Kallis reaches milestone before South Africans suffer collapse

After Jacques Kallis had become the first South African to pass 12,000 Test runs the Proteas lost their final six wickets for just 25 runs to be bowled out for 266.

Half-centuries from Kallis, AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince had seemingly set South Africa on course for a healthy first innings total only for the batting jitters that marked the first Test to set in.

Peter Siddle was the best of the Australian bowlers, removing key men Kallis and De Villiers, as he took 3-69 and spinners Nathan Lyon and Michael Clarke claimed two each.

The hosts had been 241-4 shortly after tea with De Villiers and Prince in control in a stand of 112.

But the rot set in when Lyon had Prince caught at mid-on before Siddle – who had earlier removed Kallis a ball after he had become the fourth man to 12,000 Test runs – claimed the key scalp of De Villiers and then Mark Boucher.

With gloom descending on the Wanderers, spin wrapped up the tail to complete a collapse that, while not as spectacular as Australia’s 47 all out in Cape Town, shifted the momentum of the match back to the tourists.

Bad light prevented Australia making a reply.

Dwayne Bravo’s battling century proved in vain as India wrapped up an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series against West Indies with victory in Kolkata.

Bravo hit 136 while Marlon Samuels also fought hard with 84 to stave off a defeat which was confirmed in the afternoon session on day four as India sealed an innings and 15-run victory.

Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with 4-80 as the West Indies were dismissed for 463 in their second innings.

The hosts were always in the driving seat after scoring 631 in their first innings with West Indies only managing 153 in reply.

In the opening session, Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul stood firm.

Starting on 195-3 at Eden Gardens, the pair batted nicely with Bravo moving smoothly to his seventh Test 50.

The stand was broken on 108 when Chanderpaul fell to Yadav, to leave the West Indies on 269-4 with Marlon Samuels joining Bravo, who calmly registered his second Test century off 181 balls with 10 fours and four sixes.

The pair continued to frustrate India after lunch but Bravo’s departure – after he and Samuels had put on 132 – prompted an all-too familiar collapse as the hosts clinched the series.