India Vs New Zealand 9Th Match
Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka - 2001 (2001) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 2 August 2001
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining). Nathan Astle top-scored with 108 for New Zealand.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 2 August 2001
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Virender Sehwag
- Captains
- Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Umpires
- LV Jayasundara and TH Wijewardene
- Match referee
- CW Smith
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
New Zealand batted first and made 264 for 7. Nathan Astle top-scored with 108 off 143 balls, and Stephen Fleming made 66. Ashish Nehra took 3 for 30 for India. The innings was built on a 138-run stand for the second wicket between Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle, 52% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 201 across 25 ODIs.
Chasing 265, India made 267 for 3. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 100 off 70 balls, and Sourav Ganguly made 64. The innings was built on a 143-run stand for the first wicket between Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, 54% of the total.
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining).
NEW ZEALAND: 264 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Astle | c Virender Sehwag b Ashish Nehra | 108 | 143 |
| Mathew Sinclair | c Hemang Badani b Zaheer Khan | 3 | 21 |
| Stephen Fleming | st Sameer Dighe b Yuvraj Singh | 66 | 91 |
| Craig McMillan | c Reetinder Sodhi b Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 4 |
| Lou Vincent | b Ashish Nehra | 45 | 37 |
| Dion Nash | c Ashish Nehra b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Harris | not out | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Parore | lbw b Ashish Nehra | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Vettori | not out | 2 | 1 |
Did not bat: Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey
Extras 35 · Total 264 for 7
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 9 | 0 | 59 | 2 |
| Ashish Nehra | 9 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Reetinder Sodhi | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-28 (Mathew Sinclair, 8.3 ov), 2-166 (Stephen Fleming, 37.2 ov), 3-182 (Craig McMillan, 39.3 ov), 4-247 (Nathan Astle, 47.4 ov), 5-259 (Dion Nash, 48.5 ov), 6-262 (Lou Vincent, 49.4 ov), 7-262 (Adam Parore, 49.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Nathan Astle (17) and Mathew Sinclair (3) | 28 | 52 |
| second | Stephen Fleming (66) and Nathan Astle (56) | 138 | 173 |
| third | Nathan Astle (4) and Craig McMillan (4) | 16 | 13 |
| fourth | Nathan Astle (31) and Lou Vincent (31) | 65 | 49 |
| fifth | Dion Nash (0) and Lou Vincent (12) | 12 | 7 |
| sixth | Chris Harris (0) and Lou Vincent (2) | 3 | 5 |
| seventh | Adam Parore (0) and Chris Harris (0) | 0 | 1 |
| eighth | Chris Harris (0) and Daniel Vettori (2) | 2 | 1 |
INDIA: 267 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Harris | 64 | 103 |
| Virender Sehwag | b Craig McMillan | 100 | 70 |
| VVS Laxman | b Craig McMillan | 0 | 9 |
| Rahul Dravid | not out | 57 | 56 |
| Hemang Badani | not out | 35 | 38 |
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Sameer Dighe, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Extras 11 · Total 267 for 3
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Tuffey | 6 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
| Kyle Mills | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dion Nash | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Nathan Astle | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Craig McMillan | 8.4 | 1 | 49 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-143 (Virender Sehwag, 23.1 ov), 2-146 (VVS Laxman, 25.5 ov), 3-179 (Sourav Ganguly, 32.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (40) and Virender Sehwag (100) | 143 | 140 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly (0) and VVS Laxman (0) | 3 | 16 |
| third | Sourav Ganguly (22) and Rahul Dravid (6) | 33 | 42 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (51) and Hemang Badani (35) | 88 | 78 |
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