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Hamilton: Another day of Indian domination as New Zealand trail by 166 with seven wickets in hand. Taylor will join a well-set Flynn tomorrow but the task has just gotten tougher now with these two late wickets. Tendulkar was the star today with his 42nd century and a fifty by Zaheer Khan pushed the score past 500.
New Zealand were 75/3 in their second innings at stumps on Day 3, trailing India by 166 runs, in the first Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday.
Munaf Patel trapped night watchman Kyle Mills (2) plumb in front of the wicket on the last ball of the day, as India maintained their stranglehold in the Test.
Mills was sent in as the night watchman after Harbhajan Singh dismissed Martin Guptill to reduce New Zealand to 68/2.
India captain Dhoni kept a gap in the covers and Guptill fell into the trap as he tried to drive through the gap but could not keep the half-volley down and scooped to mid-off where Virender Sehwag dived to his left to take the catch. Guptill played well hitting 7 fours in his 48-run knock.
Guptill and Daniel Flynn put up a 68-run stand to steady New Zealand after Zaheer Khan struck in his first over to take the first Kiwi wicket without a run on the board. But this is not a good decision by umpire, because ball touches ground before Sachin picked the the ball at first slip. Tendulkar hurt his finger in the process and left the field.
With this wicket, Zaheer became the seventh Indian to take 200 wickets in Test cricket. Earlier, Zaheer 51 (46b, 8x4) hit his 3rd half-century off 45 balls as India were bowled out for 520 in their first innings.
Harbhajan hit a six and 2 fours before hitting a Kyle Mills delivery to mid-off where Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori dived to his left to take the catch. Shortly before that, Iain O'Brien ended Sachin Tendulkar's magnificent innings to reduce India to 443/7.
O'Brien got the prized wicket when Tendulkar edged a bouncer to first slip for Ross Taylor to take the catch. Tendulkar's magnificent innings of 160 runs was studded with 26 fours and was instrumental in putting India in control of the Test. He hit 150 for the 18th time in Test cricket.
O'Brien broke the 115-run partnership between Tendulkar and Dhoni when he had the Indian captain caught behind by Brendon McCullum. Dhoni hit 7 fours in his 47-run knock before gloving a bouncer to McCullum.
Martin got the Kiwis the first breakthrough of the day when brought ball in from round the wicket, Yuvraj shouldered arms only to see his off stump castled.
Brief Score: New Zealand 279 & 75/3 (Guptill 48) trail India 520 (Sachin 160, Gambhir 72) by 166-runs.
