New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969–70

New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969-70
New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969-70
Date	19 September 1969 – 20 October 1969
Location	India
Result	3 Match -Test series drawn 1-1
India
Teams
India	New Zealand
Captains
Nawab of Pataudi	Graham Dowling
Most runs
Ajit Wadekar (167); Nawab of Pataudi (129); Abid Ali (102)	Graham Dowling (257); Bev Congdon (174); Bruce Murray (166)
Most wickets
Erapalli Prasanna (20); Bishan Singh Bedi (15); Venkataraghavan (11)	Dayle Hadlee (13); Hedley Howarth (12); Bob Cunis (9)
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1969–70 season.^[1] The two teams played three Tests. Test series drawn 1-1. When India were bowled out for 89 runs on the third day of the third Test, the crowd reacted by throwing stones at the police and starting fires within the ground.^[2]

Test matches

1st Test

25–30 September 1969
scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
156 (66.2 overs) Ajit Wadekar 49 Dayle Hadlee 3/17 (11 overs)		229 (117.3 overs) Bevan Congdon 78 Erapalli Prasanna 4/97 (46.3 overs)
260 (136.2 overs) Nawab of Pataudi 67 Bruce Taylor 3/30 (18 overs)		127 (69.5 overs) Graham Dowling 36 Bishan Singh Bedi 6/42 (30.5 overs)

India won by 60 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: AM Mamsa, B Satyaji Rao

India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

3–8 October 1969
scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
319 (130 overs) Mark Burgess 89 Bishan Singh Bedi 4/98 (45 overs)		257 (99.2 overs) Abid Ali 63 Hedley Howarth 4/66 (30 overs)
214 (105.1 overs) Glenn Turner 57 Venkataraghavan 6/74 (30.1 overs)		109 (55.5 overs) Nawab of Pataudi 28 Hedley Howarth 5/34 (23 overs)

New Zealand won by 167 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: SP Pan, V Rajagopal

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

15–20 October 1969
scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
181 (99.1 overs) Bruce Murray 80 Erapalli Prasanna 5/51 (29 overs)		89 (54.2 overs) Srinivas Venkataraghavan 25 Dayle Hadlee 4/30 (17 overs)
175/8 d. (82 overs) Graham Dowling 60 Abid Ali 3/47 (27 overs)		76/7 (46.4 overs) Ashok Gandotra 15 Bob Cunis 3/12 (12 overs)

Match drawn
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: SK Bhattacharya, MV Nagendra

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

References

^ "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "The Chennai marauder". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

External links

[1] "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

[OTD-2] "The Chennai marauder". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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