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| S Africa batsmen in Durban scrap | |
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| South Africa's top order found the going difficult after choosing to bat first in the second Test in Durban, edging doggedly to 165-4 at tea. | |
| Graeme Smith fell to an injudicious pull in the third over, as Zaheer Khan struck twice before lunch. | Graeme Smith fell to an injudicious pull in the third over, as Zaheer Khan struck twice before lunch. |
| From 28-3, Herschelle Gibbs shared 94 with Ashwell Prince, hitting 13 fours in his 63 from 88 balls. | From 28-3, Herschelle Gibbs shared 94 with Ashwell Prince, hitting 13 fours in his 63 from 88 balls. |
| The day began badly for the home side when Jacques Kallis was ruled out after feeling shooting pain in his spine. | The day began badly for the home side when Jacques Kallis was ruled out after feeling shooting pain in his spine. |
| Dale Steyn was also missing after failing a fitness test on his thigh, with Andrew Hall and debutant Morne Morkel coming into the side. | Dale Steyn was also missing after failing a fitness test on his thigh, with Andrew Hall and debutant Morne Morkel coming into the side. |
| India were unchanged from the side that won the opening Test in Johannesburg. | India were unchanged from the side that won the opening Test in Johannesburg. |
| In sunny conditions, Smith attempted to give the innings some early impetus but chose the wrong delivery to pull and top-edged high over his head, Tendulkar running back from first slip to take the catch at a short fine-leg. | In sunny conditions, Smith attempted to give the innings some early impetus but chose the wrong delivery to pull and top-edged high over his head, Tendulkar running back from first slip to take the catch at a short fine-leg. |
| Hashim Amla, who made nought in the first Test, lasted nine balls for a single before playing across the line at Zaheer and making no contact. | Hashim Amla, who made nought in the first Test, lasted nine balls for a single before playing across the line at Zaheer and making no contact. |
| Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was rewarded for some impressive swing and seam movement when AB de Villiers gave a far more routine catch to Tendulkar at slip. | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was rewarded for some impressive swing and seam movement when AB de Villiers gave a far more routine catch to Tendulkar at slip. |
| Gibbs had recorded his 23rd Test fifty when he too departed to a stroke that would not have been well received in the MCC coaching school. | Gibbs had recorded his 23rd Test fifty when he too departed to a stroke that would not have been well received in the MCC coaching school. |
| Attempting to pull one that was too wide of off-stump he skewed a chance off the bottom of the bat that was brilliantly snaffled low to his right by keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. | Attempting to pull one that was too wide of off-stump he skewed a chance off the bottom of the bat that was brilliantly snaffled low to his right by keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. |
| Prince, dismissed for 97 in the previous match at Johannesburg, had made 41 when he edged VRV Singh just short of Tendulkar at slip but survived to move within three of a fifth Test fifty. | Prince, dismissed for 97 in the previous match at Johannesburg, had made 41 when he edged VRV Singh just short of Tendulkar at slip but survived to move within three of a fifth Test fifty. |
| Mark Boucher also had a moment of fortune on 16 when he appeared to be trapped in front by Singh, who took out some of his frustration at having the appeal rejected by striking the obdurate keeper in the chest with a bouncer. | Mark Boucher also had a moment of fortune on 16 when he appeared to be trapped in front by Singh, who took out some of his frustration at having the appeal rejected by striking the obdurate keeper in the chest with a bouncer. |
| Boucher remained in typically defiant fashion, taking two fours in three balls off the burly seamer, and extended the partnership with Prince to 43. | Boucher remained in typically defiant fashion, taking two fours in three balls off the burly seamer, and extended the partnership with Prince to 43. |