It was a
44-overs-a-side match. India made five changes to their playing eleven
following the defeats Down Under – Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chetan
Sharma, Kiran More and Shivlal Yadav made way for 1983 World Cuppers Sandeep
Patil, Kirti Azad and Madan Lal, One-day International debutant Chandrakant
Pandit and Maninder Singh.
New Zealand made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Bruce Edgar, John Reid, Jeremy Coney, Richard Hadlee and Stu Gillespie made way for Ken Rutherford, Tony Blain, John Bracewell, Evan Gray and Gary Robertson. Jeff Crowe succeeded Coney as skipper.
Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Kiwis. Rutherford, who faced 53 balls, scored a dozen. Singh broke the 37-run partnership. Martin Crowe faced nine balls, scoring just a run. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the second-wicket stand, which was worth just five.
Snedden scored 26. His 75-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary. He was caught by Patil. Singh broke the six-run stand. Jeff, who faced 56 balls, scored 36. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Blain, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Patil off the bowling of Singh.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bruce Blair, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Bracewell scored 25. His 33-ball innings included a boundary and a six. Ravi broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 33. Gray, who faced 14 balls, scored just a couple. Shastri broke the 14-run stand.
Robertson, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Azad broke the one-run stand. McSweeney, who faced 17 balls, scored 18. His (Erv)innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten. India conceded a dozen extras. New Zealand scored 132 for the loss of eight wickets off 44 overs.
Roger Binny bowled five overs, conceding a dozen. He was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled six overs, including three maidens. He wasn’t in seventh heaven. Lal bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded a dozen and picked up a wicket.
Azad, who bowled eight overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Shastri and Singh bowled nine overs apiece. While the former conceded 25 and picked up a couple of wickets, the latter conceded 23 and picked up three scalps.
The openers did not get off the mark. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced six balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by McSweeney off the bowling of Ewen Chatfield, the player of the match.
Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Chatfield, who broke the eight-run partnership. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 11. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Blair. Chatfield broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 11.
Although his innings included a boundary, Patil, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Martin Crowe broke the six-run stand. Azad scored 30. His 61-ball innings included a couple of sixes. Bracewell broke the 56-run stand. Shastri, who faced 59 balls, scored 25. He was stumped by McSweeney. Gray broke the one-run stand.
Dev, who faced 39 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Blain. Snedden broke the 35-run stand. Pandit scored 33. His 34-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Lal, who scored eight. His 12-ball innings included a boundary.
New Zealand conceded five extras. India scored 134 for the loss of seven wickets off 41.4 overs, (Ki)winning by three wickets with 14 balls to spare. Robertson bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 13.
Martin Crowe bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a wicket. Snedden bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Gray bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket.
Bracewell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up a wicket. Chatfield bowled nine overs, including five overs. He conceded 14, picking up three wickets.
The Indians advanced to the semi-finals.
New Zealand made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Bruce Edgar, John Reid, Jeremy Coney, Richard Hadlee and Stu Gillespie made way for Ken Rutherford, Tony Blain, John Bracewell, Evan Gray and Gary Robertson. Jeff Crowe succeeded Coney as skipper.
Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Kiwis. Rutherford, who faced 53 balls, scored a dozen. Singh broke the 37-run partnership. Martin Crowe faced nine balls, scoring just a run. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the second-wicket stand, which was worth just five.
Snedden scored 26. His 75-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary. He was caught by Patil. Singh broke the six-run stand. Jeff, who faced 56 balls, scored 36. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Blain, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Patil off the bowling of Singh.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bruce Blair, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Bracewell scored 25. His 33-ball innings included a boundary and a six. Ravi broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 33. Gray, who faced 14 balls, scored just a couple. Shastri broke the 14-run stand.
Robertson, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Azad broke the one-run stand. McSweeney, who faced 17 balls, scored 18. His (Erv)innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten. India conceded a dozen extras. New Zealand scored 132 for the loss of eight wickets off 44 overs.
Roger Binny bowled five overs, conceding a dozen. He was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled six overs, including three maidens. He wasn’t in seventh heaven. Lal bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded a dozen and picked up a wicket.
Azad, who bowled eight overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Shastri and Singh bowled nine overs apiece. While the former conceded 25 and picked up a couple of wickets, the latter conceded 23 and picked up three scalps.
The openers did not get off the mark. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced six balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by McSweeney off the bowling of Ewen Chatfield, the player of the match.
Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 18 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Chatfield, who broke the eight-run partnership. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 11. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Blair. Chatfield broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 11.
Although his innings included a boundary, Patil, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Martin Crowe broke the six-run stand. Azad scored 30. His 61-ball innings included a couple of sixes. Bracewell broke the 56-run stand. Shastri, who faced 59 balls, scored 25. He was stumped by McSweeney. Gray broke the one-run stand.
Dev, who faced 39 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Blain. Snedden broke the 35-run stand. Pandit scored 33. His 34-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Lal, who scored eight. His 12-ball innings included a boundary.
New Zealand conceded five extras. India scored 134 for the loss of seven wickets off 41.4 overs, (Ki)winning by three wickets with 14 balls to spare. Robertson bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 13.
Martin Crowe bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a wicket. Snedden bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Gray bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up a wicket.
Bracewell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 34, picking up a wicket. Chatfield bowled nine overs, including five overs. He conceded 14, picking up three wickets.
The Indians advanced to the semi-finals.
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