3rd Test

India and New Zealand draw in the 3rd Test

Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, 29 Oct 1999. India won the toss and chose to bat.

India583/7 & 148/532 ov

Match drawn

Match report

From the scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bat. India made 583 for 7, Sachin Tendulkar 217 from 344 balls and Sourav Ganguly 125 from 251 balls. Daniel Vettori took 4 for 200.

New Zealand were bowled out for 308, Nathan Astle 74 from 227 balls and Chris Cairns 72 from 168 balls. Anil Kumble took 5 for 82.

India made 148 for 5, Sourav Ganguly 53 from 62 balls.

New Zealand made 252 for 2, Gary Stead 78 from 173 balls and Stephen Fleming 64 not out from 113 balls.

Match drawn.

Key performers

217Sachin TendulkarIndia. 344 balls, 29 foursPlayer of the match

5/82Anil KumbleIndia. 48 overs, 21 maidens GS78Gary SteadNew Zealand. 173 balls, 10 fours

4/200Daniel VettoriNew Zealand. 57 overs, 5 maidens

India 1st innings

583/7(167 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devang Gandhic †AC Parore b CL Cairns	c †AC Parore b CL Cairns	6	29	1	0	20.69
Sadagoppan Rameshc CM Spearman b CZ Harris	c CM Spearman b CZ Harris	110	169	13	0	65.09
Rahul Dravidc †AC Parore b DL Vettori	c †AC Parore b DL Vettori	33	64	6	0	51.56
Sachin Tendulkar (c)c DJ Nash b DL Vettori	c DJ Nash b DL Vettori	217	344	29	0	63.08
Sourav Gangulyc DJ Nash b NJ Astle	c DJ Nash b NJ Astle	125	251	20	0	49.80
Ajay Jadejab DL Vettori	b DL Vettori	13	48	2	0	27.08
MSK Prasad †b DL Vettori	b DL Vettori	2	12	0	0	16.67
Anil Kumblenot out	not out	27*	55	4	0	49.09
Javagal Srinathnot out	not out	33*	36	3	0	91.67
Extras(b 4, lb 7, nb 6)	(b 4, lb 7, nb 6)	17
Total167 Ov (RR 2.62)	167 Ov (RR 2.62)	583/7

Did not bat: Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (DJ Gandhi, 8.4 ov), 102-2 (R Dravid, 29.6 ov), 182-3 (S Ramesh, 53.1 ov), 463-4 (SC Ganguly, 132.1 ov), 502-5 (A Jadeja, 145.5 ov), 518-6 (MSK Prasad, 149.6 ov), 521-7 (SR Tendulkar, 151.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chris Cairns	24	5	82	1	2.56	-	-	-	1
Dion Nash	28	6	86	0	2.30	-	-	-	4
Daniel Vettori	57	5	200	4	2.63	-	-	-	0
Nathan Astle	17	2	55	1	2.43	-	-	-	0
Chris Harris	17	3	64	1	2.82	-	-	-	1
Paul Wiseman	24	2	85	0	2.66	-	-	-	0

New Zealand 1st innings

308(141.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gary Steadc SC Ganguly b A Kumble	c SC Ganguly b A Kumble	17	61	3	0	27.87
Matt Hornec R Dravid b A Kumble	c R Dravid b A Kumble	2	24	0	0	8.33
Daniel Vettoric sub (R Vijay Bharadwaj) b A Kumble	c sub (R Vijay Bharadwaj) b A Kumble	3	16	0	0	18.75
Craig Spearmanc S Ramesh b BKV Prasad	c S Ramesh b BKV Prasad	17	51	2	0	33.33
Stephen Fleming (c)c †MSK Prasad b J Srinath	c †MSK Prasad b J Srinath	48	134	8	0	35.82
Nathan Astlec SC Ganguly b BKV Prasad	c SC Ganguly b BKV Prasad	74	227	7	1	32.60
Adam Parore †lbw b A Kumble	lbw b A Kumble	11	42	2	0	26.19
Chris Cairnsb A Kumble	b A Kumble	72	168	9	1	42.86
Chris Harrisc S Ramesh b J Srinath	c S Ramesh b J Srinath	12	64	2	0	18.75
Dion Nashnot out	not out	14*	38	0	0	36.84
Paul Wisemanlbw b Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	3	38	0	0	7.89
Extras(b 8, lb 14, nb 13)	(b 8, lb 14, nb 13)	35
Total141.4 Ov (RR 1.63)	141.4 Ov (RR 1.63)	308

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (MJ Horne, 8.1 ov), 29-2 (DL Vettori, 16.1 ov), 33-3 (GR Stead, 18.3 ov), 65-4 (CM Spearman, 32.5 ov), 135-5 (SP Fleming, 59.6 ov), 166-6 (AC Parore, 73.5 ov), 231-7 (NJ Astle, 109.3 ov), 284-8 (CZ Harris, 127.5 ov), 294-9 (CL Cairns, 130.4 ov), 308-10 (PJ Wiseman, 141.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	35	11	72	2	1.54	-	-	-	6
Venkatesh Prasad	26	9	52	2	1.50	-	-	-	1
Anil Kumble	48	21	82	5	1.28	-	-	-	6
Harbhajan Singh	30.4	8	78	1	1.92	-	-	-	0
Sourav Ganguly	2	1	2	0	0.75	-	-	-	0

India 2nd innings

148/5(32 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sadagoppan Rameshc †AC Parore b DJ Nash	c †AC Parore b DJ Nash	16	20	2	0	80.00
Sachin Tendulkar (c)b CL Cairns	b CL Cairns	15	10	3	0	150.00
Rahul Dravidrun out (CZ Harris/†AC Parore)	run out (CZ Harris/†AC Parore)	12	20	0	0	60.00
Sourav Gangulyb CZ Harris	b CZ Harris	53	62	2	2	85.48
MSK Prasad †c †AC Parore b NJ Astle	c †AC Parore b NJ Astle	17	34	1	0	50.00
Javagal Srinathnot out	not out	19*	27	1	1	70.37
Ajay Jadejanot out	not out	12*	19	0	0	63.16
Extras(lb 4)	(lb 4)	4
Total32 Ov (RR 3.47)	32 Ov (RR 3.47)	148/5

Did not bat: Anil Kumble, Devang Gandhi, Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh

Fall of wickets: 21-1 (SR Tendulkar, 2.6 ov), 35-2 (S Ramesh, 5.5 ov), 68-3 (R Dravid, 11.5 ov), 114-4 (MSK Prasad, 22.6 ov), 122-5 (SC Ganguly, 25.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
Chris Cairns	6	1	29	1	3.63	-	-	-
Dion Nash	8	0	35	1	3.28	-	-	-
Daniel Vettori	2	0	23	0	8.63	-	-	-
Chris Harris	11	0	44	1	3.00	-	-	-
Nathan Astle	5	0	13	1	1.95	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd innings

252/2(95 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Matt Hornec sub (R Vijay Bharadwaj) b A Kumble	c sub (R Vijay Bharadwaj) b A Kumble	41	164	3	0	25.00
Gary Steadc †MSK Prasad b Harbhajan Singh	c †MSK Prasad b Harbhajan Singh	78	173	10	0	45.09
Craig Spearmannot out	not out	54*	129	9	0	41.86
Stephen Fleming (c)not out	not out	64*	113	11	0	56.64
Extras(b 1, lb 5, nb 9)	(b 1, lb 5, nb 9)	15
Total95 Ov (RR 1.99)	95 Ov (RR 1.99) · Target 424	252/2

Did not bat: Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Daniel Vettori, Paul Wiseman

Fall of wickets: 131-1 (MJ Horne, 54.3 ov), 131-2 (GR Stead, 55.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	15	3	59	0	2.95	-	-	-	1
Venkatesh Prasad	13	2	36	0	2.08	-	-	-	0
Anil Kumble	31	16	57	1	1.38	-	-	-	4
Harbhajan Singh	26	7	55	1	1.59	-	-	-	0
Sachin Tendulkar	5	2	19	0	2.85	-	-	-	0
Sourav Ganguly	4	0	20	0	3.75	-	-	-	4
Rahul Dravid	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0