- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 3, nb 6)TOTAL208 all out (65.4 Overs, RR: 3.16)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Navjot Sidhu, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Rahul Dravid, 2.6 ov), 3-15 (Ajay Jadeja, 8.6 ov), 4-16 (Sourav Ganguly, 10.2 ov), 5-99 (Sachin Tendulkar, 30.1 ov), 6-99 (Nayan Mongia, 30.6 ov), 7-132 (Anil Kumble, 41.1 ov), 8-149 (Javagal Srinath, 46.5 ov), 9-207 (Venkatesh Prasad, 64.2 ov), 10-208 (Harbhajan Singh, 65.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SB Doull 24 7 65 7 2.70 0 0 CL Cairns 17 3 69 0 4.05 0 2 DJ Nash 14 1 46 1 3.28 0 4 DL Vettori 7 0 20 1 2.85 0 0 NJ Astle 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0 CD McMillan 1.4 1 0 1 0.00 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras37 (b 13, lb 19, nb 5)TOTAL352 all out (148.4 Overs, RR: 2.36)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Matthew Bell, 3.5 ov), 2-79 (Stephen Fleming, 31.1 ov), 3-112 (Matt Horne, 45.5 ov), 4-162 (Craig McMillan, 62.3 ov), 5-172 (Adam Parore, 67.2 ov), 6-179 (Chris Cairns, 70.2 ov), 7-208 (Nathan Astle, 78.6 ov), 8-345 (Daniel Vettori, 141.3 ov), 9-349 (Paul Wiseman, 145.6 ov), 10-352 (Simon Doull, 148.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Srinath 36 6 89 1 2.47 0 5 BKV Prasad 30 8 67 2 2.23 0 0 A Kumble 45.4 17 83 4 1.81 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 25 6 61 0 2.44 0 0 SC Ganguly 6 0 13 0 2.16 0 0 SR Tendulkar 6 2 7 2 1.16 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 3, lb 1, nb 5, w 1)TOTAL356 all out (115 Overs, RR: 3.09)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Ajay Jadeja, 8.5 ov), 2-74 (Navjot Sidhu, 23.2 ov), 3-112 (Rahul Dravid, 34.6 ov), 4-200 (Sourav Ganguly, 58.6 ov), 5-297 (Sachin Tendulkar, 84.1 ov), 6-304 (Nayan Mongia, 87.4 ov), 7-304 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 88.1 ov), 8-346 (Anil Kumble, 109.1 ov), 9-349 (Venkatesh Prasad, 112.1 ov), 10-356 (Harbhajan Singh, 114.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SB Doull 25 10 49 2 1.96 0 1 CL Cairns 19 2 68 0 3.57 0 2 DJ Nash 15 9 20 3 1.33 0 1 DL Vettori 20 6 92 1 4.60 0 0 CD McMillan 10 2 26 1 2.60 1 1 PJ Wiseman 19 1 90 2 4.73 0 0 NJ Astle 7 3 7 1 1.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (b 9, lb 9, nb 8)TOTAL215/6 (60.3 Overs, RR: 3.55)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Bell, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (Stephen Fleming, 11.6 ov), 2-50* (Nathan Astle, retired not out ), 3-51 (Matt Horne, 17.2 ov), 4-67 (Adam Parore, 23.2 ov), 5-74 (Paul Wiseman, 28.5 ov), 6-211 (Chris Cairns, 60.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Srinath 19.3 1 82 3 4.20 0 8 BKV Prasad 10 3 26 0 2.60 0 0 A Kumble 23 6 70 2 3.04 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 5 1 11 0 2.20 0 0 SR Tendulkar 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0 (1)
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 December 1998 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 52/1 (MJ Horne 16*, SP Fleming 27*, 22 ov)
- Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 290/7 (DJ Nash 56*, DL Vettori 35*, 112 ov)
- Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 179/3 (SC Ganguly 47*, SR Tendulkar 42*, 53 ov)
- Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 73/4 (CD McMillan 17*, PJ Wiseman 0*, 28 ov)
- Wed, 30 Dec - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 215/6 (60.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Lunch: New Zealand 188/5 (McMillan 63*, Cairns 52*; 55 overs)
- CD McMillan and CL Cairns set a record New Zealand 6th wicket partnership in Tests against India worth 137 (previous record: 87 by JW Guy and AR MacGibbon at Hyderabad in 1955-56).
- Lunch: India 290/4 (Tendulkar 111*, Azharuddin 38*; 83 overs)
- Tea: India 356 (Srinath 27*; 115 overs)
- NJ Astle retired hurt at 50/2 (struck on his left hand while fending forward at a delivery from J Srinath off the 3rd ball in the 15th over, with his score on 0, and the total 49/2. Then decided to come off with the advice of the team physiotherapist at the end of 16 overs. X-rays at the hospital later revealed a broken metacarpal bone, forcing him out of all cricket for up to a month)
- Lunch: New Zealand 346/8 (Nash 84*, Wiseman 0*; 143 overs)
- Tea: India 74/1 (Sidhu 34*, Dravid 13*; 23 overs)
- DJ Nash and DL Vettori set a record New Zealand 8th wicket partnership in Tests worth 137 (previous record: 136 by BE Congdon and RS Cunis v West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1971-72; previous record v India: 103 by RJ Hadlee and IDS Smith at Auckland in 1989-90).
- Lunch: New Zealand 132/3 (Astle 20*, McMillan 13*; 52 overs)
- Tea: New Zealand 209/7 (Nash 15*, Vettori 0*; 80 overs)
- Lunch: India 91/4 (Tendulkar 41*, Azharuddin 29*; 28 overs)
- Tea: India 186/8 (Azharuddin 87*, Prasad 10*; 57 overs)