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NZealand collapse against India in cricket test
AFP - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
WELLINGTON (AFP) - - India took a big step towards winning their first Test series in New Zealand since 1968 after racking up a 233-run lead early in their second innings of the third Test here on Saturday.
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India were on 51 for one at stumps on the second day after dismissing New Zealand for 197 on the second day in reply to India's first innings total of 379.
Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten at stumps on 28 with Rahul Dravid not out on nine. Typically aggressive opener Virender Sehwag was the only wicket to fall, caught by Ross Taylor at first slip after a short ball from Chris Martin seamed into him and ballooned off his glove.
Pace bowler Zaheer Khan did most of the damage to New Zealand in their first innings, taking five for 65 with a mixture of swinging full pitched balls and a barrage of shorter deliveries.
Offspinner Harbhajan Singh was also one of India's heroes, bowling 23 consecutive overs at a scoring rate of less than two an over to end with three for 43.
Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni also played a captain's role, taking six catches behind the stumps.
Khan mixed good length swinging deliveries with short lifting balls to unsettle the New Zealand batsmen on a pitch which had been expected to be ideal for batting.
New Zealand's plan late Friday as India's innings came near an end had been to bat for a day and a half to build a lead that could set them up for a series squaring victory.
The Kiwis had renewed confidence after turning things around to draw the second Test following a 10-wicket drubbing in the first, but their plans unravelled soon after their openers came to the crease.
There were only limited signs of resistance from New Zealand; Ross Taylor topscored with 42 before seemingly being unlucky to be given out caught behind by umpire Daryl Harper.
An attempted leg glance off Harbhajan ended in Dhoni's gloves and Harper's finger went up, although replays suggested Taylor did not get bat on ball.
Opening batsman Tim McIntosh made a scratchy 32 before he was surprised by a rising short ball from Khan, which ballooned off the top of his bat to Yuvraj Singh at first slip.
Soon after lunch, New Zealand found themselves struggling at 80-3 and many hopes rested on burly batsman Jesse Ryder, the hero of the second Test with a double century that followed hard on the heels of a century in the opening Test.
Ryder's naturally aggressive instincts have been tempered since his introduction to Test cricket in October last year.
But in a lapse of concentration he took a wild swipe at a short pitched Khan ball, sending a simple edge to Dhoni after scoring just three.
On Friday India had recovered from 204 for six shortly after tea on the first day to reach 375 for nine at stumps.
But the final pairing of Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel could only add another four runs on Saturday morning.
Sharma fell to pace bowler Chris Martin, who finished with four for 98 from his 25.1 overs.
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