New Zealand cricket team in India in 1995–96

New Zealand's tour of India in 1995-96
India
New Zealand
Dates 18 October 1995 – 29 November 1995
Captains Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Ajay Jadeja 180 Lee Germon 91
Most wickets Anil Kumble 10 Dion Nash 9
One Day International series
Result India won the 6-match series 3–2
Most runs Manoj Prabhakar 145 Nathan Astle 200
Most wickets Manoj Prabhakar 7 Chris Cairns 8

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in the 1995–96 season to play three Test matches and six ODIs. India won the 3-match Test series 1-0 and the 5-match ODI series 3(5th ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled).[1]

The third Test was heavily affected by the 1995 India cyclone.

Test series

1st Test

18-20 October 1995
Scorecard
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145 (65 overs)
Lee Germon 48 (97)
Anil Kumble 4/39 (18 overs)
228 (70.3 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 87 (148)
Chris Cairns 4/44 (17.4 overs)
233 (73.2 overs)
Stephen Fleming 41 (74)
Anil Kumble 5/81 (27.2 overs)
151/2 (40.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 73 (92)
Matthew Hart 2/34 (9.5 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: S. K. Bansal (Ind) and Mervyn Kitchen (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Lee Germon (NZ) made his test debut
Anil Kumble (IND) got his 100th test wicket in the New Zealand's 1st innings.

2nd Test

25–29 October 1995
Scorecard
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144/2 (71.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 52 * (88)
Chris Cairns 1/18 (16 overs)
Match Drawn
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: KT Francis (SRI) and S. Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
  • No play on day 2, 3 and 5. Rain curtailed play on day 1 and day 4.
  • India won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Roger Twose (NZL) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

8-12 November 1995
Scorecard
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296/8 (89.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 45 (71)
Dion Nash 4/62 (29 overs)
175/8 (88 overs)
Mark Greatbatch 50 (117)
Narendra Hirwani 6/59 (31 overs)
Match Drawn
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Ian Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: Narendra Hirwani (Ind)
  • No play on Day 2 and Day 3. Rain curtailed play on day 1.
  • India won the toss and chose to bat.

References

  1. "New Zealand in India : Oct/Nov 1995 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.

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