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Test no. 769

India in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v India

1975/76 season

Played at Eden Park, Auckland, on 24,25,26,28 January 1976 (5-day match)

Result India won by 8 wickets


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JFM Morrison	c & b Chandrasekhar	46	134	6	0
	GM Turner	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	23			0
	BE Congdon	c Madan Lal b Prasanna	54	125	3	1
	JM Parker	b Chandrasekhar	17			0
	BF Hastings	lbw b Prasanna	8			0
	MG Burgess	c Prasanna b Venkataraghavan	31	76	6	0
	KJ Wadsworth	c Gavaskar b Prasanna	41	122	3	0
	DR Hadlee	b Chandrasekhar	24			0
	DR O'Sullivan	c S Amarnath b Chandrasekhar	0		0	0
	HJ Howarth	c & b Chandrasekhar	0		0	0
	RO Collinge	not out	3		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 2)	19

	Total	(all out; 87 overs)	266	(2.29 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-38 (Turner), 2-110 (Morrison), 3-144 (Congdon), 4-145 (Parker), 5-155 (Hastings), 6-211 (Burgess), 7-263 (Hadlee), 8-263 (Wadsworth), 9-263 (O'Sullivan), 10-266 (Howarth)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Madan Lal	5	0	14	0	2.10
M Amarnath	4	1	16	0	3.00
BS Chandrasekhar	30	6	94	6	2.35
S Venkataraghavan	24	4	59	1	1.84
EAS Prasanna	24	5	64	3	2.00


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	SM Gavaskar	c Turner b Howarth	116	368	15	1
	DB Vengsarkar	lbw b Collinge	7			0
	S Amarnath	c sub b Hadlee	124	259	16	1
	GR Viswanath	c Wadsworth b Hadlee	0		0	0
	BP Patel	c Morrison b Congdon	10			0
	S Venkataraghavan	c Congdon b Howarth	1		0	0
	M Amarnath	b Congdon	64	107	8	1
	S Madan Lal	c Turner b Congdon	27	92		0
	SMH Kirmani	b Congdon	14			0
	EAS Prasanna	not out	25			0
	BS Chandrasekhar	b Congdon	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 13, lb 9, nb 4)	26

	Total	(all out; 121.7 overs)	414	(2.54 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Vengsarkar), 2-220 (S Amarnath), 3-220 (Viswanath), 4-270 (Patel), 5-270 (Gavaskar), 6-275 (Venkataraghavan), 7-368 (Madan Lal), 8-369 (M Amarnath), 9-414 (Kirmani), 10-414 (Chandrasekhar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RO Collinge	19	3	61	1	2.40
DR Hadlee	18	3	71	2	2.95
BE Congdon	26.7	3	65	5	1.81
HJ Howarth	29	6	97	2	2.50
DR O'Sullivan	29	4	94	0	2.43


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JFM Morrison	c Viswanath b Prasanna	23			0
	GM Turner	c Madan Lal b Prasanna	13			0
	BE Congdon	c Gavaskar b Prasanna	54	177	3	0
	JM Parker	c Vengsarkar b Prasanna	70	140	9	0
	BF Hastings	b Prasanna	1		0	0
	MG Burgess	lbw b Chandrasekhar	6			0
	KJ Wadsworth	b Chandrasekhar	19			0
	DR Hadlee	c Vengsarkar b Prasanna	0		0	0
	DR O'Sullivan	c S Amarnath b Prasanna	1		0	0
	RO Collinge	c S Amarnath b Prasanna	13			0
	HJ Howarth	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 2)	14

	Total	(all out; 70.2 overs)	215	(2.29 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-32 (Turner), 2-39 (Morrison), 3-161 (Parker), 4-169 (Hastings), 5-180 (Burgess), 6-180 (Congdon), 7-180 (Hadlee), 8-182 (O'Sullivan), 9-214 (Collinge), 10-215 (Wadsworth)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Madan Lal	4	4	0	0	0.00
M Amarnath	2	0	8	0	3.00
BS Chandrasekhar	22.2	2	85	2	2.86
S Venkataraghavan	19	8	32	0	1.26
EAS Prasanna	23	5	76	8	2.47


India 2nd innings (target: 68 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	SM Gavaskar	not out	35	62	6	1
	DB Vengsarkar	c Turner b Howarth	6			0
	S Amarnath	lbw b Howarth	9			0
	GR Viswanath	not out	11			0
	Extras	(b 7, nb 3)	10

	Total	(2 wickets; 14.2 overs)	71	(3.73 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat BP Patel, S Venkataraghavan, M Amarnath, S Madan Lal,

SMH Kirmani, EAS Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar

Fall of wickets1-38 (Vengsarkar), 2-56 (S Amarnath)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RO Collinge	2	0	14	0	5.25
DR Hadlee	3	0	15	0	3.75
HJ Howarth	5.2	3	15	2	2.14
DR O'Sullivan	4	1	17	0	3.18

Balls per over 8

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series India led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts S Amarnath, SMH Kirmani and DB Vengsarkar (India)

Umpires DEA Copps and RL Monteith

Close of play
24 Jan day 1 - India 1st innings 16/0 (SM Gavaskar 8*, DB Vengsarkar 7*)
25 Jan day 2 - India 1st innings 279/6 (M Amarnath 8*, S Madan Lal 0*)
26 Jan day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 161/2 (BE Congdon 46*, JM Parker 70*)
27 Jan rest day
28 Jan day 4 - India 2nd innings 71/2 (14.2 ov) - end of match

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