The duke of hazard
Graeme Smith's decisive twin half-centuries at Cape Town were a welcome return to form and sealed a great Test series win for South Africa
02/01Result
3rd Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 2-6 2007
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![India]( "India")
414 & 169 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
373 & 211/5 (64.1 ov)
Player of the Match
02/01Result
3rd Test, India tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 2-6 2007
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![India]( "India")
414 & 169 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
373 & 211/5 (64.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
South Africa's trump card
Stats highlights of the third Test between South Africa and India at Cape Town
A rare fightback
South Africa completed a 2-1 series victory by winning the third Test by five wickets. It was a significant achievement considering they were 0-1 down. Not many have done it. Cricinfo looks at the stat highlights
Heart and the hard yards
Most of all, this was Smith's victory. When his team needed to be shown the way,he was the first one out of the trenches
'There will be a few guys under pressure' - Chappell
Greg Chappell, the coach, was candid in his assessment of the gains andlosses after yet another Indian campaign overseas ended with the bittertaste of defeat
'We never gave up' - Smith
A jubilant Graeme Smith spoke to the media after a magnificent series win
Watching Tendulkar was embarrassing
The fourth wicket stand produced 24 runs in 15 overs, to which Tendulkarcontributed 9 in 45 balls. It was worse than tentative and diffident, itwas supine and unbecoming.
India dig their own grave
A disciplined and committed effort in the field gave South Africa everychance of winning this series
Ganguly: 156 more won't be easy
Sourav Ganguly has said India have a chance to win the third Test and clinch the series against South Africa because it won't be easy for them to achieve the target on the final day of the match
A testing target
A weak batting display from the Indians left South Africa with a target of 211. They have the advantage, but history indicates that it might not be a cakewalk. Cricinfo looks at the stat highlights of the fourth day
Vintage Test cricket
In these days of turbo-charged run rates, this was a throwback to anotherera, Test cricket's attritional age
Smith finds his feet
Cricinfo looks at the stats highlights of the third day in Cape Town
When the tide turned
Cricinfo picks eight phases where the momentum shifted in the series.
'They have their noses slightly ahead' - Smith
Graeme Smith spoke to the media after an engrossing day's play
The shoulders of Atlas
Graeme Smith has taken South Africa to within touching distance of the Indian total, and now all eyes are on India, writes Dileep Premachandran
'Any lead we can get will be fantastic' - Pollock
Shaun Pollock was delighted by the manner in which South Africa foughtback on the second day at Newlands, but he wasn't about to take anythingfor granted with his side still 270 adrift on first innings
Tendulkar and Smith share the spotlight
Stats highlights of the second day's play of the third Test between South Africa and India at Cape Town
'We've been brought up not to play selfish cricket' - Karthik
Dinesh Karthik played his part behind the stumps, and will certainly havea bigger role to play once Anil Kumble settles in on a pitch that alreadyhas significant rough patches
Lacking the killer instinct
At 395 for 5, India had South Africa onthe ropes, but with the knockout punch set up, they slipped and fell flaton their faces
Jaffer and Karthik set the standard
Cricinfo looks at the stat highlights of the first day of the third Test between South Africa and India at Cape Town
'I am happy to bat with anyone as my partner' - Jaffer
At the end of the day's play Wasim Jaffer spoke to the media about his splendid vibes with Dinesh Karthik, his surprising opening partner, and how he was determined not to repeat the mistakes from Durban
'Our mindset is to win' - Arthur
Mickey Arthur, South Africa's coach, expressed his disappointment at theNewlands pitch, but insisted that his side would go all out for the winthat will clinch the series
The opening gambit and inspiring precedents
Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik did that with a partnership that grew ever more easy on the eye as the game went on
South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Cape Town
Match home for the third Test between South Africa and India at Cape Town from January 2 to 6 2007
Dravid - 'We've got our noses in front'
Rahul Dravid spoke to the media after an engrossing day's play and said India had the advantage with two days to play