- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 good length delivery, pitched on off stump, bowling left-arm over the wicket, Sinclair plays down the wrong line, ball comes back sharply, rapped on the pads, big shout... OUT! lbw, wicket of the very first ball 0/149.4 full and on the pads, flicked to deep fine leg, good throw in from the deep, the batsmen come across for the second, this is close, third umpire called for 208/816.2 well flighted and ouytside the off, Fleming lunges at it and drives hard, the ball flies off the edge to Sehwag at slip 70/225.3 flighted, McMillan comes down the track, misses the ball completely, Dighe does the stumping, McMillan cannot get back in time, has to make the long slow walk back to the pavilion. 106/336.3 goes for the sweep, gets the top rdge, goes up in the air, Yuvraj Singh comes around and takes the catch at short fine leg 158/438.3 plays it behinf point 163/546.2 well flighted and on the off, Parore comes down the track, plays down the wrong line and is stumped 190/647.4 full, quicker and the perfect ball for this time of the innings, Nash is yorked, the middle stump is disturbed, classic yorker that 198/7Extras15 (lb 4, nb 2, w 9)TOTAL211/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.22)Did not bat: DR TuffeyFall of wickets: 1-0 (Mathew Sinclair, 0.1 ov), 2-70 (Stephen Fleming, 16.2 ov), 3-106 (Craig McMillan, 25.3 ov), 4-158 (Lou Vincent, 36.3 ov), 5-163 (Chris Harris, 38.3 ov), 6-190 (Adam Parore, 46.2 ov), 7-198 (Dion Nash, 47.4 ov), 8-208 (Nathan Astle, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 9 1 41 2 4.55 4 0 A Nehra 7 0 35 0 5.00 1 2 RS Sodhi 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 1 25 2 2.50 3 0 V Sehwag 8 1 31 0 3.87 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 43 1 4.30 1 0 HK Badani 5 0 25 1 5.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4 pitched on leg and middle, straightening, Yuvraj rapped on the pads, very much on the crease, Big shout for lbw 13/16.2 short of a length, on middle and off, rising a little more than what Ganguly expected, hardly any foot-work, stands there and slices it in the air, straight to Harris at point, he doesn't put such easy ones any ways, there you go Mr ganguly, 13/239.3 goes on the attack, mistimes the shot, straight to Harris in covers, end of Laxman's knock 123/816.3 back of a length, a bit of extra pace and bounce, Dravid is surprised by the delivery, fends at it awkwardly and presents Sinclair with a simple catch at covers 41/320.2 back of a length and outside the off, Badani flashes hard at that perfectly pitched ball, edged through to the keeper and India are in more trouble 50/420.5 back of a length and on the off, good bit of extra bounce there, a shocked Sehwag prods the ball straight to Harris at gully 50/530.3 pitched outside the off stump, the gentle of all harris specials, Sodhi looking confident, plays for the gentle leg break, oh no! the ball jags back in, through the gate and BOWLED! 88/638.4 mistimes the stroke, caught at deep extra cover fence 118/740.4 slow full toss, wonder what... Harbhajan kncoks it back to Harris, good catch moving to his left, India's abject surrender almost complete 125/941.1 slower ball on the leg stump, sweeps at it, a forehand stroke, in the air, straight to McMillan at long leg. All over! 127/10Extras8 (b 2, lb 3, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL127 all out (41.1 Overs, RR: 3.08)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Yuvraj Singh, 3.6 ov), 2-13 (Sourav Ganguly, 6.2 ov), 3-41 (Rahul Dravid, 16.3 ov), 4-50 (Hemang Badani, 20.2 ov), 5-50 (Virender Sehwag, 20.5 ov), 6-88 (Reetinder Sodhi, 30.3 ov), 7-118 (Sameer Dighe, 38.4 ov), 8-123 (VVS Laxman, 39.3 ov), 9-125 (Harbhajan Singh, 40.4 ov), 10-127 (Zaheer Khan, 41.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
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Match number
Season
Match days
20 July 2001 - day/night match (50-over match)
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Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, India 0
Match Notes
- New Zealand innings:
- New Zealand 50 in 10.2 overs, 51 mins
- New Zealand 100 in 24.1 overs, 105 mins
- NJ Astle 50 off 105 mins, 73 balls, 6x4
- New Zealand 150 in 34.3 overs, 138 mins
- NJ Astle 100 off 168 mins, 130 balls, 8x4, 1x6
- New Zealand 200 in 48.1 overs, 197 mins
- India innings:
- India 50 in 20.1 overs, 93 mins
- India 100 in 35 overs, 149 mins
- VVS Laxman 50 off 140 mins, 96 balls, 4x4
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