India Vs New Zealand Final
Videocon Triangular Series India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe - 2005 (2005) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 6 September 2005
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining). Nathan Astle top-scored with 115* for New Zealand. Jacob Oram took 4/58.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 6 September 2005
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Nathan Astle
- Captains
- Sourav Ganguly (India), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and KC Barbour
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat.
India batted first and made 276 all out. Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 93 not out off 110 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 75. Jacob Oram took 4 for 58 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 83-run stand for the second wicket between Mohammad Kaif and Virender Sehwag. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 227 across 64 ODIs.
Chasing 277, New Zealand made 278 for 4. Nathan Astle top-scored with 115 not out off 131 balls, and Stephen Fleming made 61. Virender Sehwag took 3 for 44 for India. The innings was built on a 121-run stand for the first wicket between Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle, 44% of the total.
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining).
INDIA: 276 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | c Hamish Marshall b Jacob Oram | 31 | 44 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Lou Vincent b Daniel Vettori | 75 | 65 |
| Mohammad Kaif | not out | 93 | 110 |
| Rahul Dravid | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 2 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Shane Bond b Kyle Mills | 20 | 32 |
| Venugopal Rao | c Craig McMillan b Jacob Oram | 8 | 16 |
| MS Dhoni | lbw b Scott Styris | 11 | 16 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram | 0 | 2 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c Kyle Mills b Shane Bond | 6 | 5 |
| Irfan Pathan | c Lou Vincent b Jacob Oram | 10 | 7 |
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh
Extras 22 · Total 276 all out
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bond | 9.3 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Kyle Mills | 9.3 | 3 | 45 | 2 |
| Jacob Oram | 8.3 | 0 | 58 | 4 |
| Scott Styris | 8 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Nathan Astle | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-72 (Sourav Ganguly, 12.6 ov), 2-155 (Virender Sehwag, 24.4 ov), 3-155 (Rahul Dravid, 24.6 ov), 4-185 (Yuvraj Singh, 33.4 ov), 5-203 (Venugopal Rao, 38.5 ov), 6-230 (MS Dhoni, 43.5 ov), 7-231 (Jai Prakash Yadav, 44.2 ov), 8-255 (Ajit Agarkar, 46.4 ov), 9-272 (Irfan Pathan, 48.4 ov), 10-276 (Ashish Nehra, 49.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (31) and Virender Sehwag (34) | 72 | 79 |
| second | Mohammad Kaif (39) and Virender Sehwag (41) | 83 | 71 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (0) and Mohammad Kaif (0) | 0 | 2 |
| fourth | Mohammad Kaif (9) and Yuvraj Singh (20) | 30 | 52 |
| fifth | Mohammad Kaif (9) and Venugopal Rao (8) | 18 | 31 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (11) and Mohammad Kaif (7) | 27 | 32 |
| seventh | Jai Prakash Yadav (0) and Mohammad Kaif (1) | 1 | 3 |
| eighth | Ajit Agarkar (6) and Mohammad Kaif (18) | 24 | 14 |
| ninth | Mohammad Kaif (6) and Irfan Pathan (10) | 17 | 12 |
| tenth | Mohammad Kaif (4) and Ashish Nehra (0) | 4 | 5 |
NEW ZEALAND: 278 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Fleming | c & b Virender Sehwag | 61 | 66 |
| Nathan Astle | not out | 115 | 131 |
| Hamish Marshall | lbw b Virender Sehwag | 3 | 3 |
| Scott Styris | st MS Dhoni b Virender Sehwag | 37 | 41 |
| Craig McMillan | c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 13 | 14 |
| Lou Vincent | not out | 33 | 35 |
Did not bat: Shane Bond, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns, Daniel Vettori
Extras 16 · Total 278 for 4
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 5 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 6.1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 10 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-121 (Stephen Fleming, 18.1 ov), 2-125 (Hamish Marshall, 18.5 ov), 3-183 (Scott Styris, 32.1 ov), 4-206 (Craig McMillan, 37.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Stephen Fleming (61) and Nathan Astle (48) | 121 | 110 |
| second | Nathan Astle (1) and Hamish Marshall (3) | 4 | 4 |
| third | Nathan Astle (21) and Scott Styris (37) | 58 | 80 |
| fourth | Nathan Astle (7) and Craig McMillan (13) | 23 | 32 |
| fifth | Nathan Astle (38) and Lou Vincent (33) | 72 | 64 |
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