New Delhi: Mohammed Siraj has made a habit of producing moments that stick in the memory, and something similar happened on Day 3 of the first Test at Eden Gardens. With South Africa trying to hang on in their second innings, Siraj sent down a ball that not only beat Simon Harmer but snapped his off stump clean in half. It was the kind of dismissal that instantly sends a buzz around the ground.

The moment arrived in the 53rd over when he was delivering just his second of the season. Siraj ran in with typical intensity, hit a teasing length and angled the ball in towards the off stump. Harmer thought that it would hold its line; he shouldered arms. What happened next was anything but routine. The ball crashed into the off stump and sent it flying into two pieces. Harmer stood still for a

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