Approved-By:  Feroz Khan <fkhan@DAISY.EE.UND.AC.ZA>
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 07:53:15 +0200
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From:         Feroz Khan <fkhan@daisy.ee.und.ac.za>
Subject:      RSA vs India 5th ODI (LONG)
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Friendship Tour - South Africa vs India 5th One Day Internationals.

5th ODI played at Springbok Park (Bloemfontein , South Africa) on
15 December 1992.

South African captain Kepler Wessels won the toss and elected to field.

=========================== Officials ====================================
Match Adjudicator : Mike Smith
Umpires           : 1. Barry Lambson (Loch Logan End)
                    2. Rudi Koertzen (Willows End)
                    3. Karl Liebenberg (Television)
Note:
There is no rotation of umpires.

==========================Man of the Match ===============================
Andrew Hudson (RSA) for his 108.

============================ Result ======================================
South Africa won by 8 wickets.

=========================== Series =======================================
South Africa 4
India        1

South Africa take the Benson & Henson India Series with 2 matches to
play.

====================== Summarized Score Card =============================
India        207 / 4 after 50 overs
South Africa 208 / 2 after 47.2 overs

============================= Score Card =================================
INDIA :
Batting India:                              Runs  Balls  4's 6's   S/R
A Jadeja       c McMillan    b Donald          9    25    2   0   36.00
W Raman        c McMillan    b Matthews       16    46    0   0   34.48
M Prabhakar    run out (Callaghan)            36    57    3   0   63.16
M Azharuddin   not out                        86   106    5   1   81.13
S Tendulkar                  b De Villiers    32    52    1   0   61.54
R Shastri      not out                        21    18    2   0  116.67
  Extras (1b, 3lb, 2nb, 1wd)                   7
                                             -----
  TOTAL (for 4)                               207
                                        after 50 overs
                                     at 4.14 runs per over

Bowling South Africa:
                Overs  Maidens  Runs  Wickets  No Balls  Wides   R/O
Donald            10      2      36      1        1        1     3.60
De Villiers       10      1      29      1        0        0     2.90
Matthews          10      1      37      1        2        0     3.70
McMillan          10      0      59      0        0        0     5.90
Callaghan          4      0      22      0        0        0     5.50
Cronje             6      0      20      0        0        0     3.33

Fall of Wickets for Inida:
Wicket    Runs    Over   Batsman
 1 :       17      6.3   Jadeja
 2 :       47     16.2   Raman
 3 :       88     27.6   Prabhakar
 4 :      156     43.6   Tendulkar

Partnerships for India:
Wicket   Runs     Balls  Batsmen
 1 :      17        40   Jadeja / Raman
 2 :      30        61   Raman / Prabhakar
 3 :      41        70   Prabhakar / Azharuddin
 4 :      68        96   Azharuddin / Tendulkar
 5 :      57*       37   Azharuddin / Shastri

Run Rate:
               5    10    15    20    25    30    35    40    45    50
  Last 5  :  2.60  1.60  3.80  3.20  3.40  4.80  3.60  4.20  4.80  9.40
  Overall :  2.60  2.10  2.67  2.80  2.92  3.23  3.29  3.40  3.56  4.14

Scoring Rate:
Runs   Balls
 50  : 107   (107)
100  : 193   (86)
150  : 256   (63)
200  : 299   (43)
207  : 304   (5)

SOUTH AFRICA :
Batting South Africa:                       Runs  Balls  4's 6's   S/R
K Wessels      caught and    b Kumble         55    95    3   0   57.89
A Hudson       c Azharuddin  b Srinath       108   147    8   1   73.47
P Kirsten      not out                        35    46    3   0   76.09
J Rhodes       not out                         0     1    0   0    0.00
  Extras (2b, 3lb, 3nb, 2wd)                  10
                                            -----
  TOTAL (for two)                            208
                                        after 47.2 overs
                                    at 4.39 runs per over

Bowling India:
                Overs  Maidens  Runs  Wickets  No Balls  Wides   R/O
Dev               9       1      35      0        1        2     3.89
Prahakar         10       0      35      0        2        0     3.50
Srinath           9       0      43      1        2        0     4.78
Kumble           10       0      34      1        0        0     3.40
Shastri           5       0      25      0        0        0     5.00
Tendulkar         4       0      27      0        0        0     6.75
Amre              0.2     0       4      0        0        0    12.00

Fall of Wickets for South Africa:
Wicket    Runs    Over   Batsman
 1 :       135    32.4   Wessels
 2 :       204    46.5   Hudson

Partnerships for South Africa:
Wicket   Runs     Balls  Batsmen
 1 :      135      202   Wessels / Hudson
 2 :       69       85   Hudson / Kirsten
 3 :        4*       3   Kirsten / Rhodes

Run Rate:
               5    10    15    20    25    30    35    40    45    50
  Last 5  :  4.80  2.20  4.00  4.60  2.40  4.60  6.40  5.00  4.80  6.00
  Overall :  4.80  3.50  3.67  3.90  3.60  3.77  4.14  4.25  4.31  4.39

Scoring Rate:
Runs   Balls
 50  :  85   (85)
100  : 165   (80)
150  : 222   (57)
200  : 283   (61)
208  : 290   ( 7)


============================ Runs per Overs ==============================
India:
     12                                            *      *  12
     11                                            *    * *  11
     10                                            *    * *  10
 R    9                                            *    ***  9
      8                              *        *    *   ****  8
 U    7                            * *        *    *  *****  7
      6               * *     **   * *    **  *    *  *****  6
 N    5  *         *  ***     **  ** *    **  *    *  *****  5
      4  *   **    *  *** * * **  ** *    **  ** *** ******  4
 S    3  *   **    *  *** * * **  ****  * ********** ******  3
      2  *  ***   ** **** * ***** ****  ************ ******  2
      1  ****** ************************************ ******  1
                  1         2         3         4         5
         12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
                             O V E R S

South Africa:
     11               *                *             *     11
     10               *                *             *     10
 R    9               *     *          *             *     9
      8               *     *          *     *  *    *     8
 U    7  *            *     *          *  *  *  *    *     7
      6  **           *     *      * * ****  *  *   ** *   6
 N    5  ** *  *     **     *      * * ****  ** *   ** *   5
      4  ****  *     ** *  **    ***** ****  ** *   *****  4
 S    3  ****  *     ** ******   **********  ** *  ******  3
      2  ***** ** * *********** *************************  2
      1  ********** *************************************  1
                  1         2         3         4       .
         123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345672
                             O V E R S

============================ Conditions ==================================
It was a hot summers day. The wicket was hard with an even bounce but one
or two did bounce twice before going through to the wicketkeepers. The
outfield was very hard (as both Kumble and Azharuddin found out) and also
very very fast.

============================ Substitutions ===============================
India        Batting  Jadeja running for Raman
South Africa Fielding None
South Africa Batting  None
India        Fielding Sharma for Raman
                      Banerjee for Azharuddin (who later came back on)

============================== Attendance ================================
Attendance : 15 000
Capacity   : 15 000

============================= Comments ===================================
With India having to win this match, to stay in the series, the winning of
the toss was their first priority since both sides have shown an inability
to set a score. Having lost the toss, India got off to a slow start with
the RSA bowlers maintaining line and length and the Indian's were finding
it difficult to score off the opening attack of Donald and De Villiers.
With Jadeja going in the 7th over, after being unable to control a Donald
delibery which was rising Prabhakar was sent in to see of the
first 10 overs by the opening pair. This he did and then he started
playing at anything and everything. He could have been out on 5, if
Callaghan had been able to hold onto a ball hit hard and low into the
covers, however he did make the runs and for the first time in the series
did an Indian experiment with their batting order came off.
When Raman departed, the captian Azharuddin came and played a fluent
innings. A scare did come again in the 19th over when taking a quick
single Prabhakar was sent back by Azharuddin and wicket keeper had managed
to make a direct hit with Prabhakar's bat not grounded. The South
African's did not appeal and Prabhakar lived to see another ball. Still
playing aggressively he was finally run out after a direct hit by
Callaghan in what is the closest decision yet in the series after being
referred to the third umpire. Tendulkar then joined his captain together
they went about trying to compile a good target for the South African's.
Once again the Indian's would be frustated with some good bowling by the
South African bowlers and excellent fielding especially on the boundary
where with a very fast outfield fours were restricted to twos or threes.
Once again the Indian's were unable to get the 5th bowler pair of Cronje
and Callaghan away and out of the attack, even after taking 12 of their
first two overs. With some good running between the wickets, the Indian's
were able to keep the score board turning, but a large total was looking
very far away. Finally a frustated Tendulkar was bowled, trying to force
the pace. This then Shastri to the crease, who together with his captain
finally got into the South African attack in the last five overs, but
alas it was too little too late. The South African's were once able to
contain the Indians.

Chasing a moderate total, Hudson and Wessels started off as though they
were going to miss their plane. With 22 runs off 4 overs, Azharuddin had
only 4 players in the inner circle and no slips. Even the suspension of
play due to bad light was not enough to stop the South African's marching
on. The lights failed after 10.3 overs and play had to be suspended until
power was restored to one of the pylons, With the pressure off the
South African batsman, they slowed the pace content on taking the singles
and two's. For the first time in the series, the introduction of the
spinners did not result in a wicket. The first wicket was to fall in the
33rd over when Wessels was caught by Kumble off his own bowling after
Wessels had played early on the slow ball (this wicket coming in Kumble's
2nd spell). This then brought Kirsten to the wicket and as if this was
some sort of signal, Hudson started playing the ball into the air and was
looking as if he wanted to get out. Once having passed his highest score
of 87 (scored at Centurion Park in the 3rd ODI), it seemed as if he was
impatient in coming home because more and more balls were going in the
air. The only question was whether he will survive until the end of the
innings. He did not, giving Azharuddin a catch to the left of mid off. But
he had done enough damage already for South Africa needed only 4 runs to
win when he departured (A pity he could not have carried the bat). With
his departure, Rhodes came to crease, and saw off the last ball of the
over. Amre was given the honour of bowling the winning runs with Kirsten
playing the first defensively into the inner circle and then hitting the
next over mid wicket for a four and victory for South Africa in a most
convincing way.

The one shadow left after this match, is the behaviour of the spectators
with pitch invasions after Wessels reached his 50, Hudson reaching his 50
and 100. What must be worrying for the administrators is that with South
Africa's return to International Cricket, this will hurt the image of
South African cricket, for the invasion must surely disrupt the
concentration of batsman and fielders and more importantly damage can be
done to the wicket. As a more drastic step, we might see that spectators
are not allowed on the fields at all. Currently, spectators can come onto
the fields when play is not in progress. Most of them play mini cricket
and others visit the wicket and inspect it.

======================== HISTORICAL EVENTS ===============================
1. V Yadav (India) makes his ODI debut.
2. Hudson (RSA) is the first South African to make a century in ODI's.
3. Hudson's (RSA) 108 is his highest ODI score (previous 87 - 3rd ODI).
4. 1st wicket partnership between Hudson and Wessels (RSA) of 135 highest
   for any wicket in this series.

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Hope you enjoyed it.

Feroz Khan
Third Year Electrical Engineering
University of Natal, Durban
South Africa
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