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***Official*** Australia A and New Zealand A in India

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Polo23

International Debutant
To compare Ronchi to Gilchrist is laughable. Gilchrist was a freak and star of the game. So far Ronchi looks like a poor mans McCullum.
 
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Polo23

International Debutant
Is there going to be any coverage of this first A test between NZ and India?

Cricinfo are utterly useless when there is any cricket to do with NZ, so i'm not holding my breath.
 
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Blakey

State Vice-Captain
India A won the toss and were bowled out for 248.

Vijay top scored with 45, next was Pathan with 44.

Wickets:

Mason 1
Boult 1
McCullum 6
Watling 2

Boult bowling Raina as well as taking 3 of McCullums wickets.

NZ 36/0. Redmond 31 off 41 (four 4's and one 6) Watling 2 off 32. Overall run rate 3.00
 
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Polo23

International Debutant
Man are those McCullum's talented! Nathan is making a good case to be picked ahead of Patel.

Interesting to see Watling get a bowl and take a couple of wickets...he has never bowled a ball in FC or List A cricket in his life!

Pretty handy start to Boult's FC career also..bowling out the captain and a guy who has played 50 ODI's for India is an awesome first up wicket.

Nice to see Redmond get some runs at the end of the day also. 31* from 41 balls with four 4's and a 6 is a good start..hopefully he can carry it on tomorrow.

Interesting to see Watling was picked in favour of Guptill to open, and at last Hay is in the side!
 
Arjun

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Patchy for India A. It was good to see a good hand played by Yusuf Pathan and Vijay, but the contribution of the bottom five (notably Saha and Amit Mishra) cannot be ignored. The bottom five scored over 50 together, with none from the top six going past it. The bowling does look a little weak (only four frontline bowlers), but if Nate McCullum can get six wickets, there's a chance for Mishra, Yusuf and Mohnish (if he isn't called for throwing) to pick a riuch haul. A pity we won't be watching.
 
bryce

bryce

International Regular
Polo23 said:
Interesting to see Watling get a bowl and take a couple of wickets...he has never bowled a ball in FC or List A cricket in his life!
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I remember mentioning earlier in this thread that Watling was a good bowler and had cleaned me up a couple of times in the nets(he plays for my club), then someone dismissed it as irrelavant because they said Guptill is also a quality bowler:unsure:
Watling bowls sharp skiddy balls which in-swing like crazy

Guess we are going to find out who the best players of spin are, Mishra & Parmar will likely bowl in tandem for the majority of the innings
 
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Raghav

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
fantastic start from NZ A.

great performance from McCullum, Boult...

Love NZ posting huge total and smashing IND A for an innings defeat...
 
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Polo23

International Debutant
I found an update on this game.

New Zealand A inched their way to 130 for three at lunch in reply to India A's first innings total of 248 on the second day of the four-day cricket match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here Monday.

The Kiwis, who were given a good start by Aaron Redmond (51), struggled to build on it as they lost three wickets in a hurry before skipper Peter Fulton (26 batting) and James Marshall (20 batting) steadied the innings with an unbroken 41-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Opener Watling was unlucky as Redmond's straight drive hit the non-striker's stumps via bowler Amit Mishra's fingers and he was caught short of the crease.

Soon after, Redmond, on completing his half-century, drove leg-spinner Mishra uppishly to be caught at covers by Yusuf Pathan, and then Greg Hey departed, castled by Mishra who was the pick of the Indian bowlers claiming two wickets.

Fulton, who was dropped by skipper Suresh Raina in the slips off Mohnish Parmar, batted cautiously as did Marshall as the pair set about repairing the damage.
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http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/412408/cs/1/

Bad luck for Watling, and i'm disappointed to see Hay fail. Nice to see Redmond get a few runs though.
 
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Polo23

International Debutant
Crickey...terrible batting by NZ.

All out for 230.

Redmond 51, Marshall 51 and Fulton 37 were the only real contributors.

India shared their wickets around their top 4 bowlers.

Disappointing that...I was hoping Broom and Hay would get the job done. Hopefully Boult can get a few in the second dig.
 
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Polo23

International Debutant
And NZ end the day well picking up a wicket.

India A 27/1 in their second innings.

Boult getting the wicket with great figures of 1/6 off 5 overs.
 
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