Sunday, February 9, 2020

Ganguly leads; The IndiaNZ lose

While India made no changes to their playing eleven, New Zealand made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Alex Tait, Vettori and Chris Drum made way for Craig McMillan, Shayne O’Connor and Geoff Allott. On winning the toss, Stephen Fleming, New Zealand’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

Their openers put on 141. Tendulkar, whose 83-ball (Sach)innings included 10 boundaries and a six, scored 69. A hundred and fifty-nine balls into the match, Scott Styris and Nathan Astle ran him out.

While India’s 50 came off 6.3 overs in 31 minutes, their 100 came off 18.4 overs in 78 minutes. Tendulkar’s 50 – which included nine boundaries and the six – came off 46 balls in 63 minutes. 

India’s second-wicket pair put on 61. Rahul Dravid, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Seventy-five balls later, Styris and Allott ran him out. While India’s 150 came off 29.4 overs in 117 minutes, their 200 came off 38.3 overs in 155 minutes. Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, put on 50 with Dravid off 65 balls in 44 minutes.

Ganguly, whose 130-ball innings included nine boundaries and four sixes, scored 117. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Chris Harris. Astle broke the 18-run stand. While his 50 – which included seven boundaries and the six – came off 67 balls in 88 minutes, his 100 – which included eight boundaries and all the sixes – came off 111 balls in 146 minutes.

Vinod Kambli, who bowled five overs, including a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by O’Connor. Styris broke the nine-run stand. Yuvraj Singh, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Roger Twose. Styris broke the eight-run stand.

India’s 250 came off 47.4 overs in 205 minutes. Singh, whose 11-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored 13. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Craig Spearman. Allott broke the run-a-ball stand. Ajit Agarkar, who faced 17 balls, scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Vijay Dahiya, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.

New Zealand conceded eight extras. India scored 264 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. O’Connor and Harris bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 37. The latter conceded 32. Chris Cairns, the player of the match, bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40.

Allott and Astle bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter conceded 46. Styris, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 53. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Spearman, who faced eight balls, scored three. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj. Venkatesh Prasad broke the six-run stand. Stephen Fleming, New Zealand’s skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring five. Twenty-three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad, who broke the 31-run stand.

New Zealand’s 50 came off 7.1 overs in 38 minutes. Astle, whose 48-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. Fifty-six balls later, he was caught by Singh. Anil Kumble broke the 45-run stand. 

New Zealand’s 100 came off 17.3 overs. Twose, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 31. Twenty-three balls later, he was stumped by Dahiya. Kumble broke the 27-run stand.

Cairns, whose 113-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 102. He was unbeaten. While his 50 – which included five boundaries – came off 63 balls in 64 minutes, his 100 – which included all the boundaries and both the sixes – came off 110 balls in 132 minutes.

McMillan, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Ganguly. Tendulkar broke the 23-run stand.

While New Zealand’s 150 came off 30 overs, their 200 came off 41.5 overs and their 250 came off 47.4 overs. Harris, whose 72-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and fifty-one balls later, he was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the 122-run partnership. Adam Parore, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 23 extras. New Zealand, who scored 265 for the loss of six wickets off 49.4 overs, won by four wickets with a couple of wickets to spare. Agarkar bowled 6.4 wicketless overs, conceding 44. Zaheer Khan bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 54. Yuvraj bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 32.

Tendulkar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up a wicket. Kumble bowled nine overs, conceding 55. He picked up two wickets. Prasad bowled seven overs, conceding 27. He picked up three scalps.

New Zealand won the 2000/01 ICC KnockOut.










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