New Zealand vs India 2014: McCullum leads Kiwis to 571/6, lead by 325 runs at end of Day 4

Brendon McCullum celebrates his double century while BJ Watling looks on

Wellington, Feb 17 (IANS) New Zealand were 571 for six and led by 325 runs at the close of play on day four of the second and final Test at the Basin Reserve here on Monday.

Skipper Brendon McCullum (281 batting) and B.J. Watling (124) strung together a partnership of 352 runs, the highest for the sixth wicket, to put the hosts in control.

Pacer Mohammad Shami picked up the only wicket to fall in the day.

Scorecard:

New Zealand 1st innings: 192 all out

India 1st innings: 438 all out

New Zealand 2nd innings:

Peter Fulton lbw b Zaheer Khan 1

Hamish Rutherford c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 35

Kane Williamson c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 7

Tom Latham c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 29

Brendon McCullum not out 281

Corey Anderson c & b Jadeja 2

B.J. Watling lbw b Mohammed Shami 124

Jimmy Neesham not out 67

Extras (b 5, lb 11, w 2, nb 7) 25

Total (for six wickets in 189 overs) 571

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Fulton, 1.3 overs), 2-27 (Williamson, 10.4), 3-52 (Rutherford, 16.6), 4-87 (Latham, 34.1), 5-94 (Anderson, 37.2), 6-446 (Watling, 160.2)

Bowling:

Ishant Sharma 39-4-124-0

Zaheer Khan 43-12-129-3

Mohammed Shami 40-5-136-1

Ravindra Jadeja 49-10-108-1

Rohit Sharma 11-0-40-0

Virat Kohli 6-1-13-0

Mahendra Singh Dhoni 1-0-5-0

Match details:

Toss: India chose to field

Umpires: Steve Davis (Australia) and Richard Kettleborough (England)

TV umpire: Derek Walker (New Zealand)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)