India vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Harmer to Axar, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! 91kph, extra bounce on this offbreak. Axar makes room to cut and isn't in control of the shot. Gets a fat top-edge and the ball lobs up towards backward point where Jansen gets low to snaffle it safely. Axar c Marco Jansen b Harmer 16(45) [4s-2]

Harmer to Axar, no run, 89.2kph, short of length on middle-leg, worked through square leg

Marco Jansen to Axar, 1 run, knuckle ball from Jansen, very full, Axar moves leg-side and squeezes it to point for a quick single

Marco Jansen to Axar, no run, 117.3kph, slower ball on a length, tapped towards the backward point region

Marco Jansen to Axar, no run, 136.8kph, straying onto the pads, Axar flicks to deep backward square leg and turns down the single

Harmer to Axar, no run, flighted outside off, driven back to the bowler

Harmer to Axar, no run, 84.7kph, Axar comes down the track premeditattively and yorks himself in the process. Did he get a toe-end on it or did the ball go under the bat? If it's the latter, Verreynne misses the stumping chance and then fluffs the run-out chance as well as he gets forward and tries to back-flick the ball onto the stumps

Harmer to Axar, no run, on a length, turn and bounce on offer, Axar tries to dab it behind square and the ball beats the outside edge

Harmer to Axar, no run, 82.1kph, slow through the air, Axar goes for the big loft and misses it altogether. Beaten on the inside edge

Harmer to Axar, no run, fuller and drifting in, Axar defends

Harmer to Axar, no run, 90.4kph, spinning away from a length with good bounce as wel, Axar stays back to late-cut and misses

Marco Jansen to Axar, 1 run, 134kph, very full tailing in towards off and Axar works it through midwicket for a couple of runs

Harmer to Axar, no run, flatter in trajectory, punched to cover

Harmer to Axar, no run, 80.3kph, sharp spin from a length, unplayable after pitching marginally outside off. Axar plays inside the line and the ball goes well past the outside edge

Harmer to Axar, FOUR, 82.2kph, spin and bounce, Axar goes deep in the crease and cuts hard into the gap between backward point and cover point. Fraction short, width on offer as well, Axar took full toll of it

Harmer to Axar, no run, 92.3kph, full and Axar drives to long-off

Harmer to Axar, no run, 85kph, Harmer gets this to drop, spins from a length and Axar defends from the crease. Hits him on the glove

Harmer to Axar, no run, 91.9kph, drifting in towards leg, clipped through midwicket and Axar doesn't take the single

Marco Jansen to Axar, 1 run, Jansen shortens the length outside off, dabbed to the left of backwards point - Maharaj dives and palms it away, allowing a single

Marco Jansen to Axar, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - driven straight to the fielder at cover

Marco Jansen to Axar, FOUR, lovely shot, back of a length and well wide of off - Axar gets on top of the bounce and then crunches the cut behind point, there's a man in the deep, but he has no chance

Marco Jansen to Axar, 2 runs, nicely played, on a good length and angling into the left-hander, flicked into the gap wide of mid-on - Brevis with the chase and Axar wants the second run - Siraj was late to respond and has to sprint to beat the throw

Harmer to Axar, 1 run, there's the single that Axar wanted - tossed up just outside off and it's inner-halved towards mid-on, they scamper across for a quick single

Harmer to Axar, no run, fraction short and just outside off - Axar makes room and stabs it to the off-side

Harmer to Axar, no run, flighted around middle - Axar shuffles across and defends it solidly

Harmer to Axar, no run, Harmer tosses one just outside off - a push-drive back at the bowler

Harmer to Axar, no run, flighted delivery and spinning down leg, past Axar's flick and is gloved by the keeper

Harmer to Axar, no run, tossed up and drifting into the left-hander - Axar was looking to tuck and gets an inside edge that drops down at his feet

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, that stayed a tad low, Axar does well to get down in time as he blocked - was around off and he had to bring his bat down to save himself

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven straight to the fielder at mid-off

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Axar leans across on the defensive push

Harmer to Axar, no run, the slider, kept coming back with the arm - Axar goes right back in defence

Corbin Bosch to Axar, 1 run, Bosch shortens the length and angles one across the left-hander, dabbed late and behind square on the off-side for a single

Corbin Bosch to Axar, wide, a wild short ball from Bosch, too short and too high as it looped through to Verreynne, called as a wide

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, on a length and just outside off - Axar gets right behind the line in defence

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, banged in short and down leg - Axar ducks under and lets it go

Harmer to Axar, no run, fraction shorter in length, turn from off and Axar goes back on the push to cover-point

Harmer to Axar, no run, tossed up on off, driven back at the bowler

Harmer to Axar, no run, slower and sliding onto the left-hander, goes past Axar's inside edge and lobs to FSL off the pad

Harmer to Axar, no run, tossed up and sliding down leg, past Axar's tuck and it ricochets off Verreynne's pads to the off-side

Harmer to Axar, no run, tossed up just outside off - Axar gets well forward and blocks it back at the bowler

Corbin Bosch to Axar, no run, tad fuller and at the stumps, defended back at the bowler

Corbin Bosch to Axar, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - nudged into the gap wide of point and Axar is off the mark with a single

Harmer to Axar, no run, flighted delivery on middle and leg - Axar gets his bat in front of the pad as he defended

Harmer to Axar, no run, nicely tossed up on off, driven back at the bowler

Harmer to Axar, byes, FOUR, tad too straight from Harmer, the drift takes it down leg and past Axar - Verreynne is blinded and the ball runs away for byes, four of them