that's it! New Zealand have won by ten runs, Sreesanth drives a full length delivery to cover to take a single off the last ball
New Zealand vs India, 13th Match, Group E at Johannesburg, Sep 16 2007 - Match Result
New Zealand have won the first Super Eight's match and gained two valuable points. India will rue the glut of runs they conceded in the final overs. New Zealand managed to score 78 off their final five overs thanks to some awesome hitting from Oram and McMillan. Sehwag and Gambhir got India off to a furious start but it was Vettori's spell of 4 for 20 that turned the tide in New Zealand's favour. No surprise then that he's the Man of the Match, it was a fabulous effort from Vettori on a flat pitch. That's it from me and Kanishkaa for this game, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers!
barring a no-ball, New Zealand have won it, Gillespie bowls a full toss on off stump that Sreesanth can only hit to Vettori at cover
13 needed off two balls.
Sreesanth charges again and edges another ball past McCullum for four more
Sreesanth charges down the pitch and Gillespie responds with a full ball outside off that squeezes under Sreesanth's outstretched bat
full ball from round the wicket hits Sreesanth on the boot, the ball runs towards third man for two leg byes
that's four of them, Sreesanth backs away to a full toss and gets a thick outside edge that runs fine down to third man
India need 23 off the final over.
played towards backward point with an open face
edged down to third man for another boundary, Bond has been expensive once again
caught! Harbhajan gets under a good length ball and skies it high in the air, Vettori settles under it at short cover and takes a steepling catch
he backs away again and plays it to Vettori at cover
that was in the slot outside off stump but Sreesanth backed away and tried to slog it over midwicket rather than through the off side, he doesn't make contact
length ball outside off stump, Sreesanth steps forward and flat-bats it past mid-off for four, Bond needs to be fuller
Bond returns to bowl the penultimate over. India need 33 off 12 balls.
full and wide outside the off stump, Harbhajan throws his bat at it and places the ball between short third man and backward point for four
this one if full just outside the off stump, Harbhajan tries to smash it through midwicket but doesn't make contact
banged in short outside the off stump and Gillespie beats Harbhajan with the extra bounce
driven hard off the back foot to cover
it's Vincent again with the direct hit and this time he's got Agarkar, Vincent swooped down on Agarkar's push to midwicket and under-armed the throw back to the non-striker's end, Agarkar is inches short
flicked off the pads to Vincent at midwicket who hits the stumps at the bowler's end, Harbhajan didn't ground his bat, merely plonked it it the crease but he was just home
caught this time! Karthik tries to slog sweep Vettori but doesn't get the necessary elevation, he holes out to Bond at deep square leg who takes an easy catch
dropped, Karthik steps down the pitch and lofts the ball straight to Fulton at long-on who drops an awful sitter, the ball bounces off his hands and rolls to the boundary
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | |
Toss | India, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2007/08 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | T20I no. 32 |
Hours of play (local time) | First Session 10:00-11:20, Interval 11:20-11:40, Second Session 11:40-13:00 |
Match days | 16 September 2007 - day (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | New Zealand 2, India 0 |