| Over # | Event | Team Score | | 6.5 | 6.5 Zaheer to Guptill, out Caught by Dravid at 3rd slip!! Ohh almost put it down. Pitches around off and seams away, Guptill hangs his bat outside and edges it, Dravid dives to his left, wobbles it but pouches it safely in the end. Guptill c Dravid b Zaheer 14(20) <4s-2> | 17/1 | | 8.2 | 8.2 Zaheer to Flynn, out Caught by Dhoni!! Zaheer bowls a bit too straight, Flynn closes the face of the bat and looks to glance it down, Dhoni covers good distance to his right and dives to take a very good catch, was there a bit of a wobble there too? Well, a good catch in the end. Flynn c Dhoni b Zaheer 0(3) | 17/2 | | 8.4 | 8.4 Zaheer to Taylor, no run, catch dropped!! Taylor flashes at a delivery well outside off, gets a big edge and it flies to gully, Virender Sehwag gets a hand to it, the ball slips, he dives to his left, catches the ball but it pops out when he hits the ground, that could have been 3 down!!! | 17/2 | | 16.2 | 16.2 Ishant to McIntosh, out Caught by Sehwag at gully!! And finally Ishant gets his due, pitched up in the corridor of uncertainty and angled across, McIntosh gets forward to defend, half-forward to be honest and edges it straight to the fielder at gully who doesn't make a mistake this time around, Virender Sehwag would heave a sigh of relief although the man he dropped is still there in the middle! McIntosh c Sehwag b Ishant 12(52) <4s-1> | 40/3 | | 20.4 | 20.4 Ishant to Taylor, out Bowled!! Bye bye Ross! Magnificent delivery, hits that deadly channel outside off, nips back in sharply with some extra bit of bounce, Taylor gets half-forward to drive, lazy movement and poor flourish of the bat through the line, hits the pad before going onto the stumps, the off stump is flattened, a dejected Taylor walks back into the hut, now Ishant proving his worth, he is breathing fire at the moment! Taylor b Ishant 18(37) <4s-2> | 51/4 | | 20.6 | 20.6 Ishant to Franklin, out Caught by Dhoni!! Not the most plesant return to the Test side and not the most fortunate ones as well, awful decision, beautiful delivery without a shred of doubt, pitched up in the corridor of uncertainty and shaping away beautifully, Franklin jabs at it, beats the outside edge and kisses the back pad before resting safe in the keeper's gloves, the Indians go up in an appeal for caught behind and the umpire obliges, HotSpot confirms that there wasn't any bat involved on that occasion, gone for a duck! Franklin c Dhoni b Ishant 0(2) | 51/5 | | 23.1 | 23.1 Patel to McCullum, out Caught by Laxman at 1st slip!! Wickets tumbling... Humpty Dumpty stuff on display, Poor poor batting by McCullum on that occasion, fishing at a wide delivery outside off, no feet movement and no intent in that half-hearted poke, playing away from the body only to provide some catching practice to Laxman at 1st slip, tame dismissal, Patel would smile at his luck, McCullum is gone and New Zealand's woes keep mounting! McCullum c Laxman b Patel 3(8) | 60/6 | | 40.2 | 40.2 Zaheer to Vettori, SIX!!, Streaky! Banged in short outside the off stump, Vettori goes on the backfoot to pull, top edges it over the keeper's head for a six, very lucky to get away with that one! | 105/6 | | 48.5 | Woops... Vettori got his 19th Test FIFTY!! Missed out. | 142/6 | | 53.5 | 53.5 Harbhajan to Ryder, 1 run, patted on the off side and Vettori wants the quick single, Ryder is not too keen about it, direct hit and run out appeal referred to the third umpire, green light flashed, overthrows now and Ryder gets his 5th Test FIFTY!!, 4th consecutive Test fifty for thhis bulky hitter... | 162/6 | | 59.1 | 59.1 Harbhajan to Vettori, no run, catch dropped!! spins away from the left hander sharply with some extra bit of bounce, Vettori tries to slice it fine, the ball flies off the edge, straight in and straight out, Rahul Dravid the culprit! that went quick. | 184/6 | | 67.6 | 67.6 Sehwag to Vettori, SIX!!, what a way to go into the drinks break, flighted delivery on the middle and leg, Vettori kneels down and slog sweeps it over mid wicket, biggie!!! | 236/6 | | 70.2 | 70.2 Patel to Vettori, out Caught by Dhoni!! Fractionally short on the stumps on that occasion, Vettori looks to flick it away, the ball straightens a bit, takes an inside edge and ends up being a simple catch for the skipper. Vettori c Dhoni b Patel 118(164) <4s-14 6s-2> | 246/7 | | 70.3 | 70.3 Patel to Mills, out Bowled!! What a delivery to face upfront, a fine yorker swinging into the right hander, Mills is very late in bringing the bat down, gets castled, that is a beautiful delivery. Mills b Patel 0(1) | 246/8 | | 77.1 | 77.1 Harbhajan to O'Brien, out Stumped!! Harbhajan tosses it up on the off, O'Brien comes down the track and looks to push it, misses and Dhoni does the rest, ohhh what a silly thing to do. O'Brien st Dhoni b Harbhajan 8(19) <4s-1> |
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03-18-2009, 04:09 AM
New Zealand vs India, 1st Test
