BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	c Sehwag b Sharma	12	52	75	1	0	23.07

Martin Guptill	c Dravid b Khan	14	20	28	2	0	70.00

Daniel Flynn	c †Dhoni b Khan	0	3	7	0	0	0.00

Ross Taylor	b Sharma	18	37	58	2	0	48.64

Jesse Ryder	c Laxman b Sharma	102	162	269	14	0	62.96

James Franklin	c †Dhoni b Sharma	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Brendon McCullum †	c Laxman b Patel	3	8	10	0	0	37.50

Daniel Vettori (c)	c †Dhoni b Patel	118	164	196	14	2	71.95

Kyle Mills	b Patel	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Iain O'Brien	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	8	19	29	1	0	42.10

Chris Martin	not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3)	4
TOTAL	78.2 Ov (RR: 3.56)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Martin Guptill, 6.5 ov), 2-17 (Daniel Flynn, 8.2 ov), 3-40 (Tim McIntosh, 16.2 ov), 4-51 (Ross Taylor, 20.4 ov), 5-51 (James Franklin, 20.6 ov), 6-60 (Brendon McCullum, 23.1 ov), 7-246 (Daniel Vettori, 70.2 ov), 8-246 (Kyle Mills, 70.3 ov), 9-275 (Iain O'Brien, 77.1 ov), 10-279 (Jesse Ryder, 78.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	16	3	70	2	4.37	67	9	1	0	2
6.5 to MJ Guptill, and it's first blood to India! Zaheer lands it on a good length on the middle stump and gets slight movement off the pitch, Guptill wants to defend but gets a thick outside edge, Dravid falls to his left at third slip, fumbles with it initially but takes it in the end in front of second slip. 17/1 8.2 to DR Flynn, nice reflexes from Dhoni, Zaheer slides it just wide of the legstump and Flynn can't resist the temptation to work it down to fine leg, he gets a lot of wood on it and it's obvious to Taufel as he lifts his finger straightaway, Dhoni follows the movement early and gloves it easily. 17/2
Ishant Sharma	19.2	4	73	4	3.77	84	10	0	0	0
16.2 to TG McIntosh, that's the third catch behind the wicket this morning, Ishant bowls it much fuller and gets it to angle across the left hander, McIntosh had to play at it but he fails to cover the line and the thick edge goes low to Sehwag at gully, he cups it with both hands comfortably in front of his body and makes up for his lapse early on. 40/3 20.4 to LRPL Taylor, India are on the kill this morning, Ishant squares him up with the same inward movement and this one jags back in off the pitch, Taylor gets across to cover the movement but the ball skids through off a fullish length, clips his pads and flattens the offstump. 51/4 20.6 to JEC Franklin, very unfortunate for Franklin and he can blame the umpiring for that, Ishant angles the ball across him and he tries to get his bat across to defend and there's a sound before reaching the keeper, the decision is give and Franklin doesn't look too happy with Taufel's verdict, Hot Spot shows the ball clipping the pad and not the bat. 51/5 78.2 to JD Ryder, tries to repeat the pull but he fails to get on top of the bounce and ends up tamely top edging it to Laxman at mid-on, no elevation in that shot. 279/10
Munaf Patel	18	4	60	3	3.33	76	7	0	0	0
23.1 to BB McCullum, and NZ slide further! McCullum has himself to blame for a wrong choice of shot, he pushes hard at a delivery angling away from him off a good length and gives Laxman catching practice at second slip, now all seamers are among the wickets. 60/6 70.2 to DL Vettori, gone, relief for India but the end of an excellent innings, slightly short on middle, jagged back in just a touch, Vettori tried to dab that into the leg side, got a faint inside edge and Dhoni dived full length to his right to snap a sharp catch. 246/7 70.3 to KD Mills, timber! A lethal yorker bowled at 140 kmph on the off and Mills fails to bring his bat down in time, he didn't expect that first up and can only watch the stumps take a battering. 246/8
Harbhajan Singh	22	7	57	1	2.59	100	7	0	0	0
77.1 to IE O'Brien, not the smartest thing to do with your partner on 98, he suddenly decides to give the bowler the charge and Harbhajan drops the ball short, he then hangs his bat out to defend but the ball beats him and Dhoni does the rest, O'Brien will probably hide in a dark room somewhere...why? Because the next man in is Chris Martin. Can't wait to hear Iain's description of this wicket! Blog on..... 275/9
Virender Sehwag	3	0	18	0	6.00	9	1	1	0	1

India 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c †McCullum b Martin	72	135	173	11	0	53.33

Virender Sehwag	run out (Franklin)	24	21	40	5	0	114.28

Rahul Dravid	b O'Brien	66	138	182	12	0	47.82

Sachin Tendulkar	c Taylor b O'Brien	160	260	397	26	0	61.53

VVS Laxman	c Taylor b Martin	30	91	108	4	0	32.96

Yuvraj Singh	b Martin	22	50	72	4	0	44.00

MS Dhoni (c)†	c †McCullum b O'Brien	47	123	143	7	0	38.21

Harbhajan Singh	c Vettori b Mills	16	27	34	2	1	59.25

Zaheer Khan	not out	51	46	62	8	0	110.86
Ishant Sharma	c †McCullum b Vettori	6	13	26	1	0	46.15

Munaf Patel	c Martin b Vettori	9	20	22	1	0	45.00

Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 8)	17
TOTAL	152.4 Ov (RR: 3.40)	520
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Virender Sehwag, 9.2 ov), 2-142 (Gautam Gambhir, 41.4 ov), 3-177 (Rahul Dravid, 53.2 ov), 4-238 (VVS Laxman, 81.2 ov), 5-314 (Yuvraj Singh, 97.3 ov), 6-429 (MS Dhoni, 133.4 ov), 7-443 (Sachin Tendulkar, 137.6 ov), 8-457 (Harbhajan Singh, 140.4 ov), 9-492 (Ishant Sharma, 146.3 ov), 10-520 (Munaf Patel, 152.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	30	9	98	3	3.26	142	20	0	0	0
41.4 to G Gambhir, and New Zealand are a relieved bunch! The hint of reverse swing does the trick, the ball drifts in first and then slightly moves away, Gambhir tries to scoop it square over the offside but the ball flies off the edge to McCullum. 142/2 81.2 to VVS Laxman, the new ball does the trick! Martin lands it outside off the ball holds its line, Laxman very lazily reaches out and pokes at the ball, the outside edge travels quickly to first slip and Taylor catches it as he falls to his left. 238/4 97.3 to Yuvraj Singh, that's a poor leave and he looks back to see his bails splattered on the turf, Martin really gets this one to bend back in from round the wicket and Yuvraj nonchalantly shoulders arms, the ball knocks the offstump back. 314/5
Kyle Mills	22	4	98	1	4.45	96	17	0	0	5
140.4 to Harbhajan Singh, Dan sets a fine example! It was full outside off and deserving to be spanked, Harbhajan scoops it and tries to beat mid-off but the ball drifts away from Vettori but he follows the ball, falls to his left and takes it with both hands. 457/8
Iain O'Brien	33	7	103	3	3.12	153	16	0	0	0
53.2 to R Dravid, O'Brien will be gushing about this dismissal when he blogs tonight! Super delivery which nips back in off the seam and squares up Dravid, the ball sneaks through the daylight between bat and pad and flattens the offstump, O'Brien's earned this. 177/3 133.4 to MS Dhoni, Dhoni walks, he tries to hook a short delivery down the leg side and gets a bit of glove on it, McCullum goes up and Dhoni doesn't even look back at Taufel. 429/6 137.6 to SR Tendulkar, and O'Brien ends Tendulkar's magical stint with a rip snorter! It kicks up outside the offstump and fizzes past his body and he hops at the crease and tries to work it to the on side, the ball clips the top half of the bat and flies to Taylor at first slip, O'Brien will have something to write about tonight! Watch this space, let's call it a blogacious delivery. 443/7
James Franklin	23	1	98	0	4.26	93	14	0	0	0
Daniel Vettori	35.4	8	90	2	2.52	165	9	1	0	3
146.3 to I Sharma, no doubt about that one, Ishant rocks back aiming to cut square off a delivery which turns a bit, he gets a thick edge and McCullum takes it easily. 492/9 152.4 to MM Patel, he goes for another signature one-handed sweep but this time he gets a lot off elevation on it and Martin makes no mistake at fine leg, that ends the innings at 520. 520/10
Jesse Ryder	9	5	24	0	2.66	45	5	0	0	0

New Zealand 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	c Tendulkar b Khan	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Martin Guptill	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	48	86	115	7	1	55.81

Daniel Flynn	c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	67	183	289	10	0	36.61

Kyle Mills	lbw b Patel	2	19	20	0	0	10.52

Ross Taylor	c Sehwag b Patel	4	30	58	0	0	13.33

Jesse Ryder	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	21	27	36	2	1	77.77

James Franklin	c Patel b Harbhajan Singh	14	44	51	1	0	31.81

Brendon McCullum †	c Laxman b Yuvraj Singh	84	135	168	11	0	62.22

Daniel Vettori (c)	c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	21	41	51	2	0	51.21

Iain O'Brien	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	14	45	100	3	0	31.11

Chris Martin	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3)	4
TOTAL	102.3 Ov (RR: 2.72)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tim McIntosh, 0.3 ov), 2-68 (Martin Guptill, 25.3 ov), 3-75 (Kyle Mills, 30.6 ov), 4-110 (Ross Taylor, 43.3 ov), 5-132 (Jesse Ryder, 51.2 ov), 6-154 (James Franklin, 63.5 ov), 7-161 (Daniel Flynn, 65.6 ov), 8-199 (Daniel Vettori, 77.5 ov), 9-275 (Iain O'Brien, 101.4 ov), 10-279 (Brendon McCullum, 102.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	28	7	79	1	2.82	133	10	1	0	0
0.3 to TG McIntosh, Tendulkar takes it very low at first slip and he's hurt his finger, McIntosh fails to dig out a full delivery and the ball clips the top of the bat and travels low to Tendulkar at first slip who falls forward and appears to take it an inch off the ground, now he releases the ball after the dive and for a split second we aren't sure if he took it cleanly, McIntosh isn't sure either and he waits but Gould was convinced, replays aren't dead accurate and he MAY have got his fingers underneath the ball, I repeat, MAY. It's a tough one, I must admit. Tendulkar started celebrating immediately , Perhaps McIntosh could have stood his ground with more conviction. 0/1
Ishant Sharma	22	7	62	0	2.81	108	9	1	0	0
Munaf Patel	17	2	60	2	3.52	74	9	0	0	0
30.6 to KD Mills, final ball of the day and Mills cannot survive to tell the tale! Munaf gets it swing back in late and catch Mills on the base of the pad, his bat isn't too far away but everybody including Ian Gould knew it was pad first and that's plumb, really Munaf deserves this wicket after setting him up with yorkers at the start of the over, good captaincy move by Dhoni. 75/3 43.3 to LRPL Taylor, slashed and straight to Sehwag at gully! Munaf gets a bit of extra bounce outside off and an under-pressure Taylor cannot resist a slash, the ball flies to gully's right and Sehwag takes the catch side-on with both hands, Taylor can't believe what he's done as he trudges back. 110/4
Harbhajan Singh	28	2	63	6	2.25	128	7	0	0	0
25.3 to MJ Guptill, Guptill's given it away I'm afraid, Harbhajan dishes out a half volley on the offstump but Guptill makes the mistake of scooping it instead of driving along the ground, Sehwag moves to his left and takes the catch fairly easily falling falling to his left. 68/2 51.2 to JD Ryder, that was absolutely plumb! Harbhajan lands it on middle and off and the ball straightens a bit after pitching, there wasn't much pace on the ball and Ryder was a little slow in getting his bat behind the line, the ball clips his back pad right in front of the stumps, easy one for Taufel. 132/5 63.5 to JEC Franklin, that's a very tame dismissal, Franklin reaches out to a flighted delivery outside off and the ball balloons off the top of the bat, Munaf takes a very easy catch at point in front of his face. 154/6 65.6 to DR Flynn, unfortunate for Flynn after all the hours of concentration, the ball lands on middle and leg and Flynn commits to the front foot, he defends away from the line of the ball and gets a thin inside edge onto the pad and it's a straightforward catch to Gambhir at forward short-leg. 161/7 77.5 to DL Vettori, Harbhajan takes five! He cramps him up for room and the ball nearly squeezes through the gap between bat and pad, he gets a thin inside edge and Dhoni snaps it up, he was close to being bowled as well. 199/8 101.4 to IE O'Brien, and finally O'Brien's resistance ends! Tosses it up on middle and off and he gets a half stride forward, all the Indians including Laxman, the catcher at silly point, reckoned there were two sounds and Taufel didn't take too much time to decide. 275/9
Yuvraj Singh	7.3	2	11	1	1.46	38	1	0	0	0
102.3 to BB McCullum, goes for one shot too many! Yuvraj fires it quicker and McCullum tries to repeat the on-side hoick but he gets a thick top edge which swirls to Laxman at short fine-leg. 279/10

India 2nd INNINGS (Target: 39 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	not out	30	18	23	6	0	166.66
Rahul Dravid	not out	8	14	23	2	0	57.14
Extras	(b 1)	1
TOTAL	5.2 Ov (RR: 7.31)	39
Did not bat: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c)†, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	3	0	17	0	5.66	13	4	0	0	0
Kyle Mills	2.2	0	21	0	9.00	7	4	0	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

Seddon Park, Hamilton
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	India tour of New Zealand
Season	2008/09
Player Of The Match	Sachin Tendulkar
Series result	India led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1915
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	18,19,20,21 March 2009 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Martin Guptill
Umpires	Ian Gould Simon Taufel
TV Umpire	Gary Baxter
Reserve Umpire	Kevin Manley
Match Referee	Alan Hurst

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 18 Mar - day 1 - India 1st innings 29/0 (Gautam Gambhir 6*, Virender Sehwag 22*, 7 ov)

Thu, 19 Mar - day 2 - India 1st innings 278/4 (Sachin Tendulkar 70*, Yuvraj Singh 8*, 90.5 ov)

Fri, 20 Mar - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 75/3 (Daniel Flynn 24*, 31 ov)

Sat, 21 Mar - day 4 - India 2nd innings 39/0 (5.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

Day 1

New Zealand 1st innings
Drinks: New Zealand - 30/2 in 14.0 overs (TG McIntosh 7, LRPL Taylor 8)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: New Zealand - 61/6 in 25.0 overs (JD Ryder 13, DL Vettori 0)
Drinks: New Zealand - 99/6 in 40.0 overs (JD Ryder 38, DL Vettori 13)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 40.2 overs (242 balls), Extras 1
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (JD Ryder 26, DL Vettori 27, Ex 0)
DL Vettori: 50 off 85 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 50.5 overs (305 balls), Extras 1
7th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (JD Ryder 37, DL Vettori 64, Ex 0)
JD Ryder: 50 off 102 balls (7 x 4)
Tea: New Zealand - 162/6 in 54.0 overs (JD Ryder 50, DL Vettori 64)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (375 balls), Extras 2
7th Wicket: 150 runs in 242 balls (JD Ryder 50, DL Vettori 98, Ex 2)
DL Vettori: 100 off 139 balls (13 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: New Zealand - 236/6 in 68.0 overs (JD Ryder 75, DL Vettori 111)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 71.3 overs (432 balls), Extras 4
JD Ryder: 100 off 161 balls (14 x 4)
Innings Break: New Zealand - 279/10 in 78.2 overs (CS Martin 0)
India 1st innings
End Of Day: India - 29/0 in 7.0 overs (G Gambhir 6, V Sehwag 22)

Day 2

Match Delayed: India - 29/0 in 7.0 overs (G Gambhir 6, V Sehwag 22)
India: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: India - 63/1 in 19.0 overs (G Gambhir 26, R Dravid 10)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (G Gambhir 37, R Dravid 15, Ex 1)
G Gambhir: 50 off 97 balls (8 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (172 balls), Extras 3
Lunch: India - 108/1 in 32.0 overs (G Gambhir 58, R Dravid 23)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 191 balls (G Gambhir 57, R Dravid 42, Ex 2)
India: 150 runs in 44.6 overs (272 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: India - 152/2 in 46.0 overs (R Dravid 49, SR Tendulkar 3)
R Dravid: 50 off 108 balls (10 x 4)
Tea: India - 197/3 in 61.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 25, VVS Laxman 4)
India: 200 runs in 62.3 overs (378 balls), Extras 6
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 112 balls (SR Tendulkar 22, VVS Laxman 27, Ex 2)
Drinks: India - 233/3 in 79.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 36, VVS Laxman 29)
New Ball Taken: India 238/3 after 81.1 overs (SR Tendulkar 40, VVS Laxman 30)
India: 250 runs in 84.2 overs (510 balls), Extras 7
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 118 balls (8 x 4)
Match Delayed: India - 278/4 in 90.5 overs (SR Tendulkar 70, Yuvraj Singh 8)
Bad Light: India - 278/4 in 90.5 overs (SR Tendulkar 70, Yuvraj Singh 8)
End Of Day: India - 278/4 in 90.5 overs (SR Tendulkar 70, Yuvraj Singh 8)

Day 3

5th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (SR Tendulkar 34, Yuvraj Singh 17, Ex 2)
India: 300 runs in 93.3 overs (566 balls), Extras 8
SR Tendulkar: 100 off 168 balls (15 x 4)
Drinks: India - 344/5 in 107.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 117, MS Dhoni 5)
India: 350 runs in 109.2 overs (661 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (SR Tendulkar 31, MS Dhoni 16, Ex 4)
Lunch: India - 384/5 in 123.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 135, MS Dhoni 22)
India: 400 runs in 127.1 overs (769 balls), Extras 14
SR Tendulkar: 150 off 241 balls (25 x 4)
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 194 balls (SR Tendulkar 58, MS Dhoni 37, Ex 6)
Drinks: India - 436/6 in 135.5 overs (SR Tendulkar 156, Harbhajan Singh 4)
India: 450 runs in 138.5 overs (840 balls), Extras 16
India: 500 runs in 147.3 overs (893 balls), Extras 17
Z Khan: 50 off 45 balls (8 x 4)
Innings Break: India - 520/10 in 152.4 overs (Z Khan 51)
Tea: India - 520/10 in 152.4 overs (Z Khan 51)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Drinks: New Zealand - 32/1 in 14.0 overs (MJ Guptill 26, DR Flynn 6)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (MJ Guptill 34, DR Flynn 16, Ex 0)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 75/3 in 31.0 overs (DR Flynn 24)

Day 4

New Zealand: 100 runs in 41.6 overs (252 balls), Extras 2
DR Flynn: 50 off 118 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: New Zealand - 110/4 in 43.3 overs (DR Flynn 54)
Lunch: New Zealand - 146/5 in 57.0 overs (DR Flynn 62, JEC Franklin 7)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 59.4 overs (358 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: New Zealand - 182/7 in 71.0 overs (BB McCullum 11, DL Vettori 12)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 78.5 overs (473 balls), Extras 3
New Ball Taken: New Zealand 205/8 after 82.1 overs (BB McCullum 23, IE O'Brien 1)
Tea: New Zealand - 216/8 in 85.0 overs (BB McCullum 30, IE O'Brien 5)
BB McCullum: 50 off 85 balls (6 x 4)
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (BB McCullum 40, IE O'Brien 9, Ex 1)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 94.4 overs (568 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: New Zealand - 272/8 in 99.0 overs (BB McCullum 77, IE O'Brien 14)
Innings Break: New Zealand - 279/10 in 102.3 overs (CS Martin 0)