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Approved-By:  "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:29:38 MST
Reply-To:     "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
From:         "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject:      S.Africa v India scoreboard (BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Dec 15)

Andrew Hudson's 108 saw South Africa to a decisive victory in the one
day series against India here on Tuesday. South Africa won by a
thumping eight wickets to take a decisive 4-1 lead in the seven-match
one-day series.

Indian innings from the fifth one day cricket international against
South Africa at Springbok Park on Tuesday:

India
A.D. Jadeja c McMillan b Donald ....... 9
W.V. Raman c McMillan b Matthews ..... 16
M. Prabhakar run out ................. 36
M.A. Azharuddin not out .............. 86
S.R. Tendulkar b De Villiers ......... 32
R.J. Shastri not out ................. 21
Extras: (b1, lb3, nb2, w1) ............ 7
Total: (four wickets, 50 overs) ..... 207
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-47, 3-88, 4-156

Bowling: Donald 10-2-36-1, De Villiers 10-0-29-1, Matthews 10-1-37-1, McMillan
10-0-59-0, Cronje 6-0-20-0, Callaghan 4-0-22-0

Kepler Wessels' team, semi-finalists at the World Cup, confirmed their
superiority over the listless Indians with another polished display at
Springbok Park.  Some 15,000 home fans at the day-night encounter
watched a familiar tale as South Africa stopped India at 207 for four
in 50 overs after making them bat on an easy-paced wicket.

Hudson's maiden one-day century came in a 125-run opening stand with
Wessels as South Africa raced to an easy win with 16 balls to spare.
Hudson's score was also South Africa's highest in one-day cricket,
surpassing Peter Kirsten's 90 against New Zealand at the World Cup.

India paid the penalty for poor planning. Their batsmen failed to
force the pace despite having wickets in hand in a match they had to
win to keep their hopes alive.

Skipper Mohammad Azharuddin played a lone hand slamming an unbeaten 86
off 101 balls, his 17th half-century in 143 internationals.
Azharuddin, who broke a lean spell in Sunday's match in Johannesburg
by making 49, hit five boundaries and a six, but found little support.

The match was interrupted for 20 minutes when the lights dimmed due to
a power breakdown with South Africa on 35 for no loss in the 11th
over.  Match referee Clive Lloyd first ordered the game to go on, but
the players tropped off the field when the lights dimmed further after
three balls from Kapil Dev's sixth over had been bowled.  As in the
previous matches, the India found South African openers Hudson and
Wessels tough nuts to crack.

The pair continued the good form which gave their team fine starts of
56, 92 and 47 in three of their previous four games.  Twenty-six
year-old Hudson now aggregates 255 in five matches. Wessels, 35, is
narrowly behind with a total of 207.  Leg spinner Anil Kumble broke
the stand in the 33rd over by accepting an easy return catch from
Wessels who hit five boundaries during his 95-ball innings.  Hudson
reached his century in the 45th over driving Javagal Srinath for his
seventh boundary, but fell when four runs were needed for victory.
Earlier, the athletic Brian McMillan gave the home team a flying start
by taking two good catches in the slips to remove openers Woorkeri
Raman (16) and Ajay Jadeja (nine) with the Indian score at 47.

McMillan dived to his right to hold Jadeja off Allan Donald and then
plucked Raman's edge off Craig Matthews -- his sixth catch in the five
one-day matches so far.  Allrounder Manoj Prabhakar, promoted to
number three, made 36 before falling victim to the electronic eye that
judged him run-out when Dave Callaghan broke the striker's wicket with
a direct throw from mid-off.  The Indians found runs hard to come by
against the steady South African attack, making 97 for three by the
30th over and then moving to 136 without further loss before the last
10 overs began.

Azharuddin reached his half century in the 43rd over, lofting Matthews
over the covers for his second boundary and celebrated the landmark
with another four to mid-on in the same over.  Sachin Tendulkar, who
made 32, helped his captain add 68 for the fourth wicket before
playing on to Fanie de Villiers in an attempt to force the pace.  Ravi
Shastri made 21 not out during an unbroken 51-run stand for the fifth
wicket in the last six overs.  With South Africa's easy win here, the
two remaining matches in Durban on Thursday and East London on
Saturday are devoid of any competitive interest.

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