New Zealand reaches 237-4 at close on fourth day
Brendon McCullum struck a well-paced century on Monday as New Zealand reached 237-4 on the fourth day of the second test against India after conceding a 122-run first innings lead
Hyderabad, India: Brendon McCullum struck a well-paced century on Monday as New Zealand reached 237-4 on the fourth day of the second test against India after conceding a 122-run first innings lead.
New Zealand was 115 runs ahead with six wickets in hand at close of play.
McCullum was batting on 124 and Kane Williamson on 12 as the Kiwis looked to prolong the innings, just as Harbhajan Singh had done earlier in the day for India with a century that took its first innings to 472.
Harbhajan became the first number eight batsman to hit centuries in consecutive tests, having scored 115 in the second innings of the Ahmedabad test.
New Zealand had made 350 in its first innings.
Scoreboard
New Zealand 1st Innings: 350
India 1st Innings
(Overnight 436-9)
Gautam Gambhir c Hopkins b Southee 54
Virender Sehwag b Vettori 96
Rahul Dravid lbw b Southee 45
Sachin Tendulkar c Taylor b Vettori 13
V.V.S. Laxman b Martin 74
Suresh Raina c Guptill b Vettori 20
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c McCullum b Vettori 14
Harbhajan Singh not out 111
Zaheer Khan c Arnel b Southee 7
Pragyan Ojha run out 0
Shantakumaran Sreesanth lbw b Vettori 24
Extras: (4b, 8lb, 1nb, 1w) 14
TOTAL: (all out) 472
Overs: 143.4
Fall of wickets: 1-160, 2-160, 3-184, 4-259, 5-311, 6-326, 7-336, 8-355, 9-367, 10-472.
Bowling: Chris Martin 29-6-87-1 (1nb), Tim Southee 33-8-119-3 (1w), Brent Arnel 24-5-79-0, Daniel Vettori 49.4-7-135-5, Kane Williamson 7-0-31-0, Ross Taylor 1-0-9-0.
New Zealand 2nd Innings
Tim McIntosh c sub (Cheteshwar Pujara) b Ojha 49
Brendon McCullum not out 124
Martin Guptill c Dhoni b Ojha 18
Ross Taylor b Sreesanth 7
Jesse Ryder c Dhoni b Raina 20
Kane Williamson not out 12
Extras: (2b, 3nb, 2w) 7
TOTAL: (for four wickets) 237
Overs: 75
Fall of wickets: 1-125, 2-174, 3-187, 4-221.
Still to bat: Daniel Vettori, Gareth Hopkins, Chris Martin, Tim Southee, Brent Arnel.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 4.3-1-12-0, Shantakumaran Sreesanth 17-3-70-1, Pragyan Ojha 25.3-8-60-2, Harbhajan Singh 23-2-79-0, Sachin Tendulkar 2-0-7-0, Suresh Raina 3-0-7-1.
Umpires: Simon Taufel, Australia, and Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka.
TV umpire: Amiesh Saheba, India. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka.
Toss: New Zealand.
Series: 0-0.
