India (Ki)win, K(u)a(pi)lify for semi-final

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Chandrakant Pandit (Mo)replaced Kiran. New Zealand made three changes to theirs – Andrew Jones, John Bracewell and Stephen Boock made way for John Wright, Phil Horne and One-day International debutant Danny Morrison.

Jeff Crowe, the New Zealand skipper, won the toss and chose to bat. Phil Horne, who faced 35 balls, scored 18. His innings included a boundary. Manoj broke the 46-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Crowe faced 24 balls, scoring 21. His (Mart)innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Pandit. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the 38-run stand. The third-wicket partnership was worth just six. Wright, who faced 59 balls, scored 35. His innings included four boundaries. He was run out.

Jeff, who scored at a run-a-ball, scored 24. His innings included three boundaries. Maninder Singh broke the 32-run stand. Dipak Patel, who faced 51 balls, scored 40. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain. Ravi Shastri broke the 59-run stand.

Rutherford faced 54 balls, scoring 26. His innings included a boundary. The sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth just one, was broKen by Chetan Sharma, who dismissed Ian Smith, who faced a ball, for a blob, and completed his hat-trick by dismissing Ewen Chatfield, who faced a ball, for a duck. He became the first Indian – and the third bowler – to take a hat-trick in the shorter version of the game.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 39. Snedden faced 28 balls, scoring 23. His (Mart)innings included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Willie Watson, who faced 25 balls, scored a dozen. His innings included a four. He wasn’t dismissed.

India conceded 22 extras. New Zealand scored 221 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Kapil Dev bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 24. Azharuddin bowled seven overs, conceded 26 and picked up a wicket. Prabhakar, who bowled seven overs, conceded 23 and picked up a wicket.

Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 51 and picked up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32 and picked up a wicket. Sharma (who shared the player of the match award with Sunil Gavaskar), bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 51 and picked up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 58 balls, scored 75. His innings included nine boundaries and three sixes. He was caught by Rutherford. The 136-run stand was broken by Watson. Gavaskar, who faced 88 balls, scored 103 – his lone ton in the shorter format. His innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten.

Azharuddin, who faced 51 balls, scored 41. His innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. New Zealand conceded five extras. India scored 224 for the loss of one wicket off 32.1 overs, winning by nine wickets with 107 balls to spare.

Patel bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 36. Snedden bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 29. Chatfield bowled 4.1 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39. Morrison bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 69. Watson bowled 10 overs, conceding 50. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

While the Kiwis were eliminated, the defending champions K(u)a(pi)lified for the semi-finals.