Yuvraj, Smith emerge best

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November 30, 2005 15:44 IST

The five-match one-day international series between India and South Africa ended in a 2-2 tie.

India beat South Africa by five wickets in the fifth and final one-day international in Mumbai on Monday, to level the series.

India's left-hander Yuvraj Singh and South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who both scored 209 runs at an average of 69.66 in the four matches played, were declared men of the series.

A detailed statistical summary of the series:

Summary of matches:
# Date Venue Batted 1st Batted 2nd Winner MOM
1 16-Nov Hyderabad Ind 249-9 SA 252-5 SA - 5 wickets Yuvraj Singh
2 19-Nov Bangalore SA 169-9 Ind 171-4 Ind - 6 wickets Irfan Pathan
3 22-Nov Chennai Match abandoned without a ball being bowled
4 25-Nov Kolkata Ind 188 SA 189-0 SA - 10 wickets Graeme Smith
5 28-Nov Mumbai SA 221-6 Ind 224-5 Ind - 5 wickets Rahul Dravid
Men of the series: Yuvraj Singh and Graeme Smith

India - Batting and Fielding:

Player Mts Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100s 50s 0s Balls SR Ct/St
Y Singh 4 4 1 209 103 69.66 1 1 0 270 77.40 2
V Sehwag 4 4 1 135 77* 45.00 0 1 0 107 126.16 1
R Dravid 4 4 1 102 78* 34.00 0 1 0 178 57.30 2
I Pathan 4 3 0 83 46 27.66 0 0 1 123 67.47 0
M Kaif 4 3 1 64 46 32.00 0 0 0 85 75.29 2
G Gambhir 4 4 0 50 38 12.50 0 0 1 80 62.50 0
MS Dhoni 4 3 0 43 17 14.33 0 0 0 80 53.75 1/-
Harbhajan Singh 4 2 1 37 37* 37.00 0 0 1 21 176.19 4
S Tendulkar 4 4 0 36 30 9.00 0 0 0 90 40.00 0
A Agarkar 4 2 0 32 21 16.00 0 0 0 43 74.41 0
RP Singh 4 2 2 2 1* - 0 0 0 3 66.66 1
M Kartik 4 0 0 0 dnb - 0 0 0 0 - 0

Centuries: (1)
103 (off 122 balls) by Yuvraj Singh at Hyderabad

Century Partnerships: Nil
Best: 81 (6th wicket) Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif at Kolkata

India - Bowling:

Player Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 4W Ave SR RPO
I Pathan 4 156 2 122 6 3-20 0 20.33 26.00 4.69
H Singh 4 240 2 137 5 2-32 0 27.40 48.00 3.42
V Sehwag 4 113 0 84 3 2-29 0 28.00 37.66 4.46
A Agarkar 4 173 2 154 3 2-55 0 51.33 57.66 5.34
S Tendulkar 4 48 0 43 1 1-43 0 43.00 48.00 5.38
RP Singh 4 132 1 85 1 1-18 0 85.00 132.00 3.86
Y Singh 4 78 0 67 1 1-17 0 67.00 78.00 5.15
M Kartik 4 168 5 126 0 0-16 0 - - 4.50

4 wickets in a match: Nil
Best bowling: 3-20 (8 overs) by Irfan Pathan at Mumbai

South Africa - Batting and Fielding:

Player Mts Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100s 50s 0s Balls SR Ct/St
G Smith 4 4 1 209 134* 69.66 1 0 0 199 105.02 2
J Kallis 4 3 1 161 91 80.50 0 2 0 251 64.14 0
J Kemp 4 3 1 85 46* 42.50 0 0 0 120 70.83 2
A Prince 4 3 0 85 46 28.33 0 0 0 175 48.57 2
A Hall 3 3 1 84 48* 42.00 0 0 0 144 58.33 0
S Pollock 4 2 1 59 30* 59.00 0 0 0 78 75.64 0
M Boucher 4 3 0 51 35 17.00 0 0 0 93 54.83 6/-
J Botha 4 2 2 18 15* - 0 0 0 15 120.00 1
AB de Villiers 2 2 0 11 7 5.50 0 0 0 21 52.38 0
J Ontong 2 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0 23 47.82 1
M Ntini 3 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 3 33.33 0
A Nel 4 0 0 0 dnb - 0 0 0 0 - 0
R Peterson 2 0 0 0 dnb - 0 0 0 0 - 0
A Morkel 1 0 0 0 dnb - 0 0 0 0 - 0
C Langeveldt 3 0 0 0 dnb - 0 0 0 0 - 0

Centuries: (1)
134* (off 124 balls) by Graeme Smith at Kolkata

Century Partnerships: Nil
189* (1st wicket) Graeme Smith & Andrew Hall at Kolkata

South Africa - Bowling:

Player Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 4W Ave SR RPO
S Pollock 4 210 9 121 7 3-25 0 17.28 30.00 3.45
A Nel 4 210 5 146 5 2-35 0 29.20 42.00 4.17
A Hall 3 101 0 78 3 3-36 0 26.00 33.66 4.63
M Ntini 3 168 2 147 3 2-62 0 49.00 56.00 5.25
C Langeveldt 3 147 2 106 2 1-33 0 53.00 72.00 4.32
J Botha 4 150 1 123 2 1-21 0 61.50 75.00 4.92
J Ontong 2 16 0 28 1 1-28 0 28.00 16.00 10.50
J Kallis 4 60 0 56 1 1-20 0 56.00 60.00 5.60
A Morkel 1 12 0 13 0 0-13 0 - - 6.50

4 wickets in a match: Nil
Best bowling: 3-25 (10 overs) by Shaun Pollock at Kolkata

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