South Africa vs India, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of South Africa, 2017-18 Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Date & Time: Jan 24-Jan 28, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Hashim Amla 61(121)
59.5
Bumrah to Amla, out Caught by Hardik Pandya!! This is a weird dismissal! India won't mind it though because this is a massive wicket. They had the men in the deep on the leg-side which meant Bumrah could attack the stumps more and that's what he does with a fuller ball. However, it's Amla's shot that is a bit strange here. He goes for the flick but never wanted to keep it down. Pandya at deep mid-wicket just ambled across a bit to his right to take it easily. There was a similar shot played early in his innings but that made sense because there wasn't anyone near the fence. Anyways, it's been a fine innings from the veteran but this could be the opening India badly wanted. The fight for the lead continues to shift balance. Amla c Hardik Pandya b Bumrah 61(121) [4s-7]
59.4
Bumrah to Philander, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length on leg stump, raps Philander on the thigh and the ball rolls to the leg-side
58.1
Shami to Amla, no run, good length ball on fourth stump line, left alone to the keeper
57.6
Bumrah to Philander, no run, beats the edge! Some excitement from the Indians, particularly Parthiv Patel but the umpire is unmoved. This probably hit a crack and seamed away late with extra bounce. No chance for Philander who got squared up completely. In the end, he got lucky that he didn't nick it
57.1
Bumrah to Amla, no run, just over the stumps! Amla is shuffling across a lot and this time couldn't connect the leg glance. Luckily for him, this good length delivery doesn't hit the sticks
56.6
Bhuvneshwar to Philander, no run, ahhh, the fast bowler's response. Bhuvneshwar may not be that in-your-face kind of pacer but he certainly didn't like the previous stroke, that's for sure. Gets this one to rear up from a good length, climbs uncomfortably onto Philander and raps him on the glove. He jerks his hand off the blade immediately
56.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, Amla's shuffle is definitely upsetting the bowler's lines here. He is on the move across once more and Kumar responds by spearing this outswinger further wide outside off. Left alone
56.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, 2 runs, short of a length and a bit wide as well, Amla is on the move with a shuffle and cuts it away towards the right of sweeper cover. A brace
55.6
Ishant to Philander, FOUR, this is a freebie and a criminal offence on such a pitch especially. Short and very wide outside off, Philander just stands tall and slaps it through the gap at cover. Four easy runs
55.1
Ishant to Philander, leg byes, 1 run, starts with an indipper but the line is around middle and leg, Philander fails to connect the flick but it goes off the pads down to fine leg
54.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, floaty outswinger but it's well wide outside off, easy leave for Amla
53.6
Ishant to Philander, no run, another full ball outside off stump, left alone
52.5
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, gets slightly forward and defends
52.4
Hardik Pandya to Amla, 2 runs, "two, two, two," shouts Amla and Ishant is slow to attack the ball from fine leg, he walked across and worked this behind square for a couple
52.3
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, off-driven, full and on the off stump, Amla finds the man at mid-off
52.2
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, a nice away-swinger on a fuller length, Amla defends towards cover
52.1
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, full and just tailing away, Amla defends into the off-side
51.6
Ishant to Philander, no run, ohh, so close! Philander left this length ball, but it nipped back in and bounced over the stumps
51.4
Ishant to Philander, 1 run, nice incoming length ball, troubled Philander, who just about managed to get some bat on the glance
50.5
Shami to Amla, no run, Amla wants Shami to bowl at the stumps, moves well outside off stump, but Shami follows him too, defended into the off-side
50.4
Shami to Philander, 1 run, that's an excellent diving save by Rahane at gully. Philander wanted to leave this short of length delivery, was late to take the bat away, takes the face of the bat and rolls towards gully
49.2
Bumrah to Amla, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Amla shoulders arms
49.1
Bumrah to Amla, no run, beaten, short of length delivery nipping away outside off stump, Amla looks to poke at it in his defence, lucky not to have edged that
48.6
Shami to Amla, 1 run, fifty for Amla, a fighting fifty - 37th in Tests. Gentle raise of the bat to the crowd and the dressing room. Good length delivery nipping back in, Amla was hurried on the defence, the ball took the inside edge and rolled to fine leg
48.5
Shami to Amla, no run, play and a miss. Short and wide outside off stump, Amla went for the cut shot, but the ball jumped on him
48.4
Shami to Amla, no run, the outswinger moves away late, forcing Amla to adjust late in his defence
48.3
Shami to Amla, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Amla left alone
48.2
Shami to Amla, no run, shortish and rising on the batsman, Amla hops and defends towards point
48.1
Shami to Amla, no run, Amla almost exposed the leg stump before Shami got into his delivery stride, good length delivery swinging away, left alone
47.6
Bumrah to Philander, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Philander lifts his bat and lets it pass
46.6
Shami to de Kock, no run, full and outside off stump, de Kock drives it to cover, a couple of yards either side would have been four
45.5
Bumrah to de Kock, 1 run, ohh almost dragged on! Short of a length delivery nipping back in, de Kock wanted to punch off the back foot, lucky that the edge was thick enough to miss the sticks, rolls to fine leg
44.5
Shami to Amla, no run, it's almost as if Amla knows Shami will only bowl outswingers, gets into a great position and defends. How about an inswinger now, Shami?
44.4
Shami to Amla, no run, outswinger outside off stump, ignored
44.3
Shami to Amla, no run, yes-no, all well in the end for Amla. He defended this outswinger with soft hands towards point, wanted a run, sent back late, Pandya has a shy and misses. Amla may have been home
44.2
Shami to Amla, no run, outswinger on a good length, Amla defends into the off-side
44.1
Shami to Amla, FOUR, first ball in his new spell and Amla punches confidently off the back foot through the vacant point region. Short of a length and outside off stump, Amla hit that with authority
43.6
Bumrah to de Kock, no run, de Kock plays inside the line to this away-going full ball just outside off stump
43.2
Bumrah to Amla, no run, brilliant ball! Bumrah is clever with his deliveries that move away off the seam, Amla jumped across the stumps, the movement meant he was off balance when Bumrah banged this around the short of length zone, movement off the pitch squared him up in his defence
43.1
Bumrah to Amla, no run, short of length delivery angled in, Amla shuffled and wanted to play through the on-side, missed and it pinged him on the thigh pad
42.6
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, on the off stump, de Kock gets behind the line and defends
41.5
Bumrah to de Kock, 1 run, good length delivery nipping away outside off stump, de Kock is squared up on the defence, the ball rolls to short third man
40.5
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, that's a poor call from umpire Ian Gould. Impact was clearly way outside off stump in real time, but the appeal was very confident from India. Bhuvi went "howzatt, howzatt, howzatt" for about six to seven times and Gould raised the finger after a long long thought. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Amla tried to defend, the ball brushed the pad before hitting the bat, Amla had that movement across the stumps which put him well outside off stump. Amla reviewed immediately and got the decision reversed as the impact was way outside off stump and the ball wasn't even hitting the sticks
40.4
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, FOUR, this is the shot Amla wanted to play previous ball, similar ball, fullish and then just nipping away, Amla was well outside the crease, had it covered and flicked it wide of mid-on
40.3
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, the leading found, luckily for Amla it didn't go to hand. Good length delivery moving away outside off stump, Amla wanted to flick, closed the bat face early, the ball eventually rolled to mid-on
40.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, left alone late, fullish and outside off stump, the driving length, Bhuvi wanted to Amla to drive away from the body, but the batsman let it pass
40.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, full and on the stumps, Amla defends off the front foot
39.6
Bumrah to du Plessis, no run, soft appeal for LBW, good length delivery angled in, nipped back in a touch and forced du Plessis to jump, hit him on the pad, but height was the question there
38.5
Bhuvneshwar to du Plessis, 1 run, uppish, but safe. Short of a length delivery jumping on the batsman, du Plessis tries to defend, hits the splice of the bat and rolls towards square leg
38.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, this could have been an ugly dismissal for Amla. With Amla moving so much across the stumps, you could see middle and leg stumps most of the time, Bhuvi bowled the outswinger, outswinger because it will start very straight, thereby making the batsman think that it would go well down the leg side, but because of the away shape it comes closer to the sticks and almost takes top of leg
38.1
Bhuvneshwar to du Plessis, 1 run, that's the bowler getting greedy and trying to bowl a big outswinger that starts from leg stump, but quite often is the case for the bowler, the ball ends up down the leg-side, thus allowing Faf to glance to fine leg
37.5
Ishant to Amla, no run, "beautiful areas" shouts Kohli. Ishant saw Amla's exaggerated movement across the stumps and bowled this ball well outside off stump, following the batsman. Amla could only defend
37.4
Ishant to du Plessis, 1 run, another inside edge single for Faf, clearly not comfortable against the inswingers, manages to escape with that defence as the ball rolls towards square leg
36.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, fullish and on the off stump, Amla drives it towards mid-off
36.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, wide, well, there's the bouncer, something that the Indians forgot when bowling to Rabada in the morning session. This was way high though and called a wide
36.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Amla defends
35.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, de Villiers lets it pass
35.1
Ishant to Amla, no run, short and on the stumps, Amla ducks under it
34.6
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, 1 run, Amla moves across and taps this short of length delivery towards point and keeps strike
34.5
Bhuvneshwar to de Villiers, 3 runs, that's nicely guided away past gully as Bhuvneshwar bowls an outswinger outside off stump, the thick outfield slows the ball down
34.3
Bhuvneshwar to de Villiers, 1 run, edge found again, but de Villiers played with soft hands on this defence, third slip dives to his left and takes some pace off the ball
33.5
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, in the airrrr but there's no leg slip. Kohli had one for Amla, but the region is vacant for AB. Good length delivery angled in, bounced on the batsman, de Villiers was trying to defend, hit the glove and flew to the left of Parthiv. Off the mark in streaky fashion
32.5
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, back and across into the crease goes Amla and then plays a solid back foot block, these away swingers aren't going to trouble Amla much because of his shuffle
32.4
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, that's a tempting full ball swinging away late, a drive away from the body was what Bhuvi wanted, but Amla calmly lets it pass
32.3
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, another wide one, Amla was just ball-watching on that occasion
32.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, that's well outside off stump, Amla shoulders arms
32.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, outswinger outside off stump, left alone
31.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, back of a length well outside off stump, blocked
31.2
Ishant to Amla, no run, incoming angle and then movement off the seam as well for Ishant on this good length delivery, Amla calmly moves across and defends into the on-side
31.1
Ishant to Amla, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, left alone
30.6
Hardik Pandya to de Villiers, no run, pitched up outside off, de Villiers lunges at the ball, but since the ball is very full, he can push to cover. And that will be lunch as well
30.3
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, down leg, short too, wasted
30.2
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, dug in short outside off, Amla is happy to let it go
30.1
Hardik Pandya to Amla, no run, hits a good length first up, outside off, Amla shoulders arms
29.4
Ishant to Amla, FOUR, poor bowling. Overpitched on the pads, Amla flicks and goes over square leg. Too easy for a player of his class. India need to get their lines and lengths sorted, or else this ploy could bleed runs
29.3
Ishant to Amla, FOUR, nicely played. Ishant is definitely going for the lbw, but Amla has glanced that from off stump and gets it fine of Parthiv Patel. Races away. Ishant feels that he was close to hitting the pad. That's the price you pay when you target Amla's pads
29.2
Ishant to Amla, no run, that has pinged Amla on the rib. Nice to see Ishant go up to Amla and ask him if he is fine. As does Parthiv Patel. As soon as he took one, he signalled for the physio. Jagged back from a good length and bounced awkwardly to give Amla strife. Nothing Amla could've done, on this pitch these sort of things happen. Certainly painful
29.1
Ishant to Rabada, leg byes, 1 run, down leg, takes the thigh pad and goes to the right of Parthiv Patel. A leg-bye taken
28.5
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, pitched up outside off, Amla shuffles across and gets forward and low to defend to cover
28.4
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, good length and just outside off, Amla is hit on the thigh pad, but no real appeal as he is outside the line
28.3
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, well outside off, left alone
28.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, FOUR, fabulous drive. Brilliant. Bhuvneshwar goes full looking for swing, but he has overpitched and a sumptous cover-drive by Amla. He tried that last ball, but this time, the stride was well forward and it came off the middle of the bat
28.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, pitched up outside off, Amla goes for a big off-drive, mistimes it back to Bhuvneshwar. The bottom hand took over there
27.6
Ishant to Rabada, FOUR, the luck is running with South Africa and Rabada at the moment. A genuine edge and there's no gully. Right where one would've been. Full on off and induces the loose drive, catchable height but there's no-one there. Races away. Frustrating for India
26.6
Bhuvneshwar to Rabada, 2 runs, strays on the pads, clipped past square leg and Vijay on the slide fumbles, one becomes two
26.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, 2 runs, soft edge on the forward defence. Wide of gully and KL does well to run after it and prevent the boundary, just two
25.6
Bumrah to Rabada, FOUR, wow! Look at the reaction in the Protea camp. That tells how good a shot this is. Rabada walks across nonchalantly outside off and then whips the full ball through square leg. Held the pose too as the ball ran away. Lots of smiles in the hosts' change room. They liked that. Caribbean flavor to that and shows how much talent Rabada has with the bat
24.3
Shami to Amla, no run, too early into the nudge to leg, the inside edge onto the thigh pad saves him. Didn't know much about that one, came back in sharply and hit Amla on the move. The appeal dies down quickly
24.2
Shami to Amla, no run, wide of the crease, angled in fuller, then seams away, but it is still outside off, left alone
24.1
Shami to Amla, no run, full outside off, holds its line, Amla lets it go
23.6
Bumrah to Rabada, no run, for the first time in a while, plays slightly away from the body and is lucky not to have edged it. A short of length away seamer that moved away and he played a half punch/half push
23.1
Bumrah to Amla, no run, fullish outside off, Amla hoists his bat up in the air and then leaves
22.6
Shami to Rabada, no run, banged in short outside off, left alone
21.5
Bumrah to Amla, no run, hint of a leading edge, but nothing alarming. Again banged into the pitch, on a back of a length, Amla was early into the tuck, but the edge died near his feet
21.4
Bumrah to Amla, no run, back of a length outside off, Amla defends with soft hands off the back foot. The ball dies immediately
21.3
Bumrah to Amla, no run, short of length and incoming, nudged to leg
21.2
Bumrah to Amla, no run, stifled shout for lbw, but Amla knew what he was doing. Gets outside off and offers the pad, it brushes them but it isn't coming back enough to hit off. That's why the appeal died down
21.1
Bumrah to Amla, FOUR, Amla gets lucky. Is half-hearted on the pull, but sees the top edge fly away over the slips, almost all the way, one bounce over the ropes. That could've gone straight up, like Pandya's yesterday
20.6
Shami to Rabada, no run, what a ball. Opens Rabada up like a can of soda. Pitches on a short of length around middle, Rabada was setting himself up for the back foot block, then the real action started, it jagged away at pace and bounce, swerved late and gave Rabada no hope. Swings away to Parthiv Patel as well. Brilliant and too good to get the edge
20.2
Shami to Amla, no run, short of a length and moving away, ignored
20.2
Shami to Amla, wide, that is short and way outside off stump, Gould stretches his arms. Second wide from Shami today
20.1
Shami to Amla, no run, beaten first ball after drinks. Pitches on a good length and seams away, Amla is on the shuffle and is beaten on the back foot. Good start
19.6
Bumrah to Rabada, no run, short of length on middle and leg, defended to short leg
18.5
Shami to Rabada, leg byes, 1 run, deflects off the pad and Parthiv Patel makes the stop, but since the ball isn't stopped cleanly they run the leg-bye. Good running too. Again Kohli chirps I0$
17.5
Bumrah to Amla, no run, that is good ball, but still it has flown over the bat edge by a distance. Fullish and brings Amla across and forward to block. Keeps rising off the pitch and beats him. Too good to get the edge
17.4
Bumrah to Amla, no run, played inside the line of this short of length delivery and then watched it through to Parthiv Patel. Moved off the seam late and in the nick of time Amla pulled his bat inside the line
17.3
Bumrah to Amla, no run, similar delivery to the last one, moves away late, but Amla lets it go
17.2
Bumrah to Amla, no run, loose from Amla. He has moved across and tried to push at a ball around the seventh stump. Close to the edge too and the Indians let out oohs and aahs
17.1
Bumrah to Rabada, 1 run, "catch" was the cry, but too far away from short leg, on the hips, nudged past short leg and even though it was in the air, well away from the fielder
16.5
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, well outside off, easy leave
16.4
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, pitched up outside off, too full for it do anything off the seam, a punch-drive to mid-off
16.3
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, bit fuller and outside off, Amla has already shuffled across and can leave, does so
16.2
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, well bowled and well played. Fuller than a good length and outside off, Amla dabs with soft hands to the gully region. The Indians like that
16.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, pitches outside off and moves away, Amla shoulders arms
15.6
Ishant to Rabada, no run, short of length on the stumps, comfortably defended
15.2
Ishant to Amla, no run, again swings in the air and then keeps coming in, Amla moves across and nudges to mid-on
15.1
Ishant to Amla, no run, Ishant was interested for lbw. But Amla with a long stride across got outside the line of off, was playing a shot too. But nice curve in the air for Ishant. Should keep him interested
14.6
Bhuvneshwar to Rabada, no run, tries the inswinger, but it doesn't come back in enough to hit off, Rabada sees it pitch outside off and then lets it go
14.1
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, pitches on a good length outside off and moves away, Amla lets it go
13.6
Ishant to Rabada, no run, this time leaves this one alone. Was well outside off to be honest
12.5
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, swing in the air, but too full, a punchy on-drive by Amla but straight to the fielder at mid-on
12.4
Bhuvneshwar to Amla, no run, tries the yorker first up, swinging in too, Amla digs it out
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