New Zealand V India - First Test Match

** India (2nd Innings Batting)

121/10
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World’s best batting lineup! :rotfl:
My butt!

:rotfl: :mudhosh:

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Kiwis crush India

New Zealand won the first Test against India by 10 wickets with two days to spare in Wellington.
The Black Caps set themselves up for the win by dismissing India for 121 in their second innings.

The hosts then scored the 36 runs needed for an opening victory in the two-Test series.

Shane Bond led the way for New Zealand by taking four wickets.

But the day had started less promisingly for the Kiwis as India quickly finished off their tail to dismiss them for 247 and restrict their first-innings lead to 86 runs.

However, India’s batsmen could not match the performance of their bowlers with Sachin Tendulkar’s half century meaning he was the only player to get past 12 in their dismal total of 121

Paceman Bond set New Zealand on their victory march by trapping Virender Sehwag leg before for 12 in the sixth over before Jacob Oram chipped in with the wicket of Sanjay Bangar, who also went leg before for 12 after stepping forward to a pitched-up delivery.

In the next over, Bond struck a big double blow by removing dangermen Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.

Dravid was the first to go for seven when he was bowled after being beaten by a full-length inswinger.

Ganguly (two) lasted just three balls before his attempted off drive was edged behind to wicketkeeper Robert Hart.

Things did not improve in the afternoon session with VVS Laxman going to the fifth ball after lunch, edging Oram to first-slip Stephen Fleming without troubling the scorers.

Parthiv Patel joined Tendulkar at the crease and the pair’s 31-run stand was the highest of the innings.

It was ended when Patel (10) edged to Fleming at first slip off the bowling of Daryl Tuffey.

Tuffey added to his haul with the scalps of Ajit Agarkar (9) and Harbhajan Singh (1).

Zaheer Khan, who had earlier completed his first five-wicket haul in Tests, fared less well with the bat as he became Oram’s third victim for nine.

But it was practically all over for India when Tendulkar’s lone resistance was ended on 51 when he dragged a ball from Bond (4-33) on to his own stumps.

Man-of-the-match Mark Richardson, courtesy of his 89 in the first innings, helped see New Zealand home with an unbeaten 14 in tandem with Lou Vincent’s 21 not out

Seriously, this match completly turned out to be the opposite of what I thought, the Indian bowlers bowled well, and the batsman played horrible not once but twice.
If a team scores low once, you can just assume it was an off day but twice and the match ending in just 3 days is a sad shame for India.
Once again they have showed that they are very below average team when it comes to playing cricket away from home.

Very well said Nakhray Wali :hehe: :hehe: AQ aisay gaib ho jata hai jaisay gadhay kay ser say seeng :slight_smile:

What a pathetic batting display. Once gain Tendulkar showed he is a mere mortal like everyone else and not the immortal Indians make him out to be.

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*Originally posted by Kareem: *
What a pathetic batting display. Once gain Tendulkar showed he is a mere mortal like everyone else and not the immortal Indians make him out to be.
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he was last man to get out.. Woh kya uske baad 13tha nd 14th plaers ke saath batting karta.
But yes he is mortal. :)

But he DID get out didn’t he? And what happend in the first inning to make him dump ladoos in his pants? :hehe: