BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c & b Vettori	42	116	158	4	0	36.20
Virender Sehwag	lbw b Tuffey	29	32	47	3	1	90.62
Rahul Dravid	c †Hart b Oram	222	387	578	28	1	57.36
Sachin Tendulkar	c Astle b Styris	8	38	54	1	0	21.05
VVS Laxman	c Wiseman b Vettori	64	147	195	8	0	43.53
Sourav Ganguly (c)	not out	100	211	260	8	3	47.39
Parthiv Patel †	not out	29	24	43	5	0	120.83
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 1)	6
TOTAL	159 Ov (RR: 3.14, 670 Mts)	500/5d
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Virender Sehwag, 10.4 ov), 2-107 (Aakash Chopra, 37.6 ov), 3-134 (Sachin Tendulkar, 50.4 ov), 4-264 (VVS Laxman, 97.5 ov), 5-446 (Rahul Dravid, 148.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daryl Tuffey	31	6	103	1	3.32	139	12	1	0	0
10.4 to V Sehwag, . 35/1
Jacob Oram	33	8	95	1	2.87	155	15	0	0	1
148.6 to R Dravid, . 446/5
Scott Styris	26	5	83	1	3.19	115	12	0	0	0
50.4 to SR Tendulkar, . 134/3
Daniel Vettori	44	9	128	2	2.90	195	10	3	0	0
37.6 to A Chopra, . 107/2 97.5 to VVS Laxman, . 264/4
Craig McMillan	4	1	6	0	1.50	20	0	0	0	0
Paul Wiseman	21	0	80	0	3.80	79	8	1	0	0

New Zealand 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	b Khan	6	20	32	0	0	30.00
Lou Vincent	c †Patel b Khan	7	31	42	1	0	22.58
Stephen Fleming (c)	b Khan	1	3	17	0	0	33.33
Scott Styris	c Chopra b Harbhajan Singh	34	98	140	5	0	34.69
Nathan Astle	st †Patel b Harbhajan Singh	103	207	283	14	0	49.75
Craig McMillan	c Chopra b Sehwag	54	92	108	8	0	58.69
Jacob Oram	c Dravid b Kumble	5	50	53	0	0	10.00
Robbie Hart †	lbw b Balaji	15	58	70	1	0	25.86
Daniel Vettori	c Dravid b Kumble	60	129	188	10	0	46.51
Paul Wiseman	c Laxman b Khan	27	79	110	4	0	34.17
Daryl Tuffey	not out	2	24	18	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 18, nb 4)	26
TOTAL	131.1 Ov (RR: 2.59)	340
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mark Richardson, 6.5 ov), 2-16 (Lou Vincent, 8.4 ov), 3-17 (Stephen Fleming, 10.1 ov), 4-108 (Scott Styris, 41.2 ov), 5-199 (Craig McMillan, 68.2 ov), 6-223 (Nathan Astle, 81.1 ov), 7-227 (Jacob Oram, 84.4 ov), 8-265 (Robbie Hart, 99.5 ov), 9-332 (Paul Wiseman, 126.3 ov), 10-340 (Daniel Vettori, 131.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	23	3	68	4	2.95	109	9	0	0	3
6.5 to MH Richardson, . 11/1 8.4 to L Vincent, . 16/2 10.1 to SP Fleming, . 17/3 126.3 to PJ Wiseman, . 332/9
Lakshmipathy Balaji	26	7	84	1	3.23	120	12	0	0	1
99.5 to RG Hart, . 265/8
Anil Kumble	35.1	11	58	2	1.64	182	8	0	0	0
84.4 to JDP Oram, . 227/7 131.1 to DL Vettori, . 340/10
Harbhajan Singh	36	8	86	2	2.38	167	11	0	0	0
41.2 to SB Styris, . 108/4 81.1 to NJ Astle, . 223/6
Virender Sehwag	8	2	17	1	2.12	39	2	0	0	0
68.2 to CD McMillan, . 199/5
Sachin Tendulkar	3	2	5	0	1.66	16	1	0	0	0

India 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Styris b Vettori	31	72	109	2	0	43.05
Virender Sehwag	c †Hart b Oram	17	29	36	1	0	58.62
Rahul Dravid	c Vincent b Wiseman	73	86	124	6	0	84.88
Sachin Tendulkar	c Vettori b Wiseman	7	15	19	0	0	46.66
VVS Laxman	c Vettori b Wiseman	44	35	40	3	1	125.71
Sourav Ganguly (c)	b Wiseman	25	23	25	1	2	108.69
Parthiv Patel †	not out	5	9	16	0	0	55.55
Extras	(b 4, lb 3)	7
TOTAL	44.5 Ov (RR: 4.66)	209/6d
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Virender Sehwag, 9.1 ov), 2-97 (Aakash Chopra, 25.3 ov), 3-118 (Sachin Tendulkar, 30.3 ov), 4-166 (Rahul Dravid, 38.4 ov), 5-177 (VVS Laxman, 40.4 ov), 6-209 (Sourav Ganguly, 44.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daryl Tuffey	9	2	18	0	2.00	44	2	0	0	0
Jacob Oram	8	0	39	1	4.87	30	5	0	0	0
9.1 to V Sehwag, . 20/1
Daniel Vettori	16	0	81	1	5.06	41	4	1	0	0
25.3 to A Chopra, . 97/2
Paul Wiseman	11.5	0	64	4	5.40	31	2	2	0	0
30.3 to SR Tendulkar, . 118/3 38.4 to R Dravid, . 166/4 40.4 to VVS Laxman, . 177/5 44.5 to SC Ganguly, . 209/6

New Zealand 2nd INNINGS (Target: 370 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	c Chopra b Kumble	21	42	63	2	0	50.00
Lou Vincent	b Kumble	67	186	232	9	0	36.02
Daryl Tuffey	b Kumble	8	32	55	0	0	25.00
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	8	31	30	1	0	25.80
Scott Styris	lbw b Kumble	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Craig McMillan	not out	83	190	259	8	0	43.68
Jacob Oram	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	7	30	35	1	0	23.33
Nathan Astle	not out	51	135	146	8	0	37.77
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 12)	27
TOTAL	107 Ov (RR: 2.54)	272/6
Did not bat: Daniel Vettori, Robbie Hart †, Paul Wiseman
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Mark Richardson, 15.5 ov), 2-68 (Daryl Tuffey, 31.1 ov), 3-85 (Stephen Fleming, 38.5 ov), 4-86 (Scott Styris, 39.4 ov), 5-150 (Lou Vincent, 59.5 ov), 6-169 (Jacob Oram, 68.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	10	1	36	0	3.60	47	3	0	0	4
Lakshmipathy Balaji	11	4	21	0	1.90	55	2	0	0	1
Harbhajan Singh	38	9	65	2	1.71	183	5	0	0	0
38.5 to SP Fleming, . 85/3 68.5 to JDP Oram, . 169/6
Anil Kumble	39	12	95	4	2.43	189	14	0	0	1
15.5 to MH Richardson, . 44/1 31.1 to DR Tuffey, . 68/2 39.4 to SB Styris, . 86/4 59.5 to L Vincent, . 150/5
Sachin Tendulkar	7	0	40	0	5.71	24	5	0	0	1
Virender Sehwag	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	0	0	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of India
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Rahul Dravid
Series result	2-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1660
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Aakash Chopra Lakshmipathy Balaji
Umpires	David Shepherd Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Krishna Hariharan
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 08 Oct - day 1 - India 1st innings 249/3 (Rahul Dravid 110*, VVS Laxman 56*, 90 ov)

Thu, 09 Oct - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 41/3 (Scott Styris 10*, Nathan Astle 13*, 19 ov)

Fri, 10 Oct - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 282/8 (Daniel Vettori 28*, Paul Wiseman 8*, 109 ov)

Sat, 11 Oct - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 48/1 (Lou Vincent 21*, Daryl Tuffey 0*, 18 ov)

Sun, 12 Oct - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 272/6 (107 ov) - end of match

Match Coverage

India v New Zealand

'The pitch was no good to anybody'

New Zealand Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	10	1	36	0	3.6 (4 nb)
L Balaji	11	4	21	0	1.9 (1 nb)
Harbhajan Singh	38	9	65	2	1.71
A Kumble	39	12	95	4	2.43 (1 nb)
SR Tendulkar	7	0	40	0	5.71 (1 nb)
V Sehwag	2	2	0	0	0

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