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IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 4: Harbhajan six gives India historic win (IND 1:0)

India broke a 33-year drought when a six-wicket haul by Harbhajan Singh spun them to a 10-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test at Hamilton on Saturday.
Harbhajan's 6-63 wizardry, following an iconic 160 by Sachin Tendulkar, formed the cornerstone of India's first Test success in New Zealand since 1976. They wrapped the game up with more than a day to spare after New Zealand were all out in their second innings for 279, and India knocked off the required 39 runs in 5.2 overs.
Brendon McCullum kept the Test alive longer than expected with a fighting 84 at the New Zealand tail, but it had been a lopsided match from day one when the hosts' top order crashed to 60-6 on a benign wicket. Gambhir, not out 30, and Rahul Dravid with eight then wasted no time wrapping up the match.

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 4: India 520 & 39-0 beat New Zealand 279 & 279 by 10 wickets

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 3: Tendulkar's ton puts India in commanding position

A near flawless 160 by Sachin Tendulkar and three early wickets in New Zealand's second innings gave India total charge on the third day of the first Test at Hamilton on Friday.
At stumps New Zealand were 75-3, 166 runs short of wiping out an imposing 241-run deficit after India posted 520 in their first innings.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (47) and Zaheer Khan (51 not out) chipped in with useful contributions as the visitors took advantage of a good batting track of Seddon Park to put the host team on the back-foot. With two full days left, the Black Caps will have to bat out of their skin to prevent India from taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Indians took the wicket of night watchman Kyle Mills in the very last ball to cap a day, completely dominated by them with Tendulkar standing out with his heroic knock. It was Tendulkar's third hundred in four Tests since the 109 against Australia at Nagpur last November, pulling further ahead of Ricky Ponting's 37 hundreds (129 Tests).

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 3 (stumps): New Zealand 279 & 75-3 v India 520

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 2: India 278 for 4 at stumps, trail New Zealand by 1 run

India trailed New Zealand's first innings of 279 by one run when bad light stopped play 6.1 overs before the scheduled close of the second day of the first cricket test at Seddon Park.
India were 278 for four after resuming at the start of the day on 29 without loss. Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on 70 and Yuvraj Singh was not out on eight when India's batsmen were offered the light. Chris Martin took two for 53 to be New Zealand's most successful bowler
Resuming at 29 for no loss, India lost dashing Virender Sehwag in the morning session but Gambhir and Dravid ensured there was no further setbacks with a 105-run partnership.

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 2 (stumps): India 278-4 (90.5 overs) v New Zealand 279 all out (78.2 overs)

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 1: Vettori and Ryder inspire New Zealand fightback

Centuries by New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder inspired a New Zealand fightback on day one of the first Test against India.
A horror start had the hosts reeling at 61 for six at lunch after India won the toss and opted to bowl first at Seddon Park in Hamilton. But Vettori and Ryder steadied the ship with a 186-run partnership to take New Zealand to 246 before Vettori was finally caught behind by MS Dhoni off the bowling of Munaf Patel for 118.
Ryder faced some nervous moments in the nineties before earning a deserved maiden Test century. At 98 the big left-hander was forced to watch as Chris Martin, described by many as the worst batsmen in Test cricket with an average of 2.17, fended off Harbhajan Singh for almost a full over before Ryder was handed his chance.
He took it, smacking his 14th boundary of the innings to reach 102 in 161 balls before skying the next Ishant Sharma delivery to VVS Laxman and bringing New Zealand's innings to a close on 279. Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag survived seven overs to be 29 for nought at the close. Sehwag hit five boundaries, including three off one Kyle Mills over, to be 22 not out, while Gambhir was unbeaten on six.

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton, Day 1 (stumps): India 29-0 (7.0 overs) v New Zealand 279 all out (78.2 overs)

IND v NZ, 1st Test, Hamilton: India favourites to avenge New Zealand record

India regroup after outplaying New Zealand in the one-day series with an even more ominous line-up for the first cricket Test starting at Hamilton on Wednesday.
With Sachin Tendulkar appearing to be over a stomach strain that restricted his limited-over appearances, and the injection of fellow legends Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, this is an Indian side stacked with run-makers. Having won the one-dayers 3-1, with Virender Sehwag slaughtering the New Zealand attack, India start as firm favourites to win their first Test series in New Zealand in 40 years.
Although the green tinge on the Seddon Park wicket will give the bowlers hope on the opening session the pitch should favour the batsmen for the remainder of the five days.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni prefers to bat first but said he would wait until the toss here as the weather conditions could influence his final decision.

New Zealand v India 1st Test at Hamilton

Scores

New Zealand 1st Innings 279 all out (78.2 overs)	New Zealand 2nd Innings 279 all out (102.3 overs)
India 1st Innings 520 all out (152.4 overs)	India 2nd Innings 39 for 0 (5.2 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McIntosh	c Sehwag	b Sharma	12	52	1	0
Guptill	c Dravid	b Khan	14	20	2	0
Flynn	c Dhoni	b Khan	0	3	0	0
Taylor		b Sharma	18	37	2	0
Ryder	c Laxman	b Sharma	102	162	14	0
Franklin	c Dhoni	b Sharma	0	2	0	0
McCullum	c Laxman	b Patel	3	8	0	0
Vettori	c Dhoni	b Patel	118	164	14	2
Mills		b Patel	0	1	0	0
O'Brien	st Dhoni	b Harbhajan Singh	8	19	1	0
Martin	not out		0	5	0	0
Extras		3nb 1lb	4
Total		all out	279	(78.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Khan 16.0 3 70 2 Sharma 19.2 4 73 4 Patel 18.0 4 60 3 Harbhajan Singh 22.0 7 57 1 Sehwag 3.0 0 18 0

Fall of wicket   17 Guptill 17 Flynn 40 McIntosh 51 Taylor 51 Franklin 60 McCullum 246 Vettori 246 Mills 275 O'Brien 279 Ryder

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	c McCullum	b Martin	72	135	11	0
Sehwag	run out		24	21	5	0
Dravid		b O'Brien	66	138	12	0
Tendulkar	c Taylor	b O'Brien	160	260	26	0
Laxman	c Taylor	b Martin	30	91	4	0
Singh		b Martin	22	50	4	0
Dhoni	c McCullum	b O'Brien	47	123	7	0
Harbhajan Singh	c Vettori	b Mills	16	27	2	1
Khan	not out		51	46	8	0
Sharma	c McCullum	b Vettori	6	13	1	0
Patel	c Martin	b Vettori	9	20	1	0
Extras		8nb 6b 3lb	17
Total		all out	520	(152.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 30.0 9 98 3 Mills 22.0 4 98 1 O'Brien 33.0 7 103 3 Franklin 23.0 1 98 0 Vettori 35.4 8 90 2 Ryder 9.0 5 24 0

Fall of wicket   37 Sehwag 142 Gambhir 177 Dravid 238 Laxman 314 Singh 429 Dhoni 443 Tendulkar 457 Harbhajan Singh 492 Sharma 520 Patel

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McIntosh	c Tendulkar	b Khan	0	3	0	0
Guptill	c Sehwag	b Harbhajan Singh	48	86	7	1
Flynn	c Gambhir	b Harbhajan Singh	67	183	10	0
Mills	lbw	b Patel	2	19	0	0
Taylor	c Sehwag	b Patel	4	30	0	0
Ryder	lbw	b Harbhajan Singh	21	27	2	1
Franklin	c Patel	b Harbhajan Singh	14	44	1	0
McCullum	c Laxman	b Singh	84	135	11	0
Vettori	c Dhoni	b Harbhajan Singh	21	41	2	0
O'Brien	c Laxman	b Harbhajan Singh	14	45	3	0
Martin	not out		0	2	0	0
Extras		1b 3lb	4
Total		all out	279	(102.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Khan 28.0 7 79 1 Sharma 22.0 7 62 0 Patel 17.0 2 60 2 Harbhajan Singh 28.0 2 63 6 Singh 7.3 2 11 1

Fall of wicket   0 McIntosh 68 Guptill 75 Mills 110 Taylor 132 Ryder 154 Franklin 161 Flynn 199 Vettori 275 O'Brien 279 McCullum

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	not out		30	18	6	0
Dravid	not out		8	14	2	0
Extras		1b	1
Total		for 0	39	(5.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 3.0 0 17 0 Mills 2.2 0 21 0

Fall of wicket

Umpires: S J A Taufel, I J Gould
New Zealand: McIntosh, Guptill, Flynn, Taylor, Ryder, Franklin, McCullum (W), Vettori (C), Mills, O'Brien, Martin
India: Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Singh, Dhoni (C/W), Harbhajan Singh, Khan, Sharma, Patel