Cricket round-up:South Africa continued the trend for batting collapses in the short series against Australia as they surrendered their advantage late on the opening day of the second Test in Johannesburg.
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 three for 69 while spinners Nathan Lyon and Michael Clarke shared two each.
The hosts had been 241 for four shortly after tea with De Villiers and Prince in full 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 in Cape Town, shifted the momentum of the match back to the tourists.
Meanwhile, Darren 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 a convincing victory in Kolkata today.
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 four for 80 as the Windies were dismissed for 463 in their second innings.