NZ lose another wicket... Anderson given out lbw (leg before wicket)... decided by umpire.. usually preety good at judging it. On this occasion... decision is wrong.. and shown by TV replay.. but Umpires word is final. ( you win some you lose some)

so.....

NZ 394/5 (after 102 overs)

McCullum still batting 175* (off 251 balls) (* signifies "not out)

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Lost another

Watling out, - caught (1 run off 6 balls)

NZ 398/6 (after103 overs)

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Southee - bowled (28 runs off 21 balls)



NZ 434/7 (108.3)

McCullum 182* (off 265 balls)

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Lunch is close... McCullum is close to a Double Century!! He just hit a 6 to go to 198

Then a 4 after the last ball of the session to make the Double Century

At Lunch.....

NZ 473/7 (114 overs)

McCullum 202* (off 280 balls)

Few spots of rain as players leave the field for lunch

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After lunch

Sodhi 23 off 27 balls - caught


Wagner a duck (0) off 7 balls

MCCullum still there with last batsman Boult

With a partner likely to go out with every ball..."nothing to loose"... McCullum when for maximum runs.

Eventually caught ended 224 off 307 balls. His personal record is 225 runs... and he now has two of the places on the top 10 list of all time most runsin an innings for NZ

NZ Finnish their innings:


(for 10 wickets in 121.4 overs) 503 runs.

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India first innings starts.....

India loses an early wicket... in the first over


Dhawan - caught, out for a duck - 0 off 3 balls

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And.... a second Indian wicket falls in the first over

Pujara - caught 1 off 3 balls

India 4/2

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And a third one out...

Kohli - caught 4 runs off 13 balls


India 10/3 (6.3 overs)

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At Tea.....

India 45/3 (off 18 overs)

Tea Break

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Back from tea a few overs and another Indian wicket falls

Vijay - caught 26 off 60 balls


India 51/4 (18.1 overs)

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The curse of cricket... players going off early because of bad light. It is often an on again off again thing for an hour or more.

They may now be finished for the day... but we have to wait an hour before declaring the day is done.

As things stand

India 130/4

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Since I am " Live on the scene" in Auckland at least....Match weather report

It is early... 6:30AM so start is more than 4 hours away, but it is steady light drizzle... and was raining overnight... so I predict NOT starting on time... if at all today.

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Weather has perked up... and they have started on time.

India continue at 130/4

But as I tune in....

India 143/6

2 wickets fallen today already

Rahane - caught 26 off 70 balls


Sharma = bowled 72 off 120 balls

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Another India Wicket


Captain Dhoni is out

Dhoni - caught 10 off 28 balls


India 176/7

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And another one gone...


Zaheer Khan - caught 14 off 16 balls


India 188/8

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If the second innings side do so poorly that they do not get within 200 of the other teams opening score... they CAN be asked to "follow on"... bat their next innings, rather than NZ having a second innings (yet)... if they continue to be so hopeless, NZ may bowl them out a second time.... before they match NZ's 503 even after 2 innings total.
Or... perhaps manage just a little more than 503... NZ still get their second innings at the end to better any difference.

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Last two gone

Sharma - caught - duck (0) off 3 balls

Shami - caught - 2 off 3 balls

Indian innings over (for 10 wickets in 60.0 overs) 202 runs.

India trail by 301 runs.

NZ is NOT enforcing the follow on. They will bat now... buid on the 301 lead... then "declare" once they think they have a big enough lead.

That does give India the chance to better the score with their second innings.... but NZ will set a large target.

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First NZ wicket falls

Rutherford out for a duck (0)

NZ 1/1

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I turn my back and NZ is 14/3

And they just had a let-off... should be 4 players out

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OMG

Now Captain McCullum is "run out"

NZ 15/4

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