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Day 1: India v New Zealand, Statistical highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 11 October 1999
- It was the 1462nd Test in cricket history.
- It was the 25th Test match in the year 1999.
- It was the 326th Test match for India and 272nd for
New Zealand.
- It was the 38th match between the two sides (22nd on Indian
soil).
- It was the 173rd match on Indian soil and third on this
ground.
- Umpires S Venkataraghavan and PT Manuel were officiating in
their 33rd and fifth match respectively,while it was second match
as TV umpire for SK Bansal.
- Devang Gandhi,Vijay Bhardwaj and Mannava Prasad were making
their Test debut.Now 223 players have represented India in Test
cricket. Mannava Prasad became 25th player to keep wickets for
India in a Test.
- India was playing without Mohammad Azharuddin for the first
time in last 12 years.The last occasion when Azharuddin was not
included in Indian team was way back in 1987-88 against
WestIndies at Delhi. Since then he had appeared in 77 consecutive
matches.Only Allan Border (153),Sunil Gavaskar (106),Gundappa
Viswanath (87) and Garry Sobers (85) have played more consecutive
matches than Azharuddin.
- India's total is its lowest against New Zealand at home.This
obli- terates the previous lowest of 88 at Mumbai in March
1965.However India's lowest against New Zealand still remains 81
at Wellington in February 1976.
- It is India's joint second lowest against all countries at
home soil after 75 against WestIndies at Delhi in 1987-88 (India
has also scored 83 against England at Chennai in 1976-77.
- It was the 23rd time India was bowled out for a total under
100 (sixth on home soil and fourth against New Zealand).
- India's innings lasted for only 135 minutes and 27 overs.It
is third shortest innings for India in terms of least number of
overs faced.India was bundled out in just 17 six ball overs
against England at Lord's in 1974 (for 42,which,incidentally,is
India's alltime lowest Test score) and in 21.4 overs also against
England at Manchester in 1952.Just for the record,South Africa
was bowled out in just 12.3 six ball overs against England at
Birmingham in 1924 making it the shortest Test innings ever.
- Devang Gandhi and Vijay Bhardwaj became 44th and 45th Indian
to achieve the dubious distinction of recording a duck on Test
debut
- Dion Nash (6-27) recorded his best career figures.His
previous best was 6 for 76 against England at Lord's in 1994.
- Nash's figures are also the best by a New Zealander on Indian
soil. This obliterates Richard Hadlee's 6 for 49 at Mumbai in
1988-89. However Hadlee still holds the record of returning the
best figures in an innings for New Zealand against India in all
Tests (7 for 23 at Wellington in 1975-76).
- Craig Spearman's fifty was his first in maiden Test against
India. He became 16th New Zealander to score a fifty on his first
appea- rance against India.
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