News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: New Zealand 329/4 at stumps on day 1

Live Reporting: New Zealand 329/4 at stumps on day 1

Auckland: India took full advantage of an influential toss to reduce New Zealand to 54-3 at lunch Thursday on the first day of the first cricket test.   Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his sixth-straight toss


India restrict NZ to 54 for 3 in 24 overs. Ishant 2/11, Zaheer 1/28. Williamson 22*, McCullum 5*.

Shami bowling the last over before lunch.

NZ 52 for 3 in 23 overs.

India bringing their fourth specialist bowler on - left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

New Zealand 45 for 3 in 21 overs.

NZ 40 for 3 in 20 overs.

Four leg-byes. Bad line there from Ishant, on McCullum's legs.

Taylor drives Ishant straight to Jadeja at mid-off. NZ 30 for 3 in 17.1 overs.

Edge! Doesn't carry! Williamson gets a lucky boundary through the slips.

NZ wobbling at 23 for 2.

Zaheer comes from the end Shami was bowling, and strikes right away. Fulton out LBW! NZ 23 for 2.

End of 12 overs. NZ 23 for 1.