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If Munaf Patel goes through the series with the same intensity and results, the final block of this largely settled team could fall into place

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, has criticised the team's showing and called for an improved performance in the second Test in Napier

In the end it didn't seem like it had been 33 years in coming. The Indian team hadn't lined up at the picket fence waiting for the winning runs nor did they rush onto the field to soak up what they hadn't experienced on several previous tours - a Test win

One of the criticisms that Harbhajan Singh has had to live with is his performance overseas. After all, how many times had he won India a Test outside the subcontinent? One has to strain the mind to think of such instances.

Harbhajan Singh took 6 for 63 - his best figures in New Zealand - to set up a ten-wicket win which gave India the first Test victory in 33 years in the country

Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach, was not a happy man after his team had looked dispirited throughout the third day and faced a strong possibility of going down 1-0 in the series

A low catch during the third day's play of Hamilton Test could create a controversy involving Sachin Tendulkar, who was "100% confident he had taken it"

Plays of the Day from the third day of the Hamilton Test between New Zealand and India

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 42nd Test century and gave Seddon Park a batting masterclass as India established a stranglehold on proceedings on the third day

Chris Martin, the New Zealand seamer, the New Zealand seamer, believes his performance on the second day has helped put his doubters at bay

Rahul Dravid has carried his form from the Mohali Test before Christmas and the Indian domestic season on to New Zealand. He put India on the right track before missing out on what could have been his fifth century in his last seven first-class matches

India scored only 249 runs and lost only four wickets. But what the second day lacked in drama, it made up in intensity

Half-centuries from Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar ensured that India made slow but steady progress on the second day and were only one run behind New Zealand when bad light stopped play at Seddon Park

Daniel Vettori can be an irritating tailender, robbing the game of all its momentum, playing little dab shots, with soft hands, and taking single after single. But he isn't. He gets to play very little for Northern Districts, his state side, given his int

Plays of the Day from the first day of the Hamilton Test between New Zealand and India from March 18 to 22, 2009

Jesse Ryder and Daniel Vettori scored sparkling centuries and added 186 in 283 balls as New Zealand recovered from a precarious 60 for 6 to post 279

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men created history over the last two weeks by winning their first ever one-day series in New Zealand, and another such opportunity lies ahead of them