Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The IndiaNZ (Azh)are certainly cock-a-hoop

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Navjot Singh Sidhu made way for Rajesh. New Zealand made one change to theirs as well – Dion Nash made way for Matthew Hart. Ken Rutherford, the latter’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Blair Hartland, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Kapil Dev broke the one-run stand. Rutherford, who faced 22 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Azharuddin. Javagal Srinath broke the 10-run stand.

Bryan Young, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Salil Ankola broke the 20-run stand. Stephen Fleming, who faced 28 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mongia. Dev broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

Shane Thomson, who faced eight balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mongia. Ankola broke the one-run stand. Chris Harris, whose 71-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 50. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 52. Adam Parore, who faced 77 balls, scored 23. He was run out. Hart, who faced 21 balls, scored 10. Chauhan broke the 19-run stand. Larsen, whose eight-ball (Gav)innings included a boundary, scored five. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the six-run stand.

Danny Morrison, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Mongia. Chauhan broke the four-run stand. Chris Pringle, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Srinath broke the 27-run stand.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. The New Zealanders were dismissed for 142 off 49.4 overs. Ajay Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded half-a-dozen. Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29.

Srinath bowled 7.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of wickets. Ankola, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of wickets. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.

Jadeja, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was caught by Rutherford. Pringle broke the 61-run stand. Tendulkar, playing his first (Sach)innings as an opener, scored 82. His innings included 15 boundaries and a couple of sixes. The player of the match was caught by Hart, who broke the 56-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Hart. Harris broke the nine-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 17 balls, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 20 balls. He was in seventh heaven.

The Kiwis conceded three extras. The Indians scored 143 for the loss of three wickets off 23.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 160 balls to spare. Larsen, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24. He was wicketless, as was Morrison, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 46.

Harris bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 13, picking up a wicket. Hart, who bowled 5.2 overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Pringle bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a scalp.

The four-match series was level 1-1.


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