The Durban test is still evenly balanced after the end of the third days play. Laxman helped India to get past a lead over just over 300 to get India hold of the game, as chasing a 300 plus score on this pitch will never going to be easy. Laxman rescued India once again but fell short of his well deserved century by just four runs.
When South Africa came into bat, chasing a score over 300 was never going to be easy but the way their skipper Greame Smith started off his inning scoring run a ball it seemed as if the score was not big enough for the Proteas. Soon Sreesanth came to India’s rescue and removed Smith for a blistering knock of 38 runs, then soon Harbhajan removed Petersen and Sreesanth also got rid of the danger man Hashim Amla.
South was in trouble once Smith was removed as their couple of wickets fell in quick time and India could have still been in a better hold of the game if Pujara had not dropped Kallis when he was yet to open his account. At the moment the game is evenly positioned with South Africa still needing 192 win with 6 wickets in hand. They also have Kallis and de Villiers on crease who can pose real threat to Indian bowling line up.
The fourth day of the Durban test will decide the fate of the series with both the teams putting up all their efforts to clinch the game. India can still get the grip on the match by getting a couple of wickets early tomorrow morning. Cricket is worth watching with these two teams putting up such an exciting performance for us. International cricket is going to get even more entertaining with World Cup 2011 being hosted by the subcontinent.
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