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Despite the loss of Zaheer Khan to injury and another fruitless outing for the bowling, MS Dhoni appeared reluctant to meddle with the four-bowler strategy that has worked for the team in recent times

Daniel Vettori said he was "happy" with the performance but stressed that New Zealand were neither "satisfied" nor "content" with the 0-0 scoreline going into the final Test

Brendon McCullum reaped rewards for his hard work on day four, milking a tired bowling unit to get to the third-highest score in second innings in Tests in India

Laxman remained hopeful that India would be able to chase a target within a reasonable degree of difficulty

At the end of the fourth day, New Zealand needed to bat out one-and-a-half to two sessions to achieve consecutive draws against India, and they had six wickets in hand

A violent last-hour surge from Harbhajan Singh gave India an 86-run advantage over New Zealand at stumps on the third day and Rahul Dravid said they would look to bat on for as long as possible on the fourth

For five hours, disciplined bowling and unbelievably good fielding made India look ordinary but seventy-five minutes of Harbhajan Singh-inspired mayhem later, the pendulum has swung away from New Zealand

New Zealand were tenacious with the ball and spectacular in the field, but had their good work undone by VVS Laxman's Hyderabadi stroke-play in front of his home crowd and Harbhajan Singh's power hitting that overshadowed everything before him

This surface, on which India took the last six New Zealand wickets for 81 runs, was much more to Harbhajan's liking than the unresponsive one in Motera

India found a happy medium between defence and attack, threw in some good fortune, and got themselves into a position to take charge

Iain O'Brien, the former New Zealand fast bowler, has lost his appeal to be classified as a domestic player for Middlesex

Central Districts took just over 30 overs on the fourth day to beat Wellington by 243 runs at Nelson Park in Napier

John Howell, the former New Zealand Cricket (NZC) national coaching director, has died at the age at the age of 67

Tim McIntosh became only the 11th batsman to follow a pair with a century, and Martin Guptill came back to the Test side with an eventually attractive 85 to continue what has been an impressive tour of India so far

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has reiterated his stance that the standard of on-field umpiring needed to be improved

A day ahead of the India-New Zealand Test, all eyes are on the Hyderabad pitch. Will it be batsmen-friendly or will it have something for the bowlers?

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has said that his side is hoping for bowler-friendly conditions in Hyderabad to build on their strong performance in the Motera Test

The ICC has asked all of its full members to sign a declaration showing support for the organisation's new anti-corruption methods

Harbhajan Singh has said that India's effort to save this Test from the depths of 5 for 15 showed why they were the No. 1 team

Allrounder James Franklin has been called up to replace the injured Hamish Bennett for the remaining two Tests against India