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India 577 for 5 dec (Kohli 211, Rahane 188) and 216 for 3 dec (Pujara 101*, Gambhir 50) beat New Zealand 299 (Guptill 72, Neesham 71, Latham 53, Ashwin 6-81) and 153 (Ashwin 7-59) by 321 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsIndia completed a 3-0 whitewash in devastating fashion as a seven-wicket haul from R Ashwin shot New Zealand out for 153 in their last innings of the series. India declared just under an hour from tea, after Cheteshwar Pujara had completed his eighth Test hundred, to set New Zealand a target of 475 and give themselves a day and a half to take 10 wickets. They only needed 44.5 overs, as New Zealand lost nine wickets for 115 runs in the post-tea session.Ashwins figures of 7 for 59 were his best in Test cricket, as were his match figures of 13 for 140. He picked up his 21st five-wicket haul, his sixth ten-wicket match haul, his seventh Player of the Match award and seventh Player of the Series award - fourth in a row - as well. There probably isnt a more influential cricketer anywhere in the world today. Certainly no one has played a bigger part in India securing the No. 1 Test ranking, a feat they got to celebrate when Virat Kohli was handed the ICC Test championship mace at the end of the match, in front of a capacity crowd in Indore.Set a similar task last year in another dead-rubber Test, on a similar slow turner at Feroz Shah Kotla, South Africa chose to block their way to a draw. They didnt succeed, but they did make India toil for 143.1 overs. New Zealand, having until now given India a harder time on this tour than South Africa did in theirs, adopted an entirely different approach and collapsed spectacularly.Their two most accomplished batsmen, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, exemplified this approach. Both came out looking to attack Ashwin, their tormentor through the series, and ended up playing a part in their own undoing.Williamson hit Ashwin for three fours in his first two overs, either side of tea, but in that time also gave the bowler enough of a clue that he was looking to step across his stumps and play him with the turn as much as possible. He shuffled across again to the eleventh ball he faced from Ashwin, premeditatedly, and a flatter, quicker one turned in and trapped him in front. Like he had done to Kumar Sangakkara on the 2015 tour of Sri Lanka, Ashwin had dismissed Williamson four times in four innings.In his first over at the crease, Taylor jumped out and hit Ashwin over the top for a four and a six off successive balls. As Ashwins spell continued, he stepped out again to whip him over midwicket, and then drove him against the turn through the covers. Having gone to 32 off 24, though, he chanced a sweep off a ball that was too full for the shot. It sneaked under his bat and bowled him.Luke Ronchi, James Neesham and Martin Guptill all fell in the next seven overs, the latter two to Ravindra Jadeja, and it seemed almost certain that the match wouldnt go into a fifth day. BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner hinted that it just might, while putting on 24 for the seventh wicket, but Ashwin came back to break their partnership, bowling over the wicket to the left-handed Santner and beating him with natural variation. Coming forward to defend, Santner inside-edged the ball into his pad and then onto the stumps.India didnt have to wait too long for the eighth and ninth wickets, but Watling and Trent Boult briefly raised the possibility of their having to come back on Wednesday to take the tenth, by putting on the longest partnership of the innings. They stuck around for 10.1 overs, causing India a bit of frustration - Jadeja bowled a 45kph donkey drop to Boult, Ashwin dragged down a legbreak to Watling - and threatening to take the fourth day into an extra half-hour, before Boult came down the track to drive Ashwin and popped back a waist-high return catch. India declared halfway through the morning session, one ball after Pujara brought up his hundred by helping a short ball from James Neesham to the fine leg boundary. It was a fitting way to reach the landmark, given that the area behind the wicket had fetched him 57 of his runs and six of his nine fours, with the lap-sweep and late cut his go-to shots against the spinners. Having gone to lunch batting on 50 off 98 balls, he had sped away to score 51 off 50 in the second session. At the other end, Ajinkya Rahane helped an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 58 hurry along at 6.44 an over, stepping out to play his favourite chips down the ground and inside-out drives.Ahead by 276 overnight, India had only extended their lead by eight runs when M Vijay was run-out by a brilliant piece of fielding from Guptill in the eighth over of the morning. In walked Gautam Gambhir, who had retired hurt late on the third evening with a shoulder injury. His re-entry sparked an immediate upsurge in Indias run rate, as he took frequent singles against New Zealands one-day fields, and pounced on anything remotely loose, his standout shot a drive drilled past extra-cover off Boult.Gambhirs urgency rubbed off on Pujara as well. He ran as fast as his troubled knees would take him, ending up with a dirt-streaked shirt from all the times he had to dive into the crease, and looked outside his usual repertoire of shots, even jumping out of his crease at one point to flat-bat Boult back over his head.The pair added 76 for the second wicket before Gambhir fell for 50 off 56 balls, chipping Jeetan Patel to short extra-cover. Kohli, the first-innings double-centurion, fell in the sixth over after lunch, given lbw looking to sweep Patel although replays suggested the ball may have struck his pad outside the line of off stump.With nine overs to bat out before tea, New Zealand lost one wicket, Umesh Yadav going around the wicket in his first over and attacking the stumps to get Tom Latham lbw playing around his front pad. New Zealand were 38 for 1 at tea. They probably wouldnt have imagined that it would all be over after just one more session. Fake Vans Old Skool . The defence is doing its part, too. 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Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. PARIS -- The Tour de France is so full of key moments, its hard to narrow down a list of memorable moments. But here are 10 that stood out -- for better or worse and, in some cases, a bit of both.1. July 2: Historic startStage 1: Mont Saint Michel to Utah Beach, 188km When the Tour began in Normandy, many were drawn to the memory of the D-Day Invasion on Utah Beach from World War II. Some of the top cyclists even took part in a pre-race ceremony honoring those who died on that day. Once the focus switched to the race, some doubted that British sprinter Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) could win a stage given his track training for the Rio Olympics. But he silenced those doubts, winning the stage ahead of German Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) to take his first career yellow jersey and triggered a four-stage winning spree.2. July 5: So. Close.Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges, 237.5km OK ... it was the longest stage of the Tour, but it still finished with the whirl of speed and spinning wheels that make up a bunch sprint. Kittel was under immense pressure to come up with a win after being beaten by Cavendish on Stage 1. He got the win, barely. It took a photo finish to show that he edged out Frenchman Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie). One felt for Kittels joy and Coquards lament.3. July 9: Froomes daring descentStage 8: Pau to Bagnères de Luchon, 184km The totally unexpected and equally exciting descent by Chris Froome on the Col de Peyresourde in the Pyrénées to the finish left everyone gobsmacked -- not least of which his rivals -- especially considering that descent was seen as one of his rare weaknesses. His stage win by 13 seconds over Irishman Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) saw him take the yellow leaders jersey, which he did not relinquish for the rest of the race.4. July 10: Rain, rain, rainStage 9: Vielha Val dAran to Andorra Arcalis, 184.5km Plenty of credit is due to Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) for his stage win at the first summit finish of the Tour in conditions that turned horrendous -- rain, then hail and wind. He won in a solo break by 38 seconds over Portugals Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida). But the standout image of the day was that of smiling Colombian Jarlinson Pantano (IAM) riding up the final slopes holding a spectators umbrella.5. July 12: No I in teamStage 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel, 196km It takes something special to get into a Tour break, let alone for a team to get the majority of numbers in the winning move as Orica-BikeExchange did with Michael Matthews, Luke Durbridge and Daryl Impey making the final seven-rider split. A break loaded with numbers from one team should always win, but it is easier said than done. In a brilliant displaay of teamwork, Orica was superb, with Matthews winning his first career Tour stage.dddddddddddd6. July 13: More magic from FroomeStage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier, 162.5km Having already pulled one rabbit out of his hat, Froome delved into it again in the final kilometres. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) attacked into the cross wind, and Froome pounced into his slipstream. Soon he, Sagan, and Geraint Thomas (Sky) and Sagans teammate Maciej Bodnar had distanced the peloton. Froome finished second behind Sagan to gain six seconds, but the move reinforced his brazen intent to catch his rivals off guard, and early.7. July 14: The motor bike incidentStage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux, 178km The defining image of this Tour will be of Froome running through the crowds without his bike after he, Australian Richie Porte (BMC) and Dutchman Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) crashed into the television motor bike blocked by crowds. This is not a highlight considering how it happened and the questions raised later about why barriers had not been placed on a finishing straight shortened due to winds at the summit.8. July 16: All Cavendish, all the timeStage 14: Montélimar to Villars les Dombes, 208.5km Cavendishs second stage win earlier in the race brought him level with Bernard Hinault for the second-most Tour stage wins of all time (28). By the time he claimed his fourth of this Tour and 30th overall at Stage 14, he was only four behind the all-time mark held by Eddy Merckx. Beating Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Cavendish won in style with a four-finger victory salute. Three days later on rest day No. 2 in Berne, Cavendish left the Tour to focus on the Rio Olympics.9. July 22: Bardets bold moveStage 19: Albertville to Saint Gervais Mont Blanc Froomes crash with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was understandably high drama. But the stage win by Romain Bardet (Ag2r) deserved a massive thumbs-up for guts and guile. The bottleneck for podium places was extremely tight at the time, and Bardet, starting the day in fifth place overall, showed plenty of panache to take the race on. He not only won the stage but moved up to second at 4:11 behind Froome and shored up his podium spot.10. July 21: The time trialStage 18: Sallanches to Megève. Mountain time trial, 17km Time trials make for long and often tedious days for all on a Tour, but there is always the crescendo to the final riders on whom the outcome could make or break their race. Froome was last off as overall leader and won the stage to extend his lead, showing he was clearly the strongest rider. ' ' '