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Bloemfontein
03 - 06 November 2001
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first. The decision paid dividends after Dravid (2) fell at 1 for 7 and then Das (9) was dismissed in the first hour of play when India was 2 for 43. Laxman (32) and Ganguly (14) fell soon after the drinks break as India slumped to 4 for 68. India eventually went to lunch at 4 for 123 with Tendulkar in full flight on 43 not out. After lunch Tendulkar continued the fight back and the Indians batted until just after tea before the next wicket, Tendulkar (155), fell at 5 for 288. South Africa then struck twice more, removing Sehwag (105) and Kumble (6) before India finished the day at 7 for 372.
South Africa wrapped up the three remaining wickets in less than half an hour on the second morning. Dasgupta (34) made the best contribution as India was all out for 379 runs. Pollock was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 91 off 27 overs. South Africa began their reply confidently and added 91 without loss at lunch. The South African openers batted through until the last half hour before tea when both Kirsten (73) and Gibbs (107) fell in consecutive overs and South Africa was 2 for 197. At tea, the score had moved on to 2 for 213. India struggled to contain the home side through the final session. Stumps were drawn when McKenzie (68) was trapped leg before with the total 3 for 327, still 52 runs in arrears.
India took an hour to break through on the third morning with Kallis (68) being dismissed when drinks were due with the total 4 for 359. After the break, India then took the wickets of Dippenaar (20) and Pollock (0) in consecutive balls as South Africa found themselves at 6 for 377 with two runs remaining to erase the Indian first innings lead. At lunch they had moved the score to 6 for 419. India only managed to remove Boucher (47) and Boje (6) during the afternoon session as Klusener moved quickly toward a century. At tea, South Africa was 8 for 530 with a lead of 151 runs. Once Klusener had passed his fourth Test century he fell for 108 runs and soon afterwards Ntini (23) was the last man out for a total of 563 runs and a lead of 184 runs. Srinath was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 140 off 33 overs. India lost Dravid (11) at 1 for 29 before ending the day without further loss with 96 runs on the board, needing another 88 runs before they can begin to set South Africa a victory target.
South Africa assumed control of the Test on the fourth morning. Striking early, they removed Laxman (29) in the second over and Das (62) in the third over as India slumped to 3 for 108. Tendulkar (15) and Ganguly (30) steadied the innings for a while before both fell in the hour before lunch and India was 5 for 188 and a slender lead of four runs. At lunch they had extended the lead to 7 runs with the score 5 for 191. South Africa continued the carnage taking another four wickets in the hour after lunch for the addition of just 38 more runs. Sehwag (31) fell soon after play resumed followed by Kumble (4), Dasgupta (4) and Khan (0). After drinks Srinath (16) and Nehra (17*) moved the lead to 54 runs when Srinath finally fell for a total of 237 runs. Pollock was again the best of the bowlers with 6 for 56 off 21.4 overs. South Africa cruised to a nine wicket victory, losing only Gibbs (1) along the way with Kirsten (30*) and Kallis (21) the not out batsmen.
Second Test
Port Elizabeth
16 - 20 November 2001
India won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first. India broke through twice on the first morning and dismissed Kirsten (4) early and Kallis (24) to have South Africa 2 for 91 at lunch with the honours shared. While losing McKenzie (12) during the afternoon session, South Africa steadied and took the total to 3 for 167 at tea. India struck back again in the evening session and dismissed Dippenaar (29) and Klusener (9) while Gibbs passed a century and South Africa moved to 5 for 237 at stumps in a very even position.
India took the advantage early on the second morning and dismissed Pollock (3), Gibbs (196), Boje (1) and Ntini (10) as South Africa took the score to 9 for 353. The innings ended soon after lunch when Hayward went for a duck leaving Boucher not out on 68 and the total 362 runs. Srinath was the best of the bowlers with 6 for 76 off 30 overs. India began their reply in poor fashion losing four wickets before tea, including Tendulkar (1), with only Dasgupta (13) making it to double figures as they slumped to be 4 for 63 at the break. India lost another four wickets in the evening session with Ganguly (42) and Laxman (77*) making the major contributions. When bad light stopped play India was 8 for 182 still 180 runs in arrears.
The South African rampage continued on the third morning after they dismissed Laxman (89) in the first over and then Kumble (28) in the following over to dismiss the Indians for 201 giving South Africa a first innings lead of 161 runs.� Pollock was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 40 off 16 overs.� The South Africans then found that batting was as difficult as the Indians made it look.� They lost Kirsten (5), Gibbs (12) and McKenzie (2) to be 3 for 26 before later going to lunch at 3 for 47.� India claimed two more wickets in the afternoon session, Dippenaar (28) and Klusener (29) as South Africa progressed to be 5 for 147 at tea.� India was unable to make any further breakthroughs during the evening session and when bad light stopped play South Africa was 5 for 211 with an overall lead of 372 runs.
Continual rain interrupted marred play during the fourth day.� During the odd moments when the� players were on the field, South Africa took their total to 5 for 233 before declaring mid afternoon setting India a victory target of 395 runs in a maximum of 131 overs.� Kallis (89*) and Pollock (55*) were the not out batsmen while Srinath and Harbhajan each took two wickets for India. South Africa dismissed Das (0) with the fifth ball of the innings before India steadied.� When bad light stopped play early, India was 1 for 28 needing a further 367 runs to win on the final day.
With the loss of time due to bad light last night there was little chance of an Indian victory.� India needed to bat steadily through the final day to force a draw and ensure they could draw the series in the third Test.� Dasgupta and Dravid batted through the morning session and most of the afternoon session until Dravid (87) fell just before tea at 2 for 171.� A rain interruption then ended any chance of South Africa earning a victory.� When play resumed Dasgupta (63) was dismissed and Tendulkar (22*) and Ganguly (4*) remained at the crease until the game was called off and a draw declared.
