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 in New Zealand - he won all five in the one-day international series - and called correctly for the 10th in his last 11 matches to give the Indian bowlers first use of a remarkably green pitch at Eden Park. Dhoni's New Zealand opposite, Brendon McCullum, had called the toss "important" - an exercise in Kiwi understatement as the drop-in pitch prepared for the match had a thick grass covering which promised considerable assistance to fast bowlers. McCullum had cause to reflect ruefully on the toss when he found himself, at No. 5, batting before lunch.Here are the live updates:Maiden over by Shami, New Zealand 329/4 at stumps on day 1Shami bowling the last over of the dayNew Zealand 329/4 after 89 overs, last over of the day is to be bowledZaheer to McCullum, inside edge and fourNew Zealand 325/4 after 88 oversZaheer to Corey, top edge and Six over Keeper's headNew Zealand 314/4 after 86 oversNZ 311/4 after 85 oversZaheer to Corey, four down the groundMaiden over by Ishant, NZ 286/4 after 84 oversNew Zealand 304/4 after 82 oversIshant to Corey, four through the mid wicket areaIshant to Corey, four through gully, 300 up for NZIshant to Corey, missfielded by Dhoni, fourIshant Sharma called back into the attackNZ 288/4 after 80 oversNew Zealand 286/4 after 79 oversNZ 284/4 after 78 oversIt's time for drinks, NZ 282/4 after 77 oversNew Zealand 278/4 after 76 overs Jadeja to McCullum, Six over bowler's headNew Zealand 269/4 after 75 oversRohit to McCullum, reverse sweep for fourRohit comes for bowlingNew Zealand 261/4 after 72 oversZaheer to Anderson, bouncer ande edged for fourNew Zealand 254/4 after 70 oversCorey Anderson comes into the middleNew Zealand 251/4Zaheer to Kane, Out, caught by DhoniNew Zealanders are going good, 242/3 after 65 oversNew Zealand 239/3 after 63 oversmaiden over by Ishant, New Zealand 233/3 after 61 overs233/3 for New Zealand after 60 oversKane Williamson reaches his hundred with a doubleNZ 229/3 after 59 oversIshant to Kane, bouncer slapped for four through mid wicketNew Zealand 225/3 after 58 oversMcCullum reaches his ton with a biggie over long offJadeja to Kane, four through 1st slipNew Zealand 214/3 after 57 oversFour more, McCullum plays it to long on boundaryMcCullum pulls Shami to midwicket for four runs to move into the ninetiesNew Zealand reach 205 for 3 after 56 oversNew Zealand reach 200; Williamson reach 90New Zealand 190/3 after 54 overs New Zealand 185/3 after 52 oversJadeja to McCullum, swept for four151 runs partnership comes up between McCullum and Kane with a singleNew Zealand 178/3 at teaAfter 50 overs New Zealand 177/3Jadeja to McCullum, swept for fourNZ 173/3 after 49 oversAfter 48 overs New Zealand 170/3Jadeja to Williamson, FOUR, another long hop and well down legJadeja to Williamson, FOUR, and Jadeja bowls a filthy long hop first balNew Zealand 145/3 after 43 oversAgain a four by McCulum through mid wicket Zaheer to McCullum, four, now skipper reaches his fifty with a long off boundaryNZ 135/3 after 42 oversKane drives Shami for fourNew Zealand 127/3 after 41 oversShami called back into the attackNZ 126/3 after 39 oversKane Williamson reaches his 7th consecutive fifty in all formats of the game, smashes over the keepers head for SixNZ 118/3 after 37 oversNew Zealand 116/3 after 36 oversNZ 110/3 after 34 oversZaheer to McCullum, edged and over the first slip for fourZaheer to McCullum, too short and put away for four through mid wicket regionNew Zealand reaches hundred mark in 32nd over, NZ 102/3 after 33 oversrow of boundaries from McCullum, this time the ball races towards the backward pointMcCullum plays beautifully towards off side50-run partnership comes up between McCullum and Williamson.McCullum goes over the to this time and it races towards the boundary.Dropped, Williamson gets a thick edge off Shami, but Murali Vijay drops an easy catch at the first slipsWhat a delivery from Ishant, McCullum gets a thick edge but Ashwin misses it out.New Zealand 64 for 3McCullum goes over the to this time and it races towards the boundary. Ishant gives a smile at him.Dropped!! Williamson gets a thick edge off Shami, but Murali Vijay drops an easy catch at the first slipsIndia 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.Ishant strikes, it bounced up, Rutherford cuts and it flies to the gulley area where Rahane takes a supuerb diving catch. NZ 19 for 1 in 9.5 overs.First change at the bowling crease. Ishant Sharma replaces Zaheer Khan.NZ 18 for 0 in 8 overs.NZ 16 for 0 in 7 overs.Superb shot from Rutherford in that over. Sees it full and wide on the off-stump from Zaheer, nicely leans into the drive through covers for four. NZ 16 for 0 in 6 overs.End of the fifth over, NZ 12 for 0.NZ 10 for 0 in 4 overs.Shami looking pretty nippy, touched 140kmph in his second over of the day, a maiden. NZ 9 for 0 in 3 overs.NZ 9 for 0 in 2 overs.First four of the innings, as Fulton puts away a bad ball on his legs, and that will hurt Dhawan more than Shami.Zaheer comes to bowl from the other end, and gets the nick from Fulton, but Dhawan drops it in the slips.Umpire says play as Mohammad Shami comes running in.Dhoni win the toss and decided to bowl first Toss delayed due to overcast situation

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

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