Question

Today India lost the grip over the match.

Till the morning session , Anyone who was watching the match would have been saying that India will definately win the match with One innings left over ... With great bowling of Indians , the Kiwis were all set to lose the match , They were 94/5 , but then came an overwhelming  innings of Brendom McCullum , 114 from 237 balls and still not out.

Another key player was BJ Walting who was duck in the Ist Innings and now he is 52 off 208 balls not out. Both McCullum and Walting put the highest 6th Wicket partnership for NZ in second Innings..158 runs off 61.4 overs.

The day was dry for Ishant , who got 6 wickets in first innings is now without any wicket conceding 63 runs with economy of 2.73.... Zaheer Khan bowler nicely getting 3 wickets with economy of 2.40 . Ravindra jadeja and M Shami  got 1 wicket each with economy of 1.88 and 2.88 respectevly.

The Final score of New Zealand is 252/5 in 99 overs with lead of 6 runs on India who were 438 in the first Innings.

The Indain bowlers need to bowl some really good bowls to get the match and make it easy for the Batsman.

Scorecard -: 

New Zealand 1st Innings
Name	Runs	Balls	SR
PG Fulton     (lbw b Ishant Sharma)	13	31	41.93
HD RutherFord   (c Vijay b Ishant Sharma)	12	34	35.29
KS Williamson   (c Rohit Sharma b m Shami)	47	100	47
T Latham  [c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma]	0	8	0
Brendom McCullum (c Jadeja b M Shami)	8	19	42.19
Corey Anderson  [c Kohli b Ishant Sharma]	24	43	55.81
BJ Walting  [c Rohit Sharma b Ishant Sharma]	0	4	0
James Neesham  [c Dhoni b M Shami]	33	35	94.28
Tim Southee  [c Vijay b Ishant Sharma]	32	32	100
N Wagner   [Not Out]	5	12	41.66
TA Boult   [c Pujara b M Shami]	2	5	40
Extras ( lb 2 , w 8 , nb 6) 16	Total	192/10
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Rutherford, 9.3 ov), 2-26 (Fulton, 11.2 ov), 3-26 (Latham, 13.4 ov), 4-45 (McCullum, 22.1 ov),5-84 (Anderson, 33.4 ov), 6-86 (Watling, 35.2 ov), 7-133 (Williamson, 42.4 ov), 8-165 (Neesham, 46.5 ov),9-184 (Southee, 51.3 ov), 10-192 (Boult, 52.5 ov)

Bowling
Name	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Maidens	Economy
Zaheer Khan	17	57	0	3	3.35
M Shami	16.5	70	4	4	4.15
Ishant Sharma	17	51	6	3	3.00
Ravinder Jadeja	2	12	0	1	6.00

 

India 1st Innings
Name	Runs	Balls	SR
Shikhar Dhawan    [c Walting b Southee]	98	127	77.16
Murali Vijay   (c Walting b Southee)	2	6	33.33
Cheteshwar Pujara   (lbw b Boult)	19	59	32.20
Ishant Sharma  [c Walting b Boult]	26	50	52.00
Virat Kholi    [c Rutherford b Wagner]	38	93	40.86
Rohit Sharma      [b Neesham]	0	3	0
Ajinkya Rahane   (c Boult b Southee)	118	158	74.68
Ms Dhoni     (c Walting b Boult)	68	86	79.06
Ravinder Jadeja     (c Fulton b Wagner)	26	16	162.50
Zaheer Khan   (c Walting b Wagner)	22	19	115.78
M Shami   (Not Out)	0	1	0
Extras ( b 8 , lb 4 , w 7 , nb 2) 21	Total	438/10
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Vijay, 1.6 ov), 2-89 (Pujara, 24.2 ov), 3-141 (I Sharma, 36.6 ov), 4-162 (Dhawan, 42.6 ov),5-165 (RG Sharma, 45.1 ov), 6-228 (Kohli, 68.1 ov), 7-348 (Dhoni, 92.2 ov), 8-385 (Jadeja, 96.3 ov),9-423 (Rahane, 101.1 ov), 10-438 (Khan, 102.4 ov)

Bowling
Name	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Maidens	Economy
Boult	26	99	3	7	3.80
Tim Southee	20	93	3	0	4.65
Wagner	22.4	106	3	3	4.67
James Neesham	18	62	1	2	3.44
Corey Anderson	16	66	0	2	4.12

 

New Zealand 2nd Innings
Name	Runs	Balls	SR
PG Fulton     (lbw b Zaheer Khan)	1	6	16.66
HD RutherFord   [c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan]	35	55	63.63
KS Williamson  [c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan]	7	22	31.81
T Latham  [c Dhoni b M Shami]	29	64	45.31
Brendom McCullum [Not Out]	114	237	48.10
Corey Anderson [c&b Jadeja]	2	6	3.33
BJ Walting  [not out]	52	208	25
Extras (b  2 lb 6 nb 4) 12	Total	252/5
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Fulton, 1.3 ov), 2-27 (Williamson, 10.4 ov), 3-52 (Rutherford, 16.6 ov), 4-87 (Latham, 34.1 ov),5-94 (Anderson, 37.2 ov)

Bowling
Name	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Maidens	Economy
Zaheer Khan	25	60	3	8	2.40
M Shami	25	72	1	4	2.88
Ishant Sharma	23	63	0	3	2.73
Ravindar Jadeja	26	49	1	6	1.88

 

 

Answer 1

Its just a matter of time before India win unless nzl put a 200 sort of target India would win comfortably!!!