India 643 for 6 dec (Sehwag 165, Laxman 143*, Dhoni 132*, Tendulkar 106) beat South Africa 296 (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Zaheer 4-90, Harbhajan 3-64) and 289 (Amla 127*, Harbhajan 5-59, Mishra 3-78) by an innings and 58 runs…
They couldn’t out Hashim Amla at all. So India, down to three bowlers and led by an …

South Africa 296 and 115 for 3 (Amla 49*, Mishra 2-15) trail India 643 for 6 dec by 232 runs…
Rain and Hashim Amla frustrated India’s bid for a series-levelling victory in the second and final test against South Africa on Wednesday.
Only 34.1 overs were possible on a fourth day severely interrupted by …

South Africa 296 and 6 for 0 trail India 643 for 6 dec. (Laxman 143*, Dhoni 132*) by 341 runs…
VVS Laxman (143) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (132) slammed sparkling unbeaten centuries to compound South Africa’s misery as India took a stranglehold of the second and final Test with a mammoth 347-run first innings …

India 342 for 5 (Sehwag 165, Tendulkar 106) lead South Africa 296 (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Zaheer 4-90) by 46 runs…
The Sehwag storm struck South Africa with full force and pretty much blew everything in its way to a 13th 150-plus score. Amid the mayhem, it was easy to forget the cool, pleasant breeze that [...]

South Africa 266 for 9 (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Harbhajan 3-60, Zaheer 3-77) v India…
Indian spearhead Zaheer Khan triggered a sensational South Africa collapse after in-form Hashim Amla and debutant Alviro Petersen hit centuries on the opening day of the final test on Sunday.
Left-arm Zaheer dismissed both …

South Africa 558 for 6 dec (Amla 253*, Kallis 173, de Villiers 53) beat India 233 (Sehwag 109, Badrinath 56, Steyn 7-51) and (f/o) 319 (Tendulkar 100, Steyn 3-57, Harris 3-76) by an innings and six runs…
Paul Harris is a character straight out of a Vegas gambling film. He says “perception is often reality…

India 233 (Sehwag 109, Badrinath 56, Steyn 7-51) and (f/o) 62 for 2 trail South Africa 558 for 6 dec by 259 runs…
Those 22 yards never mattered less. With one of the most lethal and joyful spells of pace and swing seen in India, a red-hot Dale Steyn took the pitch out of the equation [...]

Hashim Amla cracked his maiden double century as South Africa dominated the second day of the first cricket Test against India, declaring their first innings at 558 for six here Sunday.
In reply, India were 25 for no loss with Virender Sehwag (9) and Gautam Gambhir (12) seeing off the four overs before stumps.
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South Africa 291 for 2 (Kallis 159*, Amla 115*, Zaheer 2-30) vs India…
The experienced Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla struck unbeaten centuries as South Africa recovered from two early jolts to take control of the first Test against India on Saturday.
Kallis (159 not out) notched up his 34th Test century and…

The 2008 battering in Chennai still fresh in mind, South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn on Thursday said he and his his bowling colleagues have arrived here with plans to tame Virender Sehwag in the forthcoming Test series against India.
Sehwag had blasted a 304-ball 319 in that drawn Test with the help of 42 fours […