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Match Details
Series
Toss
India A , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
17 September 2008 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India A 5, New Zealand A -1
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND A 167 (44.5 OVERS)
- Neil Broom52 (57)
- Peter Fulton40 (69)
- Praveen Kumar2/17 (8)
- Piyush Chawla3/43 (9.5)
INDIA A 168/5 (34.2 OVERS)
- S Badrinath*69 (88)
- Yusuf Pathan*31 (20)
- Mark Gillespie2/34 (9)
- Grant Elliott1/19 (4)
A little like in the match against Australia, here too, India's reply started badly and they lost 4 of their top order batsman for only 60. After that, it was Badrinath and Karthik who steadied the sinking ship. Together, they added 68 invaluable runs for the fifth wicket before Yusuf Pathan came in and smashed a few meaty blows to help the hosts gallop across the finish comfortably. But the man who kept his head while all around him were losing their's was the captain S. Badrnath. Once again, he showed why he is held in such high esteem. Thank you for joining us. Have a good evening.
34.2
1
Broom to YK Pathan, 1 run, and that's a win for India by 5 wickets. They also get the bonus point. Very good knock by the elegant Badrinath.
34.1
6
Broom to YK Pathan, SIX, And the scores are even, powerful strike by Yusuf Pathan
END OF OVER:34 | 6 Runs | IND-A: 161/5 (7 runs required from 16 overs, RR: 4.73, RRR: 0.43)
- S Badrinath69 (88b)
- Yusuf Pathan24 (18b)
- Mark Gillespie9-2-34-2
- Neil Broom2-0-5-0
33.6
0
Gillespie to Badrinath, no run, short, outside the off stump, played down safely to point
33.5
0
Gillespie to Badrinath, no run, full toss on the off stump, driven to short cover, great stop
India on track for the bonus point ... in this match
33.4
1
Gillespie to YK Pathan, 1 run, full length delivery, delicately guided by the batsman to deep point
33.3
4
Gillespie to YK Pathan, FOUR, good length ball, the batsman opens his shoulders, frees his arms and smashes it to the long off fence