Zaheer bowls India back as South Africa loses four wickets
Zaheer Khan’s comeback proved important for India, after he brought about the demise of the South African openers on the second day of the 2nd Test match at Kingsmead in Durban. As a result, the home team finds themselves on a grim score of 74 runs for the
loss of four wickets.
The first session of play hung in a balance as both the teams lost four wickets, apiece. The bowlers of both the sides played a vital role in helping their respective teams to earn a commanding position at lunch.
The wickets for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 fell on regular intervals. However, in the start of their innings Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen played watchfully in order to negate the new-ball effect and the duo racked up 23 runs, in the action.
Early on, Smith showed positive intent and struck two boundaries, adding 9 runs to the team total. His short stay came to an end, when Zaheer Khan bowled a perfect out-swinger to take the outside edge of Smith’s bat and the ball went straight into the hands
of wicket keeper, where Dhoni did the rest.
Alviro Petersen was in super form as he mustered 24 runs to take the attack to the opposition. Nevertheless, his was unlucky as he chopped an in-swinger onto the stumps to give Zaheer his second wicket.
A 19-run stand between Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis, which looked threatening, ended in an unlucky fashion. The pair started to dominate the bowling, though Amla played bowlers back-drive and on the way, the ball touched the finger of the bowler, Ishant
Sharma, and clipped the stumps; it all happened when Kallis was out of his crease at the non-striker end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887, who has been in a remarkable form, currently, and is fresh from a hundred in the first Test, though, fell to an absolute peach of a delivery, adding only 3 runs. In the process, Sreesanth bowled a brilliant out-swinger in order to take the
outside edge of de Villiers’ bat, and it did so as Dhoni caught a clean catch.
Hashim remained unbeaten for his 24 runs. The right-hander seemed to be in a supreme touch as he struck four crisp boundaries on the off-side. He will start the proceeding with Ashwell Prince, who will take his guard after the lunch break.
Zaheer Khan was the pick of the bowlers as he registered competent figures of 2/16 in his spell of seven overs. Sreesanth provided his partner with a valuable support, scalping a crucial wicket in the session. Earlier, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 resumed their innings today on
a modest score of 183 runs for the loss of six wickets.
It needed less than ten overs for South Africa to rattle India. India managed 22 runs in the pre-lunch session, giving away four wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn wreaked havoc for the opposition batsmen as he recorded significant figures of 6/50. The right-arm fast bowler
swung the ball at lively speed and as a result, he finished off the Indian innings to earn his team the upper hand.
India will be hopeful that their premier fast bowler, Zaheer Khan will repeat his strong performance in the second session. On the other hand, South Africa will look up to Amla to put them in a comfortable position.
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