NZ-A vs IND-A TEST
New Zealand A vs India A
2nd unofficial Test · Hagley Oval, Christchurch · 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM
Starts 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM
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NZ A
Squad
- 1 Rhys Mariu (c) top-order batter · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 2 Matthew Boyle top-order batter · left-hand bat · legbreak googly
- 3 Kristian Clarke bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 4 Matthew Fisher bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm fast-medium
- 5 Dean Foxcroft allrounder · right-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- 6 Zak Gibson allrounder · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 7 Mitchell Hay wicketkeeper batter · right-hand bat
- 8 Curtis Heaphy wicketkeeper batter · right-hand bat
- 9 Simon Keene allrounder · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 10 Jayden Lennox bowler · left-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
- 11 Jarrod McKay bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm medium-fast
- 12 Tim Robinson top-order batter · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 13 Fraser Sheat bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
India A
Squad
- 1 Dhruv Jurel (c) (wk) wicketkeeper batter · right-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- 2 Akash Deep bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm fast-medium
- 3 Auqib Nabi bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 4 Yashasvi Jaiswal opening batter · left-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- 5 Anshul Kamboj bowling allrounder · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 6 Kumar Kushagra (wk) wicketkeeper batter · right-hand bat
- 7 Shikhar Mohan opening batter · left-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
- 8 Mukesh Choudhary bowler · left-hand bat · left-arm medium
- 9 Mukesh Kumar bowler · right-hand bat · right-arm medium
- 10 Devdutt Padikkal top-order batter · left-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- 11 Rishabh Pant wicketkeeper batter · left-hand bat
- 12 Yash Rathod middle-order batter · left-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
- 13 Sai Sudharsan top-order batter · left-hand bat · legbreak
- 14 Ravichandran Smaran batter · left-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- 15 Manav Suthar bowling allrounder · left-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
- 16 Washington Sundar bowling allrounder · left-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
- Series
- India A tour of New Zealand
- Match
- 2nd unofficial Test
- Format
- TEST
- Venue
- Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Place
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Capacity
- 18,000 capacity
- Date
- 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM
- Season
- 2026/27
Recent meetings
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1st unofficial Test 24 Oct 2026
IND-A 113 & 516 · NZ-A 317 & 187/9
Match drawn
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3rd unofficial Test 15 Sep 2022
IND-A 293 & 359/7d · NZ-A 237 & 302
India A won by 113 runs
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2nd unofficial Test 8 Sep 2022
IND-A 229/6d · NZ-A 39/2
Match drawn
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1st unofficial Test 1 Sep 2022
NZ-A 400 & 133/4 · IND-A 571/6d
Match drawn
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2nd unofficial Test 7 Feb 2020
NZ-A 386/9d · IND-A 467/5
Match drawn
New Zealand A vs India A scorecard, India A tour of New Zealand
This page is the New Zealand A vs India A scorecard for 2nd unofficial Test in the India A tour of New Zealand. It is a TEST match in the 2026-27 season, played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand, scheduled for 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM. SportsGuff keeps the batting card, bowling figures, fall of wickets, partnerships, and match status for New Zealand A and India A in one place, so the score can be checked while the game is live and read again after the result is confirmed.
New Zealand A vs India A has not started. The scheduled start is 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM. The toss, playing elevens, and first innings will appear on this TEST scorecard once they are confirmed. Until the first ball is bowled, this page is the fixture record for 2nd unofficial Test in the India A tour of New Zealand, including the ground, the format, and the time the match is due to begin.
Series, format, and season
New Zealand A vs India A is part of India A tour of New Zealand (NZ-A vs IND-A). Inside that competition this game is listed as the 2nd unofficial Test, which is the label used on the scorecard, in the match title, and in the page heading. The fixture belongs to the 2026-27 cricket season. A season label helps readers separate this New Zealand A vs India A scorecard from an older meeting between the same sides, especially when a league or bilateral series is played every year. Searching for the series name together with the two team names is the most reliable way to land on this exact TEST scorecard rather than a highlights package or a news report from a different round.
TEST cricket is played across as many as five days, with two innings available to each side. The New Zealand A vs India A scorecard therefore has to show more than a single total. Each innings is listed separately, with the batting card, bowling analysis, extras, and fall of wickets for that innings alone. Follow-on, declarations, and a drawn result are all possible, so the status line is as important as the runs column. Session notes, day number, and the toss help explain why one side is batting twice before the other has finished. Readers looking for a TEST scorecard from India A tour of New Zealand can use this page to move from the first morning through to the final session without losing the earlier innings.
Venue, time, and conditions
New Zealand A vs India A is scheduled at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand. The ground name matters for a scorecard because the same two teams can meet more than once in a season, and the venue distinguishes this TEST fixture from a later match in the same series. Christchurch, New Zealand is the place attached to this ground, which is useful when a scorecard is shared without the full series name. The listed start time is 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM. That timestamp is the local schedule for the match, and it is the time to use when comparing this scorecard with reports filed on the same date. Conditions, the toss, and which side bats first all change how a total should be read. This page records those facts next to the New Zealand A vs India A score instead of leaving them only in a separate preview.
How to read this New Zealand A vs India A scorecard
Start with the match header. It names New Zealand A and India A, the TEST format, and the India A tour of New Zealand. The score beside each team is the innings total, with wickets and overs when the ball-by-ball record has them. Under that summary, the full scorecard opens the batting table for the side that batted. A batter who is out has a dismissal beside the name. A batter who is not out is still part of the total. Did-not-bat names show who was left in the hut. The bowling table that follows explains who took those wickets and what it cost. Fall of wickets is the timeline: the score, the batter, and the over. Partnerships show which pairs added the runs. Recent balls, when the feed includes them, are the shortest way to see how the latest over of this TEST match was bowled.
The same New Zealand A vs India A page also carries the playing squads and a facts panel. Squads show the roles named for the match, which is useful before the first innings and after a result, when readers want to know who was available rather than only who batted. The facts panel repeats the series, the match label, the format, the ground, and the start time so those keywords sit in plain text as well as in the scorecard tables. Recent meetings between the sides are listed with that information, which gives this TEST scorecard a short record of earlier New Zealand A and India A games. None of those sections replace the score. They give the 2nd unofficial Test a stable page that still makes sense when the live numbers stop changing.
New Zealand A vs India A match facts
- Team: New Zealand A
- Team: India A
- Series: India A tour of New Zealand
- Match: 2nd unofficial Test
- Format: TEST scorecard
- Season: 2026-27
- Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Place: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Start time: 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM
- Status: Starts 31 Oct 2026, 3:45 AM
Use this New Zealand A vs India A scorecard for the TEST score, the India A tour of New Zealand context, the match at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the 2nd unofficial Test in 2026-27. The tables above are the score itself. This note only explains which teams are playing, which series the game belongs to, where and when it is played, and which format the scorecard is recording.