Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

GH Vihari
GH Vihari
55(70) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • steered
  • 8 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
16 10 4 2 9 5 2 7
TA Blundell
55(113) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 18 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 2 3 10 15 0 14 7

Best performances - Bowlers

KA Jamieson
O14
M3
R45
W5
Eco3.21
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
TA Boult
TA Boult
O14
M4
R28
W4
Eco2.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11:30 start, Lunch 13.30-14.10, Tea 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30

Match days

29 February, 1,2 March 2020 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 60, India 0

Scorecard Summary

INDIA 242(63 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 235(73.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

INDIA 124(46 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 132/3(36 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Shashank Kishore

END OF OVER:
36 | 3 Runs | NZ: 132/3

  • Henry Nicholls5 (13b)
  • Ross Taylor5 (9b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja5-0-24-0
  • Virat Kohli1-0-4-0

Thanks for joining us. This has been a riveting series that well and truly justifies the scoreline. India have been thoroughly outplayed, but they had their moments. On that note, this is Shashank Kishore signing off on behalf of Sidharth Monga.

Kane Williamson: "Fairly supporting surfaces, you could create opportunities throughout. History suggests it does a bit initially and flattens out. 30s and 40-run partnership was huge on this surface. A fantastic series from out side, the way we stuck at it. It's a fine line, India are a world class side, a great effort. Jamieson an exciting talent, contributed very well in both games. The runs he scored towards the back end of both games were incredibly valuable. These two games are opportunities for us to try and take steps forward. Looking to finish off the season on a high.

Kyle Jamieson is Man of the Match "Surreal couple of weeks, just to be part of the group and win a couple of matches feels good. Pitch conditions obviously help and trying to find the fuller length and making decisions more often about the length and sometimes natural variations take over. It's certainly time that I work on a lot on my batting, especially batting lower down the order. In both Tests the partnerships down the order have made a difference. Having had a small taste of Test cricket, it's important to work on things and come back better."

Tim Southee is Man of the series for his 14 wickets.

Virat Kohli: "It was a matter of not having enough intent in the first game, and not closing out here. We didn't bowl in the right areas for long enough. They created a lot of pressure. It was a combination of us not executing well enough and New Zealand sticking to their plans. The batsmen didn't do enough for the bowlers to try and attack. The bowling was good, I thought even in Wellington we bowled well. Sometimes if you bowl well and things don't happen, you have to take it in your stride. Disappointing, have to go back to the drawing board and correct things going forward. Toss, you could think about it being a factor, but we don't complain. It did give extra advantage to the bowlers in each Test but as an international side, you're expected to understand that. We accept it upfront and if we have to win away from home, we have to do that. No excuses, just learning moving forward. In Tests, we weren't able to play the cricket we wanted to."

3.50pm India have been humbled inside three days, but victory didn't look so straightforward at this time yesterday. New Zealand had a significant chunk of the deficit to wipe out with the lower order, and Kyle Jamieson delivered with a counter-attacking 49 to restrict India's lead to just seven runs. Then Boult and Southee got into the thick of things to wrap up India's second innings early, before their openers struck half-centuries to seal the win.

New Zealand took 47 minutes to take the four remaining wickets and then their openers made the 132-run target look easier than it was in conditions that continued to be torturous for the batsmen. The depth in New Zealand's five-man seam attack outshone India's three-man party, which was missing Ishant Sharma and also had to do with an injured Mohammed Shami in the second innings.

35.6
1
Jadeja to Nicholls, 1 run, works this down to long-on. That's the Test and the series for New Zealand. 120 points into the kitty. They win the series 2-0. What a reversal from the T20I whitewash. New Zealand bounced back to take the ODIs 3-0 and now the Tests 2-0. The win also takes NZ to second in the ICC Test rankings
35.5
0
Jadeja to Nicholls, no run, works this off a length to midwicket
35.5
1nb
Jadeja to Nicholls, 1 no ball, has he nicked this? Jadeja furiously signals for a review. Shaped to cut, this skidded through. Okay, looks like Jadeja has overstepped so whatever happens after that is immaterial
35.4
0
Jadeja to Nicholls, no run, punched to cover
35.3
0
Jadeja to Nicholls, no run, works this to midwicket
35.2
0
Jadeja to Nicholls, no run, gets well forward and smothers this

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st103TWM LathamTA Blundell
2nd9KS WilliamsonTA Blundell
3rd9LRPL TaylorTA Blundell
4th11LRPL TaylorHM Nicholls