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3rd Test Highlights: India vs South Africa, Day 1
Following are the statistical highlights of the first day's play between India and South Africa in the third Test in Cape Town.
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- Updated: January 02, 2011 04:40 PM IST
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Cape Town:
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# Sachin Tendulkar has become the first player to appear in 25 Tests in India-South Africa games.
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# Jacques Kallis has extended his tally for the highest run-aggregate in the present series - 309 at an average of 154.50, including one century and one fifty.
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# Kallis has also extended his run-aggregate against India to 1396 at an average of 66.47 in 16 Tests - the highest for South Africa against India.
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# Kallis' present performance is his best in a Test series against India, bettering the 241 (ave.80.33) in four innings in India in 2004-05.
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# Kallis has registered his third fifty-plus in successive Tests at Newlands, Cape Town - 102 against Australia in March 2009 and 108 & 46 against England in January 2010 and 81 not out against India on January 2, 2011.
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# Kallis has become the first South African to register 55 fifties in Tests, joining Allan Border (63), Sachin Tendulkar (59), Rahul Dravid (59), Ricky Ponting (56) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (55).  Â
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# Hashim Amla (59) has posted his fourth fifty against India - his 19th in Tests.
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# In twelve Tests against India, Amla has averaged 64.55 - 1162 in twenty innings, including five hundreds.
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# Amla's second fifty against India at Newlands, Cape Town is his fourth fifty-plus score at this venue - the top three being the 149 against New Zealand in April 2006, 95 against England last year and 63 against India four years ago.
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# Graeme Smith (6) has been dismissed by Zaheer Khan six times in Tests. The only other bowler to capture Smith's wicket five times is New Zealand's Chris Martin.
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# Four bowlers have claimed Smith's wicket five times - Sreesanth, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson
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# Smith is averaging 35.09 (772 in 13 Tests) against India as against his overall average of 49.85.
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# Smith has averaged 28.50 in the present series against India - 114 in four innings, including one fifty.
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# Alviro Petersen is averaging 44.83 - 269 in six innings at a strike rate of 58.47 in four Tests - against India
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# Petersen's catch is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 75th as captain in Tests
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# Amla and Kallis have shared a stand of 72 for the third wicket - South Africa's joint second highest against India at Newlands, Cape Town - the highest being the 114 between Gary Kirsten and Daryll Cullinan in January 1997.
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# Abraham de Villiers (26) has taken his run-aggregate against India to 188 (ave.47.00) in four innings in the present series.
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# De Villiers averages in the previous two series were 165.00 (330 in six innings) against West Indies in 2010 and 154.00 (308 in three innings) against Pakistan in 2010-11.
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# Despite his low scores (0, 33 & 26) in his last three innings against India at number five, de Villiers is averaging 73.60 at this position - 1472 in 27 innings, including six hundreds and five fifties.
Following are the statistical highlights of the first day's play between India and South Africa in the third Test in Cape Town.Â
# Sachin Tendulkar has become the first player to appear in 25 Tests in India-South Africa games.
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# Jacques Kallis has extended his tally for the highest run-aggregate in the present series - 309 at an average of 154.50, including one century and one fifty.
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# Kallis has also extended his run-aggregate against India to 1396 at an average of 66.47 in 16 Tests - the highest for South Africa against India.
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# Kallis' present performance is his best in a Test series against India, bettering the 241 (ave.80.33) in four innings in India in 2004-05.
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# Kallis has registered his third fifty-plus in successive Tests at Newlands, Cape Town - 102 against Australia in March 2009 and 108 & 46 against England in January 2010 and 81 not out against India on January 2, 2011.
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# Kallis has become the first South African to register 55 fifties in Tests, joining Allan Border (63), Sachin Tendulkar (59), Rahul Dravid (59), Ricky Ponting (56) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (55).  Â
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# Hashim Amla (59) has posted his fourth fifty against India - his 19th in Tests.
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# In twelve Tests against India, Amla has averaged 64.55 - 1162 in twenty innings, including five hundreds.
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# Amla's second fifty against India at Newlands, Cape Town is his fourth fifty-plus score at this venue - the top three being the 149 against New Zealand in April 2006, 95 against England last year and 63 against India four years ago.
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# Graeme Smith (6) has been dismissed by Zaheer Khan six times in Tests. The only other bowler to capture Smith's wicket five times is New Zealand's Chris Martin.
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# Four bowlers have claimed Smith's wicket five times - Sreesanth, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson
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# Smith is averaging 35.09 (772 in 13 Tests) against India as against his overall average of 49.85.
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# Smith has averaged 28.50 in the present series against India - 114 in four innings, including one fifty.
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# Alviro Petersen is averaging 44.83 - 269 in six innings at a strike rate of 58.47 in four Tests - against India
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# Petersen's catch is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 75th as captain in Tests
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# Amla and Kallis have shared a stand of 72 for the third wicket - South Africa's joint second highest against India at Newlands, Cape Town - the highest being the 114 between Gary Kirsten and Daryll Cullinan in January 1997.
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# Abraham de Villiers (26) has taken his run-aggregate against India to 188 (ave.47.00) in four innings in the present series.
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# De Villiers averages in the previous two series were 165.00 (330 in six innings) against West Indies in 2010 and 154.00 (308 in three innings) against Pakistan in 2010-11.
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# Despite his low scores (0, 33 & 26) in his last three innings against India at number five, de Villiers is averaging 73.60 at this position - 1472 in 27 innings, including six hundreds and five fifties.
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