| 0.2 : 0.2: Sam Curran to M Guptill, FOUR! PLUNDERED! That previous ball was a sighter and forgotten. Curran has landed this in not too different an area to the previous one and this time Guptill has connected. Swung over mid-wicket. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Sam Curran to C Munro, FOUR! Bad bowling. Morgan just strengthened the leg-side field for Munro but what does Curran do? Bowl it short and wide outside off. Munro just slaps it over cover. One bounce and four. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Sam Curran to C Munro, SIX! 17 from the opening over! A length ball, around off, Munro walks down the track and just hits it through the line, clearing mid on and the boundary at long on! |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Tom Curran to M Guptill, FOUR! Slower ball but dispatched. Length ball, outside off, Guptill waits and waits and waits before pulling it wide of mid-wicket. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Tom Curran to M Guptill, SIX! POUNDED! Full and outside off, Guptill gets down a touch and swings it into orbit at deep mid-wicket! New Zealand are on the charge here. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Tom Curran to M Guptill, SIX! This is colossal. Length from Tom again, Guptill waits for it and smokes it over long on! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: C Jordan to C Munro, SIX! PUMMELED! This is poor bowling. Every bowler has just come in and bowled length. Jordan does that and Munro hammers it over long off. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: C Jordan to M Guptill, FOUR! Yorker is searched, but full toss is found. And it is gone. Outside off, dipping one, Guptill just places it between cover and point! |
| 2.4 : 2.4: C Jordan to M Guptill, SIX! Where is this one? Where is this one? Forget it, get another one! A short ball now, outside off, it just sits up and asks to be hit. And Guppy hits. Pulls it powerfully over mid-wicket for half a dozen. 50 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND IN 16 BALLS! |
| 3.2 : 3.2: A Rashid to M Guptill, SIX! Magnificent batting. Not a bad ball at all. Tossed up, outside off and asking the batsman to drive with the turn on the longer side of the boundary. And the batsman does. But the problem is, the timing and connection is exquisite. Guptill backs away and carves it over extra cover which goes all the way! |
| 3.3 : 3.3: A Rashid to M Guptill, SIX! Bad ball this time. Does not land at all as Guptill comes down the track to convert it into a full toss and smacks it straight back over the sightscreen. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: S Mahmood to C Munro, EDGED, FOUR! A short ball, around middle, Munro looks to pull but the pace does him in. The ball shoots through, takes the top edge and flies over the keeper to the fence behind! |
| 4.6 : 4.6: S Mahmood to C Munro, SIX! Short boundary and that has gone all the way. A length ball, around middle and leg, Munro looks to pull but he has not timed it that well. The shot has more height than distance and the fielder at backward square leg in the deep thinks he is in with a catching opportunity - till he sees the ball sail over. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: A Rashid to M Guptill, OUT! Caught! England get their first breakthrough at last. Credit to Morgan for keeping Rashid on in spite of that expensive first over. He has delivered. Full and on middle, Guptill comes down the track and looks to go big but this is the longer part of the ground. Does not have enough power and Tom Banton at deep mid-wicket pouches the chance. End of a scintillating knock. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: S Mahmood to de Grandhomme, FOUR! 'That is a drop-kick shot', says Ian Smith on air. What is it? Let us try and explain. It is somewhere between a flamingo shot and the Nataraja shot. De Grandhomme swivels, takes his left leg in the air and whips it over short fine leg. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: S Mahmood to de Grandhomme, OUT! Caught! Another one falls. A short ball, outside off, de Grandhomme looks to pull but the pace of Mahmood makes the ball skid off the deck. Colin is cramped for room and he plays the shot without any timing. James Vince comes running in from deep mid-wicket, dives forward and takes a lovely catch. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: A Rashid to Tim Seifert, SIX! Good bowling, excellent adjustment. Seifert charges down the track and seeing that, Rashid drags it down. Tim is done by the length and pace but he adjusts well, pulling it over mid-wicket! |
| 7.5 : 7.5: A Rashid to Tim Seifert, SIX! SLAM! Full and outside off, Seifert gets under this one and slogs it massively over mid-wicket! |
| 8.2 : 8.2: C Jordan to C Munro, SIX! Munro moves into the 40s as Jordan moves away from his skill. He bowls a length ball, aiming for the cutter but Colin skips down the track and swings it miles over the sightscreen! |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Sam Curran to C Munro, OUT! Caught! Fodder is thrown and cow corner gobbles it up. Another man gets caught at the longer side of the boundary. A length ball, outside off, Munro looks to swing but gets it on the higher part of the bat. There is not much distance and James Vince at deep mid-wicket pouches it with ease. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Sam Curran to Tim Seifert, SIX! Nicely played. Full and outside off, Seifert gets down and across and scoops it over fine leg! |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Sam Curran to Tim Seifert, SIX! Swatted! Brendon McCullum would have been proud of that shot. A short ball, around off, angling away, Seifert moves leg side and swats it over mid-wicket for a flat hit! |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Sam Curran to Tim Seifert, FOUR! Drilled! Three dots to start, three boundaries to finish. What a mixed over for Sam Curran. Full and outside off, Seifert backs away again and hammers it between extra cover and mid off! |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Tom Curran to Tim Seifert, SIX! This one disappears too. A high full toss, around off, Seifert backs away and slams it over long off. He looks at the umpires for a possible no ball check but they are fine with it. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Tom Curran to Tim Seifert, OUT! BOWLED! Perfect yorker. Spot on, right at the base of middle stump, Seifert is late in picking it and hence, is late in bringing his bat down. Boom. Gozunder. Nice cameo - 39 from 16. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Tom Curran to R Taylor, OUT! A run out to end the innings. Full on middle, Taylor works this through square leg and calls for two. Sam Curran gives it a good chase from deep fine leg to his left, picks the ball up and returns a semi-decent throw. But that is good enough as Billings, in spite of having to run ahead from the stumps to fetch the throw, does so and then back-flicks it onto the stumps. Rosco is nowhere in the picture. NZ FINISH ON 146/5! |
| 0.4 : 0.4: T Boult to Tom Banton, SIX! That has been hit off a half volley. Around middle, swung over long on! |
| 0.5 : 0.5: T Boult to Tom Banton, OUT! LBW! Full and around leg, swinging in, Tom misses his swing and is hit on the pads. Boult appeals and the umpire raises his finger! Banton has a chat with Bairstow and is advised to take it upstairs. Now, here comes some drama. Replays show that the ball hit the front pad and then deflected onto the back pad. But the Ball Tracker picks the back pad impact and rules the decision as correct, with the ball projected to be hitting the stumps. But, the third umpire lo |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Tim Southee to J Vince, OUT! Caught! Straight down the throat. Full and outside off, Vince gets underneath it and aims to clear mid off but can only find Scott Kuggeleijn there. On second thoughts, will this be a blessing in disguise for England? |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Tim Southee to J Bairstow, FOUR! Landed outside off, Bairstow backs away and guides it nicely between short third man and backward point! |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Tim Southee to J Bairstow, FOUR! This is classy from Bairstow. Full and outside off, Jonny reaches out and guides it between short third man and backward point! |
| 2.2 : 2.2: T Boult to E Morgan, SIX! Around middle, Morgan swings it cleanly over mid-wicket! |
| 2.3 : 2.3: T Boult to E Morgan, FOUR! Nicely hit. Full on middle, Morgan powers this through mid on! |
| 2.4 : 2.4: T Boult to E Morgan, SIX! A short ball, around off, Morgan swivels and pulls it massively over deep backward square leg! |
| 2.6 : 2.6: T Boult to E Morgan, OUT! Caught! Is that the game? Boult haas got a massive wicket. Full and outside off, Morgan looks to get underneath it and go big over the off side but he is a touch too early into the shot. Skies this massively in the air and Scott Kuggeleijn at long off judges the catch well by running in. 39/3 for England in the Powerplay. 108 more needed from 48 balls. Tom Curran has been sent up at number 5. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: M Santner to J Bairstow, SIX! Nicely hit. Full and around middle, Bairstow swings this cleanly over long on! |
| 4.1 : 4.1: S Kuggeleijn to Sam Curran, FOUR! Beautiful balance. Full and outside off, Tom backs away to the leg side and carves it over cover for a boundary! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: S Kuggeleijn to Sam Curran, FOUR! Intelligent batting. A short ball, around leg, Curran swivels across this time and pulls it over short fine leg! |
| 4.3 : 4.3: S Kuggeleijn to Sam Curran, SIX! Extra pace from Kuggeleijn and it goes! Short and outside off, Tom backs away and slices his cut over third man! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: S Kuggeleijn to Sam Curran, SIX! Highly skillful batting. A length ball, outside off, carved over cover for a boundary! |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Ish Sodhi to J Bairstow, SIX! Full and outside off, Bairstow gets underneath it and swings it over long off! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Ish Sodhi to J Bairstow, SIX! Outside off, hammered straight back over the bowler! |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Ish Sodhi to J Bairstow, SIX! Hat-trick of sixes! Full and outside off, Bairstow shimmies down the track and clears long on! |
| 6.1 : 6.1: J Neesham to J Bairstow, SIX! SLAP! What a sound that made of the bat. A short ball, outside off, Bairstow pulls it over mid-wicket for a flat hit! |
| 6.6 : 6.6: J Neesham to J Bairstow, OUT! Caught behind! Bairstow is gone! Does that change the situation again? A length ball outside off, Jonny looks to steer it to third man but only manages a thick outside edge. Easy catch for Seifert and JB walks off! What a knock though. 47 from 18 balls. The equation reads 47 from 24 balls. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: M Santner to Sam Curran, OUT! WIDE AND STUMPED! Beautiful bowling by Santner and exceptional keeping by Seifert. The bowler senses the charge from Curran and fires it wide outside off. Sam is not to the pitch of the ball and has to reach out but misses. Because the ball is wide, even Seifert has to reach out to his left to collect. But he does so with ease, takes a while and disturbs the bails. Curran dives back and it is referred upstairs. Close to call. Finally, after a few replays, the t |
| 7.1: M Santner to L Gregory, SIX! As easy as you like. Tossed up, on middle, Gregory comes down the track and swings it over long on! |
| 7.2 : 7.2: M Santner to L Gregory, OUT! Caught! Third wicket in the span of 4 balls! Outside off, Gregory backs away and looks to go over cover but finds Tim Southee there, who takes the easiest of catches! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: T Boult to Tom Curran, SIX! A length ball, around middle, Curran swings it over mid-wicket! |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Tim Southee to Sam Billings, FOUR! Down the leg side, paddled over short fine leg! |
| 10.3 : 10.3: J Neesham to Tom Curran, OUT! Caught at short third man! A length ball, pretty wide outside off, Curran throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge. The ball flies thick and fast but straight to Colin de Grandhomme at a very fine short third man! Well done, Mr. Southee. Who keeps a short third man so fine? Well, you did. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: J Neesham to C Jordan, SIX! That has gone off the toe end! A high full toss outside off, Jordan throws his bat at it but does not get it cleanly. Trent Boult gets across from sweeper, leaps for the catch but it sails over! |
| 10.6 : 10.6: J Neesham to C Jordan, FOUR! IT IS A SUPER OVER! Everyone is smiling. Neesham cannot believe the Christmas gift he just gave. Jordan smiles and feels he was just two metres from winning it here itself for his side. A full toss, around middle, Chris pulls it behind square leg, one bounce and into the fence! |
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