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Approved-By:  "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores
Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 10:35:25 MST
Reply-To:     "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
From:         "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject:      India vs South Africa (4T2D - Cape Town, South Afria, Jan 3)

  India's new-look opening pair of Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar
survived seven hostile overs from the South African pacemen to keep
their team alive in the fourth Test on Sunday.  Asked to bat out the
last 30 minutes after South Africa declared their first innings closed
at 360 for nine, the Indians reached 13 for no loss by stumps on the
second day at the Newlands here.

   The 21-year-old Jadeja, who agreed to bat despite an injury on the
webbing of his left hand, was batting on four.  Allrounder Prabhakar,
forced to open because of injuries to regulars Ravi Shastri and
Woorkeri Raman, made seven.  The beleagured Indians, who need to win
the Test to square the series 1-1, begin afresh on Monday after
toiling for two days under a hot sun.

   The South African innings revolved around an attractive 86 from the
23-year-old Jonty Rhodes and a dour 52 in nearly five hours by
allrounder Brian McMillan.  Determined not to lose the 1-0 lead in the
series, the home team carefully built up the highest score in the
series so far.  The previous best was their own 292 in the first
innings of the drawn second Test at the Wanderers ground in
Johannesburg. India's highest is 277 in the first Test in Durban.

   Resuming at Saturday's score of 189-5, the home team added 56 runs
in the first session, 69 in the second and 46 in the post-tea play
before declaring 40 minutes before stumps.  Rhodes, who made 91 in the
second test in Johannesburg, took his overnight score of 61 to 86
before he was out five minutes before lunch - caught at the wicket off
seamer Javagal Srinath.  The 28-year-old McMillan, resuming at his
overnight score of four, used the familiar conditions of his home
pitch to score the second slowest half century ever for South Africa.

   His half century, which took 260 minutes, surpassed Bruce
Mitchell's fifty in 253 minutes against England at Port Elizabeth in
the 1948-49 season.  But it was short of Jackie McGlew's effort
against Australia in Durban in 1957 which took 313 minutes.  McMillan
finally fell 15 minutes after tea when he was caught at silly point
off leg-spinner Anil Kumble after batting for four hours and 42
minutes.  Kumble was India's most successful bowler with three wickets
for 101 runs in 47 overs, while Srinath had two for 51.

   Saturday's pair of Rhodes and Brian McMillan (29 not out) batted
till five minutes before the end of the two-hour morning session to
put on 68 for the sixth wicket.  Both batsmen struggled against the
Indian seam attack of Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar, who bowled a
tight line with the second new ball that was claimed in the day's
first over.  Prabhakar was unlucky to see Indian captain Mohammad
Azharuddin miss a sharp chance at first slip off McMillan, who had
added just three to his overnight score of four.

   The batsmen struggled to make runs in the first hour which produced
only 24 in 13 overs.  The pair settled down in the second hour to
boost the score with quick running between the wickets when boundaries
were hard to come by.  Dave Richardson, unbeaten on zero at lunch, had
a charmed life at the wicket before he was caught bat-pad at silly
point off leg spinner Anil Kumble for 21.  Lucky to survive a strong
appeal for a catch at the wicket in the last over before lunch,
Richardson benefitted from television replays twice to escape being
run out and stumped before he had reached 16.  But the doughty
wicket-keeper, who came in at 245-6, helped McMillan add 37 for the
eighth wicket.  The South African tail wagged merrily with 40-year-old
Omar Henry making 34 before being run out while Craig Matthews was 28
not out when the declaration came.

South Africa (first innings):

   A.C. Hudson c and b Srinath ................. 19
   K.C. Wessels b Prabhakar ..................... 0
   W.J. Cronje c Manjrekar b Kumble ............ 33
   P.N. Kirsten c More b Kapil ................. 13
   D.J. Cullinan c Prabhakar b Raju ............ 46
   J.N. Rhodes c More b Srinath ................ 86
   B.M. McMillan c sub (Yadav) b Kumble ........ 52
   D.J. Richardson c Tendulkar b Kumble ........ 21
   O. Henry run out ............................ 34
   C.R. Matthews not out ....................... 28
   A.A. Donald not out .......................... 1
   Extras: (b2, lb22, nb1, w2) ................. 27
   Total: (for nine wickets declared) ......... 360

   Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-28, 3-57, 4-78, 5-177, 6-245, 7-282, 8-319, 9-345

   Bowling: Kapil 29-8-42-1, Prabhakar 23-6-48-1, Raju 47-15-94-1,
            Srinath 25-6-51-2, Kumble 47-13-101-3


India (first innings)

   A.D. Jadeja not out .......................... 4
   M. Prabhakar not out ......................... 7
   Extras: (w2) ................................. 2
   Total: (for no loss) ........................ 13

   Bowling: Donald 4-2-9-0, McMillan 3-1-4-0

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