India Vs New Zealand 5Th Match
Videocon Triangular Series India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe - 2005 (2005) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 2 September 2005
India won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
India won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining). Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 102* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 2 September 2005
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Mohammad Kaif
- Captains
- Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Umpires
- IL Howell and KC Barbour
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
New Zealand batted first and made 278 for 9. Scott Styris top-scored with 56 off 89 balls, and Stephen Fleming made 47. The innings was built on a 87-run stand for the fifth wicket between Craig McMillan and Scott Styris. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 227 across 64 ODIs.
Chasing 279, India made 279 for 4. Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 102 not out off 121 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 45. The innings was built on a 101-run stand for the third wicket between Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif.
India won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining).
NEW ZEALAND: 278 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Fleming | run out (Ajit Agarkar) | 47 | 53 |
| Nathan Astle | c MS Dhoni b Ajit Agarkar | 11 | 28 |
| Lou Vincent | run out (Yuvraj Singh) | 37 | 23 |
| Hamish Marshall | b Jai Prakash Yadav | 8 | 17 |
| Scott Styris | c Virender Sehwag b Ashish Nehra | 56 | 89 |
| Craig McMillan | b Ajit Agarkar | 40 | 54 |
| Brendon McCullum | c Mohammad Kaif b Ashish Nehra | 28 | 21 |
| Jacob Oram | c Sourav Ganguly b Irfan Pathan | 14 | 5 |
| Chris Cairns | not out | 6 | 6 |
| Andre Adams | c Ajit Agarkar b Irfan Pathan | 3 | 4 |
Did not bat: Jeetan Patel
Extras 26 · Total 278 for 9
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashish Nehra | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 |
| Irfan Pathan | 9 | 0 | 60 | 2 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 1 | 61 | 2 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-54 (Nathan Astle, 11.1 ov), 2-83 (Stephen Fleming, 15.2 ov), 3-103 (Lou Vincent, 18.2 ov), 4-115 (Hamish Marshall, 21.3 ov), 5-202 (Craig McMillan, 41.2 ov), 6-244 (Brendon McCullum, 46.3 ov), 7-266 (Jacob Oram, 47.6 ov), 8-267 (Scott Styris, 48.2 ov), 9-271 (Andre Adams, 49.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Stephen Fleming (36) and Nathan Astle (11) | 54 | 68 |
| second | Stephen Fleming (11) and Lou Vincent (18) | 29 | 24 |
| third | Hamish Marshall (1) and Lou Vincent (19) | 20 | 18 |
| fourth | Scott Styris (3) and Hamish Marshall (7) | 12 | 19 |
| fifth | Craig McMillan (40) and Scott Styris (38) | 87 | 119 |
| sixth | Scott Styris (9) and Brendon McCullum (28) | 42 | 33 |
| seventh | Scott Styris (6) and Jacob Oram (14) | 22 | 9 |
| eighth | Chris Cairns (1) and Scott Styris (0) | 1 | 2 |
| ninth | Chris Cairns (1) and Andre Adams (3) | 4 | 6 |
| tenth | Chris Cairns (4) and Kyle Mills (2) | 7 | 4 |
INDIA: 279 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | c Jeetan Patel b Kyle Mills | 19 | 21 |
| Virender Sehwag | b Jacob Oram | 45 | 34 |
| Mohammad Kaif | not out | 102 | 121 |
| Rahul Dravid | b Scott Styris | 39 | 61 |
| Yuvraj Singh | lbw b Jeetan Patel | 22 | 23 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 37 | 27 |
Did not bat: Jai Prakash Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh
Extras 15 · Total 279 for 4
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Mills | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Andre Adams | 7.3 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| Jacob Oram | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Chris Cairns | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeetan Patel | 9 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
| Nathan Astle | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Scott Styris | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-66 (Sourav Ganguly, 6.6 ov), 2-75 (Virender Sehwag, 9.2 ov), 3-176 (Rahul Dravid, 30.4 ov), 4-223 (Yuvraj Singh, 39.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (19) and Virender Sehwag (38) | 66 | 44 |
| second | Mohammad Kaif (1) and Virender Sehwag (7) | 9 | 14 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (39) and Mohammad Kaif (58) | 101 | 128 |
| fourth | Mohammad Kaif (25) and Yuvraj Singh (22) | 47 | 55 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (37) and Mohammad Kaif (18) | 56 | 46 |
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