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IND win 2 - 0 IND gains 14 points; NZ loses 14 points
Draw 1 - 1 NZ gains 1 points; IND loses 1 points
NZ win 2 - 0 NZ gains 16 points; IND loses 16 points
Wellington
12 - 14 December 2002
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl with immediate results as Sehwag (2) and Bangar (1) were dismissed with the score 2 for 9. India did not add a run to their drinks score before Tendulkar (8) was out at 3 for 29. New Zealand later dismissed Ganguly (17) before India went to lunch in deep trouble at 4 for 51. The Indian batsmen continued to struggle against the home side's pace bowlers and Laxman (0), Patel (8), Argarkar (12) and Harbhajan Singh (0) during the afternoon session and at tea, India was 8 for 126. New Zealand eventually dismissed Dravid (76) and soon after Zaheer Khan (19) was the last man out as India was dismissed for 161 runs. The bowling honours were shared between Bond (3 for 66 off 18.4 overs) and Styris (3 for 28 off 6 overs). New Zealand batted through the remaining 20 overs before bad light stopped play to finish in the better position with 1 for 53 after Vincent (12) was dismissed.
Poor outfield conditions after heavy overnight rain prevented play until half way through the afternoon session on the second day. New Zealand continued to slowly build their total and they took the score to 1 for 92 at tea. During the evening session, New Zealand passed the Indian first innings total after losing Fleming (25) and McMillan (9). However, India struck back and dismissed Astle (41) at 4 for 181 then Styris (0), Oram (0) and Hart (6) to have New Zealand 7 for 201 at stumps with a lead of 40 runs.
India claimed the three remaining Kiwi wickets with Richardson (89), Vettori (21) and Bond (2) falling for the addition of another 46 runs on the third morning. New Zealand was all out for 247 runs with Zaheer Khan claiming 5 for 53 off 25 overs. India then needed to build a challenging total for New Zealand to chase in the final innings. India took the score to 23 before suddenlyafter losing Sehwag (12), Bangar (12), Dravid (7) and Ganguly (2). India then went to lunch in tatters at 4 for 35, still needing another 51 runs to force the home side to bat again. New Zealand dismissed Laxman (0) soon after lunch and then Patel (10), Agarkar (9), Harbhajan Singh (1), Zaheer Khan (9) and Tendulkar (51) fell to see India all out for 121 before tea with Bond the best of the bowlers with 4 for 33 off 13.1 overs. New Zealand then cruised to a ten wicket victory after Richardson (14*) and Vincent (21*) made the 36 runs required for victory.
Second Test
Hamilton
19 - 22 December 2002
Heavy overnight rain and damp conditions prevented any play on the first day and it was not until 4.30 on the second day that play began with New Zealand winning the toss and electing to field first. The decision paid off when Bangar (1) fell in the second over and within an hour Sehwag (1) and Tendulkar (9) were also out at 3 for 26. India?s batting stumbled further and after Ganguly (5), Dravid (9), Laxman (23), Harbhajan Singh (20) and Zaheer Khan (0) were out India was 8 for 92 at stumps.
Seven balls into the third day and India was all out for 99 after patel (8) and Nehra (7) were both caught. Bond (4 for 39 off 14.2 overs) and Tuffey (4 for 12 off 9 overs) shared the bowling honours. New Zealand began their reply in similar style by losing Vincent (3) early and then Richardson (13) to be 2 for 39. Soon afterwards, McMillan (4) and Astle (0) were out at at lunch, New Zealand was 4 for 60. After lunch, New Zealand followed the Indian lead and collapsed to be all out for 94 after Fleming (21), Oram (3), Styris (3), Hart (3), Tuffey (13) and Vettori (6) were dismissed for the addition of 34 runs. Zaheer Khan was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 29 off 13.2 overs.
India then looked to bat themselves into an impregnable position to level the series. However, after losing Patel (0) and Bangar (7), India was 2 for 40 at tea. New Zealand dismissed Tendulkar (32) at 3 for 57 and from there, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals and their hopes of drawing the series departed. India lost Ganguly (5), Laxman (4), Sehwag (25), Dravid (39), Zaheer Khan (0), Harbhajan Singh (18) and Nehra (10) to be all out for 154. Tuffey (4 for 41 off 16 overs) and Oram (4 for 41 off 12.5 overs) shared the bowling honours. New Zealand set about reaching the victory target of 160 runs by batting for an hour to add 24 runs without loss at stumps.
On the fourth morning, India's slim hopes of victory increased after they dismissed Vincent (9) and Richardson (28) while New Zealand took the score to 2 for 66 after the first hour. India then picked up the wickets of Fleming (32) at 3 for 89 and McMillan (18) one run later. Astle (14) fell at 5 for 105 still 55 runs short of victory. At lunch, New Zealand was 5 for 119 and the Test was delicately placed. India dismissed Styris (17) at 6 for 136, however, New Zealand then batted through without further loss to victory by foru wickets with leaving Oram (26*) and Hart (11*) the not out batsmen. Nehra was the most successful bowler with 3 for 34 off 16.2 overs.
