Ind vs NZ 1st Test Result - India won by 10 Wickets, A Win After 33 Yrs in NZ

India finally ended the 33 years drought of winning a test match in New Zealand as they won the first test match by 10 wickets on the 4th day of the match at Hamilton on Saturday, 21st March, 2009. India now leading the 3 match series by 1-0.

New Zealand started the 4th day, trailing by 166 runs from India's 1st inning with 7 wickets in hand. They were in danger of inning defeat due to wicket falls at regular intervals but 76 runs 9th wicket partnership between McCullum and O'Brien, scored 84 runs and 21 runs helped them pass India's total. They all out on the same score of 1st inning 279 and gave a target of 39 runs.

Harbhajan took 6 wickets, his best figures oversease. India reached the target of 39 runs in 32 balls with lot of fours from Gambhir and Dravid scored 30 and 8 runs respectively.


Match Summary:

New Zealand 1st Inning -279 all out in 80 overs.

India 1st Inning - 520 all out in 152.4 overs.

New Zealand 2nd Inning -279 all out in 102.3 overs.

India 2nd Inning - 39/0 in 5.2 overs.

Toss - India, who chose to field first.

Result - India won by 10 Wickets

Man of The Match - Sachin Tendulkar (India).

Series - India led the 3-match series 1-0.