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S Africa pull one back
FARIDABAD. India. Mar 15: South Africa survived a late wicket haul by Sachin Tendulkar to register
their first win in the third match of the five game one-day series against India here Wednesday, reports AFP.
The tourists won by two wickets after notching up 251 for eight in reply to India's total of 248.
Make-shift spin bowler Tendulkar took four wickets to rip apart the South African middle order and turn the tide in favour of India at the 40-over stage of the game.
But a useful eighth-wicket stand by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and Shaun Pollock saw South Africa through the danger, and Boucher hit the winning boundary with two overs to spare.
A century partnership between opener Gary Kirsten and skipper Hansie Cronje laid the foundation for the victory.
Kirsten scored 93 runs before he was clean bowled by Tendulkar. and man-of-the-match Cronje played a cnicial innings, plundering 66 runs off 77 balls, before he also fell to the former Indian skipper, trapped leg be-
Tendulkar. who managed only 12 with the bat. also took the wickets of Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje to finish with figures of four for 56.
"It was a tight game." a relieved Cronje said afterwards.
"Sachin's four wickets kept them in the game near the end. but the pitch played well and 248 was always an achievable target."
Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly said he was pleased with his team's overall performance.
"We played well, but we really needed to have made and extra 20 to 25 runs in our innings." he said.
India's innings centered around Rahul Dravid's 73 and Ganguly who blasted 50 runs in just 46 balls.
Ganguly, who hit an unbeaten century in the last one-dayer. showed no drop in form, swatting South African fast bowler Steve Elworthy for four boundaries and later lofting Cronje for a huge six.
The Indian captain's heavy hitting saw India pile on 61 runs for the first wicket before opening partner Sachin Ten-dulkar was trapped leg before by Pollock.
Ganguly was finally caught behind off Elworthy for 56 runs, although television replays suggested he had made no contact with the ball.
South Africa soon applied the brakes on India s brisk run rate.
Mohammed Azharuddin went for two edging a catch to keeper Mark Boucher off Jacques Kallis, while Jadeja was caught by Kallis of a Cronje delivery for 31
Spinner Sunil Joshi, who was promoted in the batting order. made a quick 23 runs before he was run out by Gibbs, and Robin Singh met a similar fate after making nine runs.
India lead the series 2-1. with the fourth match to be played in the western Indian city of Baroda on Friday.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the third one-day international between India and South Africa on Wednesday:
INDIA
Ganguly c Boucher b Elworthy 56 Tendulkar lbw b Pollock 12 Dravid run out 73
Azharuddin c Boucher b Kallis 2 Jadeja c Kallis b Cronje 31
Joshi run out 23
Singh run out 9
Dighe not out 17
Agarkar b Kallts 8
Extras: (b-1: lb-4; nb-3: w-9) 17
Total (For eight wickets in 50 overs) 248
Did not bat T.Kumarau.
A. Kumble Fall of wickets: 1-61: 2-80: 3-85 1-147; 5-182: 6-208: 7-238: 8-248
Bowler O M R W
Pollock 10 1 36 1
Elworthy 10 1 44 1
Cronje ’ 10 0 69 1
Kallis 10 0 37 2
Klusener 2 0 11 0
Boje 4 0 22 0
Benkenstein 10 9 0
Strydom 3 0 15 0
SOUTH AFRICA
Kirsten b Tendulkar 93
Gibbs c Tendulkar b Kumble 19 Boje c Agarkar b Tendulkar 14 Kallis b Joshi 10
Cronje lbw Tendulkar 66
Benkenstein b Kumble 0 Klusener c Ganguly b Tendulkar 6 Pollock b Dravid 14
Boucher not out 17
Strydom not out 1
Extras: (b-1: nb-2: w-8) 11
Total: (For eight wickets in 48 overs) 251
Did not bat: S.Elworthy
Fall of wickets: 1-42: 2-63: 3-91; 4-204; 5-205: 6-217; 7-219; 8-244.
Bowler O M R W
Agarkar 8 0 36 0
Ku ma ran 5 0 31 0
Joshi 10 0 56 1
Kumble 10 0 39 2
Tendulkar 10 0 56 4
Ganguly 3 0 16 0
Dravid 2 0 16 1
Result: South Africa won by two wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Hansio Crorye.
India lead 2-1 in the five-match series.