India Vs New Zealand 1St Match
Austral-Asia Cup Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates - 1986 (1985/86) · Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah · 10 April 1986
India won by 3 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
India won by 3 wickets (with 14 balls remaining). Jeff Crowe top-scored with 36* for New Zealand.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah (then Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium)
- Date
- 10 April 1986
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 3 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ewen Chatfield
- Captains
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Kapil Dev (India)
- Debut
- Chandrakant Pandit (India)
- Umpires
- AJ Gaynor and DM Archer
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. It was Chandrakant Pandit's first ODI.
New Zealand batted first and made 132 for 8. Jeff Crowe top-scored with 36 not out off 56 balls. Maninder Singh took 3 for 23 for India. From 37 for 1 they lost 4 wickets for 11 runs, to 48 for 5. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 203 across 45 ODIs.
Chasing 133, India made 134 for 7. Chandrakant Pandit top-scored with 33 not out off 34 balls, and Kirti Azad made 30. Ewen Chatfield took 3 for 14 for New Zealand. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 25 runs, to 25 for 4.
India won by 3 wickets (with 14 balls remaining).
NEW ZEALAND: 132 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Snedden | c Sandeep Patil | 26 | 75 |
| Ken Rutherford | bowled | 12 | 53 |
| Martin Crowe | lbw | 1 | 9 |
| Jeff Crowe | not out | 36 | 56 |
| Tony Blain | c Sandeep Patil | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Blair | run out | 0 | 2 |
| John Bracewell | bowled | 25 | 35 |
| Evan Gray | bowled | 2 | 14 |
| Gary Robertson | bowled | 0 | 2 |
| Ervin McSweeney | not out | 18 | 17 |
Did not bat: Ewen Chatfield
Extras 12 · Total 132 for 8
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Roger Binny | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Madan Lal | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Maninder Singh | 9 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Ravi Shastri | 9 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| Kirti Azad | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-37 (Ken Rutherford), 2-42 (Martin Crowe), 3-48 (Martin Snedden), 4-48 (Tony Blain), 5-48 (Bruce Blair), 6-81 (John Bracewell), 7-95 (Evan Gray), 8-96 (Gary Robertson)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Martin Snedden and Ken Rutherford | 37 |
| second | Martin Snedden and Martin Crowe | 5 |
| third | Martin Snedden and Jeff Crowe | 6 |
| fourth | Jeff Crowe and Tony Blain | 0 |
| fifth | Jeff Crowe and Bruce Blair | 0 |
| sixth | John Bracewell and Jeff Crowe | 33 |
| seventh | Jeff Crowe and Evan Gray | 14 |
| eighth | Jeff Crowe and Gary Robertson | 1 |
| ninth | Jeff Crowe and Ervin McSweeney | 36 |
INDIA: 134 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | c Ervin McSweeney | 0 | 6 |
| Kris Srikkanth | c Bruce Blair | 11 | 14 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | c Ewen Chatfield | 6 | 18 |
| Sandeep Patil | bowled | 7 | 12 |
| Ravi Shastri | st Ervin McSweeney | 25 | 59 |
| Kirti Azad | bowled | 30 | 61 |
| Kapil Dev | c Tony Blain | 9 | 29 |
| Chandrakant Pandit | not out | 33 | 34 |
| Madan Lal | not out | 8 | 12 |
Did not bat: Roger Binny, Maninder Singh
Extras 5 · Total 134 for 7
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewen Chatfield | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| Gary Robertson | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Martin Crowe | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Martin Snedden | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| John Bracewell | 9 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Evan Gray | 7.4 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-8 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-19 (Kris Srikkanth), 4-25 (Sandeep Patil), 5-81 (Kirti Azad), 6-81 (Ravi Shastri), 7-116 (Kapil Dev)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth | 0 |
| second | Kris Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin | 8 |
| third | Sandeep Patil and Kris Srikkanth | 11 |
| fourth | Sandeep Patil and Ravi Shastri | 6 |
| fifth | Kirti Azad and Ravi Shastri | 56 |
| sixth | Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri | 0 |
| seventh | Kapil Dev and Chandrakant Pandit | 35 |
| eighth | Madan Lal and Chandrakant Pandit | 18 |
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