India Vs New Zealand 7Th Super
ICC World Cup in Kenya/South Africa/Zimbabwe - 2003 (2002/03) · SuperSport Park, Centurion · 14 March 2003
India won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
India won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining). Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 68* for India. Zaheer Khan took 4/42.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- SuperSport Park, Centurion
- Date
- 14 March 2003
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Zaheer Khan
- Captains
- Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and P Willey
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
New Zealand batted first and made 146 all out. Stephen Fleming top-scored with 30 off 59 balls. Zaheer Khan took 4 for 42 for India. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at SuperSport Park, 244 across 29 ODIs.
Chasing 147, India made 150 for 3. Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 68 not out off 129 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 53. The innings was built on a 129-run stand for the fourth wicket between Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif, 86% of the total.
India won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining).
NEW ZEALAND: 146 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Fleming | c Sachin Tendulkar b Javagal Srinath | 30 | 59 |
| Craig McMillan | c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Astle | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Styris | c Rahul Dravid b Ashish Nehra | 15 | 21 |
| Brendon McCullum | b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 16 |
| Chris Cairns | c Zaheer Khan b Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 26 |
| Chris Harris | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 17 | 37 |
| Jacob Oram | b Virender Sehwag | 23 | 54 |
| Daniel Vettori | c Sourav Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 40 |
| Daryl Tuffey | c & b Dinesh Mongia | 11 | 13 |
| Shane Bond | not out | 0 | 6 |
Extras 13 · Total 146 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 8 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| Javagal Srinath | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Ashish Nehra | 10 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dinesh Mongia | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Craig McMillan, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Nathan Astle, 0.3 ov), 3-38 (Scott Styris, 8.1 ov), 4-47 (Brendon McCullum, 13.4 ov), 5-60 (Stephen Fleming, 17.3 ov), 6-88 (Chris Cairns, 25.3 ov), 7-96 (Chris Harris, 28.2 ov), 8-129 (Daniel Vettori, 39.6 ov), 9-144 (Jacob Oram, 43.2 ov), 10-146 (Daryl Tuffey, 45.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Stephen Fleming (0) and Craig McMillan (0) | 0 | 2 |
| second | Stephen Fleming (0) and Nathan Astle (0) | 0 | 1 |
| third | Stephen Fleming (19) and Scott Styris (8) | 38 | 39 |
| fourth | Stephen Fleming (5) and Brendon McCullum (4) | 9 | 33 |
| fifth | Chris Cairns (7) and Stephen Fleming (6) | 13 | 23 |
| sixth | Chris Cairns (13) and Chris Harris (14) | 28 | 49 |
| seventh | Chris Harris (3) and Jacob Oram (1) | 8 | 17 |
| eighth | Daniel Vettori (13) and Jacob Oram (17) | 33 | 71 |
| ninth | Daryl Tuffey (10) and Jacob Oram (5) | 15 | 20 |
| tenth | Daryl Tuffey (1) and Shane Bond (0) | 2 | 11 |
INDIA: 150 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Jacob Oram b Daryl Tuffey | 15 | 16 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Scott Styris b Shane Bond | 1 | 6 |
| Sourav Ganguly | b Shane Bond | 3 | 6 |
| Mohammad Kaif | not out | 68 | 129 |
| Rahul Dravid | not out | 53 | 89 |
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh
Extras 10 · Total 150 for 3
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Tuffey | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Shane Bond | 8 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Jacob Oram | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Craig McMillan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Styris | 6.4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-4 (Virender Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Sourav Ganguly, 3.5 ov), 3-21 (Sachin Tendulkar, 4.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (2) and Virender Sehwag (0) | 4 | 11 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Sourav Ganguly (3) | 5 | 10 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar (12) and Mohammad Kaif (0) | 12 | 6 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (53) and Mohammad Kaif (68) | 129 | 217 |
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