A superb ton from New Zealand opener Brendon McCullum ensured the visitors do not collapse in their second innings on Day 4 of the second Test match against India being played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
On stumps, McCullum was unbeaten on 124 while Kane Williamson was not out on 12 runs. McCullum dominated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s toothless bowling attack all around the park with his 11 fours and 3 towering sixes.
McCullum shared a 124-run partnership for New Zealand for the first wicket with first-innings centurion, Tim McIntosh.
McIntosh was the first to go. He was dismissed on 49 runs caught at short-leg, although the replays clearly indicated there was no bat involved.
Martin Guptill soon departed off the bowling of Pragyan Ojha. He hit only one boundary in his 18 runs. When Dhoni put Sreesanth back on, he dismissed Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 with a fine delivery which landed on off stump and cut in.
Jesse Ryder was the next to go when Suresh Raina had him caught behind. Ryder hit three boundaries for his 20 runs.
Kane Williamson and McCullum ensured that there were no more wickets and finished the day for New Zealand at 237 runs for the loss of 4 wickets, 115 runs ahead of the Indian total.
Earlier in the day, Harbhajan Singh scored his second consecutive ton in as many matches to help India take advantage over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s first inning total. He shared a 105-run partnership for the tenth wicket along with Sreesaanth, who also scored 24 valuable
runs.
Daniel Vettori picked up 5 wickets for 145 runs in a marathon 50-over spell while Tim Southee picked up 3 for 119.
The first test of the three-match series ended in a draw.
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