India Vs New Zealand 1St Odi
New Zealand tour of India - 1999 (1999/00) · Municipal Stadium, Rajkot · 5 November 1999
New Zealand won by 43 runs
New Zealand won by 43 runs. Nathan Astle top-scored with 120 for New Zealand.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Municipal Stadium, Rajkot
- Date
- 5 November 1999
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to bat
- Result
- New Zealand won by 43 runs
- Player of the match
- Nathan Astle
- Captains
- Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Debut
- Scott Styris (New Zealand)
- Umpires
- I Shivram and K Hariharan
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. It was Scott Styris's first ODI.
New Zealand batted first and made 349 for 9. Nathan Astle top-scored with 120 off 136 balls, and Craig Spearman made 68. Venkatesh Prasad took 3 for 75 for India. The innings was built on a 115-run stand for the first wicket between Craig Spearman and Nathan Astle.
Chasing 350, India made 306 all out. Ajay Jadeja top-scored with 95 off 97 balls, and Sourav Ganguly made 41. Nathan Astle took 3 for 40 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 87-run stand for the first wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
New Zealand won by 43 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Municipal Stadium across the 7 ODIs in our archive. New Zealand's 349 is the highest total at Municipal Stadium. Nathan Astle's 120 is the highest individual score at Municipal Stadium.
NEW ZEALAND: 349 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Spearman | c Vijay Bharadwaj | 68 | 44 |
| Nathan Astle | c Rahul Dravid | 120 | 136 |
| Roger Twose | bowled | 56 | 53 |
| Stephen Fleming | c Rahul Dravid | 10 | 16 |
| Chris Cairns | run out (Robin Singh) | 24 | 20 |
| Chris Harris | c Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 18 |
| Adam Parore | c Nikhil Chopra | 18 | 10 |
| Dion Nash | not out | 6 | 4 |
| Scott Styris | st MSK Prasad | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Vettori | c Ajay Jadeja | 0 | 1 |
| Shayne O'Connor | not out | 0 | – |
Extras 23 · Total 349 for 9
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 0 | 75 | 3 |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
| Nikhil Chopra | 10 | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | 5 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| Robin Singh | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-115 (Craig Spearman, 14.6 ov), 2-224 (Roger Twose, 31.3 ov), 3-244 (Stephen Fleming, 35.6 ov), 4-277 (Chris Cairns, 40.6 ov), 5-308 (Nathan Astle, 44.3 ov), 6-333 (Chris Harris, 47.3 ov), 7-340 (Adam Parore, 47.6 ov), 8-342 (Scott Styris, 49.4 ov), 9-342 (Daniel Vettori, 49.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Craig Spearman and Nathan Astle | 115 | 90 |
| second | Roger Twose and Nathan Astle | 109 | 99 |
| third | Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle | 20 | 27 |
| fourth | Chris Cairns and Nathan Astle | 33 | 30 |
| fifth | Chris Harris and Nathan Astle | 31 | 21 |
| sixth | Adam Parore and Chris Harris | 25 | 18 |
| seventh | Adam Parore and Dion Nash | 7 | 3 |
| eighth | Dion Nash and Scott Styris | 2 | 10 |
| ninth | Dion Nash and Daniel Vettori | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Dion Nash and Shayne O'Connor | 7 | 1 |
INDIA: 306 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Chris Cairns | 32 | 31 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Chris Harris | 41 | 44 |
| Rahul Dravid | lbw | 39 | 43 |
| Ajay Jadeja | c Matt Horne | 95 | 97 |
| Robin Singh | c Craig Spearman | 23 | 25 |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | c Roger Twose | 1 | 2 |
| Nikhil Chopra | st Adam Parore | 0 | 1 |
| MSK Prasad | bowled | 2 | 3 |
| Javagal Srinath | c Matt Horne | 19 | 15 |
| Anil Kumble | not out | 15 | 13 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | c Nathan Astle | 9 | 10 |
Extras 30 · Total 306 all out
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dion Nash | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shayne O'Connor | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| Chris Cairns | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Scott Styris | 10 | 0 | 63 | 3 |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Daniel Vettori | 8 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| Nathan Astle | 7 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-87 (Sachin Tendulkar, 11.4 ov), 2-90 (Sourav Ganguly, 12.2 ov), 3-171 (Rahul Dravid, 26.3 ov), 4-239 (Robin Singh, 37.3 ov), 5-246 (Vijay Bharadwaj, 38.3 ov), 6-247 (Nikhil Chopra, 38.5 ov), 7-250 (MSK Prasad, 39.3 ov), 8-267 (Ajay Jadeja, 41.6 ov), 9-282 (Javagal Srinath, 44.3 ov), 10-306 (Venkatesh Prasad, 46.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 87 | 70 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid | 3 | 4 |
| third | Ajay Jadeja and Rahul Dravid | 81 | 85 |
| fourth | Robin Singh and Ajay Jadeja | 68 | 66 |
| fifth | Ajay Jadeja and Vijay Bharadwaj | 7 | 6 |
| sixth | Ajay Jadeja and Nikhil Chopra | 1 | 2 |
| seventh | Ajay Jadeja and MSK Prasad | 3 | 4 |
| eighth | Javagal Srinath and Ajay Jadeja | 17 | 15 |
| ninth | Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath | 15 | 15 |
| tenth | Anil Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad | 24 | 15 |
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