Friday, December 17, 2010

SAfrica in strong position at lunch on Day2 of 1st test

STAFF WRITER 16:17 HRS IST

Centurion, Dec 17 (PTI) Captain Graeme Smith perished in the last over before lunch as South Africa reached 111 for one at the break after bundling out India for a paltry 136 on the second day of the first cricket Test here today.

After India faced just three balls in the morning session before Morne Morkel brought an end to the innings, the two South African opener Smith and Alviro Petersen seemed to be in no discomfort at all against the Indian seamers who failed to extract any movement on the Super Sports Park track.

The pair put on 111 runs for the first wicket before off spinner Harbhajan Singh provided the breakthrough by evicting the dangerous Smith in the last over before lunch, much to the relief of the Indians.

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