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                                                                                   R.Raja B.E

New Zealand in India ODI Series - 4th ODI

India v New Zealand

India won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

* ODI no. 3076 | 2010/11 season
* Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 7 December 2010 - day/night (50-over match)


New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal MJ Guptill c Yuvraj Singh b Nehra 30 42 25 5 0 120.00
8.4 124.8 kph, Gone! Too adventurous? Third aerial shot in the over. two of those were wide enough of mid-on, but this delivery was even wider, making him go into the crowded off side. Guptill went with the drive, and found Yuvraj Singh at cover 62/1
View dismissal BB McCullum† c Sharma b Ashwin 42 67 42 8 1 100.00
13.2 83.7 kph, big, big wicket! McCullum was looking very good here. He tried to go over short midwicket here, but got too close to this full delivery, thus not getting enough elevation. Ashwin is jubilant 91/3
View dismissal JM How c Pathan b Nehra 4 9 6 0 0 66.66
10.1 126.5 kph, No. 2 for Nehra in his second over. How, who looked loose outside off during the short stay, succumbs. It is a regulation delivery angled across him, but How hangs his bat out, away from the body. The edge is taken, and snapped low by Yusuf Pathan at a wide first slip 70/2
View dismissal LRPL Taylor lbw b Ashwin 44 112 73 3 0 60.27
37.1 82.3 kph, plumb lbw first ball! A nothing shot really! Moves too far across, and also seems to have told himself to not play the forceful shot first ball. And the bat face closes too early, missing the ball, and he is caught dead in plumb. Tame end to what was shaping up to be an important innings of struggle followed by flourish 210/5
View dismissal SB Styris c Tiwary b Pathan 46 64 48 3 1 95.83
29.4 66.9 kph, he is gone! Goes for the same chip over midwicket, but the ball is a bit too straight, and is also turning in, which makes him drag it a bit squarer than he wants and he finds Tiwary on the boundary 170/4
JEC Franklin not out 98 88 69 12 3 142.02

View dismissal DL Vettori* b Pathan 17 24 19 2 0 89.47
42.6 77.9 kph, bowled him! Pathan is ecstatic. Vettori looks to pull this one from the leg-and-middle line, but it is not short enough. DV misses, YKP hits 249/6
View dismissal KD Mills b Pathan 1 6 6 0 0 16.66
44.3 81.5 kph, No. 3 for YKP. He is over the moon. Mills goes for the big shot this time, the slog sweep, and Yusuf keeps firing them in. Mills misses, the ball hits the thigh pad outside the leg line, and then ricochets onto the stumps 251/7
NL McCullum not out 13 26 12 1 0 108.33

Extras (lb 8, w 12) 20

Total (7 wickets; 50 overs; 219 mins) 315 (6.30 runs per over)
Did not bat TG Southee, AJ McKay
Fall of wickets1-62 (Guptill, 8.4 ov), 2-70 (How, 10.1 ov), 3-91 (BB McCullum, 13.2 ov), 4-170 (Styris, 29.4 ov), 5-210 (Taylor, 37.1 ov), 6-249 (Vettori, 42.6 ov), 7-251 (Mills, 44.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 8 0 40 0 5.00 (3w)

P Kumar 7 0 42 0 6.00 (1w)

View wickets R Ashwin 10 0 66 2 6.60 (1w)


13.2 to BB McCullum, 83.7 kph, big, big wicket! McCullum was looking very good here. He tried to go over short midwicket here, but got too close to this full delivery, thus not getting enough elevation. Ashwin is jubilant 91/3

37.1 to Taylor, 82.3 kph, plumb lbw first ball! A nothing shot really! Moves too far across, and also seems to have told himself to not play the forceful shot first ball. And the bat face closes too early, missing the ball, and he is caught dead in plumb. Tame end to what was shaping up to be an important innings of struggle followed by flourish 210/5
View wickets A Nehra 9 1 70 2 7.77 (2w)


8.4 to Guptill, 124.8 kph, Gone! Too adventurous? Third aerial shot in the over. two of those were wide enough of mid-on, but this delivery was even wider, making him go into the crowded off side. Guptill went with the drive, and found Yuvraj Singh at cover 62/1

10.1 to How, 126.5 kph, No. 2 for Nehra in his second over. How, who looked loose outside off during the short stay, succumbs. It is a regulation delivery angled across him, but How hangs his bat out, away from the body. The edge is taken, and snapped low by Yusuf Pathan at a wide first slip 70/2
Yuvraj Singh 3 0 21 0 7.00

View wickets YK Pathan 9 0 49 3 5.44


29.4 to Styris, 66.9 kph, he is gone! Goes for the same chip over midwicket, but the ball is a bit too straight, and is also turning in, which makes him drag it a bit squarer than he wants and he finds Tiwary on the boundary 170/4

42.6 to Vettori, 77.9 kph, bowled him! Pathan is ecstatic. Vettori looks to pull this one from the leg-and-middle line, but it is not short enough. DV misses, YKP hits 249/6

44.3 to Mills, 81.5 kph, No. 3 for YKP. He is over the moon. Mills goes for the big shot this time, the slog sweep, and Yusuf keeps firing them in. Mills misses, the ball hits the thigh pad outside the leg line, and then ricochets onto the stumps 251/7
RG Sharma 4 0 19 0 4.75


India innings (target: 316 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal G Gambhir* c Guptill b McKay 27 41 24 4 0 112.50
9.4 125.2 kph, and what a way to get out after a missed run-out, an edge through slips! It was short, wide, juicy, and Gambhir has cut it straight to Guptill at point. Throat high. taken. Gambhir can't believe it 67/1
View dismissal PA Patel† c sub (KS Williamson) b NL McCullum 53 87 57 8 0 92.98
19.3 78.4 kph, NMac is on fire here. Slows this one up, Patel comes down the track and goes for the big straight hit. Not quite close enough to the pitch of the ball and ends up skying it to long-on where substitute Williamson completes a tumbling catch 108/4
View dismissal V Kohli c Mills b McKay 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
9.6 125.4 kph, McKay has two! Kohli is gone for a duck after having scored 50 or more in his four previous innings. McKay's energy shows as he bowls another bouncer, angled across Kohli, who goes for the hook, gets a chunky top edge to Mills at long leg. New Zealand are right back 68/2
View dismissal Yuvraj Singh c How b NL McCullum 20 38 28 1 1 71.42
17.4 90.5 kph, and just when he started looking good, Yuvraj is gone! Goes for the pull again to a ball that is not quite short, gets zero elevation and finds short midwicket 103/3
View dismissal RG Sharma c Vettori b Southee 44 56 48 4 1 91.66
33.2 112.2 kph, the crowd is stunned into silence! Slower ball, Sharma saw it early, and looked to go over mid-off, but ended up smashing it straight down his throat. Vettori did well to hold onto it because it was hit very hard at it. Just couldn't get the elevation there 188/5
YK Pathan not out 123 128 96 7 7 128.12

SS Tiwary not out 37 77 39 3 1 94.87

Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 8, nb 2) 17

Total (5 wickets; 48.5 overs; 215 mins) 321 (6.57 runs per over)
Did not bat R Ashwin, P Kumar, Z Khan, A Nehra
Fall of wickets1-67 (Gambhir, 9.4 ov), 2-68 (Kohli, 9.6 ov), 3-103 (Yuvraj Singh, 17.4 ov), 4-108 (Patel, 19.3 ov), 5-188 (Sharma, 33.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
KD Mills 10 1 65 0 6.50 (2w)

View wicket TG Southee 10 0 64 1 6.40 (1w)


33.2 to Sharma, 112.2 kph, the crowd is stunned into silence! Slower ball, Sharma saw it early, and looked to go over mid-off, but ended up smashing it straight down his throat. Vettori did well to hold onto it because it was hit very hard at it. Just couldn't get the elevation there 188/5
View wickets AJ McKay 7 0 63 2 9.00 (1nb, 4w)


9.4 to Gambhir, 125.2 kph, and what a way to get out after a missed run-out, an edge through slips! It was short, wide, juicy, and Gambhir has cut it straight to Guptill at point. Throat high. taken. Gambhir can't believe it 67/1

9.6 to Kohli, 125.4 kph, McKay has two! Kohli is gone for a duck after having scored 50 or more in his four previous innings. McKay's energy shows as he bowls another bouncer, angled across Kohli, who goes for the hook, gets a chunky top edge to Mills at long leg. New Zealand are right back 68/2
View wickets NL McCullum 7.5 0 38 2 4.85


17.4 to Yuvraj Singh, 90.5 kph, and just when he started looking good, Yuvraj is gone! Goes for the pull again to a ball that is not quite short, gets zero elevation and finds short midwicket 103/3

19.3 to Patel, 78.4 kph, NMac is on fire here. Slows this one up, Patel comes down the track and goes for the big straight hit. Not quite close enough to the pitch of the ball and ends up skying it to long-on where substitute Williamson completes a tumbling catch 108/4
SB Styris 4 1 27 0 6.75 (1w)

DL Vettori 10 0 57 0 5.70

Match details
Toss India, who chose to field
Series India led the 5-match series 4-0
Player of the match YK Pathan (India)
Umpires RA Kettleborough (England) and AM Saheba
TV umpire S Asnani
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire UV Gandhe