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Proteas dismissed in Chennai
27/03/2008 12:09 - (SA)
Chennai - South Africa were dismissed for 540 midway through the final session of the second day of the first Test against India in Chennai on Thursday.
Earlier South Africa were 501-6 in their first innings at tea on the second day of the first cricket Test against India at the Chidambaram stadium on Thursday.
Mark Boucher was unbeaten on 62 and Morne Morkel was on 25. Hashim Amla was run out after making 159.
Hashim Amla's magnificent innings ended as South Africa slipped to 456 for six on the second day of the first Test against India in Chennai on Thursday.
Mark Boucher is on 49 not out and Morne Morkel is on 4 not out.
Hashim Amla hit an unbeaten 159 to steer South Africa towards a big first innings total in the first cricket Test against India on Thursday.
The tourists batted freely on the placid wicket to carry their overnight score of 304-4 to 404-5 by lunch on the second day at the Chidambaram stadium.
Amla, 85 overnight, reached his fourth Test century half-an hour after the start with the last of his three cover-driven boundaries in one over from seamer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
The bearded 24-year-old from Natal has so far hit 15 fours as the Indian bowlers toiled in vain on a barren pitch that offered them no help.
Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was the other batsman at the crease on 26, having so far added 47 runs for the sixth wicket with Amla.
Boucher survived a loud shout for leg-before by Sreesanth when he was on 10 as umpire Tony Hill of New Zealand gave the benefit of doubt to the batsman for a ball that pitched outside the off-stump.
Slammed
Amla and his overnight partner Abraham de Villiers hammered 53 in as many minutes, 34 of those runs coming from the rampaging blade of de Villiers.
The right-hander slammed eight boundaries before he edged Sreesanth to wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni in the fifth over with the second new ball.
De Villiers contributed a hard-hitting 44 in a 66-run stand for the fifth wicket with Amla.
Indian captain Anil Kumble was forced to claim the second new ball after the first three overs of the day from the spinners fetched 19 runs.
But the slow wicket hampered both Sreesanth and his new ball partner Rudra Pratap Singh, who has so far gone wicketless in 20 overs that have cost 97 runs.
South Africa took advantage of winning the toss and batting first, with Neil McKenzie making 94 and captain Graeme Smith 73 on the first day.
Teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Anil Kumble (captain), Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Sreesanth.
South Africa: Neil McKenzie, Graeme Smith (captain), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini
- AFP
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