India lose ODI series with dismal loss at Queenstown The changes were rung - the batting order played musical chairs, a specialist wicket-keeper was drafted into the side, four seamers were played instead of three. And yet India played exactly the same tune, bowled out for a measly 122 on a track that could brook no complaints. Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag opened the batting, and at 55 for one, India appeared to have bucked the demon of collapse. But Andre Adams, returning to the side after an injury hiatus, snapped up five for 22 in 8.4 overs, and broke the back of the middle-order, sending them hurtling to yet another humiliating total. And try as Javagal Srinath - with his three for 35 - did, he could not prevent New Zealand from marching to a seven-wicket win in just 25.4 overs. Stephen Fleming, persisting with opening the batting, finally got some runs under his belt, and Matthew Sinclair's unbeaten 32 saw New Zealand to a win that gave them the ODI series with three matches still to go.

India need to find the magic formula to regain form - Ganguly India were letting everyone down, the side's beleaguered captain Sourav Ganguly said after his side lost the one-day series to New Zealand, who took an unbeatable 4-0 lead at Queenstown. "We're letting the team down, we're letting our coach down, the physio down, the trainer down, the people back home down and the people who come to watch us play," he said. The side needed to find some way to stop the rot in the next three games, he added. "It was a great one-day wicket, but we are in very, very poor form." The run of losses has been the worst since he took over as captain of the side. But Ganguly was hopeful that the poor form would not continue into the World Cup, a new tournament in new conditions and therefore likely to result in a different response from the players. Ganguly also explained that the change of wicket-keeper from Rahul Dravid to teenager Parthiv Patel, who made his one-day debut in the game, was an attempt to avoid losing wickets early. By contrast, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said that while the win had been very comprehensive, the feeling in the dressing room afterwards had been fairly flat. The side was delighted but not really satisfied. Man of the Match Andre Adams was back in the side after a relatively long hiatus, and his performance of taking five for 22 was an encouraging return to international play for him. Adams said he hadn't bowled as well as he should have. His back, he said, still wavered a little, and his timing and rhythm were not quite right, but it was just a case of getting overs under his belt.

McMillan dropped, Bond returns for fifth ODI Craig McMillan has been dropped for the New Zealand side to play India in the fifth ODI at Wellington on Wednesday, while fast bowler Shane Bond will return to the side. McMillan has been out of form and will play domestic cricket in an attempt to find his feet at the crease. Selection convener Sir Richard Hadlee, "Craig has been struggling for form with the bat and has some technical issues to address. We would like him to concentrate on rectifying these, and we think it would be easier for him to do this at a domestic level where there is less pressure." Hadlee said Cairns would play again for Canterbury tomorrow and was likely to be considered for the last two matches in the series in Auckland on Saturday and Hamilton on Sunday.

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