- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 nips back and gets the inside edge on the way to Parore 20/153.1 slower ball, tries to drive, outside edge flies to Sperman at slip 182/3152 just when everyone was gearing themselves up for an exciting hour after tea, it's ended prematurely as the one they want to see falls to a great diving catch at mid wicket, Tendulkar pulled it ferociously but Nash dove forward to snatch 521/7132.1 goes for an adventurous shot too many, tries to slug it down the ground but it doesn't come on as expected, mistimed shot to Nash running back and across at mid on 463/4145.5 down the track, big swing and misses completely, the ball finds the top of the stricks, would've been well stumped had it not 502/5150 bowled around his legs! tries to sweep, missed and the rest is history, on the last possible delivery before tea 518/6Extras17 (b 4, lb 7, nb 6)TOTAL583/7d (167 Overs, RR: 3.49)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Devang Gandhi, 8.4 ov), 2-102 (Rahul Dravid, 29.6 ov), 3-182 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 53.1 ov), 4-463 (Sourav Ganguly, 132.1 ov), 5-502 (Ajay Jadeja, 145.5 ov), 6-518 (MSK Prasad, 149.6 ov), 7-521 (Sachin Tendulkar, 151.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CL Cairns 24 5 82 1 3.41 0 1 DJ Nash 28 6 86 0 3.07 0 4 DL Vettori 57 5 200 4 3.50 0 0 NJ Astle 17 2 55 1 3.23 0 0 CZ Harris 17 3 64 1 3.76 0 1 PJ Wiseman 24 2 85 0 3.54 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.3 tries to glance against the spin on middle and leg, but it turns back a little to gain a leading edge that flies up on the off side, and an excellent catch from Ganguly diving forward at short extra cover, scooping it up just above the blades 32/38.1 the end of day v Kumble jinx continues, Horne drives away from his body and straight into Dravid at silly mid off 13/116.1 the pesky nightwatchman is removed easily, a simple bat/pad straight to short leg and the slow raise of the finger from umpire Koertzen sees him on his way 29/232.5 Prasad smartly sends one wider outside off, and Spearman foolishly accepts the bait, trying to hammer another through the covers, this time the thick outside edge flies low to second slip and Ramesh snatches a fine catch diving to his left 64/460 and Fleming falls just before the tea interval, a great breakthrough for India removing New Zealand's rock, went for the drive but only managed the outside edge as it moved away, Prasad behind the stumps does the rest 134/573.5 forward in defence, turns into the front pad as it defeats the bat dangling outside off, the deathly slow raise of the finger from umpire Ramaswamy at the other end greets Parore when he looks up 165/6130.4 tries to free the arms outside off stump, but the ball slides on, too straight just outside off, and Cairns chops it on to his wicket 292/9127.5 Harris gets into his stride just a little too much, eager for that lunch, fends away from the body outside off, edges to Ramesh who takes a sharp catch falling to his right at second slip, the session ends a ball early and in the space of one ball, it turns from what was a passable session for New Zealand to a poor one as the follow-on target looks even more distant than it did at the start of the day 282/8141.4 tries to sweep from off stump, turns into the front pad and the appeal goes up, umpire Ramswamy raises the finger quickly, it's well caught at silly mid off also, but no bat near that one so the decision was for the first appeal 306/10Extras35 (b 8, lb 14, nb 13)TOTAL308 all out (141.4 Overs, RR: 2.17)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Matt Horne, 8.1 ov), 2-29 (Daniel Vettori, 16.1 ov), 3-33 (Gary Stead, 18.3 ov), 4-65 (Craig Spearman, 32.5 ov), 5-135 (Stephen Fleming, 59.6 ov), 6-166 (Adam Parore, 73.5 ov), 7-231 (Nathan Astle, 109.3 ov), 8-284 (Chris Harris, 127.5 ov), 9-294 (Chris Cairns, 130.4 ov), 10-308 (Paul Wiseman, 141.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Srinath 35 11 72 2 2.05 0 6 BKV Prasad 26 9 52 2 2.00 0 1 A Kumble 48 21 82 5 1.70 0 6 Harbhajan Singh 30.4 8 78 1 2.54 0 0 SC Ganguly 2 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.5 and this time it works, Ramesh tries to hook one from his shoulders, gets a fine nick through to Parore who gloves up high, Nash and Parore celebrate without feeling the need to appeal, Ramesh holds his ground until umpire Koertzen raises the finger 35/23 ooooh there's a bit of feeling out there! Tendulkar is completely cleaned up by a beauty from Cairns, started outside off, seamed back in, straight through the gate as Tendulkar drove, and middle and off are sent packing 21/111.5 pushes it away towards long on and sets off for the run immediately, but Harris scrambles a long way across from the bowling crease, dives to haul it in and then fires back a quick throw to Parore who whips off the bails, Dravid realized too late that 68/323 tries to glance it fine again, this time can only get a little flick straight through to Parore and up goes the umpire's finger, Astle with the breakthrough in his first over 114/4Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL148/5d (32 Overs, RR: 4.62)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sachin Tendulkar, 2.6 ov), 2-35 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 5.5 ov), 3-68 (Rahul Dravid, 11.5 ov), 4-114 (MSK Prasad, 22.6 ov), 5-122 (Sourav Ganguly, 25.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CL Cairns 6 1 29 1 4.83 0 0 DJ Nash 8 0 35 1 4.37 0 0 DL Vettori 2 0 23 0 11.50 0 0 CZ Harris 11 0 44 1 4.00 0 0 NJ Astle 5 0 13 1 2.60 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR54.3 finally the first Indian breakthrough, Horne defends forward, spins into the front pad and pops up, through some traffic and to Bharadwaj at forward short leg, Horne stands around on the crease ready for the next ball as the appeal goes up 130/155.3 down the leg side, flicks at it and gets a little touch through to Prasad, New Zealand lose both openers for nothing, this could become an impressive collapse 130/2Extras15 (b 1, lb 5, nb 9)TOTAL252/2 (95 Overs, RR: 2.65)Fall of wickets: 1-131 (Matt Horne, 54.3 ov), 2-131 (Gary Stead, 55.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Srinath 15 3 59 0 3.93 0 1 BKV Prasad 13 2 36 0 2.76 0 0 A Kumble 31 16 57 1 1.83 0 4 Harbhajan Singh 26 7 55 1 2.11 0 0 SR Tendulkar 5 2 19 0 3.80 0 0 SC Ganguly 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 4 R Dravid 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , 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
Match days
29,30,31 October, 1,2 November 1999 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Fri, 29 Oct - day 1 - India 1st innings 311/3 (SR Tendulkar 104*, SC Ganguly 51*, 90 ov)
- Sat, 30 Oct - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 18/1 (GR Stead 11*, DL Vettori 0*, 11 ov)
- Sun, 31 Oct - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 211/6 (NJ Astle 68*, CL Cairns 18*, 101 ov)
- Mon, 1 Nov - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 21/0 (MJ Horne 10*, GR Stead 10*, 13 ov)
- Tue, 2 Nov - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 252/2 (95 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Lunch: New Zealand 103/0 (Horne 31*, Stead 67*; 44 overs)
- Tea: New Zealand 164/2 (Spearman 6*, Fleming 27*; 75 overs)
- Lunch: New Zealand 284/8 (Cairns 67*; 127.5 overs)
- Tea: India 64/2 (Dravid 10*, Ganguly 22*; 11 overs)
- New Zealand (1): 250 off 116.3 overs, 505 minutes;
- 300 off 133.1 overs, 579 minutes.
- 7th wicket partnership (Astle/Cairns): 50 off 179 balls, 117 minutes.
- 8th wicket partnership (Cairns/Harris): 50 off 110 balls, 79 minutes.
- CL Cairns: 50 off 135 balls, 182 minutes, 6x4, 1x6.
- India (2): 50 off 9.2 overs, 52 minutes;
- 100 off 19.2 overs, 93 minutes.
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 54 balls, 70 minutes, 2x4, 2x6.
- Lunch: New Zealand 73/4 (Fleming 15*, Astle 4*; 37 overs)
- Tea: New Zealand 145/5 (Astle 39*, Parore 0*; 63 overs)
- New Zealand (1): 50 off 25.4 overs, 115 minutes;
- 100 off 44 overs, 202 minutes;
- 150 off 64.4 overs, 294 minutes;
- 200 off 95.5 overs, 414 minutes.
- 5th wicket partnership (Fleming/Astle): 50 off 102 balls, 76 minutes.
- NJ Astle: 50 off 133 balls, 188 minutes, 5x4, 1x6.
- Lunch: India 403/3 (Tendulkar 153*, Ganguly 19*; 117 overs)
- Tea: India 518/6 (Tendulkar 214*; 150 overs)
- India (1): 350 off 100.5 overs, 432 minutes;
- 400 off 116.1 overs, 495 minutes;
- 450 off 127.4 overs, 538 minutes;
- 500 off 143.4 overs, 594 minutes;
- 550 off 119.3 overs, 650 minutes.
- 4th wicket partnership (Tendulkar/Ganguly): 150 off 258 balls, 175 minutes;
- 200 off 350 balls, 246 minutes;
- 250 off 412 balls, 286 minutes.
- 8th wicket partnership (Kumble/Srinath): 50 off 80 balls, 47 minutes.
- SR Tendulkar: 150 off 241 balls, 366 minutes, 21x4;
- 200 off 319 balls, 472 minutes, 29x4.
- SC Ganguly: 100 off 210 balls, 279 minutes, 17x4.
- Lunch: India 93/1 (Ramesh 57*, Dravid 29*; 28 overs)
- Tea: India 189/3 (Tendulkar 31*, Ganguly 6*; 57 overs)
- India (1): 50 off 16.4 overs, 76 minutes;
- 100 off 29.2 overs, 126 minutes;
- 150 off 47 overs, 201 minutes;
- 200 off 58.1 overs, 249 minutes;
- 250 off 73.3 overs, 302 minutes;
- 300 off 87.3 overs, 365 minutes.
- 2nd wicket partnership (Ramesh/Dravid): 50 off 71 balls, 55 minutes.
- 3rd wicket partnership (Ramesh/Tendulkar): 50 off 73 balls, 105 minutes.
- 4th wicket partnership (Tendulkar/Ganguly): 50 off 101 balls, 59 minutes,
- 100 off 172 balls, 107 minutes.
- S Ramesh: 50 off 73 balls, 107 minutes, 5x4;
- 100 off 155 balls, 211 minutes, 12x4.
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 87 balls, 139 minutes, 7x4;
- 100 off 157 balls, 228 minutes, 16x4.
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 117 balls, 146 minutes, 8x4.
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