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India v New Zealand 3rd Test

New Zealand tour of India - 1988 (1988/89) · Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad · 2 December 1988

India won by 10 wickets

India won by 10 wickets. Mark Greatbatch top-scored with 90* for New Zealand. Arshad Ayub took 4/55.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
New Zealand tour of India - 1988 (1988/89)
Ground
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Dates
2 December 1988 to 6 December 1988
Toss
New Zealand, chose to bat
Result
India won by 10 wickets
Captains
John Wright (New Zealand), Dilip Vengsarkar (India)
Debut
Sanjeev Sharma (India)
Umpires
RB Gupta and SK Ghosh

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. It was Sanjeev Sharma's first Test.

New Zealand batted first and made 254 all out. Mark Greatbatch top-scored with 90 not out off 244 balls, and Ian Smith made 79. Arshad Ayub took 4 for 55 for India. The innings was built on a 139-run stand for the seventh wicket between Ian Smith and Mark Greatbatch, 55% of the total.

India replied with 358 all out. Mohammad Azharuddin top-scored with 81 off 134 balls, and Kris Srikkanth made 69. Martin Snedden took 4 for 69 for New Zealand. India led by 104 on first innings.

New Zealand made 124 all out in their second innings. John Wright top-scored with 62 off 189 balls. Kapil Dev took 3 for 21 for India. From 58 for 2 they lost 4 wickets for 22 runs, to 80 for 6.

Set 21 to win, India made 22 for 0. Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 18 not out off 12 balls.

India won by 10 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 254 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Trevor Franklinc Arun Lal748
John Wrightc Arshad Ayub1734
Andrew Jonesc Kapil Dev814
Mark Greatbatchnot out90244
Tony Blainbowled1572
Chris Kuggeleijnc Dilip Vengsarkar79
Richard Hadleec Mohammad Azharuddin16
Ian Smithc Kris Srikkanth79114
John Bracewellc Dilip Vengsarkar318
Martin Sneddenlbw014
Ewen Chatfieldc Kris Srikkanth03

Extras 27 · Total 254 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev266711
Sanjeev Sharma174373
Arshad Ayub309554
Ravi Shastri62150
Narendra Hirwani152512
Kris Srikkanth1060

FALL OF WICKETS

1-25 (John Wright), 2-33 (Andrew Jones), 3-38 (Trevor Franklin), 4-82 (Tony Blain), 5-90 (Chris Kuggeleijn), 6-91 (Richard Hadlee), 7-230 (Ian Smith), 8-246 (John Bracewell), 9-248 (Martin Snedden), 10-254 (Ewen Chatfield)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstJohn Wright and Trevor Franklin25
secondTrevor Franklin and Andrew Jones8
thirdTrevor Franklin and Mark Greatbatch5
fourthTony Blain and Mark Greatbatch44
fifthMark Greatbatch and Chris Kuggeleijn8
sixthRichard Hadlee and Mark Greatbatch1
seventhIan Smith and Mark Greatbatch139
eighthJohn Bracewell and Mark Greatbatch16
ninthMartin Snedden and Mark Greatbatch2
tenthEwen Chatfield and Mark Greatbatch6
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 358 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Kris Srikkanthc John Bracewell69117
Arun Lalc Mark Greatbatch88
Navjot Sidhuc Trevor Franklin1946
Dilip Vengsarkarc Richard Hadlee3277
Ravi Shastric Trevor Franklin4276
Mohammad Azharuddinc Ian Smith81134
Kapil Devc John Wright4048
Kiran Morec John Bracewell04
Arshad Ayubc Ian Smith1952
Sanjeev Sharmanot out1852
Narendra Hirwanic Martin Snedden1730

Extras 13 · Total 358 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Richard Hadlee347993
Ewen Chatfield336823
Martin Snedden18.33694
John Bracewell181860
Chris Kuggeleijn30130

FALL OF WICKETS

1-17 (Arun Lal), 2-48 (Navjot Sidhu), 3-116 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-150 (Kris Srikkanth), 5-217 (Ravi Shastri), 6-279 (Kapil Dev), 7-281 (Kiran More), 8-310 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 9-322 (Arshad Ayub), 10-358 (Narendra Hirwani)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstKris Srikkanth and Arun Lal17
secondKris Srikkanth and Navjot Sidhu31
thirdDilip Vengsarkar and Kris Srikkanth68
fourthRavi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth34
fifthRavi Shastri and Mohammad Azharuddin67
sixthKapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin62
seventhMohammad Azharuddin and Kiran More2
eighthMohammad Azharuddin and Arshad Ayub29
ninthArshad Ayub and Sanjeev Sharma12
tenthNarendra Hirwani and Sanjeev Sharma36
NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 124 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Trevor Franklinc Kapil Dev1568
John Wrightc Ravi Shastri62189
Andrew Jonesc Dilip Vengsarkar511
Martin Sneddenlbw010
Mark Greatbatchlbw520
Tony Blainc Arun Lal06
Chris Kuggeleijnc Sanjeev Sharma014
Richard Hadleec Kiran More3170
Ian Smithbowled01
John Bracewelllbw05
Ewen Chatfieldnot out0–

Extras 6 · Total 124 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev103213
Sanjeev Sharma40130
Arshad Ayub2512363
Ravi Shastri3.31101
Narendra Hirwani2310433

FALL OF WICKETS

1-49 (Trevor Franklin), 2-58 (Andrew Jones), 3-60 (Martin Snedden), 4-71 (Mark Greatbatch), 5-75 (Tony Blain), 6-80 (Chris Kuggeleijn), 7-118 (Richard Hadlee), 8-118 (Ian Smith), 9-124 (John Bracewell), 10-124 (John Wright)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstJohn Wright and Trevor Franklin49
secondJohn Wright and Andrew Jones9
thirdJohn Wright and Martin Snedden2
fourthJohn Wright and Mark Greatbatch11
fifthJohn Wright and Tony Blain4
sixthJohn Wright and Chris Kuggeleijn5
seventhRichard Hadlee and John Wright38
eighthJohn Wright and Ian Smith0
ninthJohn Wright and John Bracewell6
tenthEwen Chatfield and John Wright0
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 22 FOR 0
BatterHow outRB
Kris Srikkanthnot out1812
Arun Lalnot out02

Did not bat: Sanjeev Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Navjot Sidhu, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Kiran More, Arshad Ayub

Extras 4 · Total 22 for 0

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Ewen Chatfield1050
Martin Snedden10130
Chris Kuggeleijn0.1040
PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstKris Srikkanth and Arun Lal2213
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