![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
You are in: Cricket |
![]() |
|
![]() |
Saturday, 4 January, 2003, 08:31 GMT
New Zealand clinch series
![]() Fleming ensured victory with a quickfire innings
One-day international, Queenstown: New Zealand 123-3 (25.4 overs) beat India 122 (43.4 overs) by seven wickets
New Zealand wrapped up the one-day series with an easy victory in the fourth match against India at Queenstown.
Andre Adams claimed career-best figures of 5-22, the second best haul for New Zealand in limited-overs matches behind Scott Styris' 6-25 against the West Indies last year. India once again missed the influence of injured star batsman Sachin Tendulkar as they collapsed to 122 batting first. Adams made a dramatic start to his first one-day international since suffering a stress fracture to his back nine months ago. The paceman took the first four wickets to knock the stuffing out of India's batting line-up and the tourists never recovered. Only Virender Sehwag (23) and Yuvraj Singh (25) made it past 20.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming then put the match beyond India's grasp, smashing a six and five fours in a 59-ball 47. He put on 83 for the second wicket with Mathew Sinclair, who made an unbeaten 32. Javagal Srinath took the three wickets to fall, claiming 3-35, but India's bowlers were given an impossible target to defend. New Zealand eventually romped home with more than 24 overs to spare to claim an unassailable 4-0 lead in the series.
|
![]() |
Top Cricket stories now:
![]() ![]() Links to more Cricket stories are at the foot of the page.
![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Links to more Cricket stories |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
------------------------------------------------------------ BBC News >> | BBC Weather >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © MMIII | News Sources | Privacy |