- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 McIntosh is castled, he has a befuddled look after being bowled, seam is upright as Sreesanth fires the ball in, pitched off and middle, close to the off stump, enough movement to take the ball between McIntosh's bat and pad and onto off stump, Sreesanth gets his second, the openers are gone, that was a beauty from Sreesanth 16/26.1 what a delivery from Sreesanth to make the breakthrough, gets his line right, just outside off, and pitches it back of a length , moving away from Guptill, who has to play at it, he nicks it to the keeper, and it isn't a no-ball either, so Guptill's got to go 11/114.5 it seems to have worked, Taylor is gone lbw, Taylor is looking unhappy, not sure why, that looked plumb, the ball jags in after pitching outside off, Taylor is undone by the movement, hit just below the knee roll as he looks to defend, it didn't take long for the umpire to raise his finger 42/347.3 and there's the breakthrough India were looking for, Ryder is gone, Harbhajan has struck, lovely catch from Raina, he has already taken a smart low catch at second slip, this time he scoops another low catch at extra cover after Ryder rocked back and thumped a ball to him, India celebrate, Ryder walks off, he waits at the edge of the boundary to see whether he'll get a reprieve from the third umpire who was asked to check whether Raina collected that one cleanly. The third umpire is satisfied and Ryder has to go. Superb innings from him, much of it played in agony. 124/715.4 a flighted and full delivery from Ojha, Williamson checks his drive, India are celebrating after Williamson the ball spooned towards short cover, Sehwag is pumping his fists, umpire is not sure whether that is a bump ball, third umpire is called for, batsman says he's not sure, replays show the ball was hit after bouncing and went straight to Sehwag, New Zealand are four down and in deep trouble 43/416.6 bowled 'im! not a great shot from Vettori, he is distraught after that, it was short and outside off, an innocuous delivery, Vettori went for the pull and contrived to get an under-edge, the ball rattles into middle stump, India can't believe this gift of a wicket 51/527.6 lovely from Ojha, he ends Hopkins' resistance, loops it up, turns away from the batsman after pitching on a length, Hopkins looks to defend off the front foot, doesn't bargain for the spin, and it takes the outside edge to second slip, Raina is dleighted, as is Ojha 82/659.2 he doesn't escape this time, in the channel outside off, similar length to the previous one, McCullum again looks to force the ball off the back foot, he gets an edge again, it's a thin one this time, Dhoni gobbles up the chance, and India have struck early on Sunday 159/866.3 and looks to repeat the stroke, this time he gets too much elevation, and not enough distance, Sehwag waits an eternity for the ball to come down at mid-on, pouches that one and that's the end of Southee and New Zealand. 193/1063.3 that's the end of McKay, a shortish ball from Ishant, no feet movement from McKay, he looks for the drives, the ball beats the bat and crashes into middle and off stump, clearing the stage for Chris Martin 165/9Extras9 (b 1, lb 5, nb 3)TOTAL193 all out (66.3 Overs, RR: 2.9, 312 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Martin Guptill, 6.1 ov), 2-16 (Tim McIntosh, 8.4 ov), 3-42 (Ross Taylor, 14.5 ov), 4-43 (Kane Williamson, 15.4 ov), 5-51 (Daniel Vettori, 16.6 ov), 6-82 (Gareth Hopkins, 27.6 ov), 7-124 (Jesse Ryder, 47.3 ov), 8-159 (Brendon McCullum, 59.2 ov), 9-165 (Andy McKay, 63.3 ov), 10-193 (Tim Southee, 66.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB S Sreesanth 12 4 28 2 2.33 0 1 I Sharma 18 4 43 4 2.38 0 2 PP Ojha 19.3 2 57 3 2.92 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 17 2 59 1 3.47 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR44.1 that's the end of Gambhir, another nothing delivery really, Gambhir pokes at a shortish ball outside off, Taylor takes an overhead catch at fourth slip, no footwork at all from Gambhir, who is furious at missing out on a century, 192/223.1 Sehwag is gone, a soft dismissal that, drags his front leg out of the way and looks to hammer that over the off side, ends up smashing it back to Vettori, who pouches the chance, think Vettori has hurt his knee while taking it. A wicket from nowhere for New Zealand 113/1158.3 Dravid is gone for 191, there'll be no double-century today, and he stays behind Lara in career runs as well, Dravid charges down the track and lofts the ball, he doesn't get it off the middle of the bat, low on the bat and it swirls towards long-on where he is caught by Guptill, end of a fantastic innings 549/783.3 got 'im, no No. 50 for Tendulkar today, another debutant gets him, short of a length angling across Tendulkar, and rising, he stands tall and looks to defend, feeling for that one and gets an outside edge to the keeper, New Zealand couldn't have asked for a better start, fans making their way to the stadium which is way outside the city won't be too pleased though 296/388.2 Laxman has a how-did-that-happen look on his face after being bowled, inswinger from Martin, length ball from Martin brushes the back pad before knocking legstump, no footwork from Laxman, two big wickets for New Zealand early in the day, Tim spoke too soon 309/495.1 and he strikes first ball, pitches on the footmarks outside off, kicks up and turns into Raina, who looks to defend, but gets an inside-edge high on the bat, onto the pads and pops up for a simple catch to Watling at short leg 328/5149.4 Dhoni is gone, century No. 5 will have to wait, he can't get anywhere near the pitch and punches the ball back to Vettori, it was a flighted delivery, and Dhoni's innings ends tamely 521/6164.1 Harbhajan holes out, he was looking to smash it out of the park, he comes down the pitch and miscues it towards cover, McCullum has a safe pair of hands, he pouches that one 562/8Extras22 (b 12, lb 5, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL566/8d (165 Overs, RR: 3.43, 711 minutes)Did not bat: PP OjhaFall of wickets: 1-113 (Virender Sehwag, 23.1 ov), 2-192 (Gautam Gambhir, 44.1 ov), 3-296 (Sachin Tendulkar, 83.3 ov), 4-309 (VVS Laxman, 88.2 ov), 5-328 (Suresh Raina, 95.1 ov), 6-521 (MS Dhoni, 149.4 ov), 7-549 (Rahul Dravid, 158.3 ov), 8-562 (Harbhajan Singh, 164.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CS Martin 28 4 82 2 2.92 2 1 TG Southee 29 5 94 1 3.24 1 0 AJ McKay 31 5 120 1 3.87 1 0 DL Vettori 58 7 178 3 3.06 0 0 KS Williamson 11 0 45 1 4.09 0 0 MJ Guptill 7 0 27 0 3.85 0 0 LRPL Taylor 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.5 Harbhajan has struck, McIntosh won't be batting anymore in this series, a flatter one from Harbhajan, hurries onto the batsman, who is late to react and is struck on the pads, in front of middle, McIntosh was expecting it to turn umpire raises the finger 18/113.6 a massive wicket for India, McCullum is a goner, plays back to a delivery that was short of length, looks to whip it off his pads off the backfoot, he misses and there's a huge shout for lbw, pitching on middle, hits him on middle and leg on the knee roll, umpire has no doubt, New Zealand's task gets a lot harder 38/220.4 Gambhir takes a superb catch, doesn't seem to be feeling any effects of the at earlier hit from Taylor, flighted delivery from Harbhajan, Hopkins looks to drive, gets an inside-edge onto the pads and the ball pops to Gambhir's right at short leg, Gambhir moves in a flash and latches on to it, end of Hopkins, India on a roll 62/415.1 Ojha's on fire, he's got a second lbw, Taufel look a long time to give Guptill out for a golden duck, this one was pitching around leg, outside leg? woill have to wait for the replays, and turned back and would have gone on to hit middle, Ojha's on a hat-trick. Taufel checked with the third umpire whether that was a no-ball, it wasn't. Guptill has been reprieved once in this series, not this time 38/328.3 Harbhajan gets another wicket, Taylor is gone, that's another umpiring mistake, Taylor was looking to defend that off the front foot, off the pad, there was only a mild appeal from India after Pujara collected the ball at short leg, Llong though there was some inside-edge on that, Taylor grins ruefully at the decision, Guptill can't believe it, half the side dismissed now 93/539.2 oh dear, a tame, tame end to Ryder's innings, nothing special from Raina, pitched up on middle, Ryder comes down the track and lofts the ball, only as far as Ishant at mid-off, another step towards defeat for New Zealand 123/735.5 Ishant strikes, that one kept a touch low, it was a short of length and pitching just outside off, goes on with the angle, Williamson looks to defend, the ball sneaks between bat and pad to crash into middle and off, Williamson was stuck on the crease as he played that one, India coasting to victory here 110/641.4 India's surge continues, Raina gets two, Vettori is lbw, this one doesn't turn much, fullish ball pitching around off, Vettori opts to play off the backfoot, he misses the line and is struck on the knee roll in front of middle, Taufel thinks about it and then lifts his finger, not too long now for this match to be wrapped up 124/851.1 and he strikes straight away, Southee's fun innings comes to an end, Chris Martin is all that stands between New Zealand and defeat, it was a short of length ball, Southee as usual charges out of the crease, looks to swipe this towards midwicket, he misses, the ball hits the top of middle and off 175/951.2 no he can't, he's gone for a golden duck, bowled after he doesn't move his feet and pokes at a short of length ball, Ishant gets two in two and an utterly comprehensive win for India is wrapped up 175/10Extras11 (b 10, lb 1)TOTAL175 all out (51.2 Overs, RR: 3.4, 215 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Tim McIntosh, 8.5 ov), 2-38 (Brendon McCullum, 13.6 ov), 3-38 (Martin Guptill, 15.1 ov), 4-62 (Gareth Hopkins, 20.4 ov), 5-93 (Ross Taylor, 28.3 ov), 6-110 (Kane Williamson, 35.5 ov), 7-123 (Jesse Ryder, 39.2 ov), 8-124 (Daniel Vettori, 41.4 ov), 9-175 (Tim Southee, 51.1 ov), 10-175 (Chris Martin, 51.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB S Sreesanth 7 3 25 0 3.57 0 0 I Sharma 6.2 2 15 3 2.36 0 0 PP Ojha 17 2 67 2 3.94 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 19 4 56 3 2.94 0 0 SK Raina 2 1 1 2 0.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
20,21,22,23 November 2010 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sat, 20 Nov - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 148/7 (BB McCullum 34*, TG Southee 7*, 56 ov)
- Sun, 21 Nov - day 2 - India 1st innings 292/2 (R Dravid 69*, SR Tendulkar 57*, 82 ov)
- Mon, 22 Nov - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 24/1 (BB McCullum 15*, GJ Hopkins 1*, 11 ov)
- Tue, 23 Nov - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 175 (51.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: New Zealand - 62/4 in 20.4 overs (LRPL Taylor 15)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: New Zealand - 107/5 in 34.0 overs (JD Ryder 20, KS Williamson 7)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 140/8 in 44.0 overs (TG Southee 13, AJ McKay 3)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 46.2 overs (278 balls), Extras 11
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (TG Southee 30, AJ McKay 20, Ex 0)
- India: 300 runs in 85.1 overs (512 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: India - 317/4 in 92.0 overs (R Dravid 76, SK Raina 2)
- India: 350 runs in 100.1 overs (602 balls), Extras 18
- Drinks: India - 356/5 in 103.0 overs (R Dravid 87, MS Dhoni 23)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (R Dravid 12, MS Dhoni 35, Ex 4)
- R Dravid: 100 off 256 balls (12 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 386/5 in 115.0 overs (R Dravid 105, MS Dhoni 35)
- India: 400 runs in 118.5 overs (714 balls), Extras 18
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 66 balls (8 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (R Dravid 36, MS Dhoni 62, Ex 4)
- India: 450 runs in 130.1 overs (782 balls), Extras 18
- Drinks: India - 457/5 in 131.0 overs (R Dravid 136, MS Dhoni 75)
- R Dravid: 150 off 338 balls (18 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 150 runs in 239 balls (R Dravid 65, MS Dhoni 79, Ex 6)
- India: 500 runs in 140.1 overs (842 balls), Extras 21
- Tea: India - 510/5 in 145.0 overs (R Dravid 166, MS Dhoni 95)
- Drinks: India - 549/6 in 158.0 overs (R Dravid 191, Harbhajan Singh 11)
- India: 550 runs in 158.4 overs (953 balls), Extras 21
- New Ball Taken: India 551/7 after 160.1 overs (Harbhajan Singh 13, I Sharma 0)
- Innings Break: India - 566/8 in 165.0 overs (I Sharma 7, S Sreesanth 0)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 24/1 in 11.0 overs (BB McCullum 15, GJ Hopkins 1)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 56.2 overs (341 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 193/10 in 66.3 overs (CS Martin 2)
- India 1st innings
- India: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (G Gambhir 15, V Sehwag 33, Ex 2)
- Drinks: India - 56/0 in 10.0 overs (G Gambhir 15, V Sehwag 39)
- V Sehwag: 50 off 50 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: India - 89/0 in 19.0 overs (G Gambhir 31, V Sehwag 55)
- India: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (121 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 121 balls (G Gambhir 32, V Sehwag 65, Ex 3)
- G Gambhir: 50 off 90 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 149/1 in 34.0 overs (G Gambhir 57, R Dravid 10)
- India: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (206 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (G Gambhir 30, R Dravid 17, Ex 5)
- India: 200 runs in 46.5 overs (281 balls), Extras 12
- Tea: India - 205/2 in 48.0 overs (R Dravid 35, SR Tendulkar 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (R Dravid 21, SR Tendulkar 30, Ex 0)
- R Dravid: 50 off 115 balls (6 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 68.6 overs (414 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: India - 262/2 in 72.0 overs (R Dravid 56, SR Tendulkar 41)
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 117 balls (7 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: India 285/2 after 80.1 overs (R Dravid 66, SR Tendulkar 53)
- End Of Day: India - 292/2 in 82.0 overs (R Dravid 69, SR Tendulkar 57)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 228 balls (R Dravid 41, SR Tendulkar 57, Ex 2)
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 0/0
- Lunch: New Zealand - 0/0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 24/2 in 12.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 11, JD Ryder 0)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (102 balls), Extras 5
- Tea: New Zealand - 72/5 in 26.0 overs (JD Ryder 26, GJ Hopkins 7)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 37.1 overs (225 balls), Extras 6
- JD Ryder: 50 off 81 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 118/6 in 43.0 overs (JD Ryder 56, BB McCullum 15)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 148/7 in 56.0 overs (BB McCullum 34, TG Southee 7)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsVictorious, but not without being challenged
India suffered a bloody nose in the first Test but the return to form of some of their key players, and a series win, augur well for the South Africa tour
Defeated, but with their pride restored
This will count as another series defeat after the Bangladesh debacle, but New Zealand defied expectations and were worthy opponents
Dravid at No. 3 gives us stability - Dhoni
MS Dhoni believes that the wealth of experience within a settled squad could be pivotal as India now look ahead to South Africa
Poor batting on day one cost us - Vettori
New Zealand's poor batting display on the first day of the third and deciding Test cost them the match, according to Daniel Vettori
Williamson does a Tendulkar
Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the third Test between India and New Zealand in Nagpur