New Zealand v India, Wellington

India 379/10 & 434/7

New Zealand 197/10 & 281/8

Match drawn

India v New Zealand 2009 · 3rd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington 3–7 Apr 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than New Zealand.

India

1.05× +5%

New Zealand

1.25× +25%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

G Gambhir India

190 +207

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

149 +142

MS Dhoni India

108 +130

R Dravid India

95 +87

Harbhajan Singh India

60 +79

Best bowling

Top match figures

Z Khan5/65

Harbhajan Singh4/59

CS Martin4/98

Harbhajan Singh3/43

Top score

167

G Gambhir · India

Biggest stand

170

2nd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–32

3 wkts for 32 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

India

379 /10 (92.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b JEC Franklin	23	47	2	0	48.94
V Sehwag	c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien	48	51	7	1	94.12
R Dravid	c JEC Franklin b CS Martin	35	114	3	0	30.70
Sachin Tendulkar	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	62	85	11	0	72.94
VVS Laxman	c TG McIntosh b TG Southee	4	16	0	0	25.00
Yuvraj Singh	lbw b JD Ryder	9	12	2	0	75.00
MS Dhoni	c IE O'Brien b TG Southee	52	89	6	1	58.43
Harbhajan Singh	c DL Vettori b CS Martin	60	78	7	1	76.92
Z Khan	c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien	33	23	6	0	143.48
I Sharma	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	18	31	2	0	58.06
MM Patel*	not out	15	14	3	0	107.14

Extras 20 (b 2, lb 8, w 3, nb 7)

Total 379/10 (92.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	25.1	4	98	4	3.89
TG Southee	18.0	1	94	2	5.22
IE O'Brien	22.0	3	89	2	4.05
JEC Franklin	14.0	4	38	1	2.71
DL Vettori	9.0	1	47	0	5.22
JD Ryder	4.0	2	3	1	0.75

Fall of wickets

1-73 (V Sehwag, 15.3)·2-75 (G Gambhir, 16.6)·3-165 (Sachin Tendulkar, 42.5)·4-173 (VVS Laxman, 48.3)·5-182 (Yuvraj Singh, 51.3)·6-204 (R Dravid, 58.1)·7-283 (MS Dhoni, 76.6)·8-315 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.1)·9-347 (Z Khan, 85.6)·10-379 (I Sharma, 92.1)

New Zealand

197 /10 (65.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TG McIntosh	c Yuvraj Singh b Z Khan	32	74	6	0	43.24
MJ Guptill	b Z Khan	17	23	2	0	73.91
DR Flynn	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	2	8	0	0	25.00
LRPL Taylor	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	42	92	6	0	45.65
JD Ryder	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	3	12	0	0	25.00
JEC Franklin	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	15	42	2	0	35.71
BB McCullum	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	24	56	2	0	42.86
DL Vettori	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	11	13	1	1	84.62
TG Southee	c & b Z Khan	16	27	3	0	59.26
IE O'Brien	c MS Dhoni b MM Patel	19	38	2	0	50.00
CS Martin*	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 12 (b 9, lb 3)

Total 197/10 (65.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	18.0	2	65	5	3.61
I Sharma	14.0	3	47	1	3.36
MM Patel	8.0	2	20	1	2.50
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	4	43	3	1.87
Yuvraj Singh	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-21 (MJ Guptill, 6.6)·2-31 (DR Flynn, 10.1)·3-80 (TG McIntosh, 26.6)·4-98 (JD Ryder, 32.1)·5-120 (LRPL Taylor, 41.1)·6-125 (JEC Franklin, 43.2)·7-138 (DL Vettori, 46.3)·8-160 (TG Southee, 54.4)·9-181 (BB McCullum, 61.3)·10-197 (IE O'Brien, 64.6)

India

434 /7 (116.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b IE O'Brien	167	257	16	2	64.98
V Sehwag	c LRPL Taylor b CS Martin	12	7	3	0	171.43
R Dravid	c BB McCullum b DL Vettori	60	145	10	0	41.38
Sachin Tendulkar	c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori	9	20	0	1	45.00
VVS Laxman	b IE O'Brien	61	109	9	0	55.96
Yuvraj Singh	c LRPL Taylor b CS Martin	40	46	6	1	86.96
MS Dhoni*	not out	56	83	8	0	67.47
Harbhajan Singh	c TG Southee b CS Martin	0	3	0	0	0.00
Z Khan*	not out	18	31	1	1	58.06

Extras 11 (lb 5, w 1, nb 5)

Total 434/7 (116.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	12.0	2	58	0	4.83
CS Martin	22.0	7	70	3	3.18
IE O'Brien	25.0	6	100	2	4.00
JEC Franklin	16.0	3	72	0	4.50
JD Ryder	6.0	1	21	0	3.50
DL Vettori	35.0	5	108	2	3.09

Fall of wickets

1-14 (V Sehwag, 1.6)·2-184 (R Dravid, 48.4)·3-208 (Sachin Tendulkar, 54.6)·4-314 (G Gambhir, 88.3)·5-319 (VVS Laxman, 90.3)·6-397 (Yuvraj Singh, 105.3)·7-397 (Harbhajan Singh, 105.6)

New Zealand

281 /8 (94.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TG McIntosh	c R Dravid b Z Khan	4	32	0	0	12.50
MJ Guptill	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	49	93	4	2	52.69
DR Flynn	b Z Khan	10	39	1	0	25.64
LRPL Taylor	b Harbhajan Singh	107	165	16	0	64.85
JD Ryder	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	0	0	0.00
JEC Franklin	lbw b Sachin Tendulkar	49	171	7	0	28.65
BB McCullum	c R Dravid b Sachin Tendulkar	6	16	0	0	37.50
DL Vettori*	not out	15	24	2	0	62.50
TG Southee	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	3	13	0	0	23.08
IE O'Brien*	not out	19	17	4	0	111.76

Extras 19 (b 10, lb 2, w 1, nb 6)

Total 281/8 (94.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	19.3	6	57	2	2.92
MM Patel	13.0	4	22	0	1.69
I Sharma	12.0	2	57	0	4.75
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	8	59	4	1.79
Yuvraj Singh	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
V Sehwag	7.0	0	25	0	3.57
Sachin Tendulkar	9.0	0	45	2	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-30 (TG McIntosh, 10.6)·2-54 (DR Flynn, 22.3)·3-84 (MJ Guptill, 31.2)·4-84 (JD Ryder, 31.4)·5-226 (LRPL Taylor, 77.4)·6-244 (BB McCullum, 84.1)·7-253 (JEC Franklin, 86.3)·8-258 (TG Southee, 89.1)