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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th January 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | CJ Mitchley, P Willey |
| TV umpire | DL Orchard |
| Referee | BN Jarman |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 233/3 (Dravid 81*, Ganguly 68*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 0/0 (Hudson 0*, Kirsten 0*; 0.2 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (1) 321 all out |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 4/1 (Kirsten 1*; 4.5 overs) |
| Player of the Match | RS Dravid |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Rathour | c Richardson b Adams | 13 | 69 | 92 | 1 | - | |
| +NR Mongia | b Donald | 21 | 104 | 142 | 3 | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Pollock b Cronje | 148 | 362 | 541 | 21 | - | |
| *SR Tendulkar | c McMillan b Cronje | 35 | 55 | 72 | 7 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c McMillan b Klusener | 73 | 138 | 174 | 13 | 1 | |
| M Azharuddin | c Hudson b Klusener | 18 | 20 | 19 | 4 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | retired hurt | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| A Kumble | c Richardson b Klusener | 29 | 80 | 104 | 3 | - | |
| J Srinath | c Hudson b Donald | 41 | 65 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| D Ganesh | c Cullinan b Donald | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - | |
| BKV Prasad | not out | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (15 lb, 9 nb, 5 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 150.3 overs) | 410 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (Rathour), 2-46 (Mongia), 3-100 (Tendulkar), 4-245 (Ganguly), 5-266 (Azharuddin), 6-327 (Kumble), 7-403 (Srinath), 8-408 (Ganesh), 9-410 (Dravid) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 32.1 | 9 | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pollock | 30 | 11 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 20.5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Klusener | 27 | 6 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Adams | 24 | 6 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 16.3 | 5 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Hudson | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 18 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 1 | |
| G Kirsten | b Prasad | 29 | 48 | 74 | 5 | - | |
| AM Bacher | lbw b Srinath | 13 | 19 | 24 | 3 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c sub (P Dharmani) b Srinath | 33 | 46 | 70 | 6 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Mongia b Srinath | 43 | 57 | 77 | 7 | - | |
| BM McMillan | lbw b Ganguly | 47 | 83 | 136 | 4 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Mongia b Srinath | 79 | 158 | 204 | 12 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | c Azharuddin b Ganguly | 13 | 46 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| L Klusener | not out | 22 | 38 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | b Prasad | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | c Dravid b Srinath | 2 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.1 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Hudson), 2-64 (Bacher), 3-73 (Kirsten), 4-139 (Cullinan), 5-147 (Cronje), 6-259 (McMillan), 7-285 (Richardson), 8-303 (Pollock), 9-318 (Donald), 10-321 (Adams) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Srinath | 25.1 | 3 | 104 | 5 | - | - | |
| Prasad | 20 | 2 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 25 | 5 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ganesh | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganguly | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Rathour | lbw b Donald | 44 | 111 | 149 | 5 | - | |
| +NR Mongia | c McMillan b Donald | 50 | 89 | 132 | 6 | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Cullinan b Adams | 81 | 146 | 208 | 11 | - | |
| *SR Tendulkar | c Richardson b Cronje | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | b Adams | 60 | 93 | 124 | 11 | 1 | |
| M Azharuddin | lbw b Pollock | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| A Kumble | b Adams | 6 | 17 | 29 | - | - | |
| J Srinath | lbw b Donald | 4 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| D Ganesh | not out | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| BKV Prasad | not out | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| VVS Laxman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 83 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-90 (Mongia), 2-109 (Rathour), 3-124 (Tendulkar), 4-232 (Ganguly), 5-235 (Azharuddin), 6-256 (Kumble), 7-265 (Srinath), 8-265 (Dravid) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 18 | 6 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pollock | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 11 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Klusener | 13 | 1 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Adams | 21 | 1 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 8 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bacher | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Hudson | b Kumble | 3 | 23 | 19 | - | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Rathour b Prasad | 1 | 10 | 23 | - | - | |
| AM Bacher | b Prasad | 23 | 33 | 51 | 4 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | not out | 122 | 200 | 261 | 15 | 1 | |
| *WJ Cronje | run out (Kumble->Mongia) | 6 | 21 | 30 | - | - | |
| BM McMillan | c sub (P Dharmani) b Srinath | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| SM Pollock | b Srinath | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 7 | 28 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Dravid b Kumble | 49 | 77 | 117 | 5 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | not out | 0 | 16 | 25 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 13 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 68 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Hudson), 2-4 (Kirsten), 3-49 (Bacher), 4-71 (Cronje), 5-76 (McMillan), 6-78 (Pollock), 7-95 (Richardson), 8-222 (Klusener) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Srinath | 24 | 6 | 89 | 2 | - | - | |
| Prasad | 15 | 1 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 23 | 7 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ganesh | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganguly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> V Rathour made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RS Dravid (1) 50 in 133 balls, 174 minutes with 7 fours
--> RS Dravid (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in Test matches
--> RS Dravid (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> RS Dravid (1) 100 in 261 balls, 385 minutes with 13 fours
--> RS Dravid (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> SC Ganguly (1) 50 in 89 balls, 108 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> SM Pollock (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Test matches
--> SM Pollock (1) 50 in 91 balls, 100 minutes with 10 fours
--> V Rathour (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> NR Mongia (2) 50 in 81 balls, 131 minutes with 6 fours
--> RS Dravid (2) 50 in 95 balls, 131 minutes with 8 fours
--> SC Ganguly (2) 50 in 78 balls, 106 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Cullinan (2) 50 in 70 balls, 122 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Cullinan (2) 100 in 143 balls, 199 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Cullinan (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> L Klusener reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SC Ganguly, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> J Srinath reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SM Pollock, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> VVS Laxman retired hurt in the India first innings having scored 0 (team score 266/5)
Donald was injured bowling the 1st ball of the 84th over; McMillan completed the over.
Pre-lunch session lost to rain.
Rain halted play with South Africa 77/5 (23.3 overs).
72 overs to be bowled in the innings in total after the rain.
Play halted for bad light with 4 overs remaining.
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