New Zealand v India 1st Test

India tour of New Zealand - 1990 (1989/90) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 2 February 1990

New Zealand won by 10 wickets

New Zealand won by 10 wickets. John Wright top-scored with 185 for New Zealand. Danny Morrison took 5/75.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of New Zealand - 1990 (1989/90)
Ground: Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Dates: 2 February 1990 to 5 February 1990
Toss: New Zealand, chose to bat
Result: New Zealand won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: John Wright
Captains: John Wright (New Zealand), Mohammad Azharuddin (India)
Debuts: Venkatapathy Raju (India), Atul Wassan (India)
Umpires: RS Dunne and SJ Woodward

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. Venkatapathy Raju and Atul Wassan played their first Tests.

New Zealand batted first and made 459 all out. John Wright top-scored with 185 off 443 balls, and Ken Rutherford made 69. Venkatapathy Raju took 3 for 86 for India. The innings was built on a 125-run stand for the fourth wicket between John Wright and Mark Greatbatch. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Lancaster Park, 366 across 8 Tests.

India replied with 164 all out. Navjot Sidhu top-scored with 51 off 104 balls, and Mohammad Azharuddin made 48. Danny Morrison took 5 for 75 for New Zealand. From 146 for 4 they lost 6 wickets for 18 runs, to 164 for 10. New Zealand led by 295 on first innings. India followed on.

India made 296 for 9 in their second innings. Woorkeri Raman top-scored with 96 off 218 balls, and Manoj Prabhakar made 40. Richard Hadlee took 4 for 69 for New Zealand.

Set 2 to win, New Zealand made 2 for 0. Martin Snedden top-scored with 1 not out off 2 balls.

New Zealand won by 10 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 459 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Trevor Franklin	c Manoj Prabhakar	20	36
John Wright	bowled	185	443
Andrew Jones	c Venkatapathy Raju	52	93
Martin Crowe	lbw	24	54
Mark Greatbatch	bowled	46	108
Ken Rutherford	bowled	69	128
John Bracewell	bowled	0	5
Ian Smith	lbw	9	17
Richard Hadlee	c Narendra Hirwani	28	38
Martin Snedden	lbw	3	12
Danny Morrison	not out	1	9

Extras 22 · Total 459 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Kapil Dev	28.3	4	89	3
Manoj Prabhakar	38	8	114	1
Atul Wassan	25	3	95	1
Venkatapathy Raju	35	12	86	3
Narendra Hirwani	29	9	60	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-26 (Trevor Franklin), 2-141 (Andrew Jones), 3-182 (Martin Crowe), 4-307 (Mark Greatbatch), 5-374 (John Wright), 6-375 (John Bracewell), 7-394 (Ian Smith), 8-448 (Ken Rutherford), 9-454 (Richard Hadlee), 10-459 (Martin Snedden)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Trevor Franklin	26
second	John Wright and Andrew Jones	115
third	John Wright and Martin Crowe	41
fourth	John Wright and Mark Greatbatch	125
fifth	John Wright and Ken Rutherford	67
sixth	John Bracewell and Ken Rutherford	1
seventh	Ian Smith and Ken Rutherford	19
eighth	Richard Hadlee and Ken Rutherford	54
ninth	Richard Hadlee and Martin Snedden	6
tenth	Martin Snedden and Danny Morrison	5

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 164 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Woorkeri Raman	lbw	0	5
Navjot Sidhu	lbw	51	104
Sanjay Manjrekar	c Andrew Jones	5	15
Mohammad Azharuddin	lbw	48	44
Venkatapathy Raju	c Martin Crowe	31	83
Sachin Tendulkar	c Ian Smith	0	1
Manoj Prabhakar	c Ian Smith	1	3
Kapil Dev	c Martin Snedden	4	8
Kiran More	c Ian Smith	1	12
Atul Wassan	c Ian Smith	2	8
Narendra Hirwani	not out	1	4

Extras 20 · Total 164 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	14	1	45	3
Danny Morrison	16	2	75	5
John Bracewell	3	0	14	0
Martin Snedden	12.5	4	20	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Woorkeri Raman), 2-27 (Sanjay Manjrekar), 3-88 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 4-146 (Navjot Sidhu), 5-146 (Sachin Tendulkar), 6-148 (Manoj Prabhakar), 7-153 (Kapil Dev), 8-158 (Kiran More), 9-161 (Atul Wassan), 10-164 (Venkatapathy Raju)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Navjot Sidhu and Woorkeri Raman	0
second	Navjot Sidhu and Sanjay Manjrekar	27
third	Navjot Sidhu and Mohammad Azharuddin	61
fourth	Navjot Sidhu and Venkatapathy Raju	58
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar and Venkatapathy Raju	0
sixth	Manoj Prabhakar and Venkatapathy Raju	2
seventh	Kapil Dev and Venkatapathy Raju	5
eighth	Kiran More and Venkatapathy Raju	5
ninth	Venkatapathy Raju and Atul Wassan	3
tenth	Narendra Hirwani and Venkatapathy Raju	3

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 296 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
Woorkeri Raman	c Andrew Jones	96	218
Manoj Prabhakar	bowled	40	69
Sanjay Manjrekar	bowled	4	4
Mohammad Azharuddin	bowled	30	52
Kiran More	bowled	11	32
Sachin Tendulkar	c Ian Smith	24	44
Kapil Dev	lbw	25	37
Venkatapathy Raju	c Ian Smith	21	58
Atul Wassan	not out	24	50
Narendra Hirwani	c John Bracewell	0	1

Did not bat: Navjot Sidhu

Extras 21 · Total 296 for 9

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	22.5	3	69	4
Danny Morrison	19	0	94	1
John Bracewell	20	4	45	2
Martin Snedden	25	5	59	2
Ken Rutherford	5	1	21	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-80 (Manoj Prabhakar), 2-85 (Sanjay Manjrekar), 3-135 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 4-160 (Kiran More), 5-206 (Sachin Tendulkar), 6-242 (Kapil Dev), 7-254 (Woorkeri Raman), 8-289 (Venkatapathy Raju), 9-296 (Narendra Hirwani)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Manoj Prabhakar and Woorkeri Raman	80
second	Sanjay Manjrekar and Woorkeri Raman	5
third	Mohammad Azharuddin and Woorkeri Raman	50
fourth	Kiran More and Woorkeri Raman	25
fifth	Woorkeri Raman and Sachin Tendulkar	46
sixth	Kapil Dev and Woorkeri Raman	36
seventh	Woorkeri Raman and Venkatapathy Raju	12
eighth	Venkatapathy Raju and Atul Wassan	35
ninth	Narendra Hirwani and Atul Wassan	7

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 2 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
Martin Snedden	not out	1	2
Danny Morrison	not out	1	3

Did not bat: Trevor Franklin, John Wright, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Mark Greatbatch, Ken Rutherford, John Bracewell, Ian Smith, Richard Hadlee

Extras 0 · Total 2 for 0

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Manoj Prabhakar	0.5	0	2	0

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Martin Snedden and Danny Morrison	2	5

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