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New Zealand v India 3rd Test

India tour of New Zealand - 1968 (1967/68) · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 29 February 1968

India won by 8 wickets

India won by 8 wickets. Ajit Wadekar top-scored with 143 for India. Bapu Nadkarni took 6/43.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
India tour of New Zealand - 1968 (1967/68)
Ground
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates
29 February 1968 to 4 March 1968
Toss
New Zealand, chose to bat
Result
India won by 8 wickets
Captains
Graham Dowling (New Zealand), Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (India)
Umpires
DEA Copps and WT Martin

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.

New Zealand batted first and made 186 all out. Mark Burgess top-scored with 66. Erapalli Prasanna took 5 for 32 for India. From 154 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 182 for 9. That was well below the 1960s average first-innings total at Basin Reserve, 249 across 5 Tests.

India replied with 327 all out. Ajit Wadekar top-scored with 143, and Farokh Engineer made 44. Bruce Taylor took 3 for 59 for New Zealand. India led by 141 on first innings.

New Zealand made 199 all out in their second innings. Mark Burgess top-scored with 60, and Bevan Congdon made 51. Bapu Nadkarni took 6 for 43 for India.

Set 59 to win, India made 59 for 2. Syed Abid Ali top-scored with 36.

India won by 8 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 186 ALL OUT
BatterHow outR
Graham Dowlingc Ajit Wadekar15
Bruce Murrayrun out10
Bevan Congdonc Ajit Wadekar4
Mark Burgessc Rusi Surti66
Keith Thomsonbowled25
Vic Pollardc Farokh Engineer24
Bruce Taylorst Farokh Engineer17
Dick Motzc Rusi Surti5
Richard Collingec Ajit Wadekar5
Jack Alabasternot out3
Roy Harfordc Farokh Engineer1

Extras 11 · Total 186 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Rusi Surti226443
Syed Abid Ali80310
Motganhalli Jaisimha2211340
Bishan Bedi20120
Bapu Nadkarni178221
Erapalli Prasanna18.26325

FALL OF WICKETS

1-24 (Graham Dowling), 2-30 (Bruce Murray), 3-33 (Bevan Congdon), 4-88 (Keith Thomson), 5-154 (Mark Burgess), 6-155 (Vic Pollard), 7-160 (Dick Motz), 8-169 (Richard Collinge), 9-182 (Bruce Taylor), 10-186 (Roy Harford)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstGraham Dowling and Bruce Murray24
secondBevan Congdon and Bruce Murray6
thirdBevan Congdon and Mark Burgess3
fourthMark Burgess and Keith Thomson55
fifthVic Pollard and Mark Burgess66
sixthVic Pollard and Bruce Taylor1
seventhDick Motz and Bruce Taylor5
eighthRichard Collinge and Bruce Taylor9
ninthJack Alabaster and Bruce Taylor13
tenthJack Alabaster and Roy Harford4
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 327 ALL OUT
BatterHow outR
Syed Abid Alic Roy Harford11
Farokh Engineerrun out44
Ajit Wadekarc Roy Harford143
Rusi Surtic Bevan Congdon10
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudic Roy Harford30
Chandu Bordec Roy Harford10
Motganhalli Jaisimhac Roy Harford20
Bapu Nadkarnic Bruce Murray3
Venkataraman Subramanyanot out32
Erapalli Prasannabowled1
Bishan Bedirun out8

Extras 15 · Total 327 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Richard Collinge183653
Dick Motz205620
Bruce Taylor27.19593
Jack Alabaster182642
Vic Pollard256620

FALL OF WICKETS

1-18 (Syed Abid Ali), 2-78 (Farokh Engineer), 3-97 (Rusi Surti), 4-163 (Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi), 5-186 (Chandu Borde), 6-256 (Motganhalli Jaisimha), 7-268 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-295 (Ajit Wadekar), 9-296 (Erapalli Prasanna), 10-327 (Bishan Bedi)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Syed Abid Ali18
secondFarokh Engineer and Ajit Wadekar60
thirdRusi Surti and Ajit Wadekar19
fourthMansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Ajit Wadekar66
fifthChandu Borde and Ajit Wadekar23
sixthMotganhalli Jaisimha and Ajit Wadekar70
seventhBapu Nadkarni and Ajit Wadekar12
eighthVenkataraman Subramanya and Ajit Wadekar27
ninthErapalli Prasanna and Venkataraman Subramanya1
tenthVenkataraman Subramanya and Bishan Bedi31
NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 199 ALL OUT
BatterHow outR
Graham Dowlingc Syed Abid Ali14
Bruce Murrayc Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi22
Bevan Congdonc Motganhalli Jaisimha51
Vic Pollardc Syed Abid Ali1
Mark Burgessc Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi60
Keith Thomsonc Ajit Wadekar0
Bruce Taylorc Venkataraman Subramanya28
Dick Motzc Venkataraman Subramanya9
Richard Collingecaught5
Jack Alabasternot out2
Roy Harfordc Venkataraman Subramanya0

Extras 7 · Total 199 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Rusi Surti81310
Motganhalli Jaisimha51100
Bishan Bedi165421
Bapu Nadkarni3012436
Erapalli Prasanna20.23563
Venkataraman Subramanya21100

FALL OF WICKETS

1-35 (Bruce Murray), 2-42 (Graham Dowling), 3-49 (Vic Pollard), 4-135 (Bevan Congdon), 5-148 (Keith Thomson), 6-179 (Mark Burgess), 7-192 (Dick Motz), 8-193 (Bruce Taylor), 9-199 (Richard Collinge), 10-199 (Roy Harford)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstGraham Dowling and Bruce Murray35
secondGraham Dowling and Bevan Congdon7
thirdBevan Congdon and Vic Pollard7
fourthBevan Congdon and Mark Burgess86
fifthMark Burgess and Keith Thomson13
sixthBruce Taylor and Mark Burgess31
seventhDick Motz and Bruce Taylor13
eighthRichard Collinge and Bruce Taylor1
ninthJack Alabaster and Richard Collinge6
tenthJack Alabaster and Roy Harford0
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 59 FOR 2
BatterHow outR
Syed Abid Alic Roy Harford36
Farokh Engineerc Roy Harford18
Ajit Wadekarnot out5
Rusi Surtinot out0

Did not bat: Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Chandu Borde, Motganhalli Jaisimha, Bapu Nadkarni, Venkataraman Subramanya, Erapalli Prasanna, Bishan Bedi

Extras 0 · Total 59 for 2

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Richard Collinge2070
Dick Motz30210
Jack Alabaster1080
Vic Pollard1070
Keith Thomson3.3191
Mark Burgess2070
Bruce Murray1101

FALL OF WICKETS

1-43 (Farokh Engineer), 2-57 (Syed Abid Ali)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Syed Abid Ali43
secondAjit Wadekar and Syed Abid Ali14
thirdRusi Surti and Ajit Wadekar2
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