Though South African spinners also made merry at times, particularly leggie Imran Tahir, it was fast bowler Morkel, who proved himself even on wickets cruel to his kind of bowling. It was a measure of his class that he was able to generate lively speed even on these pitches.
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Morkel, who did not play in the first Test, challenged and troubled the best of Indian batsmen with his hot pace, movement and lifting deliveries. The 9 wickets that he took in the series is a tribute to his genius. It may appear to be a small number, hardly revealing much, but statistics can sometimes be deceptively misleading.