New Zealand vs. India 3rd Test Match, NZ vs. Ind 3rd Test Results, Teams, Match Reviews.

New Zealand vs. India 3rd Test Match

Day5

Due to rain the 3rd test match ended with a draw, at the end of the day New Zealand were 281/8.

Player of the match G Gambhir (India)
DAY2

Day2 of 3rd test between New Zealand and India belongs to India with their fabulous job in bowling. India restricted New Zealand for 197 in 65 over, Z Khan took 65/5 in 18 over, Harbhajan Singh 43/3 in 23 over took most of the New Zealand bowlers.

Taylor 42 was the highest by an individual New Zealand batsman.

3rd test day2 statistics

India 1st Innings Score: 379 (92.1 over)
New Zealand 1st Innings Score: 197(65 over)
India 2nd Innings Score: 51/1 (16 over)


New Zealand 1st Innings Score

TG McIntosh (32)
MJ Guptill (17)
DR Flynn (2)
LRPL Taylor (42)
JD Ryder (3)
JEC Franklin (15)
BB McCullum (24)
DL Vettori (11)
TG Southee (16)
IE O'Brien (19)
CS Martin (4) (not out)

India 1st Innings Bowling Details

Z Khan (65/5 in 18 over)
I Sharma (47/1 in 14 over)
MM Patel (20/1 in 8 over)
Harbhajan Singh (43/3 in 23 over)
Yuvraj (10/0 in 2 over)

India 2nd Innings Score Details

G Gambhir 28 not out
V Sehwag 12
R Dravid 9 not out

DAY1

Indians and New Zealand has a great day1 in 3rd test. New Zealand bowler bowled will and restricted India by taking 3rd (Sachin 62), 4th (Laxman 4). 5th (Yuvraj 9), 6th (Dravid 35) wickets after having a good opening partnership of 73 between Gambir (23) and Sehwag (48).

Their was good partnership between Dhoni (52) and Harbhajan Singh (60), Harbhajan Singh nock was the entertaining knock with 7 fours and huge six in Vettori over.

That’s great batting by Indians to score 375/9 in 90 over, the Indian tail supported greatly by scoring runs mainly Harbhajan and Zaheer. Indian maintained a run rate of 4.16; last 15 to 20 over Indians maintained a run rate of 7.30.

In New Zealand bowlers CS Martin bowled brilliantly for 3/21. TG Southee given to many runs in the end by 94/2 in 18 over. IE O’Brien 88/2 in 21 over.

New Zealand vs. India 3rd Test Day1 Statistics

Toss: New Zealand won the toss and chooses to field first.
1st Innings: India 375/9
Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire AL Hill
Match referee AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve umpire DM Quested

1st Innings Indians Score Details

•G Gambhir (23)
•V Sehwag (48)
•R Dravid (35)
•SR Tendulkar (62)
•VVS Laxman (4)
•Yuvraj Singh (9)
•MS Dhoni (52)
•Harbhajan Singh (60)
•Z Khan (33)
•I Sharma (15 not out)
•MM Patel (14 not out)

1st New Zealand Bowling Details

•CS Martin (95/3 in 24 over)
•TG Southee (94/2 in 18 over)
•IE 0’Brein (88/2 in 21 over)
•JEC Franklin (38/1 in 14 over)
•DL Vettori (47/0 in 9 over)
•JD Ryder (3/1 in 4 over)

New Zealand will be eager to level the series by winning the 3rd test between New Zealand and India. Indians will be in total confident for their performance in 1st and 2nd test matches. The situation from which Indians able to draw the 2nd test match will give them full confident.

New Zealand will be fight back very hard to win the 3rd test match.

The 3rd test between New Zealand and India played on April 3rd 2009 to April 7th 2009, at Basin Reserve, Wellington.

New Zealand vs. India 3rd test dates April 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th 2009.

New Zealand selection team has taken new players for 3rd test between NS vs. Ind. Tim Southee and Daniel Flynn was introduced in the New Zealand test squad.

New Zealand Test Squad:

Martin Guptill, Tim McIntosh, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum (wk), Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Jeetan Patel, Iain O'Brien, Chris Martin.

Westpac Stadium (Wellington, New Zealand)

Westpac Stadium Also or formerly known as WestpacTrust Stadium
Westpac Stadium established on 1999
Capacity of Westpac Stadium 33500
Floodlights placed in Westpac Stadium 1999
Westpac Stadium End names Scoreboard End, City End
Westpac Stadium Home team(s) Wellington
Other sports Rugby (Wellington Hurricanes, Wellington Lions)
Current local time 00:53, Wed Apr 01, 2009 (UTC +1300)

New Zealand vs. India 1st Test Result

Toss: India won the toss and chooses to field.
Result: India won by 10 wickets
New Zealand 1st Innings: 279/10 in 78.2 over
India 1st Innings: 520/10 in 152.4 over
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 279/10 in 102.3 0ver
India 2nd Innings: 39/0 in 5.2 0ver.
Series Result: India led the 3-match series 1-0
Player of the Match: SR Tendulkar (India)

New Zealand vs.India 2nd Test

Toss: New Zealand won the toss and chooses to bat
Result: Match drawn
New Zealand 1st innings: 619/9 d in 154.4 over
India 1st Innings: 305/10 in 93.5 over.
India 2nd Innings: 476/4 in 180 over
Series Result: India led the 3-match series 1-0.
Player of Match: JD Ryder (New Zealand).