The venue’s Australian contractor Multiplex insists that it alone is not responsible

The venue’s Australian contractor, Multiplex, insists that it alone is not responsible for the overruns that will prevent the stadium being open for business before 2007 and it has no plans to pay financial penalties of £140,000 per day for being late. Fears that the Football Association’s coffers could take a direct hit from the latest delay to the new Wembley were being played down inside Soho Square last night, with a source claiming the FA was “ring-fenced” from any potential financial fallout. Eventually Rudolph edged to Matthew Hayden at slip for the spinner’s only wicket.Mark Boucher offered Prince staunch support until he was unkindly dispatched as evening fell upon the City of Gold Prince remained unbeaten on 79.. Shane Warne dropped short regularly and sent down numerous googlies in an attempt to disturb the batsmen. After struggling for an hour he accepted the apple of temptation and drove loosely to cover.Gibbs was bowled as he lifted his bat towards the skies His error was an abnegation of responsibility.

Not until Jacques Kallis and Boeta Dippenaar came together were the visiting leather-flingers presented with opponents with the wherewithal to wear them down Both seemed capable of a long occupation. It did not work out that way, however, and South Africa subsided to 106 for 4.Prince and Jacques Rudolph responded to the looming crisis with aplomb By now the bowling had lost its sting. De Villiers relies on spirit and an off-drive that also counts amongst his weaknesses. Graeme Smith was nursing a sore finger and neither A B de Villiers nor Herschelle Gibbs displayed the defensive technique once regarded as essential in those seeking to take the shine off the ball. Brett Lee bowled a mean length, while Stuart Clark’s pace continues to surprise batsmen.Neither opener looked comfortable.

Here he drove and cut efficiently and his innings spoke of an unyielding character.
Until Prince entrenched himself, the batsmen had a hard time of it. Although he has a limited range of strokes he knows his game – and fights. Fresh, Australia might have been able to press home their advantage Weary, they lost their length and became fractious

Prince counts amongst the most tenacious of cricketers. A fighting innings from Ashwell Prince sustained South African hopes in the face of opponents who threw everything at them in the morning before suffering the sort of lapse that often befalls teams towards the end of a tightly packed Test series. 200 in 214 min, 266 balls.Raina 50: 100 min, 69 balls, 5 fours.India win by 4 wicketsUmpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and A V Jayaprakash (India).TV replay umpire: I Shivram (India).Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka).Man of the match: S K Raina.. Pietersen 50: 86 min, 73 balls, 3 fours.IndiaV Sehwag b Blackwell 2662 min, 45 balls, 4 foursG Gambhir c and b Anderson 2980 min, 45 balls, 4 fours*R S Dravid run out(Jones-Collingwood TV replay) 532 min, 23 ballsYuvraj Singh b Blackwell 1839 min, 20 balls, 4 foursM Kaif lbw b Plunkett 07 min, 6 ballsS K Raina not out 81132 min, 89 balls, 8 fours, 1 six? S Dhoni b Flintoff 38100 min, 55 balls, 2 foursI K Pathan not out 1214 min, 11 balls, 1 fourExtras (b 0, lb 4, w 16, nb 1, pens 0) 21Total (6 wkts, 236 min, 49 overs) 230Fall: 1-61 (Sehwag) 2-70 (Gambhir) 3-72 (Dravid) 4-80 (Kaif) 5-92 (Yuvraj Singh) 6-210 (Dhoni).Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, R R Powar, S Sreesanth.Bowling: Anderson 10-0-60-1 (w5) (3-0-20-0 3-0-12-1 2-0-11-0 2-0-17-0), Kabir Ali 7-0-50-0 (w7) (5-0-26-0 1-0-9-0 1-0-15-0), Flintoff 10-1-29-1 (w3) (5-0-12-0 2-1-5-0 1-0-7-0 2-0-5-1), Blackwell 9-0-39-2 (2-0-4-1 5-0-18-1 2-0-17-0), Plunkett 9-3-29-1 (w1) (6-3-14-1 3-0-15-0), Collingwood 4-0-19-0 (nb1) (3-0-12-0 1-0-7-0).Progress: Power Play 1: overs 1-10 53-0; PP2 overs 15-19 62-1 to 72-2; PP3 overs 20-24 72-2 to 92-4 50 in 42 min, 57 balls 100 in 128 min, 155 balls 150 in 176 min, 222 balls.