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South Africa vs India, 3rd Test at Cape Town, , Jan 02 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Test, Cape Town, January 02 - 06, 2011, India tour of South Africa
362 & 341
(T:340) 364 & 166/3

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
161 & 109*
jacques-kallis
Player Of The Series
498 runs • 3 wkts
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end of over 82Maiden
IND: 166/3CRR: 2.02 
VVS Laxman32 (67b 4x4)
Sachin Tendulkar14 (91b)
Morne Morkel 15-6-26-1
Dale Steyn 18-6-43-1

And that's it. Both teams agree to call off the game. It's been a fabulous Test series.

Gaurav: "India vs SA in India: Drawn. India vs SA in SA: Drawn. Which is the better team?"

The players shake hands with each other. Alviro has a chat with Tendulkar, who then has a look at the sun and walks away. The South African players look around at the crowd and clap. Both teams line-up for the customary hand shakes.Zaheer and Steyn have a big laugh as they look at each other and shake hands.

Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.

Please do read the bulletin by George.. He has summarized the whole day's play.

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Man of the Match: Jacques Kallis: "It's certainly a great honour to do it in front of the Newlands crowd. In my opinion, its the best ground in the world. The team was in trouble in the second innings. Fortunately, Boucher and I had a partnership going. The lower order too contributed. I just tried to apply the pressure back on the bowler (reverse sweeps). fortunately it came off, on another day, you could have got a top edge and look an idiot! Given the situation of the game, the second-innings hundred is up there with the best. I am probably playing as best I have ever played. I have worked hard in the last 3-4 years and hopefully I can keep scoring for more years."

Kallis is also the man of the series.

Dhoni: "It was an interesting series. We are quite used to coming from behind; we never do well in the first Test. The bowlers did the job. Here too they tried their best but we couldn't take the last few wickets. If you look at the Kookaburra ball, it becomes difficult with the old ball. Our bowlers are skill bowlers - not pace. Kallis proved difficult to get out. Overall, in the series, it was good to see the effort put in by the fast bowlers. Harbhajan did well through the series.

Smith: "It was a terrific series. It was very competitive. Every session was competitive. Last few series between us have been even. It shows that our teams are even. Jacques and Tendulkar are terrific players and showed on this wicket. Jacques is an inspiration to all of us. The positives - I don't want to pick anything out but it was nice to see Steyn... As a team we managed to compete well with the best team in the world. We would like to play India more. Every day is unpredictable and competitive. Thats what the fans to watch - some exciting cricket. I would like to thank the fans for all the support. It makes a difference to see people come out to watch us."

Smith and Dhoni share the trophy. Have a look at our match Gallery

That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.

81.6
Morkel to Laxman, no run

straightens outside off stump, left alone

81.5
Morkel to Laxman, no run

short in length, moving in, pushed down to mid-on

81.4
Morkel to Laxman, no run

full in length, homing in on the off stump line, tapped to the off side

81.3
Morkel to Laxman, no run

stays back to defend the short-of-length delivery to the off

81.2
Morkel to Laxman, no run

hurls this one down the leg side and Boucher goes flyin to the leg side with an outstretched left hand to grab it

81.1
Morkel to Laxman, no run

wide outside off stump, left alone

end of over 813 runs
IND: 166/3CRR: 2.04 
Sachin Tendulkar14 (91b)
VVS Laxman32 (61b 4x4)
Dale Steyn 18-6-43-1
Paul Harris 30-19-29-0
80.6
Steyn to Tendulkar, no run

gets forward to defend the length delivery on the middle stump line

80.5
Steyn to Tendulkar, no run

in the zone outside off, Tendulkar lets Bouch take it

80.4
3
Steyn to Laxman, 3 runs

on the leg and middle line, full, Laxman gets forward to on drive it to the right of mid-on

80.3
Steyn to Laxman, no run

in the channel outside off stump, left alone

Fire and Ice is a good pub. Need to go there.

Jayson Stark: "Fire (Steyn) against ice (Indian batting) - Is Steyn hot enough to melt the ice!"

80.2
Steyn to Laxman, no run

in the zone outside off, left alone

80.1
Steyn to Laxman, no run

Three slips in. lands well outside off and moves away, left alone

New ball has been taken

end of over 803 runs
IND: 163/3CRR: 2.03 
VVS Laxman29 (57b 4x4)
Sachin Tendulkar14 (89b)
Paul Harris 30-19-29-0
Alviro Petersen 2-0-5-0
79.6
3
Harris to Laxman, 3 runs

stretches well forward, reaches the pitch of the flighted delivery on the middle stump line and caresses it inside-out through covers.

79.5
Harris to Laxman, no run

stretches forward to take it on the pad

79.4
Harris to Laxman, no run

gets forward to push it past silly point

79.3
Harris to Laxman, no run

turns from outside leg, keeps low, stabbed away to the on side

79.2
Harris to Laxman, no run

And leans forward to defend this to the off

79.1
Harris to Laxman, no run

leans well forward to tap this back to Harris

end of over 794 runs
IND: 160/3CRR: 2.02 
Sachin Tendulkar14 (89b)
VVS Laxman26 (51b 4x4)
Alviro Petersen 2-0-5-0
Paul Harris 29-19-26-0
78.6
Petersen to Tendulkar, no run

on the middle and leg, turned to short-leg

78.5
Petersen to Tendulkar, no run

moves back to dab this to short-leg

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