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Test no. 1435

India in New Zealand Test Series - 2nd Test
New Zealand v India

1998/99 season

Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 26,27,28,29,30 December 1998 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by 4 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NS Sidhu	c Fleming b Doull	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
	A Jadeja	lbw b Doull	10	36	26	0	0	38.46
	R Dravid	lbw b Doull	0	8	6	0	0	0.00
	SC Ganguly	c Parore b Doull	5	31	20	1	0	25.00
	SR Tendulkar	c Bell b Doull	47	95	72	7	0	65.27
	M Azharuddin	not out	103	225	156	14	0	66.02
	NR Mongia	c Astle b Doull	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	A Kumble	c McMillan b Doull	11	41	25	1	0	44.00
	J Srinath	c Fleming b Nash	7	24	19	1	0	36.84
	BKV Prasad	c Fleming b Vettori	15	61	57	0	0	26.31
	Harbhajan Singh	c Astle b McMillan	1	4	8	0	0	12.50
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 6)	9

	Total	(all out; 65.4 overs)	208	(3.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Sidhu, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Dravid, 2.6 ov), 3-15 (Jadeja, 8.6 ov), 4-16 (Ganguly, 10.2 ov), 5-99 (Tendulkar, 30.1 ov), 6-99 (Mongia, 30.6 ov), 7-132 (Kumble, 41.1 ov), 8-149 (Srinath, 46.5 ov), 9-207 (Prasad, 64.2 ov), 10-208 (Harbhajan Singh, 65.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SB Doull	24	7	65	7	2.70
CL Cairns	17	3	69	0	4.05	(2nb)
DJ Nash	14	1	46	1	3.28	(4nb)
DL Vettori	7	0	20	1	2.85
NJ Astle	2	0	5	0	2.50
CD McMillan	1.4	1	0	1	0.00


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MD Bell	c Mongia b Prasad	4	15	13	1	0	30.76
	MJ Horne	b Kumble	38	190	127	4	0	29.92
	SP Fleming	run out (Jadeja)	42	114	95	4	0	44.21
	NJ Astle	b Kumble	56	196	137	6	1	40.87
	CD McMillan	c Dravid b Srinath	24	71	58	2	0	41.37
	AC Parore	lbw b Kumble	2	25	13	0	0	15.38
	CL Cairns	c Tendulkar b Prasad	3	13	8	0	0	37.50
	DJ Nash	not out	89	298	230	4	0	38.69
	DL Vettori	b Tendulkar	57	238	194	4	0	29.38
	PJ Wiseman	b Tendulkar	0	14	13	0	0	0.00
	SB Doull	lbw b Kumble	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 13, lb 19, nb 5)	37

	Total	(all out; 148.4 overs)	352	(2.36 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Bell, 3.5 ov), 2-79 (Fleming, 31.1 ov), 3-112 (Horne, 45.5 ov), 4-162 (McMillan, 62.3 ov), 5-172 (Parore, 67.2 ov), 6-179 (Cairns, 70.2 ov), 7-208 (Astle, 78.6 ov), 8-345 (Vettori, 141.3 ov), 9-349 (Wiseman, 145.6 ov), 10-352 (Doull, 148.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	36	6	89	1	2.47	(5nb)
BKV Prasad	30	8	67	2	2.23
A Kumble	45.4	17	83	4	1.81
Harbhajan Singh	25	6	61	0	2.44
SC Ganguly	6	0	13	0	2.16
SR Tendulkar	6	2	7	2	1.16


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	A Jadeja	b Nash	22	36	31	3	0	70.96
	NS Sidhu	lbw b Doull	34	94	66	4	2	51.51
	R Dravid	b Wiseman	28	102	77	5	0	36.36
	SC Ganguly	c Bell b Wiseman	48	141	104	7	0	46.15
	SR Tendulkar	c Fleming b Nash	113	200	151	13	2	74.83
	M Azharuddin	c Parore b Nash	48	122	94	4	0	51.06
	NR Mongia	c Fleming b Doull	2	14	9	0	0	22.22
	A Kumble	c Nash b Vettori	23	85	78	1	0	29.48
	J Srinath	not out	27	100	70	3	0	38.57
	BKV Prasad	c & b Astle	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	Harbhajan Singh	c Horne b McMillan	1	8	9	0	0	11.11
	Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 5)	10

	Total	(all out; 115 overs)	356	(3.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-41 (Jadeja, 8.5 ov), 2-74 (Sidhu, 23.2 ov), 3-112 (Dravid, 34.6 ov), 4-200 (Ganguly, 58.6 ov), 5-297 (Tendulkar, 84.1 ov), 6-304 (Mongia, 87.4 ov), 7-304 (Azharuddin, 88.1 ov), 8-346 (Kumble, 109.1 ov), 9-349 (Prasad, 112.1 ov), 10-356 (Harbhajan Singh, 114.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SB Doull	25	10	49	2	1.96	(1nb)
CL Cairns	19	2	68	0	3.57	(2nb)
DJ Nash	15	9	20	3	1.33	(1nb)
DL Vettori	20	6	92	1	4.60
CD McMillan	10	2	26	1	2.60	(1nb, 1w)
PJ Wiseman	19	1	90	2	4.73
NJ Astle	7	3	7	1	1.00


New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 213 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MD Bell	c Dravid b Srinath	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
	MJ Horne	lbw b Kumble	31	87	49	4	0	63.26
	SP Fleming	b Kumble	17	55	34	3	0	50.00
	NJ Astle	retired hurt	1	23	19	0	0	5.26
	CD McMillan	not out	74	191	122	6	0	60.65
	AC Parore	run out (Dravid/Mongia)	1	23	17	0	0	5.88
	PJ Wiseman	lbw b Srinath	0	20	19	0	0	0.00
	CL Cairns	c Jadeja b Srinath	61	137	107	9	1	57.00
	DJ Nash	not out	4	2	1	1	0	400.00
	Extras	(b 9, lb 9, nb 8)	26

	Total	(6 wickets; 60.3 overs)	215	(3.55 runs per over)

Did not bat DL Vettori, SB Doull

Fall of wickets1-0 (Bell, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (Fleming, 11.6 ov), 2-50* (Astle, retired not out), 3-51 (Horne, 17.2 ov), 4-67 (Parore, 23.2 ov), 5-74 (Wiseman, 28.5 ov), 6-211 (Cairns, 60.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	19.3	1	82	3	4.20	(8nb)
BKV Prasad	10	3	26	0	2.60
A Kumble	23	6	70	2	3.04
Harbhajan Singh	5	1	11	0	2.20
SR Tendulkar	3	0	8	0	2.66

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0 (1 abandoned)

Test debut MD Bell (New Zealand)
Player of the match SB Doull (New Zealand)

Umpires EA Nicholls (West Indies) and EA Watkin
TV umpire RS Dunne
Match referee BN Jarman (Australia)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 52/1 (MJ Horne 16*, SP Fleming 27*, 22 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 290/7 (DJ Nash 56*, DL Vettori 35*, 112 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 179/3 (SC Ganguly 47*, SR Tendulkar 42*, 53 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 73/4 (CD McMillan 17*, PJ Wiseman 0*, 28 ov)
30 Dec day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 215/6 (60.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1:
Lunch: India 91/4 (Tendulkar 41*, Azharuddin 29*; 28 overs)
Tea: India 186/8 (Azharuddin 87*, Prasad 10*; 57 overs)

Day 2:
Lunch: New Zealand 132/3 (Astle 20*, McMillan 13*; 52 overs)
Tea: New Zealand 209/7 (Nash 15*, Vettori 0*; 80 overs)

Day 3
Lunch: New Zealand 346/8 (Nash 84*, Wiseman 0*; 143 overs)
Tea: India 74/1 (Sidhu 34*, Dravid 13*; 23 overs)
DJ Nash and DL Vettori set a record New Zealand 8th wicket partnership in Tests worth 137 (previous record: 136 by BE Congdon and RS Cunis v West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1971-72; previous record v India: 103 by RJ Hadlee and IDS Smith at Auckland in 1989-90).

Day 4:
Lunch: India 290/4 (Tendulkar 111*, Azharuddin 38*; 83 overs)
Tea: India 356 (Srinath 27*; 115 overs)
NJ Astle retired hurt at 50/2 (struck on his left hand while fending forward at a delivery from J Srinath off the 3rd ball in the 15th over, with his score on 0, and the total 49/2. Then decided to come off with the advice of the team physiotherapist at the end of 16 overs. X-rays at the hospital later revealed a broken metacarpal bone, forcing him out of all cricket for up to a month)

Day 5:
Lunch: New Zealand 188/5 (McMillan 63*, Cairns 52*; 55 overs)
CD McMillan and CL Cairns set a record New Zealand 6th wicket partnership in Tests against India worth 137 (previous record: 87 by JW Guy and AR MacGibbon at Hyderabad in 1955-56).