Indian national cricket team in South Africa in the 2001/02 season
The tour of the Indian national cricket team to South Africa in the 2001/02 season took place from October 1 to November 27, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included two test matches . South Africa won the test series 1-0.
prehistory
Both teams previously competed in a three-nation tournament with Kenya in South Africa. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in India in the 1999/2000 season .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on June 5, 2001.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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Chevrolet Park | Bloemfontein | 20,000 | 1st test |
Sahara Oval St George's | Port Elizabeth | 19,000 | 2nd test |
Squad
India named its roster on September 7, 2001. South Africa named its roster on October 27, 2001.
test | |
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South Africa | India |
Tour matches
October 1st scorecard |
Randjesfontein | Nicky Oppenheimer XI 244-3d (52) |
- |
Indians XI 245-5 (48.1) |
Indians wins with 5 wickets |
There was only one innings per team in this game.
October 3rd scorecard |
Benoni | South Africa A 241-6 (50) |
- |
Indians 245-7 (49.1) |
Indians wins with 3 wickets |
October 29th - 31st scorecard |
Chatsworth |
South African Board President's XI |
- |
Indians |
Game canceled |
November 10-13 Scorecard |
East London | South Africa A |
- |
Indians |
Game canceled |
November 23-27 Scorecard |
Centurion |
India 232 (97.4) & 261 (84.1) |
- |
South Africa 566-8d (157.1) |
South Africa wins with one innings and 73 runs |
After the incidents in the second test, this game was a so-called "Unofficial Test", which was not part of the actual test series.
Test matches
First test in Bloemfontein
November 3-6 scorecard |
Bloemfontein |
India 379 (95.1) & 237 (69.4) |
- |
South Africa 563 (143) & 54-1 (14.4) |
South Africa wins with 9 wickets |
Second test in Port Elizabeth
November 16-20 Scorecard |
Port Elizabeth |
South Africa 362 (121) & 233-5d (78) |
- |
India 201 (62) & 206-3 (96.2) |
draw |
On the fourth day, Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was interrogated by match referee Mike Denness for tampering with the ball. As a result, Tendulkar was suspended from a test. Dennes also punished five other players with game and fines. While Virender Sehwag was banned from a test due to excessive appealing, Harbhajan Singh , Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta received probation and fines. In addition, the captain Sourav Ganguly was given a three-game suspension on probation because he was unable to control his team. At a press conference the next day, when the media wanted to find out why the bans had been issued, Dennes withdrew from the fact that, according to the rules of the world association, he was not allowed to talk to the media. It was also announced at the press conference that the Indian association president Jagmohan Dalmiya would declare the tour over if Dennes was not withdrawn from the planned final game of the tour. The exact penalties were only announced in a press release after the press conference. The South African association supported the Indian in calling for Dennes to be withdrawn and the Indian media condemned the punishments as racism, which led to protests. The world association ICC stood behind the referee and refused to deduct him from the last test. The two national associations then announced that they would conduct the test without the referee as an unofficial test by refusing Dennes access to the stadium. The incident led the world association to set up a committee for match referees, which had already been drawn up by a committee and thus professionalized refereeing in international cricket. Mike Dennes was then only active as match referee on one tour and the Indian Association withdrew his request for a review of his performance when Dennes had to undergo heart surgery.
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 2 | 4th | 316 | 79.00 | 196 | 2 | 0 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 2 | 4th | 202 | 101.00 | 89 * | 0 | 2 |
Sachin Tendulkar | India | 2 | 4th | 193 | 64.33 | 155 | 1 | 0 |
VVS Laxman | India | 2 | 3 | 150 | 50.00 | 89 | 0 | 1 |
Virender Sehwag | India | 2 | 3 | 149 | 49.66 | 105 | 1 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 2 | 90.4 | 16 | 14.12 | 6/56 | 2 | 1 |
Javagal Srinath | India | 2 | 85 | 13 | 19.76 | 6/76 | 2 | 0 |
Nantie Hayward | South Africa | 2 | 85.3 | 8th | 30.87 | 3/70 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 2 | 58.2 | 5 | 41.60 | 2/50 | 0 | 0 |
Anil Kumble | India | 2 | 92 | 5 | 48.80 | 3/132 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
---|---|
test | Herschelle Gibbs |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
---|---|
1st test | Shaun Pollock |
2nd test | Herschelle Gibbs |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Robinson: Tests allocated to the usual suspects ( English ) Cricinfo. June 5, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Anand Vasu: Dighe axed, Das included, as injured players return ( English ) Cricinfo. September 7, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Rob Inson: [Boje and Hayward recalled to South African Test Squad http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/109387.html ] ( English ) Cricinfo. October 27, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Robinson: Tendulkar appears before match referee ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Tendulkar handed suspended ban ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Tendulkar handed suspended ban ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Robinson: No enlightment from Denness at farcical press conference ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Fines and bans handed down to Indian players ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ South Africa will back India in Denness affair ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Indian media fury over Tendulkar ( English ) BBC. November 21, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Stephen Lamb: ICC rules out replacing Denness for final test ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Robinson: South Africa and India to go ahead with unofficial Test without Denness ( English ) Cricinfo. November 22, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Mohali Test will go ahead after BCCI agree to exclude Sehwag ( English ) Cricinfo. November 30, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Subba Row joins umpiring reform team ( English ) BBC. March 26, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ India to 'forget' Mike Denness affair ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 6, 2016.