Bond beat his 6-23 against Australia at the 2003 World Cup

New Zealand made effective use of the substitute rule in place for the triangular series in Zimbabwe as they beat India by 51 runs in Bulawayo.

Paceman Shane Bond took 6-19, the best figures by a Kiwi in one-day cricket, after being brought into the game at the half-way point.

India were 44-8 at one stage in reply to New Zealand's 215 all out.

But they managed to reach 164, thanks to a stand of 118 between Jai Prakash Yadav (69) and Irfan Pathan (50)

They were only eight runs short of the Indian ninth wicket record partnership, set by Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani 22 years ago, when Bond returned to have Pathan caught by keeper Brendon McCullum in the 37th over.

"He's awesome, and the way he bowled today was just phenomenal," New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming commented.

The end came two balls later as Yadav mis-hit a ball from Jacob Oram to Craig McMillan at mid-off.

The Indian innings was in part a carbon copy of New Zealand's, with the Kiwis reduced to 36-5 by an excellent spell of new ball bowling from Pathan and Ashish Nehra.

Pathan celebrates after sending Lou Vincent on his way

New Zealand went into the game after thrashing hosts Zimbabwe by 192 runs on Wednesday.

Lou Vincent made 172 in that game, the highest one-day score by a New Zealand batsman, but this time he managed only four before he was lbw to an in-swinging delivery from Pathan.

Hamish Marshall and Nathan Astle departed in similar fashion and Fleming departed caught behind for five after receiving a ball from Nehra which left him off the pitch.

They were rescued by McMillan (54) and Oram (36), who put on 91 in 16 overs, and McCullum gave the innings a final flourish with 49 off 39 balls.

Both teams made changes mid-innings with Bond replacing Nathan Astle and India reinforcing their batting line-up by drafting in Venugopal Rao for Nehra.

Although New Zealand's switch was a spectacular success, the same could not be said for India, with Rao bowled first ball by Bond after skipper Sourav Ganguly had been caught behind off his glove for five.

I thought for a while Pathan and Yadav might just pull it off - we'll play better next time Sourav Ganguly

From then on it was a procession with Andre Adams (3-37) supporting Bond well and Virender Sehwag's 15 was the only double figure score among India's top eight batsmen.

They were in danger of failing to beat their worst ever total of 54 against Sri Lanka five years ago when Pathan joined Yadav following the dismissal of Ajit Agarkar for two.

They encountered few problems against New Zealand's back-up bowlers and India were up with the required rate when Bond returned to strike the decisive blow by angling the ball across Pathan and finding the edge.

"It's nice to have those sort of figures, especially when the team wins," said Bond.

"Personal milestones are nice, but it's good to be able to contribute to a team performance."

India: S Ganguly (capt), V Sehwag, R Dravid, Y Singh, M Kaif, M Dhoni (wkt), H Singh, I Pathan, A Nehra, A Agarkar, JP Yadav. Sub: V Rao.