Majestic pull to bring up the win. It was the bouncer and Martin Guptill stood up tall to unfurl a spanking pull. New Zealand have won the game and by doing that, have made everybody look forward to the Test series.
New Zealand vs India, 5th ODI at Auckland, Mar 14 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
5th ODI (D/N), Auckland, March 14, 2009, India tour of New Zealand
(36.3/43 ov) 149
(23.2/43 ov, T:150) 151/2
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 118 balls remaining)
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Nagging bowling. Violent but controlled aggression while batting. Game over. Congrats NZ. Hang on for the post-match presentation.
Man of the Match Jesse Ryder : "Things are going all right at the moment. The confidence is high. I am looking forward to play in the Test series.
Vettori: We are looking forward to Test series. It should be competitive. Thanks to the crowd for coming in." And he adds with a smile, "Some of you supported us!" ha! Huge Indian-dominated audience there.
Dhoni: I would like to thank my team for playing well through the series. Sorry {to the crowd who roar] for disappointing you guys in the final match.
That's it from us. On behalf of Sanjay, our scorer, this is Sriram Veera, signing off. See you in the Test series. Ta!
23.2
4
Ishant Sharma to Guptill, FOUR runs
23.1
6
Ishant Sharma to Guptill, SIX runs
Guptill take a bow. Bloody entertaining way to bring up your fifty. He moved his front foot out and biffed the full length delivery over wide long-on. The white ball kept sailing into the night sky.
end of over 235 runs
NZ: 141/2CRR: 6.13 • RRR: 0.50
Ross Taylor28 (33b 4x4 1x6)
Martin Guptill47 (48b 6x4 1x6)
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-15-0
Ishant Sharma 7-1-53-1
22.6
2
Harbhajan to Taylor, 2 runs
on the middle and leg, worked past square leg for couple of runs.
22.5
1
Harbhajan to Guptill, 1 run
comes down the track, doesn't reach the pitch of the delivery, so quietly tucks it into a gap at the off side for a single
22.4
1
Harbhajan to Taylor, 1 run
on the middle, driven down to long-on
22.3
•
Harbhajan to Taylor, no run
shuffles across, Harbhajan keeps it outside off, steered to backward point
22.2
•
Harbhajan to Taylor, no run
on the off stump line, hit back to the bowler
22.1
1
Harbhajan to Guptill, 1 run
leans forward to ping long-off for a single
end of over 2214 runs
NZ: 136/2CRR: 6.18 • RRR: 0.71
Ross Taylor25 (29b 4x4 1x6)
Martin Guptill45 (46b 6x4 1x6)
Ishant Sharma 7-1-53-1
Harbhajan Singh 3-0-10-0
21.6
•
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, no run
gets forward and across to defend to the off side
21.5
4
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, FOUR runs
That bottom hand is working overtime. It was on the middle, may be middle and leg, but Taylor's shuffle meant it was easy pickings for him. And he whipped it to midwicket boundary.
21.4
•
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, no run
fuller, driven to mid-off
21.3
•
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, no run
drags back the length and shifts the line to outside off, steered to backward point
21.2
6
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, SIX runs
he has killed this one. He shuffles to the off stump and swings the full length delivery over cow corner. Ala Dean Jones. Bloody Marvellous.
21.1
4
Ishant Sharma to Taylor, FOUR runs
very nice. It was full in length and Taylor uses the bottom hand to power the lofted drive and whips it over wide midwicket
end of over 212 runs
NZ: 122/2CRR: 5.80 • RRR: 1.31
Ross Taylor11 (23b 2x4)
Martin Guptill45 (46b 6x4 1x6)
Harbhajan Singh 3-0-10-0
Ishant Sharma 6-1-39-1
20.6
1
Harbhajan to Taylor, 1 run
pushes it off the front of his hand, full and sliding in, driven down to long-on
20.5
•
Harbhajan to Taylor, no run
full and outside off stump, Taylor leans forward to defend
20.4
•
Harbhajan to Taylor, no run
this time drives back to the bowler
20.3
•
Harbhajan to Taylor, no run
shuffles towards off and defends to the on side of the pitch
20.2
1
Harbhajan to Guptill, 1 run
pushed through the on side
20.1
•
Harbhajan to Guptill, no run
couple of steps down the track, harbhajan keeps it slow and retains the higher trajectory, defended
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