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Ranchi, India Stokes was man-of-the-match in England’s thrilling 22-run victory in Chittagong, taking six wickets, in- ast bowlers Tim Southee and cluding two in three balls to seal vic- James Neesham ran through In- tory on the fi nal day. dia’s middle order to help New He also scored a vital 85 with the Zealand to a 19-run series-lev- bat in the second innings after Eng- Felling win in the fourth one-day inter- land’s top order had collapsed on day national Ranchi yesterday. three. Southee (3-40) and Neesham (2-38) “He could be right up there with shared fi ve wickets between them to some of the all-time best all-round- England’s coach Trevor Bayliss bowl out India for 241 in 48.4 overs. ers,” Bayliss told reporters in Dhaka Earlier opener Martin Guptill scored ahead of the second Test starting to- he can hit anything over the fence, a gritty half-century to drive New Zea- morrow. but you’ve got to be there to get land to 260 for seven after electing to “He’s young into his career and that loose ball. In the past he prob- bat fi rst. that’s going to be easier to judge the ably hasn’t had a lot of footwork, has “Coming here, we had to decide be- longer he goes. Only time will tell. played from the crease and backed his tween dew that may or may not come “But the strides he’s made on the eye and his hands. in versus the deterioration. The dew subcontinent playing spin have been “But as we’ve seen on this tour, in didn’t come in, so that perhaps worked top class.” the one-dayers and this Test, he’s in our favour,” skipper Kane William- defended really well off the front son said of his decision to defend the “He’s young into his foot, got right out and smothered the score. career and that’s going ball before it had a chance to spin and “India is a great side, it is exciting to to be easier to judge the jump past the outside edge.” go 2-2 into the fi nal match.” longer he goes. Only time Leg-spinner Adil Rashid had a Southee hurt India’s reply with an more modest performance in Chit- early wicket but Ajinkya Rahane (57) will tell,” Bayliss said. “But tagong, managing three wickets on and Virat Kohli (45) put on 79 runs for the strides he’s made on a spin-friendly surface, but Bayliss the second wicket to steady the chase. the subcontinent playing urged patience with the four-Test Kohli dominated his stay at the spin have been top class” bowler ahead of a fi ve-match Test se- crease with two fours and a six before ries in India next month. his innings was cut short by leg-spin- England captain Alastair Cook said “Look, it’s only been the very, very ner Ish Sodhi who got the star batsman after Chittagong that Stokes brought best leg-spinners who have got the caught behind. ‘X factor’ to the side and put the all- control and consistency and ability Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who rounder’s improvement down to his to take wickets,” said Bayliss of the is trying to make the number four slot work playing spin. 28-year-old. his own, walked out to a rousing wel- Bayliss agreed. “I think Rash is still on a journey come in his hometown Ranchi. “It wasn’t all that long ago we were there and he’s still improving. He’s Neesham soon swung into action wondering how he might go on spin- getting more and more confi dent. with two big wickets of Rahane and friendly wickets, but he’s a guy that “I expect that once upon a time Dhoni as India’s chase began to fall works extremely hard in the nets,” the the spinners weren’t thought of as apart. 53-year-old Australian said. “It’s his getting to their peak until their early Rahane was setting a good pace after defence to spin that has improved out thirties, so he’s still got a bit to learn recording his 16th ODI half-century, of sight. yet. But I think he’s on the right but failed to convert his solid start into New Zealand bowler Tim Southee (second from left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Rohit Sharma “We know that if he gets a bad ball track.” a big score as he was adjudged lbw to a during the fourth ODI in Ranchi yesterday. (AFP) Neesham inswinger. Neesham got Dhoni bowled for 11 in spin managed to break the stand. B.J. Watling c Sharma b Kulkarni 14 his very next over as the crowd fell si- Guptill went on to complete his 31st A. Devcich c Pandya b Yadav 11 lent with the wicketkeeper-batsman ODI half-century as he and skipper M. Santner not out 17 once again faltering in a chasing eff ort Kane Williamson tried to build mo- T. Southee not out 9 after he consumed 31 deliveries. mentum against a persistent bowling Extras (lb3, w13) 16 But it was Southee’s double strike in attack. Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 260 the 33rd over of the innings that com- “What we wanted was (to) build Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Latham), 2-138 pletely derailed India’s chase with the partnerships. It was not an easy sur- (Guptill), 3-184 (Williamson), 4-192 (Nee- hosts slipping to 154 for six. face. Although you always want more, sham), 5-217 (Watling), 6-223 (Taylor), Southee got Manish Pandey (12) and 260 was not a bad eff ort on that sur- 7-242 (Devcich) Kedar Jadhav (0) off consecutive deliv- face,” said Williamson. Bowling: Yadav 10-1-60-1 (3w), Kulkarni eries to be on hat-trick which was only Guptill, who was named the man of 7-0-59-1 (1w), Pandya 5-0-31-1 (8w), averted by Hardik Pandya (9), who did the match, though did not make the Mishra 10-0-42-2 (1w), Patel 10-0-38-1, not last long. most of a dropped chance at 62 as he Jadhav 8-0-27-0 Axar Patel tried to infuse life into fell to Pandya 10 runs later. the chase with his 40-ball 38 as he Mishra ended the obdurate William- INDIA looked to turn things around with Amit son’s stay at the crease after getting the R. Sharma c Watling b Southee 11 Mishra, who made 14, at the other end. batsman caught by Dhoni for 41. A. Rahane lbw b Neesham 57 Mishra was run out after a mix-up India’s bowlers kept chipping away V. Kohli c Watling b Sodhi 45 while attempting a second run and as the visiting batsmen found it hard M.S. Dhoni b Neesham 11 Patel was bowled by Trent Boult, who to get runs in the fi nal 15 overs, in the A. Patel b Boult 38 took two wickets. process losing wickets at regular inter- M. Pandey c Latham b Southee 12 “The number fi ve and six are quite vals. K. Jadhav lbw b Southee 0 new, they will learn their own way. Mitchell Santner struck an unbeaten H. Pandya c latham b Santner 9 Some will play big shots, some will take 13-ball 17 to give respectability to the A. Mishra run out (Santner/Watling) 14 it deep,” said Dhoni of India’s inexperi- New Zealand score which in the end D. Kulkarni not out 25 enced middle order. proved just enough. U. Yadav c Taylor b Boult 7 “Once they have played 15-20 games, India’s Ajinkya Rahane scored 57. (AFP) The action now shifts to Viskhap- Extras (lb3, w9) 12 they will fi gure out what works for atnam for the deciding fi fth and fi nal Total (all out; 48.4 overs) 241 them.” courtesy of a 96-run opening stand match on Saturday. Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Sharma), 2-98 But the hosts did not bow out with- between Guptill (72) and Tom Latham (Kohli), 3-128 (Rahane), 4-135 (Dhoni), out a fi ght as Dhawal Kulkarni, unbeat- only to lose steam towards the end of SCORECARD 5-154 (Pandey), Jadhav 6-154 (Jadhav), en on 25, and Umesh Yadav put together the innings. NEW ZEALAND 7-167 (Pandya), 8-205 (Mishra), 9-207 34 runs for the fi nal wicket to give the Leg-spinner Mishra led the bowling M. Guptill c Dhoni b Pandya 72 (Patel), 10-241 (Yadav) Black Caps a scare.