Faulty New Zealand stutters for 103
Insipid http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 crumbled against a quality Indian bowling line-up as they only managed a poor 103-run total in the fifth One-day international at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Adding to it, when the visitors started their innings, it looked as though
they are on the course for another humiliating defeat against a top-notch Indian side.
The Kiwis were bundled out for 103 runs, their lowest ODI total against India. New Zealand is on the verge of receiving their second consecutive whitewash as earlier before; they were whitewashed by the Bangladeshi’s.
New Zealand won the toss on a dry pitch and elected to bat first in order to restore some pride by earning a consolation victory. The start was perfectly poor as they lost their opening batsmen on the fourth ball of the match.
Wickets fell in regular intervals as the scorecard read 28 for the loss of 3 wickets in six overs. Martin Guptill failed to score a run as he fell to beautiful out-swinger from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Praveen-Kumar-c82600. Brendon McCullum started off positively as he struck three crisp
boundaries through the off-side, though he couldn’t manage to impose himself on the opposition constantly.
As a result, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293 delivered a genuine in-swinger that hit McCullum on the pads, right in front of the wickets; umpire raised his index finger straight away. In the process, Nehra registered his 150th ODI wicket.
Styris and How put up a gritty 43-run partnership in order to rescue their team from an early debacle. Styris remained the top scorer for the visitors as he racked up 24 runs to give his team a chance to fight-back. On the other hand, How played well for
his 23 runs, considering the fact that his partners were falling apart.
In the entire series, James Franklin has been the lone warrior for the tourists as he remained unbeaten for his 17 runs. Franklin continued to fight for his team as his innings of today is backed up by an unbeaten 98 in the previous game.
The last four wickets for the Kiwis fell in space of just 13 runs. The last five batsmen completely failed to make an impression as they only posted single figure scores, including two ducks.
Bowling for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was remarkable from the start of the innings as the fast bowling combination of Nehra and Kumar scalped three quick wickets between them.
The spinners have choked the New Zealand batting line-up in today’s match. The Kiwi batsmen had no clue about the devastation that the Indian spin bowlers caused on a dry pitch. In doing so, the slow bowlers registered 7 wickets between them to crumble the
touring team for bleak score of 103 runs.
Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers as he recorded career best figures of 3/24 in 8 incisive overs. In addition, Yuvraj and Pathan chipped in with two valuable wickets to hit the last nail in New Zealand’s coffin.
A grim target of 104 runs for the strong batting line-up of India should be an easy walk in the park. A 5-0 drubbing is on the way for New Zealand as only a miracle can save them.
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