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Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2008 - 00:00 – 1st Test • MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Match drawn
India
262/10 (18.00)
South Africa
169/10 (20.00) & 331/5 (109)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mark Boucher
2
Neil McKenzie
2
Graeme Smith
2
Hashim Amla
2
Wasim Jaffer
1
Most Wickets
Harbhajan Singh
8
Dale Steyn
4
Paul Harris
3
Anil Kumble
3
Makhaya Ntini
3
Most Runs Conceed
Harbhajan Singh
265
Paul Harris
203
Anil Kumble
163
RP Singh
154
Sreesanth
146
Best Bowling Fig
Harbhajan Singh
5
Dale Steyn
4
Paul Harris
3
Makhaya Ntini
3
Anil Kumble
2
Best Economy
VVS Laxman
1.900000
Anil Kumble
2.507692
Sourav Ganguly
2.600000
Virender Sehwag
2.787878
Morne Morkel
3.040000
Best Strike Rate
Virender Sehwag
1.049342
Graeme Smith
0.850393
Sourav Ganguly
0.827586
Dale Steyn
0.714285
Morne Morkel
0.648148
Best Averages
Virender Sehwag
319.000000
Neil McKenzie
249.000000
Hashim Amla
120.000000
Rahul Dravid
111.000000
Mark Boucher
81.000000
Most Fours
Virender Sehwag
42
Neil McKenzie
31
Hashim Amla
29
Graeme Smith
18
Rahul Dravid
15
Highest Score
Virender Sehwag
319
Hashim Amla
159
Neil McKenzie
155
Rahul Dravid
111
Graeme Smith
73
Most Wickets
Virender Sehwag
2
Sreesanth
1
Most Runs Conceed
Makhaya Ntini
128
Dale Steyn
103
Best Bowling Fig
Virender Sehwag
1
Sreesanth
1
Most Not Outs
Mark Boucher
2
Neil McKenzie
2
Sreesanth
1
Makhaya Ntini
1
Best Average
Dale Steyn
25.750000
Harbhajan Singh
33.125000
Makhaya Ntini
42.666666
Virender Sehwag
46.000000
Anil Kumble
54.333333
Best Economy
Dale Steyn
3.218750
Harbhajan Singh
3.375796
Best Strike Rate
Dale Steyn
48
Makhaya Ntini
56
Harbhajan Singh
58.875
Best Strike Rate
VVS Laxman
0.609375
Hashim Amla
0.585365
Best Averages
Wasim Jaffer
73.000000
Graeme Smith
54.000000
Most 100s
Neil McKenzie
2
Hashim Amla
2
Rahul Dravid
1
Best Strike Rate
Virender Sehwag
99
Paul Harris
106.2
Anil Kumble
130
Sreesanth
228
Most 100s
Virender Sehwag
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Paul Harris
203
Harbhajan Singh
164
Makhaya Ntini
128
RP Singh
111
Anil Kumble
106
Sreesanth
104
Dale Steyn
103
Most Fours
Mark Boucher
9
AB de Villiers
8
Most Balls Faced
Neil McKenzie
495
Hashim Amla
410
Virender Sehwag
304
Highest Score
Wasim Jaffer
73
Mark Boucher
70
AB de Villiers
44
Most sixes
Virender Sehwag
5
Neil McKenzie
1
Most Runs
Virender Sehwag
319
Neil McKenzie
249
Hashim Amla
240
Rahul Dravid
111
Graeme Smith
108
Most Balls Faced
Rahul Dravid
291
Mark Boucher
192
Wasim Jaffer
166
Graeme Smith
127
Best Average
Paul Harris
67.666666
Sreesanth
146.000000
Most Dots
Makhaya Ntini
4
Ashwell Prince
1
Paul Harris
1
Most sixes
Wasim Jaffer
1
Most Dots
Virender Sehwag
1
Most Runs
Mark Boucher
81
Wasim Jaffer
73
Most Ducks
Harbhajan Singh
1
RP Singh
1
Sachin Tendulkar
1