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Although Dale Benkenstein and Shane Warne were captains with very different emotions when play was abandoned in the Friends Provident final they agreed that third umpire referrals haven’t worked in this year’s tournament.During Durham’s innings there was an occasion where each side could have used the system with some justification. Phil Mustard, batting well on 49, was trapped lbw by James Bruce. However, replays showed the ball pitched a fraction outside leg stump but by the time Mustard asked for a referral it was based on footage from the dressing room.Then, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 17, Chris Tremlett had a good shout for lbw turned down and this time the replays looked in favour of the bowler. But Warne didn’t opt to use the third umpire, and said that he had discussed the issue with Benkenstein before the match.”Both of us spoke at the start and we think if there was something obvious that would be the only way we’d refer it otherwise that’s what the umpires are there to do,” before adding that he didn’t think the technology was up to standard. “When you get the technology 100% that’s when you can use referrals, until it’s three dimensional and you see it from every angle there’s no point using it.”Benkenstein was equally lukewarm in his appraisal of the system, which hasn’t seen a single decision overturned during the televised matches of the tournament. “It just doesn’t work,” he said. “Every time you refer something it doesn’t get overturned. I think they need to use all the technology and if they are going to do it, do it 100%.”And the umpires and players must buy into it. At the moment it’s being done half-heartedly. The third umpires just keeping backing the onfield umpires. The umpires have to agree it’s not a negative thing and don’t see it as guys belittling their decision.”

A decision on whether or not Mohammad Yousuf will be allowed to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is expected to be made on March 29, following a final hearing of the Mumbai-based arbitration court looking into the dispute.Yousuf had initially signed up for the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL) last year, seemingly in protest after he was dropped from the Pakistan squad for the Twenty20 World Championships. The Pakistan board, however, eventually convinced him to change his mind and renege on his contract, luring him back with the promise of an IPL contract.The ICL, understandably, took the matter to an arbitration court, claiming that Yousuf had already signed up and his contract prevented him from playing in any rival league. The matter has been stuck in a legal limbo since then, a few hearings this year so far not resolving anything.Yousuf was the only player whose services remained unsold at the recent IPL auctions, franchises undoubtedly hesitant over his legal status. Yousuf himself is said to be annoyed that the Pakistan board hasn’t resolved the matter yet, but officials maintain that full support is being provided.”The PCB is fully defending Yousuf’s decision to play in the IPL,” Nasim Ashraf, chairman PCB, told Cricinfo. “We have lawyers in India handling the matter and a legal representative from the board has also been there at the hearings. The last hearing went on for considerably longer than expected but a final decision is now expected on March 29.”Ashraf also revealed that though Yousuf had not been ‘bought’ by any franchise, the IPL had guaranteed to match the package that the ICL had offered to him initially.

Gary Kirsten, the former South African batsman who will take over as the India coach on March 1, feels this a good time to join the Indian team, mid-way through an Australian tour marred by controversy.”Maybe it’s not a bad position to be in because I’ve been so far removed from what’s been going on,” said Kirsten, who arrived in Perth on Saturday to join the team in his interim capacity as a consultant coach ahead of the third Test, starting on January 16.Kirsten, who had flown from Johannesburg, appeared fresh this morning and, along with his wife Deborah, awaited the arrival of the Indian team from Canberra. “It’s probably a healthy position and I bring a fresh perspective,” he told Cricinfo. “The important thing for me is to focus the Indian players back on cricket. I would certainly want the Indian players to play their brand of cricket on Australian soil. I don’t want them to play any other brand; they must play to their strengths. I’m sure they are already doing that.”Kirsten says the only way the Indians can now bounce back into the series, which they currently trail 0-2, is to stay calm. “It’s a cricket tour full of emotion but one needs to calm oneself and create some composure; that’s the only way you can be at your best. If you sidetrack to the other issues you are going to have problems. I’m a looking at it from a distance so I was trying to look at it very objectively as to what went right and what went wrong.”So where did it go wrong for India in Sydney? “The Indians are naturally disappointed with the last game. There’s no doubt that they came over here to win a Test series. They can’t anymore. That’s why they felt that at the SCG they were back in the series after being outplayed in Melbourne. And they felt they were right in the Sydney Test and naturally the emotions started to run high when things didn’t go their way.”They played well and they played like anyone knows that they can play,” he said of VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. “For a period of time India dominated that game. That’s what they were looking to do and they were able to achieve that.”

Having said that, he was critical of the way they approached their second innings, considering how dependent they are on their batsmen. “When you get to the last day of a Test match and Australia are still batting you always have to be aware of these guys, that they are capable of doing something and knocking teams over very quickly. It was disappointing to see India get bowled out in effectively two sessions and I am sure the players would have been hit hard.”At the MCG we lost in the first innings after being bowled out in the 100s. You are dead [after that], aren’t you? Then you really have to bowl very, very well. But we know the strength of the Indian team is weighted towards their batsmen and they knew from the outset that their batsmen needed to be in good form.”India, who were crushed by 337 runs in the opening match in Melbourne, took refuge in their lack of preparation ahead of the game. Kirsten, though, doesn’t think the argument holds water. “More time helps but players are fully aware that one can’t use that as an excuse for losing a game,” he said, not wanting to come across as harsh. “It’s uncontrollable.”Kirsten felt Anil Kumble had towered over the rest in this series, picking up 15 wickets in the first two Tests. “I have tremendous respect for his captaincy and he has certainly led by example, taking plenty of wickets,” he said, revealing that he had been exchanging text messages with Kumble throughout the series. “Equally his performance in the last hour-and-a-half in Sydney was testament to his character as a person, where you could see he was desperate to save that game. I’m sure he would have an influence on other players in the team.”The tour of Australia is a very much a mental battle,” he said, drawing on his experience of touring Australia three times, in which he managed a healthy average of 43. He said he had prepared a report for the players once he went back to South Africa after his brief visit to Bangalore during the Pakistan series. That visit, he said, was to acquaint himself with the players; they hadn’t much discussed the Australian tour.”Before the Australia series began I sent a document with my thoughts of the experiences I’d had in Australia,” he said. “It was quite lengthy but for their benefit, with my opinions and my ideas of how I think things are going to pan out on a tour like this and maybe how they should play against the Australians.”They have to start thinking very seriously about how they can win the next two Tests. The only message I’m going to pass on is: ‘You must believe you can win the next two’. It would be crazy to try and just exist in the next two Test matches. Each individual needs to think seriously about what special thing he can do to come back.”

Mumbai face a quarter-final situation when they take on group leaders Saurashtra in their last Group stage match on Tuesday. While a loss will most likely eliminate them, an outright win will ensure a place in the semi-finals. If they draw, they will have to hope Delhi do worse than them. The two teams are currently tied in second place with 18 points each.Mumbai are cornered, but they have scripted successful escape acts in the past. Last season, they were without any points going into the fourth game, but won five in a row to lift the Ranji Trophy. “Been there, done that” is the fuel behind their confidence and Amol Muzumdar, the captain, is banking on it. “We have been in this situation before and everybody knows the importance of the game. We can do it.”But even Muzumdar admits the situation this year is precarious. The bowling has been severely depleted with injuries to Ajit Agarkar, Aavishkar Salvi and Rajesh Verma. Meanwhile, Ramesh Powar’s recent form has been a cause of worry. He has picked up just nine wickets from the last four games, after grabbing 15 in the first two. The inexperienced Murtuza Hussain leads the seam attack and Mumbai will hope that Powar, along with Nilesh Kulkarni, the replacement for Iqbal Abdulla, can raise their game when it matters the most.Muzumdar knows where the problem lies. “It has been an up and down season. Obviously the injuries have not helped. The replacements are very young; Murtuza is playing his third game, [Mondeep] Mangela has just played one. [Usman] Malvi has been around but he has been in and out. We have been struggling to get 20 wickets and that’s why we have not been able to finish games.”That has been the story of their season. In their opening game, Mumbai had Karnataka reeling with a 142-run lead, but Rahul Dravid imposed himself in the second innings with a double century. In the third game, against Delhi, they came back from an 85-run deficit to set a target of 387, but could only pick up three wickets as Gautam Gambhir and Akash Chopra put up an 188-run opening stand.And in the next match, they fell 15 runs short of Maharashtra’s 451 to give away the lead and three points. From a wobbly 197 for 6, they were steadied by a 185-run partnership between Powar (107) and Agarkar (95), but both fell in quick succession to leave Mumbai just short of the line.Mumbai picked up five points next time out, but it was only because Rajasthan chose to go for a win and lost three wickets in the last over. Again the bowlers had not done a great deal as Rajasthan lost five wickets in the second innings to run-outs. In their last outing, Hossain picked up a six-wicket haul to force Himachal Pradesh to follow on, but injury to Agarkar – who limped off after just 5.2 overs – and Powar’s indifferent form meant they couldn’t kill the contest and Himachal batted their way to a draw.The batting too has been a bit up and down. Abhishek Nayar and Sahil Kukreja, the opener, tapered off after a good start, Muzumdar has gone the other way – coming into form after an indifferent beginning, Ajinkya Rahane has been steady, but not spectacular while Rohit Sharma has been struggling for runs with just 150 from four games.Pravin Amre, who helped in Muzumdar’s revival by rectifying problems with his footwork and head position, has been working a lot on Sharma. “The change of format [from Twenty20 to ODIs to first-class] has been a reason for his loss of form. A few errors have crept in. We are working hard on his pick up and his down swing and he is improving rapidly. I am hoping he scores a big one in this game to set up things for us.”Hope is the operative word in the Mumbai camp – they hope Powar and Kulkarni will perform, they hope the batsmen will raise their games and they must be hoping Tamil Nadu can help their cause by upsetting Delhi – but they are also waiting to see how Saurashtra handle pressure. And that could be the real factor in this game.As Muzumdar put it, “The pressure is on them. They are leading the table. We just want to treat this game as a quarterfinal and we need to play good aggressive cricket. We know how to play that kind of cricket and we are focussed.”And a national selector said, “Mumbai have this knack of getting out of trouble, they will somehow make it.” Time will tell.

Tim Nielsen wants Australia to emerge from their first-final loss with an aggressive mind-set during the key moments of their must-win encounter at the Gabba on Tuesday. Nielsen was disappointed his team stumbled a couple of times when it had control at the SCG, where India won by six wickets, and asked the players to sharpen their outlook after two sloppy defeats in three days.”It’s probably the mental side of the game that’s let us down in the last couple of games,” Nielsen said. “We had a couple of situations [at the SCG] when we felt we were on top and then gave our wickets away, which then put us back under pressure. For us to have some success in this series we have to make sure we take the game by the throat when we have the opportunity and don’t give up that momentum.”The 100-run partnership between Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds threatened to revive Australia after they were 3 for 24 in Sydney, but both batsmen departed to outfield catches in quick succession and they were in more severe discomfort at 5 for 135. The home side also sensed a chance shortly before the halfway stage of the India innings and was unable to maintain the bowling or fielding intensity required to prevent India from cruising to victory.Team meetings were held in the dressing room after Sunday’s game and in Brisbane on Monday as they contemplated how to fight back. “The biggest challenge for all of us is not to get too carried away with one loss,” Nielsen said. “We certainly had a chat last night and Ricky put it pretty clearly what he expected from the group, not just about playing cricket but the way we present ourselves and the way we go about our things. We want to make sure we’re competing for 100 overs of the game.”Australia’s players feel comfortable at the Gabba and are excited to be playing on a pitch with bounce and carry, especially when compared with the lower and slower surfaces around the country. The team will accept any advantage knowing that it has to win the second match to extend the series to a third final in Adelaide on Friday.”It is a tough challenge, it’s not the ideal situation to be in, to be 1-0 down,” Nielsen said. “India played better than us and we didn’t play to our potential, so our challenge now is to have a quick turnaround and get ready to go and put our best foot forward.”

ScorecardThomas Odoyo’s maiden ODI century led a remarkable Kenya fightback in the opening match of their short series against Canada in Nairobi. He came in with the home side in tatters at 49 for 5 chasing 231, but calmly set about a recovery before taking the game away from Canada with a flurry of boundaries alongside a composed Jimmy Kamande who helped add a match-winning stand of 98 in 13 overs.Odoyo, who opened his first-class century count against Bermuda last week, was again in commanding form and highlighted his importance to Kenya and also his standing among Associate players. Kenya were falling apart when he arrived in the 11th over, but he was quickly into his stride. Any half volley that came along was emphatically dispatched through the covers, while short balls didn’t cause any problems. As the requirement was reduced to double figures he began using his feet to the spinners and finished the chase in fine style with a straight drive off Sunil Dhaniram. The paltry crowd of a hundred or so spectators grew as Odoyo expanded his shots and a large group of schoolchildren arrived to cheer him on.But Odoyo wouldn’t have succeeded without support from his team-mates, in particular Alex Obanda, the nineteen-year-old. Obanda might have missed out had Tanmay Mishra been picked, but Mishra didn’t attend training and, to compound the confusion, he is preparing to go to university in India. They didn’t miss him today, however, with Obanda repairing the initial damage with 30 in a stand of 86. Kamande, who earlier bowled an economical spell of offspin, then showed his batting skills with a 31-ball 37.The result was hard luck on Umar Bhatti, the left-arm opening bowler, who had produced an outstanding spell, bowling his 10 overs straight through for three wickets. He had David Obuya caught at mid-off, removed Nehemiah Odhiambo with a first-ball edge to the wicketkeeper and accounted for Steve Tikolo for a duck in similar style.Canada had wasted a promising position with the bat after racing to 89 for 2 in the 13th over. They slipped to 131 for 6 as Kamande and Tikolo conceded 62 in 20 overs between them. But 36-year-old Arvind Kandappah, making his ODI debut, ensured against a complete collapse. He added 52 with Jason Patraj (20) then Umar Bhatti contributed a 17-ball 22.Kandappah reached fifty off 73 balls and hit three sixes, but Canada couldn’t bat out their 50 overs. Patraj was taken at extra cover and Bhatti heaved to mid-on, although they had at least given their side something to bowl at. For a while it looked like enough, but then Odoyo made his presence felt.

Sourav Ganguly’s arrival is barely noticed amid the commotion. A scrum of 20 journalists are crowded around a certain Sachin Tendulkar – hanging on his every word as they have hung for the best part of two decades, willing him to wax lyrical about the Lord’s Test century that he has never yet compiled. Meanwhile the Prince of Calcutta, Tendulkar’s former captain and fellow Galactico, slips serenely past the throng and takes his place at a nearby table. He is away from the limelight, back among the ranks. And the impression he would like to give is that he has never been happier.It has been a crazy year for Ganguly encompassing exile and acrimony, recalls and redemption. Eight months ago, when his feud with his ex-coach Greg Chappell was at its height, the notion of a third Test tour to England was so absurd it was not even a consideration. But now he is back at Lord’s, where his whole journey began, 11 years ago. In the corresponding Test of 1996, Ganguly announced his arrival with a sublime debut century and then followed up one innings and two weeks later with a second hundred – 136 at Nottingham. He has scarcely escaped from the headlines since.”The past is the past. There are phases in life that you just have to fight through,” says Ganguly. Nine days into his 36th year, and with more than 5500 runs from his 93 Test matches – including an Indian record of 21 wins in 49 as captain – he’s fought and won more battles than most men would seek in ten lifetimes. But he insists the fires within have not yet been dimmed, they’ve merely been brought under control. It is a quieter, more contemplative character who is embarking on the autumn of his illustrious career.”For those eight months [out of the side], I had all sorts of thoughts, but I never thought of giving up. It made me a tougher player to be honest. When I came back in South Africa [in December 2006], I felt I was tougher even than when I was playing my best cricket. I never thought so far as this tour. Even if I hadn’t been recalled, I would have carried on playing until the World Cup, expecting an opportunity and ready to cash in on it.”Ganguly has cashed in alright. The first innings of his rebirth was an indomitable 51 not out on a Johannesburg greentop, out of a total of 249, that ultimately set up an improbable 123-run victory. Another 110 runs in defeat at Cape Town meant he finished a tough tour as the series top-scorer, and a 13 th Test century followed four months later in Chittagong, as Bangladesh were made to pay for their insolence at the World Cup. Even during that tumultuous Group B defeat in Trinidad, Ganguly was the one Indian who would not be bowed – defiantly anchoring a disastrous batting performance with 66 from 129 balls.Those efforts were sufficient to re-establish his credentials. Now, at last, Ganguly is able to take pleasure in his cricket once again – something, you suspect, he has missed for many a long year. Certainly, he does not seem to miss the pressures of captaincy one little bit. “Oh yeah, completely,” he says when asked if he’s over his axing. “I’ve got so much more free time. Captaincy is never easy but in India it is harder because the demands are more. Now that I’m away from the job, I’ve been able to concentrate on myself and my [own] game again. I’ve got a lot of time to relax.”England suits his demeanour as well, despite the fact that the British press is scarcely any more forgiving than their Indian counterparts. In 2000 he endured an unsuccessful stint for Lancashire, scoring 671 runs in 14 matches with no centuries, and attracting the opprobrium of none other than the people’s Prince himself, Andrew Flintoff. He was even less successful in a brief foray for Northamptonshire last summer, averaging 4.80 in six innings, although in mitigation, a four-week midsummer stint was never going to suit him. “When you come from the subcontinent,” he says, “you need some time to get used to the conditions.”I had no problems at Lancashire, to be honest. The only thing is, I never used to drink, and if you’re a non-drinker in England it’s tough. I used to have my coke, pack my bags and go home to see my wife. My performance was not what they wanted of an overseas professional, and that may have been a reason for some disappointment, but we still managed second in the championship.”Whenever Ganguly has turned up here in India’s colours, however, the story has been significantly different. “Whether it’s the World Cup, Tests or one-day cricket, by God’s grace, I’ve done exceedingly well [here],” he says without exaggeration. His 379 runs in the 1999 World Cup included a career-best 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton, while his six Tests to date in England have earned him the beastly tally of 666 runs, with three hundreds and three fifties. Only once has he failed, making 0 and 5 in the last Lord’s Test in 2002 – the only occasion on which he has been beaten.”I like coming to this part of the world, and I’m sure most of the players enjoy coming here too,” he says. “The facilities, the travel, the comfort. You’re not getting on flights every five days, you’re not packing suitcases every day. You’re just on the coach for a maximum of a couple of hours. It takes a lot of the tiredness out of you. The weather’s good, and it’s a country where everything’s accessible.”

Even so, Ganguly is too long in the tooth to allow complacency to seep into his assessment of the challenge. “I’ve done well here, but that doesn’t guarantee success – it’s a one-ball game for batsmen. It’s been raining a lot here, so there’ll be some movement, but if we put runs up on the board, that’s the key.” With the old firm of Ganguly, Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid reunited for a third and final assault, that side of the bargain is likely to be fulfilled, especially against an attack lacking the twin services of Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff. But what of India’s own bowling?”This is the best bowling team we’ve had in England,” says Ganguly. “In terms of the number of games they’ve played, they are inexperienced, but in terms of performances they have delivered. We won in West Indies and we won the first Test in South Africa in difficult conditions. Zaheer Khan had a great summer for Worcester [in 2006], but Sreesanth is my dark horse for the series – he runs in all the time, and bowls with pace and swing in the right areas.”One man who is missing, however, is Ganguly’s staunchest sidekick, Harbhajan Singh, and it is not hard to imagine what the senior man makes of his omission. “He’s not just a great ally, he’s a world-class bowler,” says Ganguly. “He and Anil Kumble are India’s biggest match winners, and he’s got nearly 250 Test wickets. Series after series he’s been on his own. He was our only bowler in 2001 when we beat Australia, because everyone else was injured. Anil was having a shoulder operation, while Srinath was injured after the first match. We kept on losing bowlers, but he just stood up at one end and picked off wickets.”Ganguly’s tussles with Australia remain the zenith of his career. When asked where India’s famous innings victory at Headingley in 2002 ranks in his all-time moments, it trails in a distant third, way behind the Adelaide triumph in 2003-04, and just about on a par with the away win in Pakistan that same season. But in terms of personal batting highlights, few occasions match Ganguly’s opening gambit, right here in North-West London.”The frame of mind I had in that Test [in 1996] I could never have it again,” says Ganguly. “It’s probably the best frame of mind I’ve had in my career. It’s an age factor. I was more carefree back then, because when you’re young you don’t worry about a lot of things. In last 11 years I’ve scored runs all around the world, but back then I had no nervousness, no fear of failure.”I wish I could get back to that mindset for this Test match,” he admits, a touch wistfully. Given all the battles he has fought and won in the intervening years, perhaps it is not entirely out of the question. He has proved his point and clawed his way back from the brink. Now all he has to do is enjoy the few moments that remain.

Bangladesh’s players’ association, the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), has been given full membership of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association ( FICA).The CWAB was established in 2004 with a primary objective of promoting and protecting the general welfare of cricketers within the country, and it also engages in numerous projects for the benefit of the wider community.All first-class cricketers registered with the Bangladesh board are entitled to be members of CWAB. It currently has around 170 players on its books.”I am delighted to welcome CWAB as a member of FICA,” Tim May, FICA’s chief executive, said. “Bangladesh are young in International cricketing experience and have much to offer the world of cricket. FICA believe it is imperative that the players’ positions and concerns of all countries are represented with equal vigor to the ICC and the addition of CWAB to our membership obviously is a significant step to achieving this objective.”

Steve Elworthy, the former South Africa fast bowler, has been appointed as the tournament director for 2009’s ICC World Twenty20, to be held in England and Wales.Elworthy, who oversaw the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in September, will join the ECB in January 2008. “The 2007 event was a festival of world-class cricket which captured the imagination of the world,” he said. “My goal is to ensure that the 2009 event is even more successful.”David Collier, the ECB chief executive, welcomed Elworthy on board and said: “His experience of managing an ICC World Twenty20 tournament coupled with his international playing experience, commercial background and knowledge of our grounds in the UK provide the all-round skills required to run a world class event. He is the ideal candidate to lead the event in England and Wales in 2009.”Elworthy said he was looking forward to the challenge of running the event. “The opportunity to join the ECB and run the 2009 event during an amazing summer of cricket in England and Wales with the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament, ICC Centenary and the Ashes is an honour and a challenge which I am relishing.”Elworthy played four Tests and 39 ODIs for South Africa between 1998 and 2002 and had county stints with Lancashire and Nottinghamshire.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

An imposing century by Jacques Kallis gave South Africa the honours on the first day of the first Test after Graeme Smith had won the tossand elected to bat on a hot Karachi morning. They ended the day on 294 for 3, with Kallis unbeaten on 118.Starting cautiously and taking 14 deliveries to get off the mark, Kallis hit his stride soon with elegant drives square of the wicket.The slow pitch and hot weather made bowling difficult and anythingshort in length was ruthlessly cut and ended up penetrating a strongoff-side field. Dropped on 36 and 61, Kallis ensured an otherwise fluent innings playing majority of his strokes along the ground.He dominated the 170-run third wicket partnership with Hashim Amla,in terms of both strike and runs, and relieved the pressure when Amla got bogged down against the spinners. Kallis was not afraid to use his feet against the slower bowlers and scored at a quicker rate than normal, reaching 50 off91 balls and his hundred off 147 balls.The foundation for the innings, however, was laid by a confident opening stand of 87 between Smith and Herschelle Gibbs that punished some wayward bowling by Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul. Not getting any early movement off the pitch or in the air, the bowlerserred in line and length and allowed South Africa reach50 in the 12th over. Striving for the yorkers he delivered so successfully during theWorld Twenty20, Gul was frequently driven through extra cover and wasduly replaced by Danish Kaneria in the tenth over.The slowness of the pitch was apparent as Asif, trying to bowl short,was pulled by Gibbs to square leg on several occasions. Pakistan lacked energy and creativity in the field and Shoaib Malik,the captain, tried six bowlers before lunch, including debutantAbdur Rehman. It was, however, Mohammad Hafeez who got the firstbreakthrough as Smith went back to a straight ball and got hit on theback leg in front of off stump.Gibbs slashed at a wide Gul delivery after lunch and was caught at gully byHafeez but it was all Kallis and Amla from then on. Though the bowlers were able to swing and spin the older ball, aplay-and-miss was the best they could achieve on a deteriorating pitch. It was the new ball, taken in the 82nd over, that brought the wicket of Amla, who fell for a sedate 71. Beingovershadowed, and perhaps awed, by Kallis’ performance, and finding it difficult to get the spinners away, Amla dealtmostly in singles but dispatched Rehman into the sighstcreen after hehad managed to dry up the scoring.With Kallis unbeaten on 118 overnight, and not having scored adouble-century yet in his 107-Test career, a long day in the field lookson the cards for the home team while they rue the dropped catches and missed run-out opportunities.