India Vs New Zealand: Wellington Test, Day 2
Zaheer Khan claimed his sixth five-wicket Test haul and Mahendra Singh Dhoni held six catches as New Zealand was dismissed for 197 runs in reply to India’s first innings of 379 on the second day of the third Test on Saturday.
Zaheer had figures of 5-65 and Harbhajan Singh had 3-43 before India reached 51-1 in its second innings to take an overall lead of 233 runs in the last match of three-Test series, which India leads by 1-0.
Gautam Gambhir was 28 not out and Rahul Dravid was on 9 at close of play.
Virender Sehwag was out for 12 — with three fours — in the second over of India’s second innings, but the tourists reached stumps without further loss to hold a commanding position.
Dhoni became only the second Indian wicketkeeper to complete six dismissals in an innings, after Syed Kirmani’s effort against New Zealand in 1976, and the first to do so with six catches. Four keepers have claimed seven catches in a match and Dhoni is now the 14th to take six dismissals in an innings.
The second day encompassed parts of three innings.
Scoreboard:
India first innings
G. Gambhir lbw Franklin 23
V. Sehwag c McCullum b O’Brien 48
R. Dravid c Franklin b Martin 35
S. Tendulkar c McCullum b Martin 62
V. Laxman c McIntosh b Southee 4
Y. Singh lbw Ryder 9
M. Dhoni c O’Brien b Southee 52
H. Singh c Vettori b Martin 60
Z. Khan c McCullum b O’Brien 33
I. Sharma c McCullum b Martin 18
M. Patel not out 15
Extras (b-2 lb-8 w-3 nb-7) 20
Total (all out, 92.1 overs) 379
Fall of wickets: 1-73 2-75 3-165 4-173 5-182 6-204 7-283 8-315
9-347 10-379
Bowling: Martin 25.1-3-98-4 (2w), Southee 18-1-94-2,
O’Brien 22-3-89-2 (1nb, 1w), Franklin 14-4-38-1 (2nb), Vettori
9-1-47-0 (3nb), Ryder 4-2-3-1 (1nb)
New Zealand first innings
T. McIntosh c Y. Singh b Khan 32
M. Guptill b Khan 17
D. Flynn c Dhoni b Khan 2
R. Taylor c Dhoni b H. Singh 42
J. Ryder c Dhoni b Khan 3
J. Franklin c Sehwag b H.Singh 15
B. McCullum c Dhoni b H. Singh 24
D. Vettori c Dhoni b Sharma 11
T. Southee c&b Khan 16
I. O’Brien c Dhoni b Patel 19
C. Martin not out 4
Extras (b-9, lb-3) 12
Total (all out, 65 overs) 197
Fall of wickets: 1-21 2-32 3-80 4-98 5-120 6-125 7-138 8-160
9-181 10-197
Bowling: Khan 18-2-65-5, Sharma 14-3-47-1, Patel 8-2-20-1,
H. Singh 23-4-43-3, Y. Singh 2-0-10-0
India second innings
G. Gambhir not out 28
V. Sehwag c Taylor b Martin 12
R. Dravid not out 9
Extras (lb-2) 2
Total (for one wicket, 16 overs) 51
Fall of wickets: 1-14
Still to bat: Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj
Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan,
Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel
Bowling: Southee 3-0-13-0, Martin 4-2-13-1, O’Brien
5-2-8-0, Franklin 3-0-15-0, Ryder 1-1-0-0
