- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR91.1 Like yesterday, Tanvir strikes with his first ball. Wasim Jaffer is gone after playing a fabulicious knock. It was slanting away from him and a tad outside off stump too but he stabbed at it. Fatal. He turned back in hope but Akmal was not going to drop this. 375/41.1 Kartik's woes continues. Again out cheaply. Full and angling away from Kartik who pushed at with an open face of the bat and edges it to low to second slip. There was not much much foot movement, he just pushed at it. He scored runs in England but they have dried up in India. Gambhir has just hit a big ton in the Ranji Trophy and is breathing down his neck. The pressure will be immense on Kartik when he comes out to bat in the second innings 2/140.1 And he is given out. Dravid can't believe it. He shakes his head as he walks off. It was a flighted delivery, on the off stump and spun away. Dravid tried to drive inside-out, the bat hit the ground and the ball turned past the outside edge. It got struck between Akmal's right arm and the body, Kaneria appealed and Akmal, after making sure he has got the ball, joined in and umpire Doctrove raised his finger. Dravid is not happy. Anyway, Pakistan have managed to break through. 138/275.3 Kaneria takes out Tendulkar with a googly! Done in by the wrong'un. It was ripped across full and around the off and middle stump line; Tendulkar tried to play it inside-out through covers but this was the other one. It broke back in to clean him up. 313/3129.6 Ganguly falls, trying to up the ante. It was floated outside off, Ganguly had gone a touch outside leg stump in his charge and he then came across towards off but lost that fraction of second in the process. And ended up slicing his lofted shot to long-off. But it has been a special knock for him. First ton against Pakistan and that too at his Eden Gardens. 538/5Extras17 (b 8, lb 5, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL616/5d (152.5 Overs, RR: 4.03, 666 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dinesh Karthik, 1.1 ov), 2-138 (Rahul Dravid, 40.1 ov), 3-313 (Sachin Tendulkar, 75.3 ov), 4-375 (Wasim Jaffer, 91.1 ov), 5-538 (Sourav Ganguly, 129.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shoaib Akhtar 24 2 84 0 3.50 1 0 Sohail Tanvir 39 6 166 2 4.25 0 1 Mohammad Sami 29 2 99 0 3.41 0 2 Danish Kaneria 50 7 194 2 3.88 0 0 Yasir Hameed 4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0 Salman Butt 6.5 0 36 1 5.26 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR25.3 And he strikes! Salman is gone. Done in by the flight and then by the turn. It was flighted up, above the eye-level and dipped, Salman didn't quite get a full stride out and chose to off drive but got a outside edge and its snapped up by Dravid at slip. 77/27.5 Kumble strikes in his first over! Top spinner on the middle stump and Yasir is caught dead plumb in front. Again, his left foot was pressed too much across and he couldn't get his bat around in time. 38/137.1 gone! Patel gets rid of the danger man with an ordinary delivery, short and wide outside the off stump - Khan walks across and has a swish at it, horrible shot to say the least - thick edge and Dhoni makes no mistake. 134/427.5 Big wicket. Yousuf is gone now. Big off break. It landed on the rough outside off stump - puff of dust comes up - and Yousuf made the mistake of going for a drive against the turn. He went for an cover drive and the ball spun through the big bat and pad gap to crash into the leg stump 85/340.2 Done in by the wrong'un. it landed outside off stump and broke back in to rap him in front of the middle. Faisal was stretching forward but the bat was well outside the line - he didn't pick the googly- and was caught right in front. Pakistan are in a big hole here. 150/5102.3 bowled him! What a ball that is, Harbhajan drifted it across the right-hander from round the wicket, Akmal reached out to drive, the ball pitched, gripped the surface and spun back sharply into the right-hander, it went through the gap between bat and pad and hit off stump 357/6145.5 Laxman strikes and Kumble rushes to hug him! But what an splendid gritty innings from Sami. He couldn't resist the urge to loft Laxman and fell as a result. It was flighted up, full and outside off, Sami tried to heave him over mid-off but ended up slicing it to mid-off. . 448/7146.5 googly does the trick. It jumped from outside off stump, Tanvir lunged forward, was beaten by the wrong'un and by the extra bounce and gets an edge. Dravid dived to his left to take the catch and Pakistan have lost their eight wicket. Misbah has now got to go for his big shots. 449/8149.3 another doosra and he is gone this time. It jumped up off a length, outside off stump and Akthar stabbed a dolly to Dravid 452/9151.1 cleans him up with a big spinning off break. It landed outside off stump and turned in through the big bat and pad gap offered by Kaneria and hit the leg stump. Harbhajan bags a five-for and India lead by 160 456/10Extras26 (b 8, lb 7, nb 10, w 1)TOTAL456 all out (151.1 Overs, RR: 3.01, 639 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Yasir Hameed, 7.5 ov), 2-77 (Salman Butt, 25.3 ov), 3-85 (Mohammad Yousuf, 27.5 ov), 4-134 (Younis Khan, 37.1 ov), 5-150 (Faisal Iqbal, 40.2 ov), 6-357 (Kamran Akmal, 102.3 ov), 7-448 (Mohammad Sami, 145.5 ov), 8-449 (Sohail Tanvir, 146.5 ov), 9-452 (Shoaib Akhtar, 149.3 ov), 10-456 (Danish Kaneria, 151.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 25.2 8 69 0 2.72 0 5 MM Patel 21 4 85 1 4.04 1 0 Harbhajan Singh 45.5 9 122 5 2.66 0 1 A Kumble 47 14 122 3 2.59 0 3 SR Tendulkar 7 1 32 0 4.57 0 0 SC Ganguly 4 1 9 0 2.25 0 0 VVS Laxman 1 0 2 1 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23.3 Kaneria removes Jaffer. It was full and turned from outside leg stump, Jaffer went for a slog sweep - India are going for the runs here - and misses it completely. 95/218.5 Death by aggression. Karthik falls trying to go for a slog sweep. It was flighted on the leg and middle line, Karthik kept his left leg out of the line and tried to swing it over midwicket but ended up top-edging it to Misbah at square leg 75/138.5 cleans him up with a slower one. It landed outside off stump, full in length and broke back in; Dhoni is beaten by the change of pace, is early into his drive, tries to check it but the ball turns past his bat and strikes the leg stump 166/342.4 Again he backs away, Shoaib fires in a full pitched delivery on the leg stump, Ganguly misses to connect with his heave and the leg stump is pegged back. Kumble has declared. 184/4Extras9 (lb 3, nb 6)TOTAL184/4d (42.4 Overs, RR: 4.31, 197 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.5 ov), 2-95 (Wasim Jaffer, 23.3 ov), 3-166 (MS Dhoni, 38.5 ov), 4-184 (Sourav Ganguly, 42.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shoaib Akhtar 12.4 0 46 2 3.63 0 5 Sohail Tanvir 9 0 41 0 4.55 0 1 Mohammad Sami 5 1 28 0 5.60 0 0 Danish Kaneria 15 0 61 2 4.06 0 0 Salman Butt 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.3 Caught and bowled! Good sharp catch there. It was full in length, on the middle and off stump line and Yasir drove uppishly to the right of Zaheer who stretches out to catch it. 22/120.2 Kumble strikes second ball after lunch. It landed outside leg stump and turned in slowly, Akmal tried to swat it away, the bat came in an angle and he missed it completely and the leg stump was pegged back. AKmal had got out like this during the South Africa series. There he had tapped the ball on to the stumps, here he failed to connect 37/234.5 traps him in front! Kumble strikes again. It turned in quickly from well outside off stump - Kumble was bowling from round the stumps - and Salman was late on the defensive prod. The ball rushed through to strike the pad in front of middle and that would have hit the leg and middle stump. Kumble has broken through and he is delighted. 65/339.6 got'im! lovely off-cutter, this one pitched wide outside the off stump and jagged back in at a slow pace, Mishbah was sucked into the drive and the ball went through the gap between bat and pad. Crucial wicket this - India right on top here 78/4Extras18 (b 8, lb 6, nb 4)TOTAL214/4 (77 Overs, RR: 2.77, 285 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Yasir Hameed, 6.3 ov), 2-37 (Kamran Akmal, 20.2 ov), 3-65 (Salman Butt, 34.5 ov), 4-78 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 39.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 8 0 32 1 4.00 0 3 A Kumble 25 4 73 2 2.92 0 1 MM Patel 10 3 21 1 2.10 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 31 5 67 0 2.16 0 0 SR Tendulkar 3 0 7 0 2.33 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, Lunch 11.00-11.40, Tea 13.40-14.00, Close 16.00
Match days
30 November, 1,2,3,4 December 2007 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Fri, 30 Nov - day 1 - India 1st innings 352/3 (W Jaffer 192*, SC Ganguly 17*, 84.3 ov)
- Sat, 1 Dec - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 50/1 (Salman Butt 26*, Younis Khan 3*, 16 ov)
- Sun, 2 Dec - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 358/6 (Misbah-ul-Haq 108*, Mohammad Sami 0*, 104 ov)
- Mon, 3 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 141/2 (MS Dhoni 28*, SC Ganguly 24*, 36 ov)
- Tue, 4 Dec - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 214/4 (77 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (MS Dhoni 21, SC Ganguly 29, Ex 1)
- India: 150 runs in 36.4 overs (224 balls), Extras 6
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Lunch: Pakistan - 37/1 in 20.0 overs (Kamran Akmal 14, Salman Butt 8)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 24.5 overs (150 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Pakistan - 76/3 in 38.0 overs (Younis Khan 25, Misbah-ul-Haq 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 46.5 overs (282 balls), Extras 14
- Younis Khan: 50 off 108 balls (6 x 4)
- Tea: Pakistan - 128/4 in 52.0 overs (Younis Khan 53, Mohammad Yousuf 14)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (Younis Khan 26, Mohammad Yousuf 14, Ex 10)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 57.2 overs (348 balls), Extras 17
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 160 balls (Younis Khan 56, Mohammad Yousuf 33, Ex 11)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 184/4 in 69.0 overs (Younis Khan 87, Mohammad Yousuf 35)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 73.5 overs (447 balls), Extras 18
- Younis Khan: 100 off 174 balls (13 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 387/6 in 117.4 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 125, Mohammad Sami 9)
- AM Saheba replaced BR Doctrove as the on-field umpire in the 118th over (117.4) after Doctrove left the field due to illness.
- Pakistan: 400 runs in 125.4 overs (764 balls), Extras 22
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 156 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 31, Mohammad Sami 16, Ex 3)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 418/6 in 134.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 141, Mohammad Sami 24)
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 150 off 321 balls (13 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 449/8 in 146.5 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 158)
- Pakistan: 450 runs in 147.4 overs (896 balls), Extras 22
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 456/10 in 151.1 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 161)
- India 2nd innings
- Tea: India - 20/0 in 7.0 overs (W Jaffer 13, KD Karthik 5)
- India: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (94 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls (W Jaffer 30, KD Karthik 19, Ex 4)
- Drinks: India - 80/1 in 20.0 overs (W Jaffer 47, MS Dhoni 1)
- W Jaffer: 50 off 70 balls (7 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 24.2 overs (148 balls), Extras 4
- End Of Day: India - 141/2 in 36.0 overs (MS Dhoni 28, SC Ganguly 24)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 97/3 in 30.0 overs (Younis Khan 21, Misbah-ul-Haq 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 31.4 overs (190 balls), Extras 1
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 39.6 overs (243 balls), Extras 5
- Lunch: Pakistan - 154/5 in 43.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 35, Kamran Akmal 2)
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 64 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 197/5 in 59.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 58, Kamran Akmal 20)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 61.1 overs (372 balls), Extras 7
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 127 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 26, Kamran Akmal 25, Ex 2)
- Kamran Akmal: 50 off 107 balls (6 x 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 74.2 overs (451 balls), Extras 8
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 206 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 37, Kamran Akmal 63, Ex 3)
- Tea: Pakistan - 256/5 in 75.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 73, Kamran Akmal 63)
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 287/5 after 81.4 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 84, Kamran Akmal 83)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 86.2 overs (523 balls), Extras 12
- 6th Wicket: 150 runs in 278 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 55, Kamran Akmal 88, Ex 7)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 309/5 in 89.1 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 88, Kamran Akmal 97)
- Kamran Akmal: 100 off 173 balls (16 x 4)
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 100 off 181 balls (10 x 4)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 100.1 overs (609 balls), Extras 19
- 6th Wicket: 200 runs in 364 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 71, Kamran Akmal 115, Ex 14)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 358/6 in 104.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 108, Mohammad Sami 0)
- W Jaffer: 200 off 260 balls (34 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (W Jaffer 26, SC Ganguly 21, Ex 4)
- Drinks: India - 384/4 in 96.0 overs (SC Ganguly 33, VVS Laxman 5)
- India: 400 runs in 98.5 overs (597 balls), Extras 11
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 72 balls (8 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (SC Ganguly 22, VVS Laxman 28, Ex 0)
- Lunch: India - 449/4 in 109.0 overs (SC Ganguly 62, VVS Laxman 41)
- India: 450 runs in 110.1 overs (665 balls), Extras 11
- VVS Laxman: 50 off 80 balls (8 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 152 balls (SC Ganguly 41, VVS Laxman 55, Ex 4)
- India: 500 runs in 122.2 overs (738 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: India - 518/4 in 125.0 overs (SC Ganguly 92, VVS Laxman 76)
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 208 balls (SC Ganguly 69, VVS Laxman 77, Ex 4)
- SC Ganguly: 100 off 144 balls (14 x 4)
- India: 550 runs in 136.1 overs (821 balls), Extras 15
- Tea: India - 552/5 in 139.0 overs (VVS Laxman 91, MS Dhoni 9)
- VVS Laxman: 100 off 158 balls (14 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (VVS Laxman 23, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 2)
- India: 600 runs in 151.4 overs (914 balls), Extras 17
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 82 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 0
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 50/1 in 16.0 overs (Salman Butt 26, Younis Khan 3)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 0/0
- India 1st innings
- Drinks: India - 43/1 in 12.0 overs (W Jaffer 22, R Dravid 18)
- India: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (W Jaffer 24, R Dravid 23, Ex 3)
- W Jaffer: 50 off 64 balls (8 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 25.2 overs (154 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 153 balls (W Jaffer 64, R Dravid 35, Ex 3)
- Lunch: India - 104/1 in 27.0 overs (W Jaffer 65, R Dravid 35)
- R Dravid: 50 off 116 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 138/2 in 40.1 overs (W Jaffer 82)
- India: 150 runs in 42.6 overs (261 balls), Extras 5
- W Jaffer: 100 off 150 balls (18 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (W Jaffer 30, SR Tendulkar 20, Ex 0)
- India: 200 runs in 51.4 overs (313 balls), Extras 5
- Tea: India - 206/2 in 55.0 overs (W Jaffer 124, SR Tendulkar 26)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 125 balls (W Jaffer 52, SR Tendulkar 47, Ex 1)
- India: 250 runs in 64.6 overs (393 balls), Extras 6
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 74 balls (8 x 4)
- W Jaffer: 150 off 207 balls (25 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 276/2 in 70.0 overs (W Jaffer 158, SR Tendulkar 61)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 191 balls (W Jaffer 85, SR Tendulkar 64, Ex 1)
- India: 300 runs in 73.1 overs (442 balls), Extras 6
- New Ball Taken: India 341/3 after 82.1 overs (W Jaffer 191, SC Ganguly 11)
- India: 350 runs in 83.6 overs (507 balls), Extras 10
- Bad Light: India - 352/3 in 84.3 overs (W Jaffer 192, SC Ganguly 17)
- End Of Day: India - 352/3 in 84.3 overs (W Jaffer 192, SC Ganguly 17)
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