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LATEST: Lunch, Day 4, SA vs India, Third Test, Sahara Park Newlands: SA second innings 121/5 (44 overs). India first innings 364 all out (117.5 overs), SA first innings 362 all out (112.5 overs)

Harbhajan Singh, or popularly Bhajji as he is known to India's cricket faithful, captured a wicket in each of his first two overs at the start of play on day four of the Third Test at Sahara Park Newlands, on Wednesday.

Bhajji's double blow meant that South Africa's overnight total of 52/2 (16 overs) was reduced to 64/4 (19.5 overs) after only 24 balls had been bowled in the morning session. Singh's two wickets came in the space of him sending down a mere seven deliveries.

First to perish was Petersen when Singh struck him on the pads to get his third lbw decision in South Africa's second innings. And Amla was next when he had no answer to a bouncy Singh delivery which he tried to sweep. Instead the ball castled his stumps.

Jacques Kallis was playing positive despite the fact that his captain Graeme Smith had said earlier than the team would be playing "not to lose" rather than trying to win the match.
At the other end AB De Villiers was playing sensibly and well within himself until the dreaded bad luck 13 struck. He decided to leave a fairly harmless-looking 128.9 kph delivery from Zaheer Khan and the next thing two of his three stumps were cartwheeling down to the boundary! Out for 13, off 58 balls, and South Africa were reeling at 98/8.

When the lunch dawned SA were 121/4 (44 overs) with Kallis on 33 not out and Ashwell Prince on 15 not out.
And for the statistically minded, the day 4 scoreboard reads: SA 69/3 (28 overs).
Are we heading for an early finish? Watch this space!