New Zealand v India 2008/09 season - Day 1 Highlights
Played at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on 18,19,20,21,22 March 2009 (5-day match)
1st Test: New Zealand v India - Day 1 Highlights
Watch cricket highlights of Day 1, 1st Test - India vs New Zealand from Hamilton, played on March 18, 2009.
Watch cricket highlights of 1st test - India vs New Zealand - Day 1’s play from Hamilton, played on March 18, 2009.
Scoreline: New Zealand 279 all out - Daniel Vettori 118, Jesse Ryder 102. Ishanth Sharma 4 wickets. Munaf Patel 3 wickets.
India 29/0
Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder made centuries and combined in a
record seventh-wicket partnership as New Zealand mounted a spirited
comeback to reach 279 after being sent in to bat Wednesday on the first
day of the first cricket test against India.
India was 29 without loss after seven overs in reply at stumps with Virender Sehwag on 22 and Gautam Gambhir unbeaten on 6.
Vettori and Ryder's partnership of 186 was a record for the seventh
wicket for New Zealand against India, and lifted the hosts from a
perilous 60 for six prior to lunch to a position close to parity by the
end of the opening day.
The 118 was Vettori's third and best century in test matches, his
second on his home ground of Seddon Park where he made a maiden hundred
against Pakistan six years ago. He reached it in 179 minutes, from 139
balls, with 13 fours and a six, providing a new archetype of cricket's
classic captain's knock.
"Obviously when I came out I was mindful of how difficult it was,"
he said. "I guess there had been a bit of misreading of the wicket. I
thought we might be able to scrap through to 150 but fortunately Jesse
and I batted well and we were able to get a competitive score."
The New Zealand captain batted in total for 197 minutes, hitting
another four and a six before he was out, caught down legside by rival
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni off Munaf Patel in the 71st over.
Ryder was 13 when Vettori came to the wicket but quickly settled
into a supporting role with his captain, who scored more freely and
gave the innings a rising sense of authority. He was 70, having posted
his fourth consecutive half century in test innings, when Vettori
reached his hundred.
On Vettori's dismissal, which was followed one ball later by the
dismissal of Kyle Mills, Ryder stepped up his scoring and reached his
maiden test hundred in 270 minutes from 160 balls with 13 fours.
Ryder surpassed his previous highest test score at 89 and also moved
smoothly into the 90s, taking singles and confidently offering the
strike to No. 10 batsman Iain O'Brien.
However, there was drama when O'Brien was out, stumped by Dhoni off Harbhajan Singh
in the 78th over, when Ryder was 98. O'Brien's dismissal brought to the
wicket Chris Martin, the gangly New Zealand fast bowler who has more
ducks in test cricket than any other player.
Martin had to play out five balls from Harbhajan
to return the strike to Ryder. He did so, as much by luck as design,
thrusting a long leg toward the pitch of the ball, and a relieved Ryder
smashed the first ball from Ishant Sharma's next over for four to gain three figures. He was out next ball.
Zaheer and Sharma had earlier combined to wreck New Zealand's top
and middle order before lunch, sharing five of the first six wickets to
fall as New Zealand faltered after losing the toss.
Zaheer claimed the first two wickets as New Zealand slumped to 17
for two, Sharma took the next three and third-seamer Patel a sixth to
leave the home side 60-6 immediately prior to lunch.
Martin Guptill (14) and Daniel Flynn (0) fell to Zaheer then Tim
McIntosh (12), Ross Taylor (18) and James Franklin (0) to Sharma,
though Franklin was unlucky to be judged caught behind.
Rahul Dravid took a slip catch to remove Guptill which was his 181st
catch in tests, equaling the world record held by Australia's Mark
Waugh. Dravid reached the mark in 243 innings over 132 tests while
Waugh set in in 245 innings in 128 tests. artical by yahoo
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