2nd Test: South Africa vs India at Durban
The second test is here and is also a Boxing Day affair. South Africa put up a poor showing with the bat in their first innings of the first test and were subsequently thrashed. India bowled well with Sreesanth taking 8 wickets for the game with Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble also chipping in.
South Africa need to get the batting in order if they want to keep their chances alive of winning the series. Captain Graeme Smith is under extreme pressure to score runs having scored just 453 runs in his last nine tests, an average of just 26.64. There are others who also need to make runs to cement their spots in the team.
Indian bowler Irfan Pathan has been sent home to play in the domestic competition. He has had a very poor last few months with captain Dravid putting it down to lack of rhythm and confidence.
This game shapes up as a good one. India have never won a series against South Africa on South African soil and South Africa will be desperrate for a win to keep their chances of winning the series alive.
South Africa XI (likely): 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 AB de Villiers, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Ashwell Prince, 6 Herschelle Gibbs, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Andrew Hall, 10 Andre Nel, 11 Makhaya Ntini.
India XI (likely): 1 Wasim Jaffer, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Rahul Dravid (capt), 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Sourav Ganguly, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 8 Anil Kumble, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Munaf Patel.
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Mark Benson
3rd Umpire Ian Howell
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Tuesday: Partly Cloudy, 31
Wednesday: Partly Cloudy, 31
Thursday: Cloudy, 34
Friday: Partly Cloudy, 27
Saturday: Partly Cloudy, 27
Game starts at 5pm AWDT (10am local time, 8am GMT)
The second test is here and is also a Boxing Day affair. South Africa put up a poor showing with the bat in their first innings of the first test and were subsequently thrashed. India bowled well with Sreesanth taking 8 wickets for the game with Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble also chipping in.
South Africa need to get the batting in order if they want to keep their chances alive of winning the series. Captain Graeme Smith is under extreme pressure to score runs having scored just 453 runs in his last nine tests, an average of just 26.64. There are others who also need to make runs to cement their spots in the team.
Indian bowler Irfan Pathan has been sent home to play in the domestic competition. He has had a very poor last few months with captain Dravid putting it down to lack of rhythm and confidence.
This game shapes up as a good one. India have never won a series against South Africa on South African soil and South Africa will be desperrate for a win to keep their chances of winning the series alive.
South Africa XI (likely): 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 AB de Villiers, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Ashwell Prince, 6 Herschelle Gibbs, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Andrew Hall, 10 Andre Nel, 11 Makhaya Ntini.
India XI (likely): 1 Wasim Jaffer, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Rahul Dravid (capt), 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Sourav Ganguly, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 8 Anil Kumble, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Munaf Patel.
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Mark Benson
3rd Umpire Ian Howell
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Tuesday: Partly Cloudy, 31
Wednesday: Partly Cloudy, 31
Thursday: Cloudy, 34
Friday: Partly Cloudy, 27
Saturday: Partly Cloudy, 27
Game starts at 5pm AWDT (10am local time, 8am GMT)