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Justin Kemp’s defiant maiden century and Shaun Pollock’s four wickets spurred South Africa to a 106-run victory in the third One-day International (ODI) against India here on Sunday.

South Africa now have an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The first game was washed out and South Africa won the second last Wednesday by a massive 157 runs.

Kemp’s 100 not out was the top score as South Africa rallied from 76 for six to a total of 274 for seven. Pollock took four for 26 to help dismiss India for 168 in 41.3 overs.

South Africa’s recovery began with a stand of 60 for the seventh wicket between Kemp and Pollock. The 138 runs that Kemp and Andrew Hall, who scored 56, shared in an unbroken stand was a world record for the eighth wicket in one-dayers. The runs flowed at a rate of 9.74 an over.

The previous record was the 119 runs that Shane Warne and Paul Reiffel put on for Australia against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 1993-94.

India never recovered from a poor start, losing their first wicket before they had scored a run when Virender Sehwag attempted to cut Pollock’s fourth ball of the innings and sent a top edge looping to third man.

Pollock struck again in the fifth over when Sachin Tendulkar pulled at a short delivery and was comfortably caught by Loots Bosman at square leg for two.

India were reduced to 17 for three in the ninth over when Pollock bowled Mohammad Kaif off the edge of his bat for 10, and the visitors were 44 for four when Dinesh Karthik edged Makhaya Ntini to Graeme Smith at second slip to go for 14.

Captain Rahul Dravid’s 63, which he scored off 103 balls with four fours and a six, was the best of India’s batting. The fourth match is on Wednesday in Port Elizabeth.

Scoreboard

South Africa won toss

South Africa

*G C Smith b Khan 0

L L Bosman c Tendulkar b Khan 6

J H Kallis c Tendulkar b Khan 0

H H Gibbs c Kaif b Pathan 35

A B de Villiers c Dhoni b Agarkar 29

†M V Boucher run out (Pathan/Kumble) 4

J M Kemp not out 100

S M Pollock run out (Dhoni/Kaif) 33

A J Hall not out 56

Extras (lb1, w8, nb2) 11

Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 274

Did not bat: C K Langeveldt, M Ntini

Fall: 1-0, 2-0, 3-38, 4-42, 5-71, 6-76, 7-136

Bowling: Khan 10-4-42-3 (2w); Agarkar 9-0-71-1 (1w); Pathan 8-1-60-1 (1nb, 1w); Kumble 10-1-24-0 (2w); Harbhajan Singh 10-0-63-0 (1nb, 1w); Tendulkar 3-0-13-0

India

V Sehwag c Hall b Pollock 0

S R Tendulkar c Bosman b Pollock 2

*R Dravid c Hall b Pollock 63

M Kaif b Pollock 10

K D Karthik c Smith b Ntini 14

†M S Dhoni c Bosman b Kallis 55

I K Pathan c Smith b Kallis 1

Harbhajan Singh c Smith b Hall 10

A B Agarkar c Smith b Hall 6

Z Khan not out 2

A Kumble b Hall 0

Extras (lb1, w4) 5

Total (all out, 41.3 overs) 168

Fall: 1-0, 2-7, 3-17, 4-44, 5-129, 6-133, 7-148, 8-156, 9-168

Bowling: Pollock 9-1-26-4; Ntini 7-2-13-1; Hall 9.3-0-45-3 (2w); Langeveldt 5-0-31-0; Kallis 8-0-29-2 (2w); Kemp 1-0-13-0; Smith 2-0-10-0

Result: South Africa won by 106 runs

Series: South Africa lead the 5-match series 2-0

Man of the Match: Justin Kemp

Umpires: B R Doctrove (West Indies) and B G Jerling. TV umpire: M Erasmus. Match referee: B C Broad (England)

Previous matches: November 19 1st ODI Johannesburg (d/n), match abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. November 22 2nd ODI Durban (d/n), South Africa won by 157 runs

Remaining matches: November 29 (Wednesday) 4th ODI, Port Elizabeth (d/n). December 1 One-off Twenty20 International, Johannesburg (d/n). December 3 5th ODI, Centurion
Source:The News