Morne Morkel

Morne Morkel, the 6-feet 5-inch fast bowler, toiled hard for four for 60 and at times, felt like he was bowling on one of those fast-bowler crushing Indian pitches rather than at home. "100% India," he said when asked if this was more of an Indian pitch than a South African one. "It's unheard of that a spinner bowls that many overs on the first day. We even took the option to open in the over before lunch with a spinner (yesterday). There's a very subcontinental feel to it. Tough scoring, tough to get people out. Luckily, we've got some experience of that in the bank. But they are not the conditions that we want here in South Africa." Morkel added that he had rarely had to work so hard for wickets at home.