Cricket: Tuffey, Vettori take three wickets each

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New Zealand's warm-up match was heading for a draw today but they had reasonable batting and bowling practice in the conditions expected to prevail during the first cricket test in India.

The Black Caps bowled India A out for 403 in Rajkot today on the final day of their three-day match. New Zealand had declared their first innings at seven for 375.

Daryl Tuffey and Daniel Vettori took three wickets each and Jacob Oram two. Scott Styris and Craig McMillan chipped in with one each.

Henag Badani and Sadagopan Ramesh scored a century each and Akash Chopra 66 for India A.

Chopra was later included in the Indian team for the first test in Ahmedabad starting on Wednesday.

Indian team: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Akash Chopra, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Sairaj Bahutule, Zaheer Khan, Aavishkar Salvi, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

India A v New Zealand innings board

New Zealand

First innings 375-7dec

India A

First innings (overnight 216-4

A Chopra c Wiseman b Oram 66

S Ramesh c Fleming b Tuffey 110

C Williams c Styris b Vettori 4

M Kaif c Hart b Styris 4

H Badani c Hart b McMilan 127

M Kartik c Hart b Oram 10

R Gavasakar c Richardson b Vettori 1

D Dasgupta c Hart b Tuffey 21

S Santh b Vettori 16

R Singh c Hart b Tuffey 13

M Patel not out 0

Extras (1b, 9lb, 21nb) 31

Total (132 over) 403

Fall of wickets: 164, 170, 195, 209, 225, 228, 300, 386, 403, 403.

Bowling: D Tuffey 31-13-70-3, J Oram 28-4-86-2 (6nb), S Styris 9-2-43-1 (3nb), D Vettori 37-9-96-3 (12nb), McMillan 6-2-22-1, P Wiseman 21-3-76-0.


- NZPA