http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Top in Third Test
India is in the drivers-seat, on day two of the final test match being played against New Zealand, at the famous
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association ground in Nagpur. The Indians displayed precision bowling and managed to restrict their score to 198 runs. They attacked incessantly and kept taking wickets on regular intervals.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ishant-Sharma-c64566 started day two, with fast and accurate bowling. He claimed the scalp of New Zealand batsmen, Brendon Mcculum. It was Sharma’s pace
bowling that proved too much for Mccullum as he nicked one, into the safe hands of wicket-keeper, Mahindra Singh Dhoni. Brendon McCullum, was the first fatality for New Zealand on day two. From there onwards, the Indian skipper tightened the s***w and New
Zealand only managed a meager 198 runs thanks to a last-minute effort by Tim Southee. Southee’s cameo of 38 runs, consisted of 3 sixes and 2 fours before he was caught by Virednder Sehwag,
of Pragyan Ojha’s bowling. The Indian bowlers were completely supported by their team mates thus ending with good figures. Sharma was responsible for four kiwi scalps while Ojha took three and Shiv Sreesanth captured two wickets respectively.
The Indian bowlers were backed-up by their batsmen, namely Virender Sehwag and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623.Thanks to
a valiant effort by both these star batsmen, the New Zealand bowling attacked was easily waved off. Both openers added an admirable 113 runs for the first
wicket, with some serious fireworks from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429.Sehwag smashed 12 boundaries in his knock of 74.He was firmly supported buy Gautam Gambir who
chipped-in with a half-century. Sehwag fell to the guile of Daniel Vetori, while Gambir was dismissed for 78.it was off-seamer Tim Southee, who dismantled Gambir and tricked him into playing a loose shot, resulting in an easy catch for Ross Taylor. The final
Score-Card is as follows:
New Zealand 1st Innings
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Tim McIntosh
b Sreesanth
4
32
1
0
12.50
Martin Guptill
c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth
6
14
1
0
42.86
Ross Taylor
lbw b Ishant Sharma
20
24
3
0
83.33
Jesse Ryder
c S Raina b Harbhajan Singh
59
113
5
0
52.21
Kane Williamson
c V Sehwag b Pragyan Ojha
0
3
0
0
0
Daniel Vettori (C)
b Ishant Sharma
3
6
0
0
50.00
Gareth Hopkins (W)
c S Raina b Pragyan Ojha
7
36
1
0
19.44
Brendon McCullum
c http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 b Ishant Sharma
40
84
4
0
47.62
Tim Southee
c http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 b Pragyan Ojha
38
68
2
3
55.88
Brent Arnel
b Ishant Sharma
5
16
1
0
31.25
Chris Martin
Not Out
2
6
0
0
33.33
Extras
(b 1,lb 5,w 0, nb 3)
9
Total
(all out; 66.3 overs)
193
(2.90 runs per over)
10. 193/10 (66.3 ov) Tim Southee
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Sreesanth
12
4
28
2
2.33
(nb 1)
Ishant Sharma
18
4
43
4
2.39
(nb 2)
Pragyan Ojha
19.3
2
57
3
2.92
Harbhajan Singh
17
2
59
1
3.47
India 1st Innings
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Gautam Gambhir
c R http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 b Tim Southee
78
127
12
0
61.42
Virender Sehwag
c & b Daniel Vettori
74
73
12
1
101.37
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid
c M Guptill b http://www.senore.com/Cricket/K-Williamson-c69933
191
396
21
0
48.23
Sachin Tendulkar
c G Hopkins b Andy McKay
61
129
8
0
47.29
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772
b Chris Martin
12
16
2
0
75.00
Suresh Raina
c sub b Daniel Vettori
3
25
0
0
12.00
MS Dhoni (C)(W)
c & b Daniel Vettori
98
156
12
1
62.82
Harbhajan Singh
c B McCullum b http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Martin-c48997
20
47
1
1
42.55
Ishant Sharma
Not Out
7
22
1
0
31.82
Sreesanth
Not Out
0
0
0
0
0
Pragyan Ojha
Extras
(b 12,lb 5,w 4, nb 1)
22
Total
(8 wickets dec; 165 overs)
566
(3.43 runs per over)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Chris Martin
28
4
82
2
2.93
(nb 1, w 2)
Tim Southee
29
5
94
1
3.24
(w 1)
Andy McKay
31
5
120
1
3.87
(w 1)
Daniel Vettori
58
7
178
3
3.07
Kane Williamson
11
0
45
1
4.09
Martin Guptill
7
0
27
0
3.86
Ross Taylor
1
0
3
0
3.00
New Zealand 2nd Innings
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Tim McIntosh
lbw b Harbhajan Singh
8
30
0
0
26.67
Brendon McCullum
Not Out
15
26
2
0
57.69
Gareth Hopkins (W)
Not Out
1
10
0
0
100.00
Martin Guptill
Ross Taylor
Jesse Ryder
Kane Williamson
Daniel Vettori (C)
Tim Southee
Brent Arnel
Chris Martin
Extras
(b 0,lb 0,w 0, nb 0)
0
Total
(1 wicket; 11 overs)
24
(2.18 runs per over)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Sreesanth
3
1
13
0
4.33
Ishant Sharma
2
2
0
0
0.00
Pragyan Ojha
3
1
2
0
0.67
Harbhajan Singh
3
0
9
1
3.00
Teams:
India:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman,
Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398,
Pragyan Ojha
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754:
Brendon McCullum, Tim McIntosh, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane
Williamson, Daniel Vettori (c), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Chris Martin, Tim Southee,
Bret Arnel
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