f33491 t898	New Zealand v India
	India in Australia and New Zealand 1980/81 (2nd Test)
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th March 1981 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JBR Hastie, DA Kinsella
Close of play day 1	India (1) 168/2 (Vengsarkar 32*, Viswanath 0*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 174/2 (Vengsarkar 36*, Viswanath 2*)
Close of play day 3	No play
Close of play day 4	No play
Close of play day 5	New Zealand (1) 93/1 (Edgar 30*, Reid 37*)
Player of the Match	JF Reid

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SM Gavaskar	c Smith b Hadlee	53	122	176	7	-
CPS Chauhan	c Smith b Hadlee	78	216	266	9	-
DB Vengsarkar	b Snedden	61	152	212	8	-
GR Viswanath	b Hadlee	7	56	78	-	-
SM Patil	c Reid b Hadlee	4	9	10	1	-
Yashpal Sharma	c Howarth b Hadlee	0	8	9	-	-
+SMH Kirmani	retired hurt	9	29	35	-	-
Kapil Dev	c and b Snedden	0	1	1	-	-
KD Ghavri	c Reid b Coney	17	90	104	1	-
RJ Shastri	not out	12	81	100	-	-
DR Doshi	b Coney	0	4	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 505 minutes, 127 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-114 (Gavaskar), 2-168 (Chauhan), 3-200 (Viswanath), 4-210 (Patil), 5-210 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-224 (Vengsarkar), 7-224 (Kapil Dev), 8-255 (Ghavri), 9-255 (Doshi, 127 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	33	12	47	5	-	-
Troup	26	6	60	0	-	-
Cairns	33	16	57	0	-	-
Snedden	23	8	63	2	-	-
Coney	9	4	12	2	-	-
Howarth	3	2	2	0	-	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Vengsarkar b Ghavri	18	18	25	2	-
BA Edgar	lbw b Shastri	49	231	247	2	-
JF Reid	not out	123	429	446	11	-
*GP Howarth	c sub (TE Srinivasan) b Doshi	26	104	113	1	-
JV Coney	c Chauhan b Patil	15	31	36	1	-
GN Edwards	b Shastri	23	39	44	4	-
+IDS Smith	not out	11	27	27	2	-
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
MC Snedden	did not bat
GB Troup	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, 472 minutes, 145 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Wright), 2-152 (Edgar), 3-201 (Howarth), 4-235 (Coney), 5-265 (Edwards)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	22	2	60	0	-	-
Ghavri	10	4	33	1	-	-
Patil	12	4	14	1	-	-
Doshi	49	23	67	1	-	-
Shastri	42	21	65	2	-	-
Chauhan	5	1	12	0	-	-
Gavaskar	3	1	11	0	-	-
Vengsarkar	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six.
--> KD Ghavri made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CPS Chauhan (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 37
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Test matches
--> JF Reid (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> JF Reid (1) 50 in 158 minutes
--> JF Reid (1) 100 in 350 balls, 356 minutes
--> JV Coney (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KD Ghavri made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KD Ghavri made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> Yashpal Sharma made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> DR Doshi made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DR Doshi made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> MC Snedden reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DB Vengsarkar, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> RJ Hadlee reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SM Gavaskar, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> SMH Kirmani retired hurt in the India first innings having scored 9 (team score 226/7)

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Match extended by 1 day (the scheduled rest day became a playing day which was in turn washed out)