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New Zealand cricket team in India in 1988–89

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in the 1988–89 season to play three Test matches and five ODIs. India won the 3-match Test series 2-1 and the 5-match ODI series 4-0 (5th ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled).[1]

New Zealand's tour of India in 1988-89
 
  India New Zealand
Dates 1 November 1988 – 19 December 1988
Captains Dilip Vengsarkar John Wright
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Kris Srikkanth (240) John Wright (228)
Most wickets Arshad Ayub (21) Richard Hadlee (18)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs Mohammad Azharuddin (205) John Wright (152)
Most wickets Kris Srikkanth (11) Martin Snedden (5)

Test series edit

1st Test edit

12–17 November 1988
Scorecard
India  
v
384/9d (142 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 116 (295)
Richard Hadlee 5/65 (30 overs)
189 (122.3 overs)
Andrew Jones 45 (132)
Arshad Ayub 4/51 (48 overs)
141/1d (28 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 58* (73)
Evan Gray 1/39 (6 overs)
164 (78.4 overs)
John Wright 58 (144)
Arshad Ayub 4/53 (35.4 overs)
India won by 172 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: SK Ghosh (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)

2nd Test edit

24–29 November 1988
Scorecard
v
  India
236 (93.3 overs)
John Bracewell 52 (100)
Ravi Shastri 4/45 (18 overs)
234 (75.5 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 94 (137)
Richard Hadlee 6/49 (20.5 overs)
279 (115 overs)
Andrew Jones 78 (175)
Arshad Ayub 5/50 (33 overs)
145 (49.4 overs)
Arun Lal 47 (86)
John Bracewell 6/51 (17.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 136 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and VK Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: John Bracewell (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Rashid Patel (Ind) made his Test debut.

3rd Test edit

2–6 December 1988
Scorecard
v
  India
254 (95 overs)
Mark Greatbatch 90* (244)
Arshad Ayub 4/55 (30 overs)
358 (106.3 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 81 (134)
Martin Snedden 4/69 (18.3 overs)
124 (65.3 overs)
John Wright 62 (189)
Kapil Dev 3/21 (10 overs)
22/0 (2.1 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 18* (12)
India won by 10 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad (Deccan)
Umpires: SK Ghosh (Ind) and Ram Gupta (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Sanjeev Sharma (Ind) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs) edit

India won the series 4–0, with one match abandoned.

1st ODI edit

10 December 1988
Scorecard
New Zealand  
196/9 (50 overs)
v
  India
197/6 (46.2 overs)
KR Rutherford 67 (121)
K Srikkanth 5/27 (7 overs)
K Srikkanth 70 (87)
W Watson 2/37 (10 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: S Banerjee and RV Ramani
Player of the match: K Srikkanth (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • VB Chandrasekhar (IND) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI edit

12 December 1988
Scorecard
New Zealand  
160/7 (45 overs)
v
  India
161/5 (41.3 overs)
JG Wright 39 (59)
Maninder Singh 2/23 (9 overs)
NS Sidhu 67 (108)
W Watson 2/33 (7.3 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SB Kulkarni
Player of the match: NS Sidhu (IND)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Because of the early twilight in this region, the match was reduced from 50 overs to 45 overs.

3rd ODI edit

15 December 1988
Scorecard
India  
222/6 (45 overs)
v
  New Zealand
169/9 (45 overs)
VB Chandrasekhar 53 (77)
EJ Gray 2/26 (5 overs)
MJ Greatbatch 64 (97)
K Srikkanth 5/32 (6 overs)
India won by 53 runs
Nehru Stadium, Indore
Umpires: RB Gupta and RS Rathore
Player of the match: AK Sharma (IND)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side.

4th ODI edit

17 December 1988
Scorecard
New Zealand  
278/3 (50 overs)
v
  India
282/8 (47.1 overs)
MJ Greatbatch 84* (67)
M Venkataramana 2/36 (10 overs)
M Azharuddin 108* (65)
DK Morrison 3/50 (10 overs)
India won by 2 wickets
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: PG Pandit and VK Ramaswamy
Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • M Venkataramana and RGM Patel (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
  • Azharuddin scored the fastest ODI century at the time of 62 balls.

5th ODI edit

19 December 1988
Scorecard
India  
v
Match abandoned
Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
  • No toss

References edit

  1. ^ "New Zealand in India : Nov/Dec 1988 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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