IND VS NZ:3RD TEST:DAY 2: ZAHEER DESTROYED NEW ZEALAND’S BATTING LINE-UP,INDIA IN A DRIVER SEAT

India took a big step towards winning their first Test series in New Zealand since 1968 after taking a 233-run lead early in their second innings of the third Test here on Saturday.

India were on 51 for one at stumps on the second day after dismissing New Zealand for 197 in reply to the tourists' first innings total of 379.

Pace bowler Zaheer Khan did most of the damage to New Zealand, taking five for 65 with a mixture of swinging full pitched balls and a bunch of shorter deliveries.

Offspinner Harbhajan Singh was another of India's heroes, bowling 23 consecutive overs at a scoring rate of less than two an over to end with three for 43.

Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain's role, taking six catches behind the stumps to support his bowlers on a Basin Reserve pitch,which offered more bounce than the flat deck in the drawn second match in Napier.

 

The Kiwis had renewed confidence after drawing the second Test in the wake of their 10-wicket drubbing in the first match, but their plans were failed soon after their opening batsmen came to the crease.

There were only limited signs of resistance from New Zealand, mostly from Taylor before he was given out caught behind by umpire Daryl Harper.

An attempted leg glance off Harbhajan ended in Dhoni's gloves and Harper's finger went up. While replays suggested Taylor did not get bat on ball, the batsman admitted later he had got a faint nick.

Opening batsman Tim McIntosh made a scratchy 32 before he was surprised by a rising short ball from Khan, which ballooned off the top of his bat to Yuvraj Singh at first slip.

Soon after lunch, New Zealand found themselves struggling at 80-3 and many hopes rested on in form batsman Jesse Ryder, the hero of the second Test with a double century.

But due to his lack of concentration, he took a wild swipe at a short pitched Khan ball, sending a simple edge to Dhoni after scoring just three.

 

India extended their lead in their second innings with Gautam Gambhir unbeaten at stumps on 28 and Rahul Dravid not out on nine.

Typically aggressive opener Virender Sehwag was the only wicket to fall, caught by Taylor at first slip after a short ball from Chris Martin seamed into him and ballooned off his glove.

Sehwag hit two consecutive fours off Martin before falling for 12 off just seven balls.

 

On Friday India had recovered from 204 for six shortly after tea on the first day to reach 375 for nine at stumps.

But the final pairing of Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel could only add another four runs on Saturday morning.

Sharma fell to pace bowler Martin, who finished with four for 98 from his 25.1 overs.

Scoreboard

India 1st innings 379

S. Tendulkar 62, M.S. Dhoni 52, H. Singh 60,

Martin 4-98, O'Brien 2-89

New Zealand 1st innings

T. McIntosh c Y. Singh b Khan 32
M. Guptill b Khan 17
D. Flynn c Dhoni b Khan 2
R. Taylor c Dhoni b Harbhajan 42
J. Ryder c Dhoni b Khan 3
J. Franklin c Sehwag b Harhajan 15
B. McCullum c Dhoni b Harbhajan 24
D. Vettori c Dhoni b Sharma 11
T. Southee c and b Khan 16
I. O'Brien c Dhoni b Patel 19
C. Martin not out 4
Extras b9, lb3 12
Total for all out 197

Fall of wkts 1-21, 2-31, 3-80, 4-98, 5-120, 6-125, 7-138, 8-160, 9-181, 10-197

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 18-2-65-5, Sharma 14-3-47-1, Patel 8-2-20-1, Harbhajan Singh 23-4-43-3, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-10-0

India 2nd innings

G. Ghambir not out 28
V. Sehwag c Taylor b Martin 12
R. Dravid not out 9
Extras lb2 2
Total for one wkt 51

Fall of wkt 1-14

Bowling

Southee 3-0-13-0, Martin 4-2-13-1, O'Brien 5-2-8-0, Franklin 3-0-15-0, Ryder 1-1-0-0

T20 WORLD CUP 2009:30 PROBABLE PLAYERS OF INDIAN TEAM ANNOUNCED

The Indian selectors came out with a list of 30 probables for the World Twenty20 in England in June. 
Naman Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin and the Mumbai’s- Abhishek Nayyar were some of the new comers in the team. The names of Sreesanth and

Joginder Sharma were omitted from the list.
Sreesanth has been omitted as he is suffering from a back injury.  Joginder, Agarkar and Chawla were left out because they did not impress during the domestic season.The list contains no surprises with most players picking themselves due to their form in the current season. One exception could be Bengal fast bowler Ashok Dinda. Dinda has not bowled well recently.

The final squad of 15 to 16 players will be announced a month before the tournament begins on June 5.

Squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan singh, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, S Badrinath, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Nayar, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin, RP Singh, L Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni, Naman Ojha.

ENGLAND BEAT WEST INDIES IN THE DECIDER

England beat West Indies by 26 runs to win the fifth and final one-day international here on Friday and clinch the series 3-2.
Andrew Flintoff grabbed a hat-trick as West Indies, , were bowled out for 146, with an over to spare, chasing 173 to win in a game reduced to 29 overs a side after rain had delayed the start at the Beausejour stadium.
It was England's first limited overs series win in the Caribbean. 

England reached 172 for five in 29 overs in the rain-reduced match before Flintoff picked up five for 19 as the West Indies were bowled out 146 in reply with England bowling and fielding superbly.

Kevin Pietersen (48) and Ravi Bopara (44) top scored while an unbroken half-century partnership between Paul Collingwood and Matthew Prior, including 23 runs from two batting Power Play overs, helped the tourists put a competitive total on the board.

Rain prevented the match starting on time and after England were put into bat, they lost captain Andrew Strauss early when he was caught at square leg by Dwayne Bravo trying to pull Ravi Rampaul for three.

Fortunately for England, Bopara and Pietersen were not about to throw their wickets away and they added 80 with some sumptuous strokes, Bopara hitting two sixes and Pietersen one. Pietersen was dismissed when he cut Sulieman Benn to Darren Sammy, who at first glance appeared to have taken a sharp catch but replays suggested that he dived over the ball as it bounced, surfacing, so to speak, with it in his hands.

Bopara was then caught by Denesh Ramdin when he tried to slog Kieron Pollard and his departure was the catalyst for a mini-collapse as Owais Shah (6) and Andrew Flintoff (3) fell in quick succession as with pace taken off the ball, England lost four wickets for 24 runs.

Collingwood, unbeaten on 35 and Prior, not out on 25, rescued them with some hard hitting at the death, Collingwood clubbing two fours and a six.

Pollard closed with two for 31, Benn with two for 23, also picking up his 50th wicket in One Day cricket when he had Shah caught by Lendl Simmons at long-on.

England started their quest for an elusive series victory in perfect fashion when James Anderson had Chris Gayle caught at second slip by Andrew Flintoff as he followed up a wide with a ball that Gayle had to play at just outside off stump.
Ramnaresh Sarwan played some delightful strokes, driving and pulling Stuart Broad for boundaries and flicking Anderson for another four, effectively hiting both out of the attack before he tried to cut Flintoff and only succeeded in edging to wicket-keeper Prior for 23 in 28 balls.

Lendl Simmons (17) followed soon after when he also tried to take Flintoff on, spooning the ball up to Broad at mid-on.
Just as West Indies' slower bowlers had brought them back into the contest, so England's medium pacers Dimitri Mascarenhas and Collingwood stemmed the flow of runs and although Shivnarine Chanderpaul (13) connected with a pull stroke off the former that raced to the fence, the same shot off the latter brought a top edge and simple catch for substitute fielder Ian Bell at square leg.

Bravo had earlier smashed Mascarenhas over long-off for a maximum in brutal fashion and after Chanderpaul's dismissal, Pollard put Collingwood over long-on for six as the West Indies showed signs of fighting back.

This attack continued during their two overs of batting Power Play when Bravo smashed Flintoff for four and Pollard hammered Broad for another six, this one over cover, but the bowler came back strongly to have Bravo (33) caught at cover point by Flintoff. Pollard's six had brought up the half-century partnership, but England ended the Power Play back in the driving seat.

It left them five down and needing 49 to win in 30 balls and that became six down with 29 balls when Pollard (30) tried a straight hit off of James Anderson. Instead of clearing the ropes for a third time, he was well taken by Collignwood running in from long-on and in two balls, the danger men were both gone.
With no time to play themselves in, it was down to Ramdin (12) and Sammy to pull off something special. Ramdin pulled Broad for four to leave the home side needing 38 to win from 18 balls. A flying edge from Ramdin to third man off of Flintoff gave the crowd hope but it was the England fans shouting one ball later when Ramdin played on trying to flick to fine leg.

Ravi Rampaul strode to the crease with a big smile on his face but left almost immediately when Flintoff had him trapped in front with a full toss for a golden duck, and that was the cue for both the locals to start pouring out of the ground and for Flintoff to york Benn to complete the hat-trick.

He almost emulated Lasith Malinga's four in four but Fidel Edwards was able to dig out another searing yorker and Flintoff had to be content with career-best figures and joining team-mates Anderson and Steve Harmison in taking ODI hat-tricks for England.
The match ended in high farce when Sammy decided to try and run two to long-off, was run out by yards and England celebrated a first ever ODI series victory in the Caribbean

 
Brief scores:
England 172-5 off 29 overs (Kevin Pietersen 48, Ravi Bopara 44, Paul Collingwood 35 not out, Matt Prior 25 not out; Sulieman Benn 2-23, Kieron Pollard 2-31)
West Indies 146 all out off 28 overs (Dwayne Bravo 33, Kieron Pollard 30, Ramnaresh Sarwan 23; Andrew Flintoff 5-19, James Anderson 2-34)

AUSTRALIA CRUSH SOUTH AFRICA BY 141 RUNS

 

 

Australia's batsman Michael Hussey

Wicketkeeper Haddin, who opened the batting, hit an aggressive 53 off 60 balls. He and Ponting put on 77 off 81 balls for the second wicket. Then Haddin and David Hussey put on a quick 28 for the third wicket before first Hussey, then Haddin were run out.
But Mike Hussey, who scored only 132 runs at an average of 22 in the Test series and was out for a duck in a Twenty20 international, showed his best form for the first time on the tour. His innings included two sixes and six fours.
He put on 53 for the fifth wicket with Callum Ferguson (25) and 67 for the sixth wicket with Hopes, who made an impressive 38 off 35 overs. He and Hauritz (20 not out) finished the innings in style with an unbeaten 43 off 22 balls for the eighth wicket.
South Africa lost Hashim Amla in the fourth over of their innings but Smith and Gibbs threatened to take control before Gibbs sliced a back foot shot against Hopes to backward point.
AB de Villiers was unlucky to be given out leg before wicket and South Africa's innings disintegrated after Smith chipped back a return catch to Hauritz after making 52 off 56 balls.

Mike Hussey ended a run of poor form with a match-winning innings for Australia in the first one-day international against South Africa at Kingsmead Friday.
Hussey hit 83 not out as Australia piled up 286 for seven.
South Africa were then bowled out for 145 as Australia completed a crushing 141-run win in the opening encounter of a five-match series.
The left-handed Hussey's 79-ball innings enabled Australia to recover from two chaotic run-outs which cost the wickets of two of the team's top four batsmen.
South African captain Graeme Smith made an attacking 52 and put on 74 off 72 balls for the second wicket with Herschelle Gibbs (33). But the South Africans lost their way against accurate bowling by medium-pacer James Hopes and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz.
Hopes took two for 24 and Hauritz four for 29 as South Africa were bowled out with 16.5 overs remaining.
Australia's big win seemed a distant prospect when the tourists found themselves in trouble at 114 for four after Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and made first use of a good pitch.
David Hussey and Brad Haddin were run out in the space of nine balls, on both occasions after mix-ups which saw the dismissed player stranded at the wrong end of the pitch.

IND VS NZ:3RD TEST:DAY 1:TAILENDERS GAVE INDIA THE EDGE ON THE FIRST DAY

India's tail showed an extraordinary performance on the first day of the third and deciding Test against New Zealand here Friday to ensure the tourists reached a respectable 375 for nine at stumps.

By stumps, Sachin Tendulkar's 62 — his 53rd Test half-century & 95th score over 50— Harbhajan Singh's defiant 60, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 52 and Virender Sehwag's 48 were India's highest scores.

India leads the three-test series 1-0 after winning the first test at Hamilton by 10 wickets and the second Test at Napier was drawn. The visitors are trying to win their first series in New Zealand since 1968.

India picked up the pace in the final session, adding 185 runs for the loss of four wickets, with the tailenders riding their luck in an aggressive show with the bat during the final hour.

Harbhajan finished with the second top score of 60 from 78 balls and importantly put on 79 runs with Dhoni (52), who was returning from a back injury that kept him out of the team in the drawn second Test.

Tendulkar made a 90-run partnership for the third wicket with Rahul Dravid (35), while Sehwag shared a 73-run opening stand with Gautam Gambhir (23) and Dhoni and Harbhajan added 79 for the seventh wicket.

The most damaging stands from New Zealand's point of view were those between Dhoni and Harbhajan, which prevents its strong second-session comeback, and also the late partnership involving Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan.

In a day of fluctuating fortunes, New Zealand's bowlers fought hard on a batting-friendly pitch as captain Daniel Vettori gambled to bowl first. New Zealand felt its best chance of leveling the series would come from bowling first and placing India under pressure. Seven of the last 10 teams to win the toss at the Basin Reserve have bowled and six of the last 10 tests at the ground have been won by the team that fielded first.

India got off to a flying start through a quickfire 48 from Virender Sehwag with typical smashing shots at the top of India's order  as the tourists raced to 50 in just 41 minutes and reached 68 by the end of the first hour. Sehwag was 48 and India was 73 without loss in the first 15 overs when he edged a catch to wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum off Iain O'Brien in the 16th over.
Gambhir fell lbw to James Franklin only nine balls later to leave India at 75-2.

Tendulkar and Dravid then restored the innings in a partnership which again seemed to create the dominance of bat over ball. Tendulkar played with typical fluency and class, reaching his half century from 67 balls with a square cut four off O'Brien.He made 62 runs with 11 boundaries.
Tendulkar was dismissed just 10 runs short of he and Dravid's 17th century partnership in tests — it would have surpassed the record 16 century stands shared by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes for the West Indies and Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting for Australia.

Tendulkar's dismissal provided a mini collapse which saw three wickets fall for 17 runs in the next 8.4 overs. V.V.S. Laxman was out for four and Yuvraj Singh for nine as India slipped from 165-2 to 182-5.
Dravid followed with the total at 204 after batting 182 minutes for his 35, attempting again to anchor the innings. He mistimed a pull shot to Franklin at square leg to leave India six down.

When the sixth wicket fell shortly after tea with barely 200 runs on the board, it appeared the gamble had paid off.

 

Opening bowler Chris Martin bowled hard all day to finish the best of the New Zealand attack with figures of three for 95 from 24 overs, while Tim Southee and Iain O'Brien took two wickets each.
Martin was unlucky 24 runs later when Martin Guptill put down a difficult but ultimately costly chance at gully when Harbhajan was on 14.

India's last-wicket pair of Ishant Sharma (15) and Munaf Patel (14) also defied New Zealand by adding 28 in an unbroken stand before stumps.

Scoreboard      

India 1st innings      

G. Gambhir    lbw Franklin    23      
V. Sehwag    c McCullum b O'Brien    48      
R. Dravid    c Franklin b Martin    35      
S. Tendulkar    c McCullum b Martin    62      
V. Laxman    c McIntosh b Southee    4      
Y. Singh    lbw Ryder    9      
M.S. Dhoni    c O'Brien b Southee    52      
H. Singh    c Vettori b Martin    60      
Z. Khan    c McCullum b O'Brien    33      
I. Sharma    not out    15      
M. Patel    not out    14      
Extras    b2, lb8, w3, nb7    20      
Total    for 9 wkts    375      

Fall of wkts    1-73, 2-75, 3-165, 4-173, 5-182, 6-204, 7-283, 8-315, 9-347      

Bowling      

Martin 24-3-95-3, Southee 18-1-94-2, O'Brien 21-3-88-2, Franklin 14-4-38-1, Vettori 9-1-47-0, Ryder 4-2-3-1      

TOP 10 CRICKETERS OF ALL TIME

1. Sir Donald Bradman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Brian Lara
5. Shane Warne
6. Sir Vivian Richards
7.Wasim Akram
8.Ricky Ponting
9. Dennis Lillee
10. Kapil Dev
11.Glenn McGrath
　

3RD TEST:INDIA VS NEW ZEALAND:PREVIEW

History  would be created by India if they win the Third Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. They have won Test series in England, West Indies, and Pakistan in the last decade and now they have the chance to add New Zealand to that list. After their great escape at Napier they will be careful of similar mistakes at the Basin. They were outplayed for the first three days in the previous Test but like a true champion they transform the almost a lost match into a draw. 

Rahul Dravid has looked  like the 'Wall' as he scored  3 fifties in 4 innings on this tour. With Yuvraj too returning to form with an aggressive fifty in the last innings, India at least have their batting sorted out. The main concern of the Indian think tank would be the lack of penetration of Harbhajan Singh on flat tracks. While Munaf Patel bowled well without much luck or reward.

The Kiwis put in a much improved performance at Napier, but their inability to close out the match will concern Vettori and company. Jesse Ryder proved he is the new exciting player  by scoring a double hundred. Still the top order of the Kiwis looks quite feeble with Tim McIntosh unsure of where his next run will come from.

James Franklin  failed to grab his opportunity at Napier. 

Team news

Dhoni ran around and played some football on Thursday, but still a final call about him will be taken only on the day of the match. If he doesn't play then luckily Dinesh Karthik will get another chance. Munaf Patel has impressed so far so he should keep his place ahead of Balaji. 

NZ are thinking over the prospect of bringing in Tim Southee for Jeetan Patel, but Patel was the one who looked like taking wickets in Napier, so it might be a tossup between Southee and James Franklin for the final spot in the team. 

Pitch conditions

The Basin Reserve has been one of New Zealand's favorite hunting grounds, the chilly wind conditions  coupled with a seaming track has put the visitors into trouble, but this time the pitch looks surprisingly dry and brownish. It is expected that the pitch may break up as the match progresses which will play into India's hands. Fine weather is predicted for tomorrow while there might be isolated showers on the 4th and 5th days of the match. 

Trivia

9- Wickets needed by Daniel Vettori to complete the double of 300 wickets and 3000 Test runs  

99 - The number of victories India have in Test matches so far out of the 429 they have played 

DHONI’S 183 AGAINST SRI LANKA

SACHIN’S 1ST TEST HUNDRED

Sachin’s 134 at Sharhah-one of the best innings

SACHIN’S 163 NOT OUT AGAINST NEW ZEALAND

Strauss helps England to win fourth ODI

     

Andrew Strauss gathered 79 from 61 balls to lead England to a nine-wicket victory under the Duckworth-Lewis Method over West Indies in the rain-affected fourth One-day International at Kensington Oval on Sunday.

Fortune and the D/L Method again smiled on England, following a two-hour long delay for rain which left the tourists with a victory target of 135 from 20 overs.

They got over the line with nine balls to spare, when Strauss guided Dwayne Bravo to third man for his ninth four.

The result means the series is now tied 2-2 and sets up a thrilling conclusion on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St. Lucia, if the West Indies players back down from their threat to strike in protest to outstanding issues with the West Indies Cricket Board.

The rain started during the interval between innings, after England sent West Indies in to bat and the home team made 239 for nine from 50 overs.

When play resumed, England were given a solid base of 108 off 87 balls from their captain Strauss and fellow opener Ravi Bopara.

Strauss reached his 50 from 41 balls, when he chipped Kieron Pollard into square leg for a single.

Once he and Bopara set things up with a volley of handsome strokes and nimble running between the wickets, the rest was academic, although they lost Bopara for 35 skying a catch to deep fine leg off Pollard, when 27 were needed from 33 balls.

Earlier, England had been upstaged when Bravo gathered 69 from 72 balls to give a late boost to the West Indies total.
England had recovered from another hammering from Chris Gayle and looked in control when West Indies slumped to 145 for six in the 35th over.

But the tourists were again put on the defensive, when Bravo boosted the West Indies total with an innings that included seven fours and two sixes.

Had Andrew Flintoff held a sharp return chance, when Bravo was on 32 in the 42nd over the script could have been slightly different.

England paid for Flintoff's miss in the late over, when Bravo smote James Anderson over mid-wicket for four to reach his 50 from 61 balls and then struck the next ball in the same direction for a six before Stuart Broad skied Stuart Broad to deep mid-wicket in the 48th over.

England's bowlers had again been savaged early, when Gayle raced to 46 from 39 balls in an opening stand of 72 before Broad made the breakthrough in the 13th over, having caught by ?keeper Matt Prior.

England then reduced West Indies slipped to 83 for three in 16th over, and then Dimitri Mascarenhas claimed Denesh Ramdin for 26, Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 27, and Kieron Pollard for a duck to leave the innings in tatters.

But England failed to get on top of Bravo, and the runs flowed towards the end for the West Indies innings, but fortunately for England, so too did the rain.

Mascarenhas was England's most successful bowler with three for 26 from 10 overs, and Stuart Broad took three for 62 from 10 overs.

Scoreboard      

West Indies      

C. Gayle    c Prior b Broad    46          
L. Simmons    run out    29          
R. Sarwan    b Flintoff    6          
S. Chanderpaul    c Prior b Mascarenhas    27          
D. Ramdin    c Flintoff b Mascarenhas    26          
D. Bravo    c (sub) Bell b Broad    69          
K. Pollard    c Flintoff b Mascarenhas    0          
D. Sammy    b Broad    6          
N. Miller    not out    10          
F. Edwards    c Collingwood b Anderson    0          
L. Baker    not out    11          
Extras    w7, nb2    9          
Total    for 9 wkts    239          

Fall of wkts    1-72, 2-76, 3-83, 4-126, 5-143, 6-145, 7-173, 8-224, 9-225      

Bowling      

Anderson 10-1-41-1 (w2), Broad 10-0-62-3 (nb1), Flintoff 9-0-58-1 (nb1, w5), Harmison 8-0-42-0, Mascarenhas 10-1-26-3, Pietersen 0.5-0-0-0, Shah 1.1-0-6-0, Collingwood 1-0-4-0      

England      

A. Strauss    not out    79          
R. Bopara    c Miller b Pollard    35          
M. Prior    not out    14          
Extras    lb3, w5    8          
Total    for one wicket    136          

Fall of wkt    1-108      

Bowling      

Baker 2-0-24-0, Edwards 3-0-24-0 (2w), Bravo 3.3-0-22-0 (1w), Sammy 4-0-31-0, Pollard 4-0-20-1, Miller 2-0-12-0      

Result    England won by 9 wickets (D/L method)       

Ganguly retains as a captain of Kolkatta Knight Riders

 

Sourav Ganguly has been retained as the sole skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders while New Zealander Brendon McCullum will assist him as his deputy.

The week-long controversy ended after Ganguly met the IPL team owner Shah Rukh Khan in Mumbai, sources said.

Kolkata will be training at Bloemfontein from April 5 and players will leave in various batches starting today.

The IPL second season starts April 18 in South Africa as a clash of dates with the general elections had forced the organisers to move the event out of India.

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2009-NEW SCHEDULE

 

 

April 18: Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban
April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) at Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg
April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) at Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) at Durban
April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban
April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria; RR v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London
May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) at Durban
May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria
May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London
May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) at Bloemfontein
May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban
May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley
May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria
May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg
May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria
May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg
May 24: Final at Johannesburg

DD-DELHI DAREDEVILS

KKR-KOLKATTA KNIGHT RIDERS

RR-RAJASTHAN ROYALS

MI-MUMBAI INDIANS

DC-DECCAN CHARGERS

CSK-CHENNAI SUPERKINGS

RCB-ROYAL CHALLENGERS OF BANGLORE

KXIP-KINGS ELEVEN PUNJAB

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VIDEO:HIGHLIGHTS OF 2ND TEST:IND VS NZ:DAY 1

2nd test:Ind vs nz:Match summary & Result

 

 

Match Summary

New Zealand 1^st Inning – 619/9 in 154.4 Overs

J.Ryder- 201 R.Taylor–151

I.Sharma– 27-5-95-3 Z.Khan– 34-6-129-3

India 1^st Inning – 305/10 in 93.5 Overs

R.Dravid- 83 V.V.S Laxman–76

C.Martin– 24-5-89-3 D.Vettori– 19-5-45-2

India 2^nd Inning – 476/4 in 180 Overs

G.Gambhir- 137 V.V.S Laxman–124*

J.Patel– 45-2-120-2 D.Vettori– 38-13-76-1

J.Ryder was decalred Man of the Match for his brilliant double century in the first inning.

Result:

Match ended in a Draw

India leads the series by 1-0

The next and final test of the series will be played at Basin Reserve, Wellington from 3^rd April to 7^th April.The match will start at 3:30 a.m. at IST.

2nd test:5th day:Ind vs NZ:Gambhir, Laxman ensure India's great escape

Gautam Gambhir batted nearly 11 hours for 137 and VVS Laxman made a much needed 124 not out as India reached 476 for four on Monday to draw the second Test against New Zealand, consolidating a 1-0 series lead.

Earlier,India were out for 305 in their first innings, replying to New Zealand's 619-9 declared, allowing New Zealand to enforce the follow on with more than two days of the match remaining.

India had started the day at 252-2, still trailing New Zealand by 62 runs.

New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin captured the vital wicket of Sachin Tendulkar for 64 in only the fifth over of the day , who resumed at 58.

Gambhir's innings secured the draw for India, sharing partnerships of 133 for the second wicket with Rahul Dravid (62), 97 with Sachin Tendulkar (64) and 96 with Laxman.He was out trapped lbw by off spinner Jeetan Patel,in the 160th over of the innings, at 356 for four, having made the match safe for the Indian line-up.

Laxman's 14th Test century and his unbroken 120-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Yuvraj Singh (54 not out) allowed India to build a 162-run lead before their declaration ended the match an hour before scheduled stumps.

Laxman reached his 14th Test century, in 238 minutes from 187 balls with 20 fours. He made 76 in the first innings.

Yuvraj then found form with a half-century from 52 balls with nine fours.

Gambhir's marathon stay at the crease tried to take India away from the  defeat shortly after tea on Monday while Laxman and Yuvraj guided India to complete safety, a declaration and a draw.

Stats came out after play on Day four of 2nd Test

 

• Gamutam Gambhir inning of 102 runs helped him to get pass the 2000 runs mark in his test career and became the second Indian to reach the land mark in just 23 test matches after Sunil Gavaskar.
• Gautam Gambhir became only second opener to score century on New Zealand soil after little master Sunil Gavaskar.
• Dravid in his inning of 62 runs hit 15^th six of his career. His 15^th six was first since May 2007.
• Dravid century stand with Gambhir was 75^th century partnership of his career.

2ND TEST:4TH DAY:IND VS NZ:GAMBHIR’S TON STEADIES INDIAN INNING

A solid 102 from Gautam Gambhir and a stylish 58 not out from Sachin Tendulkar steered India to 252 for two by the close on day four to leave the visitors trailing by 62 runs.India have eight wickets in hand with three sessions remaining on the fifth and final day of the second Test against New Zealand.

India was  made to follow on after being bowled out for just 305 in their first innings in reply to the Black Caps' 619 for nine declared on the third day.

Unless something dramatic happens on the final day at McLean Park in Napier, the second Test appears to be heading for a draw.It means the hope of  the series win for India would remain alive, as  India lead the series by 1-0.

Dravid scored 62,  after contributing 83 to India's first innings of 305 to mark.It was his 56th half-century in Tests and the 10th occasion he has scored half-centuries in each innings of a Test match.

Gambhir was painfully slow through the 80s, spending almost 13 overs static on 83, before comparatively speeding through the 90s to reach his century in 6 hours, 39 minutes, from 265 balls with 14 fours.

Tendulkar made up for his dismissal for 49 in the first innings by reaching his 52nd Test half-century with seven fours and a streaky six.He made  a third-wicket partnership with Gambhir which had contributed 89 runs by stumps to carry the tourists to stumps in a position of comfort, if not yet of complete safety.

India's progress through the fourth day was slow.India negotiated the day with the loss of only Dravid's wicket,which was the best thing for India.Earlier,India had a threat of defeat ,but now they have strengthened their position in the three-match series which they lead 1-0.

After resuming at 47 for one, trailing New Zealand by 267 runs, India added 205 runs in 90 overs in the day, placing a higher premium on survival than accumulation.

The tourists scored only 72 runs in 33 overs before lunch, 61 runs in 30 overs between lunch and tea and 72 runs in 27 overs in the final session.

But the approach successfully frustrated New Zealand and, though captain Daniel Vettori carefully rotated his bowlers, he was unable to make a vital breakthrough into the Indian innings,except Dravid’s wicket.

Dravid, who was caught close-in on the leg side off Vettori in the 73rd over and when India were 163 for two. The ball appeared to flick Dravid's glove, hit on his pad and was caught at short leg but replays showed that the ball had missed the hand and come directly from the pad to the close-in fieldsman.

Dravid had put on 133 runs in 241 minutes with Gambhir for the second wicket, hitting six fours and a six in his third half-century in four innings in the series.

 

Match Summary (Day4 Stump)

New Zealand 1^st Inning – 619/9 in 154.4 Overs

J.Ryder- 201 R.Taylor–151

I.Sharma– 27-5-95-3 Z.Khan– 34-6-129-3

India 1^st Inning – 305/10 in 93.5 Overs

R.Dravid- 83 V.V.S Laxman–76

C.Martin– 24-5-89-3 D.Vettori– 19-5-45-2

India 2^nd Inning – 252/2 in 107 Overs

G.Gambhir- 102* S.Tendulkar–58*

J.Patel– 28-6-73-1 D.Vettori– 24-7-48-1