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Matches (21)

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Pakistan vs New Zealand (1)

WT20 Qualifier (4)

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RHF Trophy (4)

NEP vs WI [A-Team] (1)

Live • 44th Match • IPL • T20 • Lucknow

LSG

(11.4/20 ov) 120/2

RR chose to field.

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Live • 5th T20I • Lahore

PAK

(6.2/20 ov) 54/1

New Zealand chose to field.

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RESULT

1st T20I (N), Christchurch, February 25, 2009, India tour of New Zealand

India

162/8

New Zealand

(18.5/20 ov, T:163) 166/3

New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Brendon McCullum

, NZ

56* (49)

New Zealand claim series opener

Feb 25, 2009

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Match-winning McCullum salutes fellow batsmen

Brendon McCullum seems to have taken the senior batsman's responsibility, and has curbed his aggressive instincts to anchor an inexperienced batting line-up. Today, he was returned the favour by the other batsmen, especially Martin Guptill, who surprised

The price of aiming too high

India have often been accused of making slow starts to overseas tours, but no one can make that accusation this time - in the first 11 balls in New Zealand, they blasted 25 runs. Unfortunately for India, they got too greedy, as the short boundaries at the

Sehwag hits New Zealand for six

Plays of the Day of the first Twenty20 international between New Zealand and India in Christchurch

New Zealand v India, 1st Twenty20, Christchurch

Match home for the first Twenty20 international between New Zealand and India in Christchurch on February 25, 2009

McCullum fifty sets up NZ's win

New Zealand and India adopted different approaches to their innings and in the end it was the host's more measured and sensible method that prevailed over the visitors' manic thrash

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New Zealand Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
JD Ryder	lbw	1	4
BB McCullum	not out	56	49
MJ Guptill	lbw	41	28
LRPL Taylor	bowled	31	20
JDP Oram	not out	29	15
Extras	(nb 3, w 5)
Total	166(3 wkts; 18.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	4	20	1	5
I Sharma	4	35	1	8.75 (3 nb)
IK Pathan	3	38	0	12.66
Harbhajan Singh	4	19	1	4.75
YK Pathan	2.5	37	0	13.05
Yuvraj Singh	1	17	0	17

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Brendon McCullum	Jesse Ryder
2nd	54	Brendon McCullum	Martin Guptill
3rd	50	Brendon McCullum	Ross Taylor
4th	60	Jacob Oram	Brendon McCullum

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