.
Any thoughts?
9 Feb 2010, 11:16 am
@boerinbeton: I’ve also been calling for Kuhn but I nearly lost a limb such was the attack on here from Boucher’s supporters.
Boucher has been a loyal and good servant for us but we need to have a good succession plan in place and Kuhn is my man…..good batsman and good with the gloves…..get him in there a.s.a.p.
9 Feb 2010, 11:22 am
@boerinbeton: soos oom paul op ou kerkplein?
9 Feb 2010, 11:39 am
Op daai einste plein
9 Feb 2010, 11:50 am
I’m a huge Boucher fan too and I understand Indian pitches are difficult to keep on, but surely we should get a bit worried in needing a back stop and conceding 29 byes in a test.
I’m not calling for his head, just suggesting that we at least start looking at the guy next in line.
9 Feb 2010, 11:50 am
Parnell picks up his second wicket…..Harbhajan LBW
9 Feb 2010, 12:07 pm
well the indians are obviously hoping to prevent a loss by a full innings.
i am hoping we wrap them up and do so again in the next game.
what then of our supposed “lucky packet rise to no.1 in the world”?
will biff be replaced as captain?
9 Feb 2010, 12:08 pm
@rangerman: Steyn bowled extraordinarily well in this test. 7 wickets in an innings is very special — not a world record or even a SA record, but a very good show all the same.
The pyjama brigade have no problem with Steyn though. His flash-harry exhibitionism antics please them immensely, just as they lapped up that previous clown — Andre Nel — who had just as much showmanship but only a fraction of Steyn’s skills. So Steyn does not lack for admirers — and no seam bowler generally does. Seam bowling is, after all, by far the simplest of all the bowling styles to execute.
The problem I have is when the pyjama brigade start opining on spin-bowling and it soon becomes clear that they’ve never tried it nor do they understand any of its nuances. To these yahoos, a “good” spinner is one who gets the ball to jump almost a 90 degrees right-angle to the line of delivery once it touches the pitch and instantly head off in the direction of backward point or a short fine leg!
It’s tripe, of course. It needs deflect only a centimentre or so from the delivery path. What looked like a delivery going to the sweet spot of the bat then goes to a thickish edge or, even a snicked thin edge. The batsman then gets the yips and no longer trusts his shot selection. He becomes tentative at first, then he stops moving his feet to reduce one the variables. Then he gets frustrated as being doldrummed and becalmed and will try a big hit to break the evil spell woven by the spinner. The reckless shot eventually undoes him, with either with the tormenting spinner doing the bowling himself, or the bowler at the other end. He’s been “head-cased” by the spinner.
Harris is the master of head-casing. Anil Kumble was another such head-caser. So too is Harbhajan.
9 Feb 2010, 12:15 pm
@TheTackler: Can you apply the same reasoning for your love of Harris to other SA sportsmen e.g rugby players etc.
Just a thought…..use it don’t use it.
9 Feb 2010, 12:27 pm
@TheTackler: sounds like you would make a good “spin doctor” tickles.
our prez is in the market for one. maybe you should apply?
9 Feb 2010, 12:49 pm
Well, Khan went after Harris and smacked a six. And, just when he thought he’d broken the spell, he tried to tonk Kallis in the very next over to test his broken-spell theory. And promptly lost his wicket. Poisoned by Harris, throat slit by Kallis — they work in tandem.
9 Feb 2010, 12:52 pm
@TheTackler: My belief is that you were a spinner at school and possibly at club level. Am I right?
9 Feb 2010, 12:52 pm
1 wicket left and 7 overs remaining!
9 Feb 2010, 12:57 pm
nice, i was just in time for the final wicket….go Dale
9 Feb 2010, 12:59 pm
Surely we will ask for the extra half hour?
9 Feb 2010, 13:02 pm
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
Steyn gets his 10 wickets in the match, SA win by an innings and 6 runs!
India have only ever lost three times by an innings at home in India – and all three times against South Africa!
This was a brilliant, classy, masterful performance by SA!
9 Feb 2010, 13:08 pm
Fok ons hulle op ONE TIME!
Ten minste het India dit reggekry om in die 2de innings meer lopies te kry as Amla….maar Amla het nie tweede keer gekolf nie, so wie weet…
9 Feb 2010, 13:17 pm
Wow what a resounding victory.
In view of the happenings in the lead up to this test, I was pessimistic about our chances but well done to the Proteas.
@WP Till I Die: Beating India in India is a fine achievement indeed.
9 Feb 2010, 13:17 pm
And some were calling Amla a quota a few years ago…and Steyn toothless more recently…
9 Feb 2010, 13:24 pm
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Well done the boys….And Harris back in the groove….
Magic performance….take a bow Corrie Van zyl….could nt of been easy…
9 Feb 2010, 14:30 pm
@grant10:
Take a bow Graeme Smith, Amla, Kallis, Steyn…
9 Feb 2010, 14:42 pm
@Rebels_Shark: 83
Yeah, great performance…very proud….
9 Feb 2010, 14:45 pm
@Rebels_Shark: 83 – Agree 100%
Take a bow, Graeme Smith. Declared at the right time gave his team plenty time to bowl them out twice now they get a rest day too.
Take a huge bow Amla, Steyn and Kallis. All were superb especially Amla and Steyn. Thought they should have shared the MOM. Two brilliant, brilliant performance from them both.
9 Feb 2010, 14:51 pm
@TheTackler: He’s a very good test spinner. World-class.
Could not agree more with that and I don’t very often agree with you !@!
9 Feb 2010, 14:51 pm
@Rebels_Shark: And Harris too.
9 Feb 2010, 14:53 pm
How often would a bowler take 10 for a match and not be Man of ??
9 Feb 2010, 14:58 pm
Superb Proteas. You did us proud. Well done.
Now for Eden Gardens. Do it in Eden manne and we’ll love it even more.
Kallis maybe can give us a 199 in Kolkata (Calcutta);-)
Ashwell must make some runs…and I don’t mean curry diarrhoea either.
9 Feb 2010, 15:01 pm
@Eight Ace:
Depends…in general people tend to equate contributions from players by saying a wicket equals 20 runs and a catch 10…
…which means Steyn’s 10-for is the equivalent of a 200…
9 Feb 2010, 15:02 pm
@Eight Ace:
If 5 wickets is equivalent a batting century
Then 10 wickets is equivalent to a double ton…
but hey…Hashim made 253 Not out.
Hashim a worthy MOM.
9 Feb 2010, 15:04 pm
Both Hash and Steyn deserved the MOM but Hash’s huge innings set us up to put the pressure on. A fair call, I think.
9 Feb 2010, 15:05 pm
Nice for Hashim to get MOM in India. Even Ravi Shastri dug it. Had a nice cool touch. I’m sure the SA Indian community are stoked.
9 Feb 2010, 15:09 pm
@WP Till I Die: I concur with that, but it’s just that to do it in both innings of a match is inspiring – but then again if you are only given one crack at it, the way Hashim was -well, you may be right
9 Feb 2010, 15:10 pm
@Jinx: Howzit Jinx, Yes think the Indian community in SA will feel awesome about Amla.
Just thought that Steyn and Amla should have shared the mom. Both were outstanding. Fanie also said after both should have shared it. Cause what both done for that game was world class.
9 Feb 2010, 15:14 pm
@Puma:
Nah…Hashim pipped Dale by a whisker. My 5 cents.
9 Feb 2010, 15:15 pm
@Jinx: Hi Jinx,
I think you are assuming that all pitches around the world are the same by applying such a basic “20 runs = 1 wicket” theory. Test archives will reflect that the figure may in fact vary between 15 and 25 for a given test match.
9 Feb 2010, 15:17 pm
@Eight Ace:
Sure. Rough ball park figure.
9 Feb 2010, 15:17 pm
well done hash and the proteas!
biff, you just showed all the naysayers where to shove it and your team rallied around you and made us all proud.
what a captain, what a team!
p.s. so much for a lucky packet rise to the top eh?
9 Feb 2010, 15:19 pm
@rangerman:
Lucky packet??? Now where have I heard that term before. (Scratching my head)
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