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Draw looms large

AFP, Chennai
A spirited fightback by South Africa after Virender Sehwag's brutal assault the previous day left the first cricket Test against India headed for a draw on Saturday.
India, resuming at the overnight 468-1 in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 540, failed to maintain the momentum and were all out for 627 by tea on the fourth day.
The tourists easily wiped out the 87-run deficit and closed the day at 131-1 in their second knock with opener Neil McKenzie following his 94 in the first innings with an unbeaten 59.
Hashim Amla, the first innings hero with 159, was the other batsman at the crease on a fluent 35.
Sehwag, who resumed at his overnight score of 309, was dismissed for 319 within the first 30 minutes of play and only Rahul Dravid's 111 ensured India a first innings lead.
Dravid reached the 10,000-run mark on way to his 25th Test century, but the only other notable contribution for the Indians was Vcnkatsai Laxman's 39.
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn claimed four of the last five wickets to finish with 4-103. Leftarm spinner Paul Harris was the
most expensive with 3-203, while Makhaya Ntini ended with 3-128.
Some 35,000 home fans, who were hoping Sehwag would surpass West Indian Brian Lara’s world record score of 400 not out, were silenced soon after the start of the day's play.
Sehwag added 10 runs to his overnight score when he edged a drive off Ntini into the safe hands of McKenzie at first slip.
Sehwag received a thunderous applause from the crowd and teammates as he returned after an epic nine-hour effort that contained 43 boundaries and five sixes in the fastest recorded triple centuryinhistory.
Dravid put on 45 for the fourth wicket with Sourav Ganguly and 47 for the fifth with Vcnkatsai Laxman before being caught in the slips off Ntini after lunch.
Ntini struck again in his next over, this time forcing star batsman Sachin Tendulkar to edge a catch to Jacques Kallis at first slip before he had scored.
Left-hander Ganguly made 24 when an intended slash off Harris took a thin edge to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.
Mahendra Dhoni, who was expected to boost the run-rate after Sehwag's dismissal, plodded for 33 deliveries to make 16 when he was caught behind to give Steyn his first wicket in the match.
Steyn then bowled Indian captain Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Rudra Pratap Singh to hasten the end of the innings.
Laxman was the last man out, giving Harris a return catch after making 39.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between India and South Africa at the Chidambaram Stadium In Chennai on Saturday:
SOUTH AFRICA: First innings 540 (Smith 73, McKenzie 94, Amla 159, Boucher 70, Harbhajan 5-164)
INDIA: First innings (overnight 468-1)
Jaffer c Kallis b Harris 73
Sehwag c McKenzie b Ntini 319
Dravid c Kallis b Ntini 111
Tendulkar c Kallis b Ntini 0
Ganguly c Boucher b Harris 24
Laxman c & b Harris 39
Dhoni c Boucher b Steyn 16
Kumble b Steyn 3
Harbhajan b Steyn 0
RP Singh b Steyn 0
Sreesanth not out 4
Extras (b-20, lb-10, w-4, nb-4) 38
Total: (All out in 155.1 overs) 627
Fall of wickets: 1-213,2-481,3481,4-526, 5-573,6-598, 7-610, 8-610,9-612,10-627
Bowler 0 M R W
Steyn 32 3 103 4
Ntini 28 3 128 3
Morkel 25 4 76 0
Harris 53.1 6 203 3
Kallis 14 0 71 0
Prince 3 0 16 0
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SOUTH AFRICA: Second innings
McKenzie not out 59
Smith lbw b Harbhajan 35
Amla not out 35
Extras: (lb-2) 2
Total (For one wkt in 33 overs)131 To bat Kallis, Prince, De Villiers, Boucher, Morkel. Hams, Steyn, Ntini.
Fall of wicket 1-53.
Bowler 0 M R W
Sreesanth 6 0 28 0
RP Singh 4 0 27 0
Harbhajan 10 1 40 1
Ganguly 2 110
Kumble 10 0 27 0
Sehwag 1 0 6 0