South Africa beat India by 48 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method to level the five-match ODI series at 2-2 after the game was abandoned because of rain. South Africa did well to make 265-7 off 50 overs in Port Elizabeth after losing their first five wickets for 118 runs. India were set a revised target of 260 after the first rain break and needed 123 from 87 balls, but at 142-6 off 32.5 overs the match was abandoned.
India and South Africa produced another excruciatingly tense contest on a wicket difficult for batting, and Yusuf Pathan - who launched Botha for three sixes in four balls - turned out to be the game-breaker with his 50-ball 59. India were 93/5 when Yusuf came into bat, and 182/7 when he left, but a cameo innings of 23 by Harbhajan Singh towards the end saw India overhaul South Africa’s total of 220 with 10 balls to spare.
India beat South Africa by one run in the second one-day international at the Wanderers, Johannesburg on Saturday after their bowlers responded magnificently, defending a below-par total of 190. Munaf Patel was India’s hero with the ball, his four wickets proving decisive. South Africa lost their last seven wickets for the addition of 69 runs to be bowled out for 189 in 43 overs. Chasing 190, they seemed confident of a win with scores of 77/3, 120/4, 152/5 and even 160/6 at various intervals.
South Africa made a fine start to the five-match one-day series with India, winning by 135 runs in Durban. After Hashim Amla hit eight fours in 50 from 36 balls, AB De Villiers (76) and JP Duminy (73) put on 131 inside 22 overs as South Africa made 289-9. Virat Kohli hit his 11th ODI fifty but India were all out for 154, as left-arm seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed 4-31. Sachin Tendulkar played his first ODI since February 2010, in the absence of regular opening pair Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag.
Morne van Wyk hit the fastest half-century by a South African in a T20 match, but his 67 from 39 was not enough to help South Africa claim victory as the Proteas fell to a 21-run defeat to India.Earlier India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had elected to bat with Rohit Sharma leading the way with 53 from just 34 balls in their 168 for six.
A half-century from Gautam Gambhir (64), who batted for more than four hours on the final day, guided India to a draw with South Africa in the third Test in Cape Town as the three-match series ended 1-1. India had lost all four of their previous Test series in South Africa.
A fine century from an injured Jacques Kallis put South Africa in a commanding position to win the third Test and series against India in Cape Town. South Africa had lost 4 for 14 before Kallis hit his 40th Test century and second in the current Test to set India a daunting target of 340 runs to win the Test series decider with just one day left in the game. Harbhajan Singh finished with seven wickets.
Dale Steyn (5/75) bowled South Africa back into the match while Sachin Tendulkar scored his 51st Test century on a fascinating day three of the third Test. A late double-strike from Harbhajan Singh handed India a slight edge as South Africa struggled to 52 for two at close of play.Apart from Tendulkar's heroic 146, Gautam Gambhir (93) and Harbhajan Singh (40) were the other notable contributors as India scored 364 in response to South Africa's first innings total of 362.
Jacques Kallis scored 161 to guide South Africa to a fighting 362, while Indian bowler Sreesanth (5-114) led the charge for the visitors on Day 2 at Cape Town. Kallis, with his second ton in the series after his career-best 201 notout at Centurion, caught up with Ricky Ponting's tally of 39 Test hundreds. Only Sachin has posted more Test hundreds (50).
India's innings wobbled at 28-2 in the second session, but they ended the day at 142 for two, with the help of a 114-run stand between Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar.
Jacques Kallis struck an unbeaten 81 as South Africa made 232-4 on day one of the deciding third Test against India. The series between Test cricket's top two teams is intriguingly poised at 1-1 after world number one side India won the second Test at Durban by 87 runs.
South Africa who started the day needing 303 to seal a series victory were all out for 215 in 72.3 overs about an hour after the lunch break to record only their second Test triumph on South African soil. S Sreesanth (3-45), Zaheer Khan (3-53) and Harbhajan Singh (2-70) were the pick of the bowlers for India while Ashwell Prince was the top scorer for the South Africans with an unbeaten 39. The 123-run victory in the first Test at Johannesburg in 2006 was their first Test victory on South African soil. The two teams will now travel to Cape Town for the third and final Test starting on Sunday.
The low scoring second cricket Test is tantalisingly poised with South Africa needing 192 more runs to win when play start on day four in Durban. India resumed their second innings on 92-4 and VVS Laxman made a magnificent 96 as they reached 228 all out. Chasing 303 for victory, South Africa were 111-3 when bad light stopped play early, with Jacques Kallis (12) and AB de Villiers (17) in the middle.Laxman's sparkling 96 and his vital 70 run partnership with Zaheer for the eighth wicket was largely responsible for India posting an overall lead of 302. Steyn finished with 2-60 to take his match figures to 8-110.
On the second day of the Durban Test, India lost four wickets in the morning to be dismissed for 205 in their first innings. South Africa then lost ten to be bowled out for 131 runs in 37.2 overs, with Zaheer taking 3 for 36 and Harbhajan 4 for 10 in 7.2 overs. India lost four again to finish the day on 92 for four, 166 ahead of South Africa's first innings total.India were 56/4 with the top four of Virender Sehwag, M Vijay, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar back. When bad light stopped play, India were 92/4, with VVS Laxman and Cheteshwar Pujara playing sensibly to prevent further damage.
India struggled to 183 for six against South Africa when bad weather brought a premature end to the opening day's play in the second Test of the three-match series.India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was 20 not out and Harbhajan Singh 15 not out when the players left the field. India needs to win the second test to have any chance of claiming the series. A victory for No. 2-ranked South Africa in Durban will send India to its first series loss since 2008.
South Africa claimed India's last two wickets in 35 deliveries to win the first test by an innings and 25 runs on the final day at Centurion on Monday. Opening bowlers Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn took a wicket each as the world number one side, resuming on 454 for eight, were dismissed for the addition of only five runs.The second Test starts Dec. 26 in Durban before the best- of-three contest concludes in Cape Town from Jan. 2. South Africa has won all four previous home series against India.
India day three at 190/2, still 294 runs behind South Africa. They lost both the openers in the second innings, after Graeme Smith declared on 620 for 4 - when de Villiers fell - with a monstrous lead of 484. Ishant Sharma (7) and Rahul Dravid (28) will resume batting on day four.
South Africa openers Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen shared a century partnership - 111 for the first wicket - before unbeaten centuries by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla put South Africa totally in control against the inconsistent India attack on the second day of the first Test today. South Africa finished the second day well in command on 366 for two. Sreesanth endured a miserable day, conceding 71 runs from 19 wicketless overs, as well as misfielding twice at fine leg to concede boundaries. He was continually heckled and sarcastically applauded by a section of the crowd.Continuing on 136-9, India slumped to its third-lowest test total against South Africa, failing to add to its overnight score with Morne Morkel collecting a career-best 5-20.
South Africa's fast bowlers made up for lost time as they ripped through the Indian batting line-up on a rain-shortened first day at Centurion. India was reduced to 136-9 in 38.1 overs as Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn shared seven wickets. Sachin Tendulkar led the Indians with 36, and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was 33 not out at stumps. Earlier, Graeme Smith won the toss and put India into bat after heavy rain delayed the start of the match. Play finally got underway at 3pm. Indian off spinner Harbhajan fought back with five boundaries in his 25-ball 27, after most of the top batsmen perished against the South African quickies. Dhoni hit two fours and a six, but soon gratefully accepted the offer from the umpires to go off for failing light.