New Zealand vs India

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Results so far

1st T20
New Zeland won by 7 wickets

India 8/162
SK Raina 61 (43 balls)
IG Butler 2/29 (4 overs)
IE O'Brien 2/36 (4)
New Zealand 3/166 (18.5 overs)
BB McCullum 56* (49 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
MJ Guptill 41 (28)

2nd T20
New Zeland won by 5 wickets

India 6/149
Yuvraj Singh 50 (34 balls)
IE O'Brien 2/30 (4 overs)
IG Butler 2/42 (4)
New Zealand 5/150 (20 overs)
BB McCullum 69* (55 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
IK Pathan 2/41 (4 overs)


1st ODI
India won by 53 runs (D/L method)

India 4/273
MS Dohni 84* ( 89 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
V Sehwag 77 (56)
SK Raina 66 (39)
New Zealand 9/162 (28 overs)
MJ Guptill 64 (70 balls)
Harbhajan Singh 3/27 (4 overs)

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Probably could have stuck this in the "Other International Cricket Thread"

NZ looked good in the 20/20 but India batted brilliantly in the first ODI and despite their poor record in NZ they should win this series convincingly IMO.

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Probably could have stuck this in the "Other International Cricket Thread"

NZ looked good in the 20/20 but India batted brilliantly in the first ODI and despite their poor record in NZ they should win this series convincingly IMO.

The one with NZ vs India located only in the title

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2nd ODI
Match Abandoned

India 4/188 (28.4/34 overs)
SR Tendulkar 61 (69 balls)
V Sehwag 54 (36)

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It is unsure how much more of the series Vettori will play in due complications with the upcoming birth of his child, Jeethan Patel will replace him if needed.

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New Zealand are bravely chasing 393 to win - 8/273 after 40 overs.

Tendulkar had to retire hurt with a muscle strain of some sorts. Had that not happened, he may have gone past 200. 163 off of 133 balls with 16 fours and 5 sixes. That was after 45 overs.

Tim Southee did a Mick Lewis and conceded more than 100 runs - 0/105 off of 10.

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8/316 after 43.2 overs, Mills with 45 off 25 and Southee 25 off 14.

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71 to get off of the last 6 overs, this partnership is now worth 71, scored in 6 overs

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How much further can they go? Mills has hit a six to reach 50!

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44.3 Patel to Mills, (no ball) 1 run, caught off a no ball again, another one, a beamer, and he's taken off, the attack, caught by Dhoni off an attempted pull but he's bowled two waist high no balls in one over, his painful spell has come to an end
44.2 Patel to Southee, 1 run, in the blockhole on the off stump, dug out wide of the bowler towards long-off
44.2 Patel to Mills, (no ball) 1 run, caught off a no ball, waist high full toss on middle, tries to pull it away over deep square, doesn't connect it well enough, goes really high and Yusuf takes a simple catch in the deep. However, the umpires have a consultation and call it a no-ball for height, fair decision
44.2 Patel to Southee, 1 run, in the blockhole on the off stump, dug out wide of the bowler towards long-off
44.1 Patel to Mills, SIX, continues to bowl his rubbish, full outside off, a length ball and Mills lofts it powerfully over extra cover for a massive six

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And Mills has been dismissed off the last ball of that over, the partnership of 83 is the highest 9th wicket stand by NZ, and the highest against India. 7th highest overall.

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And Southee out the next ball of the match, all over. Unfortunately they couldn't do the impossible against the most hated team in the world outside the sub-continent.

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3rd ODI
India won by 58 runs

INDIA 4/392
SR Tendulkar 163 (133 balls) 16 fours, 5 sixes MAN OF THE MATCH
Yuvraj Singh 87 (60) 10 fours, 6 sixes
MS Dohni 68 (58) 5 fours, 2 sixes
SK Raina 38* (18) 5 sixes
KD Mills 2/58 (10 overs)
JDP Oram 0/34 (8 overs, including a maiden)
TG Southee 0/105 (10)

NEW ZEALAND 334 (45.1 overs)
JD Ryder 105 (80 balls) 12 fours, 4 sixes (opening partnership with McCullum 10 166 in 22 overs)
BB McCullum 71 (68) 6 fours 3 sixes
KD Mills 54 (32) 6 fours 3 sixes
Harbhajan Singh 2/56 (10 overs)

India lead 5 games series 2-0

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JDP Oram 0/34 (8 overs, including a maiden)

In matches like this, I think the MOTM should automatically go to someone who bowled a maiden.

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- The match aggregate of 726 is the second-highest ever in ODIs, next only to that unforgettable game in Johannesburg almost exactly three - years ago, when Australia and South Africa combined to score 872 in a day.

- There were 31 sixes struck in the match, which is a record - the next best is 26. India contributed 18 of those, which equals the mark for an innings. It's also the second time they've struck so many in an innings.

- There was little to cheer for any of the bowlers, but none had it as bad as Tim Southee, who became only the third bowler - and the second from New Zealand - to concede more than 100 runs in an ODI. The only other New Zealander was Martin Snedden, though he bowled 12 overs to concede 105 against England in the 1983 World Cup

- Tendulkar's innings gave him his 58th Man-of-the-Match award, which is easily the highest, and 12 clear of the second-placed Sanath Jayasuriya

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JDP Oram 0/34 (8 overs, including a maiden)

In matches like this, I think the MOTM should automatically go to someone who bowled a maiden.

why wouldn he bowl his allotted 10 overs??

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JDP Oram 0/34 (8 overs, including a maiden)

In matches like this, I think the MOTM should automatically go to someone who bowled a maiden.

why wouldn he bowl his allotted 10 overs??

Captain McCullum would be the one to answer that

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Game 4 again hampered by rain and again one that India dominated.

NZ 5/270

Ryder 46
McCullum 77
McGlashan 56

Sharma 2/57

India in a revised target made 0/201 off 23.3 overs

Sehwag 125* off only 74 balls with 14 boundaries and six 6's (Really in brilliant form)
Gambhir 63*


India can not lose the series leading 3-0 with only 1 remaining. It has been a while since they have won in NZ.

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Game 5 and Final Game of the Series.

India

All out for 149.

Sehwag 40 (27) R.Sharma 43*

Oram 2/22 from 9 and Ryder 3/29 from 9.

NZ

Easily passed it with 2/151

Ryder 63 (49) (Man of the Match) and Guptill 57*

Ishant Sharma belted bowling 7.2 overs and going for 63 at over 8 an over.

India win series 3-1

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Some Statistical Leaders from the Series.

Runs

Sehwag 299 Runs @ 74
Tendaulker 244 Runs @122 (3 Innings and one massive one)
Ryder 225 Runs @ 56
Dhoni 184 Runs @ 92
McCullum 150 Runs @ 37

Wickets

Not many wickets in the series so hardly worth comparing.

Singh took 5 @ 29 and then 4 other bowlers took 4 wickets Yuvraj, Kumar, Khan and Mills.

And Ross Taylor took the most catches with 3.