This was a
35-overs-a-side match, with eight balls per over. Bishan Singh Bedi replaced
Srinivas Venkataraghavan as India’s skipper. The visitors made three changes to
their playing eleven – Sunil Gavaskar, Farokh Engineer and Abid Ali made way
for debutants Parthasarthi Sharma, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani.
New Zealand made four changes to the team that knocked the Indians out of the World Cup – John Morrison, the Howarth brothers (Geoff and Hedley) and Brian Hastings made way for debutant Jock Edwards, Bevan Congdon, Mark Burgess and Lance Cairns.
On winning the toss, Bedi chose to bat. Sharma, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored as many. Richard Collinge, the player of the match, was in seventh heaven. Anshuman Gaekwad, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Richard Hadlee. Cairns broke the nine-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 14. Vengsarkar, who faced 27 balls, scored 16. He was run out. Brijesh Patel, who faced 52 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Ken Wadsworth. Dayle Hadlee broke the 57-run stand.
Gundappa Viswanath, whose 88-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Glenn Turner, New Zealand’s skipper. Cairns broke the 26-run stand. Eknath Solkar, who faced four balls, scored just ek. He was caught by Cairns. Dayle broke the four-run stand.
Kirmani, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Hadlee. Collinge broke the 21-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 57 balls, scored 26. Collinge broke the 11-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Venkat, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Collinge. Madan Lal, who faced 14 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Wadsworth. Collinge broke the five-run stand. Bedi, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
New Zealand conceded nine extras. India were dismissed for 154 off 35 overs. Congdon, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17. Brian McKechnie, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 16. Richard Hadlee, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 28.
Dayle, who bowled seven overs, conceded 41. He picked up a couple of wickets. Cairns and Collinge bowled seven overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former, who conceded 20, picked up a couple of wickets, the latter, who conceded 23, picked up five scalps.
Edwards, whose given name was Graham, scored 41. His 57-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was trapped leg before wicket by Bedi, who broke the 73-run stand. Turner, whose 121-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 63. He was unbeaten, as was Congdon, who scored 45. His 65-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six.
India conceded half-a-dozen extras. New Zealand, who scored 155 for the loss of one wicket off 30.3 overs, won by nine wickets with 37 balls to spare. Lal bowled 4.3 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22. Solkar, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 27.
Venkat and Amarnath bowled seven wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 37. Bedi bowled seven overs, conceding 24. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
The Kiwis led the two-match series 1-0.
New Zealand made four changes to the team that knocked the Indians out of the World Cup – John Morrison, the Howarth brothers (Geoff and Hedley) and Brian Hastings made way for debutant Jock Edwards, Bevan Congdon, Mark Burgess and Lance Cairns.
On winning the toss, Bedi chose to bat. Sharma, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored as many. Richard Collinge, the player of the match, was in seventh heaven. Anshuman Gaekwad, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Richard Hadlee. Cairns broke the nine-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 14. Vengsarkar, who faced 27 balls, scored 16. He was run out. Brijesh Patel, who faced 52 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Ken Wadsworth. Dayle Hadlee broke the 57-run stand.
Gundappa Viswanath, whose 88-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 56. He was caught by Glenn Turner, New Zealand’s skipper. Cairns broke the 26-run stand. Eknath Solkar, who faced four balls, scored just ek. He was caught by Cairns. Dayle broke the four-run stand.
Kirmani, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Hadlee. Collinge broke the 21-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 57 balls, scored 26. Collinge broke the 11-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Venkat, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Collinge. Madan Lal, who faced 14 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Wadsworth. Collinge broke the five-run stand. Bedi, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
New Zealand conceded nine extras. India were dismissed for 154 off 35 overs. Congdon, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17. Brian McKechnie, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 16. Richard Hadlee, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 28.
Dayle, who bowled seven overs, conceded 41. He picked up a couple of wickets. Cairns and Collinge bowled seven overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former, who conceded 20, picked up a couple of wickets, the latter, who conceded 23, picked up five scalps.
Edwards, whose given name was Graham, scored 41. His 57-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was trapped leg before wicket by Bedi, who broke the 73-run stand. Turner, whose 121-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 63. He was unbeaten, as was Congdon, who scored 45. His 65-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six.
India conceded half-a-dozen extras. New Zealand, who scored 155 for the loss of one wicket off 30.3 overs, won by nine wickets with 37 balls to spare. Lal bowled 4.3 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 22. Solkar, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 27.
Venkat and Amarnath bowled seven wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 37. Bedi bowled seven overs, conceding 24. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
The Kiwis led the two-match series 1-0.
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