Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68

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Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68
  Flag of India.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg
  India New Zealand
Dates 15 February – 12 March 1968
Captains Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Barry Sinclair (1st Test)
Graham Dowling
Test series
Result India won the 4-match series 3–1
Most runs Ajit Wadekar (328) Graham Dowling (471)
Most wickets EAS Prasanna (24) Dick Motz (15)

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 15 February to 12 March 1968 and played a four-match Test series against New Zealand. India won the series 3–1.

Squads[edit]

Indrajitsinhji, Sardesai and Saxena did not appear in any of the four Test matches.

Tour matches[edit]

Three-day: New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI v Indians[edit]

5–7 February
Scorecard
New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI
v
202 (91.5 overs)
Mark Burgess 42
EAS Prasanna 4/70 (29 overs)
105 (49.3 overs)
Ramesh Saxena 21
Neville Huxford 3/31 (15 overs)
232/6d (73 overs)
Keith Thomson 78
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/45 (16 overs)
264/7 (109 overs)
Rusi Surti 88
Martin Horton 2/45 (26 overs)

Three-day: Central Districts v Indians[edit]

9–12 February
Scorecard
v
185 (84.1 overs)
Bryan Yuile 55
Syed Abid Ali 4/47 (33 overs)
363 (99.3 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 122
Lindsay Sparks 4/63 (24.3 overs)
146 (60.3 overs)
Maurice Ryan 42
Bapu Nadkarni 3/13 (12 overs)

Test Matches[edit]

1st Test[edit]

15–20 February
Scorecard
v
350 (157.3 overs)
Graham Dowling 143
Syed Abid Ali 4/26 (15 overs)
359 (124 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 80
Dick Motz 5/86 (34 overs)
208 (104 overs)
Bruce Murray 54
EAS Prasanna 6/94 (40 overs)
200/5 (74.4 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 71
Jack Alabaster 3/48 (22 overs)

2nd Test[edit]

22–27 February
Scorecard
v
502 (186.3 overs)
Graham Dowling 239 (519)
Bishan Singh Bedi 6/127 (47.3 overs)
288 (92.2 overs)
Rusi Surti 67
Dick Motz 6/63 (21 overs)
88/4 (40.4 overs)
Bevan Congdon 61
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/21 (17 overs)
301 (98.5 overs) (following on)
Farokh Engineer 63
Gary Bartlett 6/38 (16.5 overs)
  • Keith Thomson (NZ) made his Test debut.
  • 25 February was a rest day.
  • This was New Zealand's first Test victory over India.[2]

3rd Test[edit]

29 February – 5 March
Scorecard
v
186 (89.2 overs)
Mark Burgess 66
EAS Prasanna 5/32 (18.2 overs)
327 (108.1 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 143
Richard Collinge 3/65 (18 overs)
199 (81.2 overs)
Mark Burgess 60
Bapu Nadkarni 6/43 (30 overs)
59/2 (13.3 overs)
Syed Abid Ali 36
Bruce Murray 1/0 (1 over)
  • 3 March was a rest day.

4th Test[edit]

7–12 March
Scorecard
v
252 (90.4 overs)
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 51
Dick Motz 4/51 (26.4 overs)
140 (77.1 overs)
Bevan Congdon 27
EAS Prasanna 4/44 (28.1 overs)
261/5d (96 overs)
Rusi Surti 99
Bruce Taylor 2/60 (22 overs)
101 (61.4 overs)
Graham Dowling 37
EAS Prasanna 4/40 (27 overs)
  • 10 March was a rest day.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "A win by spin in Dunedin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cricinfo Statsguru - Test matches - Team records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

External links[edit]


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