Matt Henry Takes Six as New Zealand Beat India by 244 Runs at Bay Oval
New Zealand beat India by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, on 13 November 2026. The hosts made 333 in 50 overs and dismissed India for 89 in 26.4 overs. Will Young made 125 and Matt Henry took six wickets, earning the player-of-the-match award. The result gave New Zealand its first win in the five-match ODI series.
The BCCI match centre records the result and the award. The New Zealand Cricket scorecard lists the batting and bowling figures. Taken together, they show how New Zealand built a large target after being asked to bat and how quickly wickets put the chase beyond India.
Will Young gives New Zealand a platform
Young and Seifert put on 85 for the first wicket before Seifert was dismissed at the end of the twelfth over.
India won the toss and chose to field. Young scored 125 from 108 balls, hitting 14 fours and four sixes. Tim Seifert made 58 from 48 balls, with six fours and three sixes. The two innings gave New Zealand a quick foundation while Young stayed long enough to carry the scoring deeper into the first innings.
Young’s innings alone accounted for more than a third of the home total. His rate also mattered. India needed to take wickets without giving away too many scoring opportunities, and New Zealand already had a substantial base by the time the innings moved beyond its top order. The hosts ended on 333, leaving India a target of 334 at just under 6.7 runs an over from the start.
The target required India to build at least one substantial partnership while keeping the asking rate in reach. New Zealand’s bowlers challenged both parts of that task. Henry’s six wickets meant new batters repeatedly had to begin their innings with the target still a long way off. New Zealand also had the margin on the board to keep looking for wickets.
How Henry turned the chase into a short innings
Henry took six of India’s ten wickets. That is the central figure in a chase that ended before the 27th over was complete. The innings lasted 160 legal balls. At that point India had scored 89, leaving a 244-run difference between the two completed totals. New Zealand did not need to defend the score through the later stages of a 50-over chase.
The overs notation is useful for reading the scorecard. The figure 26.4 means 26 completed overs and four legal deliveries of the next over. It does not represent a decimal fraction of an over. India’s innings ended with 23 overs and two legal balls of the original allocation unused.
What the result changes before the fifth ODI
India won the first two ODIs, and the third match at Hamilton ended without a result. New Zealand’s Bay Oval win therefore took the completed-match tally to 2–1 in India’s favour. The remaining match can give India a 3–1 series win or allow New Zealand to level it at 2–2.
The scorecard gives Henry figures of 6 for 27 from 9.4 overs, including two maidens. He dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer without any of the three scoring, then bowled Ishan Kishan for 27. Matt Fisher took three wickets and Kyle Jamieson took the other, leaving the three pace bowlers with all ten between them.
The ICC tour schedule lists the fifth ODI at the same ground on Sunday, 15 November. The teams return to Bay Oval with different questions. India needs a more durable start to its batting innings, while New Zealand can look to repeat the combination that decided the fourth match: a large score from its top order followed by regular wickets.
