http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 led from the front to give India their second consecutive victory against the Kiwis. It was the second defeat for the New Zealand, who also lost the Test series 1-0 against the Indians. It was again an easy win for the Indians as they reached
the Kiwi target for the loss of only 2 wickets. For http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, their good time in One day format continues as they secured another easy win over the kiwis.
Batting first, New Zealand managed a total of 258 from their 50 overs. Guptill was the pick of the batsmen as he scored a steady 70 for the Kiwis. Guptill and James How opened for the kiwis and showed some promise in first few overs. New Zealand lost its
first wicket when James how (5) was dismissed in the third over of the bowling of Sreesanth.
Williamson and Guptill had a 50-run partnership for the second wicket and provided the stay at the wicket. New Zealand was not scoring at a rapid pace and were able to keep the run rate around 4 per over. The bowlers were persistent in their approach and
bowled with a good line and length.
In the 16th over, New Zealand lost its 2nd wicket, when Williamson was bowled off a ball that came in and lodged his bail. He was dismissed by Munaf Patel, who bowled a decent opening spell. Williamson scored 29 runs and struck 4 boundaries.
New Zealand were 64-2 in the 16th over, and were finding it hard to score some quick runs. Taylor was the next batsman for the Kiwis and much was expected out of him. He played a good knock of 66 in the previous match, and if he had got going
for the Kiwis then their scoring rate would definitely have improved.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 in pursuit of some quick runs gave an easy catch to the mid wicket fielder of the bowling of Yousaf Pathan. He made 15 runs off 23 balls which also included one six.
Styris and Guptill provided a reasonable support in the middle and managed a partnership of 65 runs of 75 balls. This partnership helped the kiwis to restore some momentum and maintain the run rate to an extent.
Guptill played well for his 70 and placed the ball in gaps for singles. The feature of his innings was his ability to pick a lot of singles of the Indian bowlers. Apart from the two boundaries in the first over, he did not hit many boundaries in his innings
and kept the score board ticking by placing the ball in the gaps.
At the score of 70, Guptill was dismissed when he was caught behind by the wicket keeper Saha off the bowling of Ashwin. He made 70 runs from 102 balls and played a steady innings for the kiwis.
Styris played well for his 59 and managed to score runs at a normal pace. Styris along with Vettori steadied the New Zealand innings, and both of these batsmen scored runs whenever they got the opportunity. Vettori, who missed the first One day, started
slowly but after sometime managed to score at more rapid pace. He managed 5 boundaries in his knock of 31 and provided a good support to Styris. Just when these two batsmen were beginning to accelerate the kiwi total, they were dismissed by Sreesanth in the
45th over. It was 2 important wickets in two consecutive balls for Sreesanth, and it really took the initiative away from the kiwis to go for the kill in the death overs.
Daniel Vettori and Styris added 58 runs from 51 balls, and scored some quick runs for New Zealand. Some handy runs were scored by the lower order to give some respect to the New Zealand total.
In the end, New Zealand managed a total of 258 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. New Zealand definitely would have felt that they were 20 to 30 runs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107.
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