India vs New Zealand 2009, 2nd ODI highlights

The second ODI got abandoned due to rain.
India : 188/4 after 28.4 overs.

India Won the toss in 2nd ODI here in Wellington and chose to bat first. Again rain came to the act and now the match was reduced to 34 overs. Soon in 29th Over rain started and match got abandoned.

Sehwag provided a great start to the Indian team here on Wellington. He started attacking from the first and scored 54 runs off 36 balls. His opening patner Sachin Tendulkar scored 61 runs off his 69 balls. Bulter got rid of Sehwag whereas NZ's captain Vettori got the master blaster on his trap.Gambhir could not capatalize on his batting and got a start making 30 runs. Gambhir was out on the ball of O'Brien.Yuvraj Singh was out for a Duck of Mills.

The last pair batting were Dhoni on 23 and Raina on 13.

India Vs New Zealand 2nd ODI 2009 - Live

After a big win against New Zealand in 1st ODI, India are ready to play for the second ODI at Wellington. The match on 6th March 2009, Friday is a day night match and the time to start is 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT and 6:30 am India. Along with 2-0 lead in this series India will have chance to move up in ODI rankings if they win the match.

Its a great chance for India to make the series 2-0 and take revenge of t20 loss. Problem for India is their bowler. Zaheer and Praveen are certain to play but due to injury with Ishant Sharma, the third pacer is difficultly. Munaf Patel is likely to be third pacer. New Zealand team may be without their t20 hero Brendon McCullum.
For watching live.

On TV channels. Set Max and Doordarsan will broadcast the 2nd ODI live in India. Similary Direct TV has rights in USA, Sky sports in England and Fox sports in Australia. Find more on other places.

On your computer:
There are paid sites with great quality to watch the ODI live on your computer. If you have broadband internet then you can pay the sites and watch the whole series on your computer. Two sites are found by me: tvnsports.com and willow.tv. Choose very carefully and make sure you choose the plan that suits you.

Live scorecard, commentary and more on the match:

India VS New Zealand 2009, 2nd ODI Live

India will started their 5 ODI series in New Zealand this Tuesday March 3 in New Zealand. and won the match by 53 runs(highlights). Earlier India loss the host nation 2-0 in the T20 series played in Feb 25 and 27. The battle is going to be yet more interesting as it would be expected that home side will come fired up in the 2nd ODI to be more competetive in the series.

Unlike 1st ODi, everyone wants a more longer verson of 50 overs,since 1st one was disturbed by the rain. The venue is different and the fixture and schedule:

Fixtures/Schedule of 1st ODI
India VS New Zealand 2nd ODI
6 March 2009
Fiday D/N Match
Time : 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT, 6:30 am India
Venue : Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Watch LIVE

For Live broadcast of all 5 ODIs on TV channels, you may visit this page to know which channel will broadcast the series in your country. In India its going to be Set Max and Doordarshan, In USA- Direct TV and more.

For watching the match live on your computer you may get live streaming action from some websites. I have a list of two paid sites where you can watch the match live on your computer. TVNSPORTS.COM will boradcast the whole series live and it costs a fair ammount. Similarly, WILLOW.TV is another broadcaster of the first twenty20 as well as the ODI and test series on internet.

Live scorecard and commentary for 2nd ODI between IND and NZ.

India Vs New Zealand 2009, 1st ODI Highlights

Ind beat NZ by 53 runs
India : 273/4 in 38 overs (Dhoni : 84* , Sehwag 77,..)
New Zealand 162/9 in 28 (Gupthill : 69)

India has won the toss and has elected to bat first. Bad start in series regarding the weather condition. The 1st ODI was at first reduced to 36 overs at the start. More rain, made the match more short and its only 28 overs.

Sehwag seems to be in great touch as he has made a 77 of 56 balls before being caught by Taylor of Vettori. Sachin was first to go at 20. But the start was really on before his partner Sachin went out the scores were 69-1 (9.1 ov.). Sachin made 20 runs before he was caught by B McCullum in the bowling of Butter, Captain Dhoni joined Sehwag and both of them went on. Dhoni as till the last ball not out making 84 runs of 89 balls.

After the fall of Sehwag (121-2 in 18.2), the run scoring rate seemed to be lowered. Yuvraj Singh was out for 2 (131-3 in 22.4 ov.). Then came Suresh Raina who made the match go at high for India. S Raina scored a Innings of 66 runs from 39 balls which includes 5 fours and 4 sixes. Dhoni scored his runs with only 6 boundaries. Yusuf Pathan was the last pair with Dhoni who was not out in 20.

Except Butter and Vettori, NZ's bowling attack was powerless. All the bowler's except 2 were over 5 per over. Butter and Vettori took 1 wicket whereas Elloit also join the same party of 1 wicket. Yuvraj Singh was run out.

The match was rain affected again and more overs got reduced. It became now 28 overs for New Zealand and they have to make 216 runs in 28 overs. Lots of expectation from T20 hero B McCullum but it was just false.He went out in 1st over without troubling the runs. Praveen Kumar did all for both opener Bendron and Ryder who made 0 and 11 and team was 22-2 in 7.2 overs.

Martin Guptil and Ross Taylor tried to lift up the team but only for some moments. *88-3 in 15.3 ov.) When Ross Taylor was out for 34. Wickets were falling at a great momentum for NZ. Till the end they lost 9 wickets off 162 runs in 28 overs. Harbhajan Singh was the hero in bowling who took 3-27 off 4 overs and P Kumar 2-28 off 6 overs. Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf athan took one each on their bag.

For the brilliand knock from the Captain, MS Dhoni was awaded the Man of the Match.

Final Scorecard

India 273/4 (38) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Virender Sehwag c Ross Taylor b Daniel Vettori 77 56 11 1 137.50 Sachin Tendulkar c Brendon Mccullum b Ian Butler 20 23 2 0 86.96 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c),(wk) not out 84 89 6 0 94.38 Yuvraj Singh run out (Martin Guptill) 2 13 0 0 15.38 Suresh Raina c Iain O'brien b Grant Elliott 66 39 5 4 169.23 Yusuf Pathan not out 20 10 2 1 200.00 Gautam Gambir Harbhajan Singh Praveen Kumar Zaheer Khan Munaf Patel

Extras : 4 (b:1, lb:1, nb:2, wd:0)

Total : 273/4 (38) | Curr.RR: 7.18

FOW : Sachin Tendulkar (69-1, 9.4), Virender Sehwag (121-2, 18.2), Yuvraj Singh (131-3, 22.4), Suresh Raina (241-4, 34.6)

New Zealand O M R W Nb Wd Econ Kyle Mills 7 0 69 0 2 0 9.86 Iain O'brien 8 1 52 0 0 0 6.50 Ian Butler 8 1 42 1 0 0 5.25 Jacob Oram 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.50 Daniel Vettori (c) 8 0 42 1 0 0 5.25 Jesse Ryder 3 0 27 0 0 0 9.00 Grant Elliott 2 0 20 1 0 0 10.00

Power Plays : 1-8, 9-12, 29-31

New Zealand 162/9 (28) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Jesse Ryder c Virender Sehwag b Praveen Kumar 11 25 1 0 44.00 Brendon Mccullum (wk) c Harbhajan Singh b Praveen Kumar 0 5 0 0 0.00 Martin Guptill c Gautam Gambir b Harbhajan Singh 64 70 5 0 91.43 Ross Taylor c Sachin Tendulkar b Yusuf Pathan 31 24 3 0 129.17 Grant Elliott run out (Virender Sehwag) 11 11 0 0 100.00 Jacob Oram c Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 0 1 0 0 0.00 Neil Broom st Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 3 7 0 0 42.86 Ian Butler c Munaf Patel b Zaheer Khan 0 1 0 0 0.00 Kyle Mills c Virender Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 0 2 0 0 0.00 *Daniel Vettori (c) not out 26 15 3 0 173.33 Iain O'brien not out 3 8 0 0 37.50

Extras : 13 (b:0, lb:9, nb:1, wd:3)

Total : 162/9 (28) | Curr.RR: 5.79 | Req.RR: 0.00

FOW : Brendon Mccullum (0-1, 1.5), Jesse Ryder (23-2, 7.4), Ross Taylor (81-3, 15.5), Grant Elliott (111-4, 20.5), Jacob Oram (111-5, 20.6), Martin Guptill (132-6, 23.3), Neil Broom (132-7, 23.4), Kyle Mills (132-8, 23.6), Ian Butler (132-9, 24.1)

India O M R W Nb Wd Econ Zaheer Khan 6 1 20 1 1 0 3.33 Praveen Kumar 6 1 28 2 0 2 4.67 Munaf Patel 2 0 14 0 0 0 7.00 Yuvraj Singh 6 0 42 1 0 0 7.00 Yusuf Pathan 4 0 22 1 0 1 5.50 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 27 3 0 0 6.75

Power Plays : 1-8, 9-12, 23-24

Australia Vs South Africa 1st test 2009: Final scorecard

Australia won the first test at Johannesburg by 162 runs. They lead the series 1-0.

Australia 1st Innings 466/10 (125.4) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Phillip Hughes c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn 0 4 0 0 0.00 Simon Katich c Neil Mckenzie b Dale Steyn 3 25 0 0 12.00 Ricky Ponting (c) b Makhaya Ntini 83 134 11 1 61.94 Michael Hussey c Jacques Kallis b Morne Morkel 4 21 1 0 19.05 Michael Clarke c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn 68 90 10 0 75.56 Marcus North st Mark Boucher b Paul Harris 117 233 12 0 50.21 Brad Haddin (wk) c Paul Harris b Makhaya Ntini 64 105 9 0 60.95 Andrew Mcdonald c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn 0 2 0 0 0.00 Mitchell Johnson not out 96 131 10 5 73.28 Peter Siddle c Jacques Kallis b Morne Morkel 9 15 2 0 60.00 Ben Hilfenhaus c AB De Villiers b Morne Morkel 0 1 0 0 0.00

Extras : 22 (b:6, lb:7, nb:7, wd:2)

Total : 466/10 (125.4) | Curr.RR: 3.71

FOW : Phillip Hughes (0-1, 0.4), Simon Katich (18-2, 8.5), Michael Hussey (38-3, 14.6), Ricky Ponting (151-4, 41.2), Michael Clarke (182-5, 49.4), Brad Haddin (295-6, 83.5), Andrew Mcdonald (296-7, 84.4), Marcus North (413-8, 120.5), Peter Siddle (466-9, 125.3), Ben Hilfenhaus (466-10, 125.4)

South Africa O M R W Nb Wd Econ Dale Steyn 30 4 113 4 1 0 3.77 Makhaya Ntini 27 6 71 2 0 0 2.63 Morne Morkel 28.4 3 118 3 6 2 4.12 Jacques Kallis 8 0 33 0 0 0 4.13 Paul Harris 18 2 64 1 0 0 3.56 Jean-Paul Duminy 14 2 54 0 0 0 3.86

South Africa first innings:

South Africa 220/10 (81.1) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Neil Mckenzie lbw b Peter Siddle 36 126 6 0 28.57 Graeme Smith (c) c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 0 2 0 0 0.00 Hashim Amla c Ricky Ponting b Ben Hilfenhaus 1 3 0 0 33.33 Jacques Kallis c Michael Hussey b Peter Siddle 27 44 4 0 61.36 AB De Villiers not out 104 183 9 1 56.83 Jean-Paul Duminy c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 17 52 2 0 32.69 Mark Boucher (wk) c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 0 3 0 0 0.00 Morne Morkel c & b Peter Siddle 2 22 0 0 9.09 Paul Harris lbw b Marcus North 1 5 0 0 20.00 Dale Steyn c Marcus North b Andrew Mcdonald 17 49 2 0 34.69 Makhaya Ntini b Mitchell Johnson 1 2 0 0 50.00

Extras : 14 (b:4, lb:6, nb:4, wd:0)

Total : 220/10 (81.1) | Curr.RR: 2.71

FOW : Graeme Smith (1-1, 0.5), Hashim Amla (2-2, 1.2), Jacques Kallis (49-3, 17.1), Neil Mckenzie (93-4, 40.5), Jean-Paul Duminy (138-5, 57.2), Mark Boucher (138-6, 57.5), Morne Morkel (154-7, 63.5), Paul Harris (156-8, 64.6), Dale Steyn (208-9, 79.4), Makhaya Ntini (220-10, 81.1)

Australia O M R W Nb Wd Econ * Mitchell Johnson 18.1 8 25 4 0 0 1.38 Ben Hilfenhaus 25 9 58 1 2 0 2.32 Peter Siddle 21 1 76 3 2 0 3.62 Andrew Mcdonald 10 4 22 1 0 0 2.20 Marcus North 7 0 29 1 0 0 4.14

Australia second inning:

Australia 207/10 (53.4) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Phillip Hughes c AB De Villiers b Paul Harris 75 121 11 1 61.98 Simon Katich c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel 10 22 2 0 45.45 Ricky Ponting (c) c Hashim Amla b Jacques Kallis 25 44 4 0 56.82 Michael Hussey c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis 0 1 0 0 0.00 Michael Clarke c Jacques Kallis b Paul Harris 0 2 0 0 0.00 Marcus North b Jacques Kallis 5 7 1 0 71.43 Brad Haddin (wk) c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini 37 54 1 2 68.52 Andrew Mcdonald c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini 7 11 1 0 63.64 Mitchell Johnson c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini 1 12 0 0 8.33 Peter Siddle not out 22 36 2 1 61.11 Ben Hilfenhaus b Dale Steyn 16 15 1 0 106.67

Extras : 9 (b:0, lb:5, nb:2, wd:2)

Total : 207/10 (53.4) | Curr.RR: 3.86

FOW : Simon Katich (38-1, 11.3), Ricky Ponting (99-2, 26.5), Michael Hussey (99-3, 26.6), Michael Clarke (99-4, 27.2), Marcus North (104-5, 28.5), Phillip Hughes (138-6, 35.3), Andrew Mcdonald (145-7, 38.1), Mitchell Johnson (147-8, 40.4), Brad Haddin (174-9, 48.2), Ben Hilfenhaus (207-10, 53.4)

South Africa O M R W Nb Wd Econ Dale Steyn 16.4 5 51 1 0 0 3.06 Makhaya Ntini 11 3 52 3 0 0 4.73 Morne Morkel 10 1 41 1 2 2 4.10 Paul Harris 11 0 36 2 0 0 3.27 Jacques Kallis 5 0 22 3 0 0 4.40

South Africa second inning

South Africa 291/10 (119.2) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Neil Mckenzie c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 35 95 5 0 36.84 Graeme Smith (c) c Mitchell Johnson b Ben Hilfenhaus 69 110 7 0 62.73 Hashim Amla c Phillip Hughes b Peter Siddle 57 130 7 0 43.85 Jacques Kallis b Mitchell Johnson 45 139 4 0 32.37 AB De Villiers lbw b Andrew Mcdonald 3 7 0 0 42.86 Jean-Paul Duminy c Ricky Ponting b Peter Siddle 29 75 3 0 38.67 Mark Boucher (wk) b Ben Hilfenhaus 26 105 1 0 24.76 Morne Morkel c Marcus North b Mitchell Johnson 2 12 0 0 16.67 Paul Harris c Simon Katich b Peter Siddle 8 35 0 0 22.86 Dale Steyn b Mitchell Johnson 6 12 0 0 50.00 Makhaya Ntini not out 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras : 11 (b:1, lb:4, nb:4, wd:2)

Total : 291/10 (119.2) | Curr.RR: 2.44

FOW : Neil Mckenzie (76-1, 27.3), Graeme Smith (130-2, 41.1), Hashim Amla (206-3, 69.3), AB De Villiers (211-4, 72.4), Jacques Kallis (229-5, 82.6), Jean-Paul Duminy (268-6, 103.6), Morne Morkel (272-7, 109.1), Mark Boucher (284-8, 114.6), Paul Harris (289-9, 118.6), Dale Steyn (291-10, 119.2)

Australia O M R W Nb Wd Econ * Mitchell Johnson 34.2 2 114 4 1 1 3.32 Ben Hilfenhaus 31 7 68 2 2 0 2.19 Peter Siddle 25 8 46 3 1 1 1.84 Andrew Mcdonald 22 8 31 1 0 0 1.41 Marcus North 7 0 27 0 0 0 3.86

India VS New Zealand 2009, 1st ODI - Live

"INDIA WON BY 53 RUNS (HIGHLIGHTS)"
"INDIA VS NEW ZEALAND 2ND ODI LIVE"

India will start their 5 ODI series in New Zealand this Tuesday March 3 in New Zealand. Earlier India loss the host nation 2-0 in the T20 series played in Feb 25 and 27. New Zealand had very good series against Australia in Australia where they had 2-2 draw. India on the other hand won the Sri Lankans 4-1. But it was New Zealand who defeated Aus and played India in the 2nd spot for ICC rankings for small period.

The battle between the two is going to be really close. Seeing India's recent form in one-day you may feel India has an edge but the 2-0 T20 win has brought Kiwis to top.

Fixtures/Schedule of 1st ODI
India VS New Zealand 1st ODI
3 March 2009
Tuesday D/N Match
Time : 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT, 6:30 am India
Venue : McLean Park, Napier

Watch LIVE

For Live broadcast of all 5 ODIs on TV channels, you may visit this page to know which channel will broadcast the series in your country. In India its going to be Set Max and Doordarshan, In USA- Direct TV and more.

For watching the match live on your computer you may get live streaming action from some websites. I have a list of two paid sites where you can watch the match live on your computer. TVNSPORTS.COM will boradcast the whole series live and it costs a fair ammount. Similarly, WILLOW.TV is another broadcaster of the first twenty20 as well as the ODI and test series on internet.

Live scorecard and commentary for 1st ODI between IND and NZ.