New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969–70

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 last day of the third Test, the crowd reacted by throwing stones at the police and starting fires within the ground.[2]

New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969-70
Date19 September 1969 - 20 October 1969
Location India
Result3 Match -Test series drawn 1-1-1
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)


Test matches

1st Test
25–30 September 1969
scorecard
v
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
v
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
v
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)
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

References
  1. "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1969-70". Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "The Chennai marauder". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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