Thursday, December 28, 2017

India give the Kiwis (Gav)askare

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Tirumalai Srinivasan (Shar)made way for Yashpal. New Zealand made three changes to the eleven that beat India at the World Cup the previous year – Glenn Turner, John Morrison and Brian McKechnie made way for Paul McEwan, John Parker and Ewen Chatfield.

Sunil Gavaskar, India’s skipper, won the toss, choosing to bat. Their opening pair didn’t open its account. Gavaskar, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Warren Lees off the bowling of Richard Hadlee, the player of the match.

Roger Binny, who opened the batting, scored 14. His 20-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Parker. Chatfield broke the 27-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 38 balls, scored 12. He was caught by Jeremy Coney. Gary Troup broke the eight-run stand. Viswanath, who faced 28 balls, scored 10. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Coney. Hadlee broke the 11-run (Gundap)partnership.

Sharma faced 59 balls, scoring 23. His innings included a boundary. Lance Cairns broke the 70-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Sandeep Patil, who faced 73 balls, scored 39. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Parker off the bowling of Hadlee.

The seventh-wicket pair failed to open its account. Dev, who faced a Kapil of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Lees off the bowling of Hadlee. Syed Kirmani, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Parker. Cairns broke the three-run stand. Karsan Ghavri, who faced 32 balls, scored 14. Hadlee broke the 38-run stand.

Kirti Azad scored 29. His run-a-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Chatfield, who broke the five-run stand. Dilip Doshi, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand conceded 18 extras. India were dismissed for 162 off 47.4 overs. Coney bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25. Troup bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 36 and picked up a wicket.

Chatfield bowled 8.4 overs, conceding 33. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Cairns, who bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 18. Hadlee bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32 and picked up a fifer.

John Wright, who faced 18 balls, scored four. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Dev broke the 13-run stand. Bruce Edgar faced 32 balls, scoring 16. His innings included a boundary. Binny broke the nine-run stand.

Parker, who faced nine balls, scored a run. He was caught by Kapil. Binny broke the 16-run stand. Coney, who faced 27 balls, scored five. He was caught by Kirmani. Patil broke the 12-run stand.

Mark Burgess, the Kiwi captain, faced 31 balls, scoring 10. He was caught by the substitute. Doshi broke the 30-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. McEwan, who faced 76 balls, scored 41. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Sharma off the bowling of Doshi.

Hadlee faced 33 balls, scoring 20. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Kirmani. Binny broke the 50-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Cairns, who faced 36 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Vengsarkar off the bowling of Ghavri.

The ninth-wicket partnership was worth six. Troup faced six balls, scoring five. He was run out. Lees, who faced 26 balls, scored 16. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Binny broke the 21-run stand. 

Chatfield faced nine balls, scoring six. His innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. India conceded seven extras. They dismissed New Zealand for 157 off 49.5 overs, (Ki)winning by five runs.

Ghavri bowled 10 overs, conceding 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, whose 10 overs included a couple of maidens. He conceded 33. Patil bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 24 and picked up a wicket.

Doshi bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 22 and picked up a couple of wickets. Binny bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41 and picked up four scalps.




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