Date-stamped : 18 May94 - 14:23 Friendship - South Africa vs India 1st Test 1st Test played at Kingsmead (Durban, South Africa) from Friday 13 November 1992 to Tuesday 17 November. Indian captain M Azharuddin won the toss and elected to field. Match Adjudicator : Clive Lloyd Umpires : 1. Steve Bucknor 2. Cyril Mitchley 3. Karl Liebenberg MoM: P Amre for his 1st inning batting performance (103). Match drawn. Daily summaries: Day 1 : South Africa 1st inning 215 / 7 Day 2 : South Africa 1st inning 254 all out India 1st inning 128 / 6 Bad light stopped play early. Day 3 : India 1st inning 277 all out Bad light stopped play early. Day 4 : South Africa 2nd inning 0 / 0 No play due to rain. Day 5 : South Africa 2nd inning 176 / 3 Play called off with 30 minutes remaining. Conditions Day 1 (Friday 13 November 1992): It was an overcast day with a 60% chance of rain in the after- noon. There was some sunshine during the day, but mostly it was warm and overcast helping the swing bowlers. The major concern was whether play will continue until 17:00 (which it did). There were no interrup- tions due to bad light or inclement weather. There was some grass on the wicket which was hard and has not been watered for three days. The outfield was expect- ed to be slow due to good rainfall which had fallen the two previous nights. Day 2 (Saturday 14 November 1992): Another day with full cloud cover with a 60% chance of thunder showers towards the afternoon. This time the weather man got it correct and bad light stopped play 55 minutes before the scheduled time. On the wicket one crack had begun to appear on one end (City End) and on the other end (Umgeni End) some patches had devolped which would help the left arm bowlers and trouble the left handed batsmen as one of these patches was directly in line with the left handers off stump. The out- field at the start of the day was slow due to some showers the night before. Day 3 (Sunday 15 November 1992): In the morning there was some cloud cover and with a 60% chance of rain in the afternoon (This time the weather man got it wrong again). The cloud cover lifted (but not fully) and it ended being a hot day with the cloud returning in the late afternoon and stopping play prema- turely 20 minutes before close. With a thunderstorm the previous night the outfield was again slow but gradually became faster as the sun dried the outfield. On the wicket the crack became bigger and other cracks were be- gin- ning to appear at the City End and the patches at the Umgeni End had become larger and more menacing due to the fast bowlers follow through. Day 4 (Monday 16 November 1992): With rain falling for the whole day, play was cancelled. The pitch had deteriated further, with the cracks widening from the wicket being exposed to the sun for full day. With the South African fast bowlers bowling for the entire third day the patches at the Umgeni End had worsened. Day 5 (Tuesday 17 November 1992): A cold and cloudy day, with the pictch recovering slightly from not being played on for a full day. After continuous rain the day before the out field is slow. With the sun making a rare appearence the pitch becomes drier but not noticably faster. Comments: Day 1 : India won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat, hop- ing to get an early breakthrough. This they did, due to some poor batting from poor batting from the South African's who threw their wickets away, against some fine bowling by the Indi- ans. The highlight must be the century by South African skipper Keppler Wessels who was well supported by the "King of Kingsmead" Jonth Rhodes. Day 1 to India. Day 2 : Some fine batting in the first session with Pringle being very severe on Srinath and taking 14 runs from his over; with the result that the South African look more respectful. Thereafter there was some fine bowling by the South African's as the Indian's alway's looked vulnerable againt the speedsters on the off side. This day also saw the historical debut of the third um- pire and his electronic eye in the decision to give Sachin Tendulkar out. Aside: Whether this is good or not, I'm not sure due to the element of doubt which has always gone to the batsmen, with this innovation the batsmen loses the advan- tage. The day also some very fine fielding by the South African's especially Jonty Rhodes. The South African's were also able to generate a good deal of bounce. A disappointing feature of the South African pace attack was the number of ex- tras they gave away. Day 2 to South Africa. Day 3 : This day belonged entirely to the Indian batsmen who made the South African bowlers struggle. In addition to that, Kepler Wessels lost one of his strike bowlers, Brett Schultz (hamstring inju- ry) resulting in the other three bowlers (Donald, Pringle and McMillan) having to bowl their hearts out. Frustration began to show, when after Amre had reached his hun- dred, McMillan after beat- ing Amre comprehensively outside the off stump with two good ris- ing deliveries mouthed "What the f**k is going on here" in full view of a television camera. When the Indian inning finally fold- ed, with 20 minutes to go the light was offered to the South African's before they had gone onto the field and they gladly ac- cepted, not wanting to face a new ball, Kapil Dev and conditions which made swing very favourable. One of downfalls of the South African's was that they did not attack the stumps and did not always force the Indian batsmen to play the ball, especially after the 2nd new ball was taken, they continually elected to bowl short. Day 3 to India. Day 4 : Play washed out due to rain and now the match looks des- tined to be a draw. Day 5 : With a draw now a certainty, after Amre had made sure on day 3 that the Indians will not lose, the weather decided on day 4 to make sure that South Africa will not lose either. With that in mind the South African batsmen took to getting some useful batting practice against the Indian pace attack. Starting off wearily, Cook got going after the 4 th over and made sure that he will not be in the record books as follows: Name Matches Innings Not Out Runs Cook (SA) 1 2 0 0 The Indian attack seemed to just go through the paces and were content on letting the South African batsmen see the day out. Day 4 Drawn. HISTORICAL EVENTS 1. Jimmy Cook became the first played to be out on the first ball on the first day of the first test to be played between two countries. 2. Jimmy Cook was part of the longest running hat trick in test history. His was the third wicket to fall after Mike Proctor wrapped up the Australian innings with successive deliveries in the last test to be played at Kingsmead in 1969-70. 3. Kapil Dev became the first person to take a South African wicket in a test with his dismissal of Cook. 4. Kepler Wessels is the 13th player to represent two countries in the history of test cricket. 5. Kepler Wessels became the first player to score a hundred in test for two countries - four for Australia and one for South Africa. 6. Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in test history to be adjudged out by the third umpire (Karl Liebenberg) with the aid of television after umpire Cyril Mitchley was unsighted. All the above - from the time that the question was posed to the third umpire and up to the time Tendulkar got the GREEN light to walk - took place in 34 seconds. 7. Brett Schultz became the first South African to take an Indian wicket in a test with his dismissal of Jadeja. 8. Pravin Amre became the 9th player in test history to score a maiden century on his debut. 9. The 8th wicket partnership between Amre and More of 101 is the best for a test match played at Kingsmead. Thanks to Feroz Khan Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)