Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002–03

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002-03
 
  India New Zealand
Dates 4 December 2002–14 January 2003
Captains Sourav Ganguly Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Rahul Dravid (131) Mark Richardson (144)
Most wickets Zaheer Khan (11) Daryl Tuffey (13)
One Day International series
Results New Zealand won the 7-match series 5–2
Most runs Virender Sehwag (299) Stephen Fleming (157)
Most wickets Javagal Srinath (18) Andre Adams (14)

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 4 December 2002 to 14 January 2003 and played a two-match Test series against New Zealand. New Zealand won the series 2–0.

Test Matches

1st Test

12–16 December 2002
Scorecard
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161 (58.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 76 (173)
Scott Styris 3/28 (6 overs)
247 (91.1 overs)
Mark Richardson 89 (245)
Zaheer Khan 5/53 (25 overs)
121 (38.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 51 (74)
Shane Bond 4/33 (13.1 overs)
36/0 (9.3 overs)
Lou Vincent 21* (30)
Harbhajan Singh 0/2 (2 overs)
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Mark Richardson (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
  • Jacob Oram (NZ) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

19–23 December 2002
Scorecard
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99 (38.2 overs)
VVS Laxman 23 (46)
Daryl Tuffey 4/12 (9 overs)
94 (38.2 overs)
Stephen Fleming 21 (66)
Zaheer Khan 5/29 (13.2 overs)
154 (43.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 39 (100)
Daryl Tuffey 4/41 (16 overs)
160/6 (56.2 overs)
Stephen Fleming 32 (58)
Ashish Nehra 3/34 (16.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Westpac Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
  • This was the first time in 21 years that players of either team failed to score a Test half-century.[1]

References

  1. "Best day of series saw New Zealand bat their way to win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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