Calm McCullum sets up series victory
Brendon McCullum gave yet another masterclass in Twenty20 batting, keeping his nerve to shepherd New Zealand to a last-ball win
27/02Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Feb 27 2009
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![India]( "India")
149/6 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
150/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
27/02Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Feb 27 2009
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![India]( "India")
149/6 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
150/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
BB McCullum
69(55) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %68%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 27 runs
- 5x4 - 0x6
Yuvraj Singh
50(34) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %70%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 18 runs
- 1x4 - 2x6
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.20, Interval 20.20-20.40, Second Session 20.40-22.00
Match days
27 February 2009 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 150/5 (20 OVERS)
- Brendon McCullum*69 (55)
- Ross Taylor27 (25)
- Harbhajan Singh1/15 (4)
- Irfan Pathan2/41 (4)
END OF OVER:20 | 12 Runs | NZ: 150/5 | RR: 7.50
- Brendon McCullum69 (55b)
- Nathan McCullum1 (2b)
- Irfan Pathan4-0-41-2
- Yuvraj Singh2-0-17-1
Brendon McCullum plays the hero again but in more trying circumstances. He remains unbeaten on 69 and New Zealand claim a clean-sweep of the Twenty20s. Nothing to differentiate the two sides today. Credit to India for nearly defending 150. Just a reminder that Rohit Sharma was in the field for Ishant Sharma who injured his shoulder while fielding.
This close contest nicely sets up the five one-dayers. Stay with us for the presentation.
Dhoni: "The approach was good but we could have played better. The two-three wickets we lost in the middle were crucial. The spinners bowled well. There was chat around the camp to bowl one more seamer. I can't really update you on Ishant's injury."
Vettori: "Pleased with the bowling effort. Guys like Ryder stepped up really well. We had an opportunity to attack their fifth bowler but it didn't work. I thought Irfan bowled superbly at the end. But I thought those two fours by McCullum were crucial."
Brendon McCullum is the Man of the Match. He gets the champagne.
Thanks for your company and the mails. We'll be back for the 1st ODI in Napier on March 3. It's a day-night game. From all of us here, it's goodbye!
19.6
1
IK Pathan to BB McCullum, 1 run, Rohit runs back and nearly pulls off a catch running backwards! McCullum flat-bats a length ball and mishits it over the off side, Rohit is a little too close at mid-off and the ball beats him in the air as he runs back, he fails to get a hand to it, really Brendon McCullum would have had his heart in his mouth, nevertheless, it's been a terrific game
The scores are level. Now it appears as if we have crowd trouble again. What a shame. There's a bit of debris on one side of the ground. If it's a tie we have a Super Over. Everyone in the ring
19.5
4
IK Pathan to BB McCullum, FOUR, McCullum goes one better! The ball is pitched up on middle and leg, he scoops it over the bowler's head and long-off dives in despair
19.4
4
IK Pathan to BB McCullum, FOUR, McCullum gets under this pitched up ball and swings over midwicket, that's a cracker of a shot
19.3
1
IK Pathan to NL McCullum, 1 run, Irfan gets it right again, he bowls another unplayable inswinger on the off stump and he digs it out to the off side
19.2
1
IK Pathan to BB McCullum, 1 run, full and swinging in and he fails to put away the yorker, the ball rolls to the on side
A bit of confusion here. Someone from the crowd has flung something in Zaheer's Khan direction and Dhoni has a word with the umpire. Did we need this? Dhoni maneuvers the field.
19.1
1lb
IK Pathan to NL McCullum, 1 leg bye, swings it on the pads, the ball clips the pads and rolls to the on side, they scamper a single
12 needed off the last over, the tension mounts! Here's Irfan again
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