| 3.3 : 3.3: L Ferguson to Burns, FOUR! Burns gets off the mark. Half volley, on the pads, easy pickings and he does not miss out. Flicks it through square leg. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: L Ferguson to Warner, FOUR! ELEGANT! Full and outside off, Warner leans and drives it through the covers! |
| 7.1 : 7.1: L Ferguson to Warner, FOUR! WHACK! Full and outside off, a touch wide, Warner leans and drives it uppishly. Not a soul between mid off and gully and the ball races to the fence. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Tim Southee to Warner, FOUR! Nice shot. Full delivery outside off, a touch wide, Warner reaches out and drives it through point for a boundary. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Grandhomme to Burns, OUT! LBW! Well, 29 out of Colin de Grandhomme's 38 Test wickets have been top 6 batsmen. Make that 30 out of 39. Kane Williamson's policy to go to his gun bowler, or well dibbly-dobbly, if you like, has paid rich dividends. That is the strength of CdG. People take him lightly and he punches you above his weight. His strength is accuracy and he keeps the balls pretty straight. No different here. Fuller in length, hint of inswing, Burns plays a lazy flick shot and misses |
| 17.6: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! This time Marnus is successful in finding the gap. Wagner overpitches it and Labuschagne brings out the straightest of bats as he drives it through mid off. Kane Williamson is not too wide there and runs across to his right, putting in a dive as well but fails to get to the ball. The ball races to the long off fence. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: M Santner to Warner, FOUR! EDGED AWAY! Fractionally short outside off, Warner looks to cut but there is extra bounce on this one. That induces an outside edge but it flies well wide of first slip to the third man fence. |
| 23.5 : 23.5: M Santner to Labuschagne, FOUR! Floated wide outside off, allowing Marnus to open his arms. He obliges by driving it through covers. The quick outfield does the rest as the ball races to the fence in no time. |
| 25.4 : 25.4: Wagner to Warner, OUT! Stunning caught and bowled! Neil Wagner, you beauty. Low full toss, outside off, Warner looks to push it back. However, he cannot keep it down. It is not that high either. Just about goes inches above the ground to Wagner and what does the fast bowler do? Gets low, sticks out his right hand and voila! It sticks! Warner initially hangs around, wanting a confirmation but Wagner claims his catch and the umpires get together. It appears as if it is going to be referred u |
| 28.4: L Ferguson to Labuschagne, FOUR! Poor ball this. Loose full toss on middle, Labuschagne is too good a player to miss out on these. He plays it straight down the ground for a boundary. Kane Williamson hares after it from mid on but does not reach on time. |
| 29.6 : 29.6: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! Ahhhh... shouts of catch it but it is in the gap. Wagner bowls a length delivery outside off, Labuschagne slashes this through gully and luckily for him, it evades the man at gully and races into the fence. |
| 34.5 : 34.5: de Grandhomme to Labuschagne, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Full delivery outside off, Labuschagne prods forward and creams the drive past the diving short cover fielder and into the fence. Two fielders hare after it but fail to chase it down. |
| 40.3 : 40.3: de Grandhomme to Smith, FOUR! Poor ball! Good length ball on the pads, Smith just helps it on its way with an angled bat to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 42.4 : 42.4: de Grandhomme to Labuschagne, FOUR! Slightly wrong in line and punished. Full and down the leg side, Labuschagne tickles it to the fine leg fence. |
| 44.5 : 44.5: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! Cracking shot! Length ball outside off, Labuschagne rocks back and cuts this one through backward point for a boundary. |
| 45.2 : 45.2: M Santner to Smith, FOUR! Beautiful from Smith! Floated ball right near the foot of Smith, he whips it through the narrow gap between short mid-wicket and mid on and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 49.1 : 49.1: L Ferguson to Labuschagne, FOUR! What a shot to get to your half ton! Bouncer way outside off, Labuschagne gets high on his toes and upper cuts it over the slip cordon and into the third man fence. A crucial knock at a crucial time from Labuschagne. |
| 50.4 : 50.4: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! One of the shots of the day by Labuschagne and runs starting to flow now. Overpitched by Southee, Labuschagne leans forward and drives this one down the ground for a boundary. Straight as an arrow! |
| 54.2 : 54.2: L Ferguson to Labuschagne, FOUR! Pulled away! Back of a length ball on middle, Labuschagne rocks back and pulls this towards the mid-wicket region. Raval there dives to his left but the ball is way wide of him and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 55.4 : 55.4: M Santner to S Smith, FOUR! Smith in full flow! Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Smith comes down the ground and flicks this one beautifully in the gap between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 63.4: M Santner to Smith, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Flighted ball outside off, Smith leans forward and drives it through the extra cover region for a boundary. |
| 64.1 : 64.1: de Grandhomme to Labuschagne, FOUR! A rare bad ball. De Grandhomme drifts this one down the leg side, Labuschagne just flicks this one to fine leg for a boundary. 100-run stand up between the two. It has taken some time but it has been an excellent one after they lost two quick wickets. |
| 66.5 : 66.5: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Southee goes full on middle, Labuschagne flicks it to deep mid-wicket and picks up his 12th boundary of the innings. |
| 70.2 : 70.2: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! How did he find this gap? Back of a length delivery in the channel outside off, Labuschagne runs it down between the second and third slip fielders into the fence. |
| 70.6 : 70.6: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! Pulled away! Short delivery on middle, Labuschagne rocks on his back foot and hammers the pull to deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 73.2 : 73.2: M Santner to Labuschagne, SIX! THIRD CONSECUTIVE CENTURY! What an innings from Labuschagne. He has made some giant strides in Test cricket since he replaced Steven Smith in the Ashes as the concussion substitute. He gets there by lofting this tossed up ball on middle over the long on region for a maximum. Can he convert this to a double now? |
| 74.3 : 74.3: N Wagner to Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! Steven Smith departs and luckily for Latham, his dropped catch does not cost the Kiwis much. Another bouncer bowled on middle and leg by Wagner, Smith this time does not duck and plays the hook shot. He mistimes it a touch and the ball goes straight to Tim Southee near short backward square leg. Smith has to depart and the 132-run stand has been broken. Now it is a chance for the Kiwis to test the under-question Australian middle order. Will they be up for t |
| 79.1 : 79.1: M Santner to Wade, FOUR! Excellent shot. Flighted delivery on middle, Wade sweeps it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 82.1: Tim Southee to Wade, OUT! TIMBER! The new ball does the trick! This is brilliant bowling from Southee but also a bad decision by Wade. Good length delivery on off, swinging in, Wade misreads the movement on it and decides to leave the ball. The ball goes on to hit the top of the off pole and the Kiwi players are ecstatic. Two quick wickets for New Zealand, one before Drinks and one after. Can they pick up more wickets before end of the day's play or will Australia hold on? |
| 84.6 : 84.6: Tim Southee to T Head, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Full delivery outside off, Head creams the drive through covers for a boundary. He gets off the mark as well with that one. |
| 86.2 : 86.2: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Just over! Short ball outside off, Head slashes at it and it goes just over the gully fielder and into the fence. |
| 88.3 : 88.3: Tim Southee to T Head, FOUR! SHOT! Full delivery outside off, Head leans forward and drills the drive through covers and into the fence. Wagner puts a terrifc run in an attempt to clean it up but fails to do so. |
| 88.5 : 88.5: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Nicely played! Southee goes full yet again on off, Head creams the drive between cover and mid off and into the fence. Second boundary of the over. |
| 92.5: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! First one of the day! Overpitched and outside off, Labuschagne leans into the drive and creams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 94.1 : 94.1: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Nicely done! Another ball on the pads, this time Head guides it towards the fine leg fence nicely. Had there been a leg gully, Head would've been on his way. |
| 96.1: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! Shot of the morning so far! Just overpitched from Southee. Labuschagne leans forward and drives it to the long on fence nicely. |
| 96.3 : 96.3: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Good effort but in vain. A shortish length ball outside off, Head cuts it nicely towards deep point. Santner from deep cover hares to his right and makes a sliding attempt to stop the ball. He does so but not cleanly and the ball eventually touches the fence. |
| 97.3: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! 17th boundary for Labuschagne. Wagner looking for the slower delivery dishes out a full toss. Labuschagne drives it through mid on firmly and it wins the race against the mid on fielder. |
| 98.3: de Grandhomme to T Head, FOUR! Brilliant shot! Full and around off this time, Head gets in the position and drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 100.2 : 100.2: de Grandhomme to Labuschagne, FOUR! Whipped off the pads. Brilliant shot. Full and around off, Labuschagne flicks it nicely, using his wrists to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 101.3 : 101.3: N Wagner to M Labuschagne, OUT! BOWLED AROUND HIS LEGS! It is Wagner who has removed the man who has become a thorn in the flesh of the opposition pretty quickly. Sad, sad moment for Marnus Labuschagne. In spite of scoring 143? Why, do you ask? Because Labuschagne would have been only the third player after Zaheer Abbas and Mudassar Nazar to register three consecutive 150-plus scores in Test cricket! He is distraught. Not perhaps of the missed record but simply because he has been denied |
| 107.1 : 107.1: N Wagner to Head, FOUR! Nicley pulled! Bouncer on middle, Head rolls head wrists and pulls it between the legs of Aleem Dar at square leg and past the diving Raval at squarish mid-wicket. |
| 109.1: M Santner to Head, FOUR! Fifty up for Travis Head. 7th in Test cricket. A poor start from Santner as he bowls a fuller ball down the leg side. Head sweeps it to the fine leg fence. |
| 110.5 : 110.5: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Fullish ball outside off, Head cuts it through point nicely. Jeet Raval from deep mid-wicket hares to his right, makes a spirited effort to stop the ball but he is unsuccessful in doing so. |
| 111.1 : 111.1: M Santner to Tim Paine, FOUR! First boundary for the skipper. Full delivery outside off, Paine drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 112.1: Tim Southee to Head, OUT! Drilled straight to the cover fielder. Head departs after playing a handy knock though. A full ball outside off, asking for the drive. Head obliges and connects it well but it goes straight to Santner. He cannot believe it as he goes off. They check for the front foot no ball but Southee is fine. A deserving second wicket for Southee. |
| 115.6 : 115.6: M Santner to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Nice shot. Full delivery outside off, Cummins drives it beautifully through covers for a boundary. |
| 129.2 : 129.2: M Santner to Cummins, EDGED, FOUR! Sob. Something which is rare in this Test match. An event ball. Full and outside off, Cummins lunges out to push away from his body. The ball spins, turns, bounces and takes the outside edge. But it goes past slip and beats Jeet Raval at short third man. |
| 134.4 : 134.4: J Raval to Cummins, OUT! BOWLED! MAIDEN TEST WICKET FOR JEET RAVAL! And more than him, Watling is happy. What happened there? Cummins has been bowled around the legs. A flighted ball down the leg side which spins from leg towards middle stump, Cummins looks to sweep it but fails to get any bat on it. The ball goes around his legs and hits the stumps. An annoying stand comes to an end. Can the Kiwis finish Australia off before Tea? |
| 136.3 : 136.3: J Raval to Starc, FOUR! Just wide of Colin de Grandhomme. Flighted ball on off, Starc goes down on his knees and then plays the slog sweep towards deep mid-wicket where de Grandhomme is stationed but it is just wide of him. The ball goes for a boundary and Starc gets his first one of his innings. |
| 138.4 : 138.4: J Raval to Starc, FOUR! Just inside from being a six! Flighted delivery on off, Starc bends and then lofts this towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. It is a big hit there and that is why it did not go for a six. Colin de Grandhomme is stationed there but he is standing some metres ahead of the boundary fence making it difficult for him to reach it on time. |
| 139.6 : 139.6: M Santner to Starc, FOUR! Nice shot. Loopy delivery on middle, Starc plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 140.4 : 140.4: Tim Southee to Paine, FOUR! STOP THE PRESS! Tim Paine has scored a boundary. It has been a yawning session of batting from Australia, led by their skipper. That is just his second boundary in the 98 balls that he has faced. Nice shot though. On a length, outside off, Paine rocks back and punches it late, behind point. Sweeper covers is there but before he can sweep across, the ball meets the fence. |
| 141.5 : 141.5: M Santner to Starc, SIX! WHACK! Making hay while the sun shines. Starc is getting into the groove. Full and around off, plenty of flight. Starc gets down and slogs it over long on. There is a fielder over there but no problem. Mitch has enough power. 400 UP FOR AUSTRALIA. |
| 144.6 : 144.6: Tim Southee to Starc, OUT! Caught! Starc holes out now. Finally someone is there to take a catch. Great take from a great player. Kane Williamson. After spending 145 overs in the field, you do this. Rephrase. EVEN after spending so much time on the field, you do this. Full and outside off, angling away, Starc looks to go over the bowler but the bat turns in his hands and he ends up skewing it. The ball goes off the top edge high in the air. It looks like it will land safely but Williamson |
| 145.3 : 145.3: N Wagner to N Lyon, FOUR! Good shot. Short delivery on leg, Lyon pulls it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 145.4 : 145.4: N Wagner to Lyon, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Nathan Lyon. Short of a length delivery on leg, Lyon pulls it over fine leg for a boundary. |
| 145.6 : 145.6: N Wagner to Lyon, OUT! Caught! That is a good catch from Colin de Grandhomme and Wagner has his fourth! A short ball, outside leg, from over the wicket, Lyon looks to pull but this time gets a bit of a top edge. The ball flies in the air and de Grandhomme at fine leg slides to his right and takes a good catch as the ball was coming at pace. |
| 146.2 : 146.2: Tim Southee to Paine, OUT! Caught behind! No 5-fer for Wagner, no declaration from Australia because they have been bowled out. A short ball, down the leg side, Paine looks to pull but he is cramped for room. The ball takes the glove and BJ Watling dives to his left to take the catch. He appeals and umpire Aleem Dar raises his finger. Paine does not bother reviewing and the innings ends at last. 416 IS WHAT AUSTRALIA HAVE MANAGED. TEA AS WELL ON DAY 2. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Starc to Latham, OUT! In the air... taken! Latham is out of here for a duck! Now, now, now, who expected that? Everyone would have put his money on Jeet Raval to go early. Mitchell Starc draws first blood. The extra bounce does Latham in. It is shorter and on the body, Latham looks to work it on the leg side but there is extra bounce. He does try to take his hand off the handle but too late. It hits the higher part and lobs back towards the bowler. He takes a dolly moving to his right. An e |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Hazlewood to J Raval, OUT! KABOOM! Number two is down in the second over itself! So Raval does go early and has been knocked over. Hazlewood too has a wicket to his name. Gets the line right, gets the length right and that is the end of Raval. It is fuller and around middle and off. It tails back in late. Raval fails to adjust to the movement. He tries to flick it in the end but misses. It hits the pads and then the stumps. Another low score for Raval and New Zealand are in big trouble here |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Pat Cummins to Williamson, FOUR! Off the inside edge, misses the stumps! Streaky. Cummins almost strikes first ball. A length ball, around off, Williamson looks to defend but the ball snakes in, takes the inside edge and flies over the stumps to the fine leg fence! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Pat Cummins to R Taylor, EDGY BOUNDARY! Full marks to the bowler here but runs for the batters. This is another length delivery around off, it straightens a touch after pitching. Taylor looks to defend but it goes off the outer half through backward point and into the third man fence. |
| 6.2: M Starc to Williamson, FOUR! Bread and butter and stuff! Fuller and angling away from the batter. Williamson waits for it and just opens the face at the very end. Uses the pace of the ball and guides it through point for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: M Wade to Taylor, FOUR! This time Wade does not get away with the short one. It is on the body of Taylor. Not going to trouble him at that pace, Taylor pulls it through backward square leg and gets a boundary to his name. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Pat Cummins to Williamson, FOUR! Tickled nice and fine! On the pads, Williamson plays it late and gets it to the fine leg fence. Runs starting to come now. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: N Lyon to Williamson, FOUR! Beautiful shot! A little too full this time from Lyon. It is outside off, Williamson reaches out for it, gets his front foot to the pitch of the ball and creams it through covers. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: N Lyon to Taylor, FOUR! Excellent shot. Full delivery outside off, Taylor drives it beautifully through covers for a boundary. |
| 15.3: N Lyon to Taylor, FOUR! Just wide! Taylor takes the aggressive approach. He comes down the track, gets to the pitch of it and hits it uppishly. Just wide of the diving mid off fielder and into the fence. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: N Lyon to Taylor, FOUR! Up and over! Once again uses the feet to good effect. He gets to the pitch of it. Takes the aerial route, does not hit it that well but clears mid off and bags another boundary. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: N Lyon to Taylor, FOUR! Third boundary in the over! This is deft by Taylor. It is quicker and shorter outside off, RT waits for it and guides it past first slip and into the fence. 50 up for the Kiwis. Also, that is the 50-run stand between the two. The best New Zealand pair comes to the fore again. They need to keep going though. They are still 363 runs behind. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Pat Cummins to Williamson, FOUR! Oops! Steven Smith is on the ground and laughing. He has slipped. Outside off, Williamson dabs it towards third man. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: M Starc to Williamson, FOUR! Too easy for Williamson! Full and wide outside off, Williamson opens the face of the bat and hits it through covers for a boundary. He eases into the stroke, very elegant and pleasing to the eye to watch him play that. |
| 21.6 : 21.6: N Lyon to Williamson, FOUR! Nicely played! Flighted delivery on off, Williamson guides it past first slip towards third man for a boundary. |
| 22.4 : 22.4: M Starc to Williamson, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a stunner from Smith. WOW! A blinder. Probably the catch of the summer for Australia. The shot though can be questioned here. Why did Williamson play that? It is a short ball outside off, Williamson looks to guide it down to third man but does not commit to the shot completely. It goes off the outside edge and flies between third slip and second slip. Smith dives horizontally, stretches his right hand out and the ball stays in. A one-handed blind |
| 28.5 : 28.5: M Starc to Nicholls, OUT! Nicholls is strangled down the leg side. Third time lucky for Starc. His third. The left-arm seamer is stepping up when his team needs him to do so. This though is a lucky wicket. The last two deliveries were similar, they were worked towards fine leg for two. This time though, it is another delivery down the leg side. Nicholls looks to flick but the ball kisses the edge and goes to Paine who takes it, appeals and up goes the finger. Henry is disgusted with himsel |
| 28.6 : 28.6: M Starc to Wagner, OUT! TIMBER! They have taken another on the next ball itself and Starc is on a hat-trick. The nightwatchman lasts just the one ball. Half the side back in the hut for New Zealand even before they cross 100. It is a yorker from Starc but it is outside off. Wagner looks to jam it out but does so away from his body. It hits the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. Australia finishing the day brilliantly. |
| 31.2 : 31.2: Pat Cummins to Taylor, EDGY FOUR! Just wide of the second slip fielder! What was Taylor thinking? So late in the day, that is not even a half volley, why would you go after that delivery? Length delivery outside off, Taylor looks to slash at it but gets an outside edge. It goes uppishly wide of the second slip fielder and into the third man fence. Lucky escape for Rosco. He would have been gutted had he got out that way. |
| 31.6 : 31.6: Pat Cummins to Taylor, FOUR! Something to cheer for the Kiwis as Taylor plays a fantastic on drive to finish things off. Cummins is very full in his length as he spears it on middle, Taylor presents a straight bat and drives it past mid on. Neser (sub) can only retrieve the ball from the rope and that will be STUMPS ON DAY 2! |
| 35.2 : 35.2: Pat Cummins to Watling, FOUR! Classic shot! Full delivery on middle, Watling drives it through mid on for a boundary. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: Pat Cummins to Watling, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Missed run out? No worries. Australia's golden boy is here, while Watling is out of here. Aussies have a real chance of bowling out the Kiwis for a low score here. Cummins dishes out a good length ball on off, Watling looks to defend it off the back foot but the ball kisses the outside edge and goes on to hit the stumps. Now, it all depends on Taylor to help the visitors avoid the follow-on. |
| 38.4 : 38.4: M Starc to Taylor, FOUR! Nicely played! Short ball on middle, Taylor camps on his back foot and hammers the pull behind square leg for a boundary. They need 89 runs to avoid the follow-on. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Tim Southee to Warner, FOUR! Lovely timing! First boundary of the innings. Goes full just around off, Warner leans forward and drives it through mid off for a boundary. The mid off fielder gives it a chase but the ball wins the race. |
| 6.4: Tim Southee to Warner, FOUR! Full and outside off, Warner drives it through point nicely. The ball races to the fence. The boundary brings 7000 Test runs for Warner, 12th Australian to do so. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: de Grandhomme to Warner, FOUR! Tickled nicely! Not a good ball this one. It is on the pads of Warner. All he needs to do is get a tickle, he does it nicely and it goes to the fence. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: N Wagner to Joe Burns, FOUR! A loosener to start off from Wagner! A half volley outside off, Burns leans into his drive and drives it past the diving fielder at cover and into the fence. The fielder from mid off chases after it but fails to keep it inside the fence. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Tim Southee to Burns, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Southee bowls a full delivery outside off, Burns lunges forward and drives it through the point region for a boundary. The fielder chases after it from point but fails to get there. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Tim Southee to Burns, FOUR! Another boundary for Burns in this over! Joe after a slow start is starting to look good now. Good length ball outside off, Burns drives this through the gully region for a boundary. |
| 17.6: Southee to D Warner, OUT! CAUGHT! Warner does not survive long after the LBW shout! After getting a start here as well, Warner gets out. Short of a length delivery on middle which hurried onto him, Warner looks to pull it but ends up top edging it. He then checks whether he won't get hit-wicket as he lost control of his willow. David then, as he goes to pick up his bat sees Blundell taking the catch at mid on and then walks off. Blundell, the substitute fielder, comes a few steps ahead and |
| 18.1 : 18.1: N Wagner to Burns, FOUR! Brilliantly timed! Overpitched and outside off. Burns leans into the shot and drives it through cover-point. It races to the fence. |
| 22.1: N Wagner to Labuschagne, FOUR! Shot! Labuschagne is continuing his form in this innings as well! Back of a length delivery outside off, Marnus rocks on his back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 23.3 : 23.3: M Santner to Burns, FOUR! Beautiful shot and some lovely footwork! Santner bowls a flighted ball on middle, Burns takes a few quick steps ahead and hammers it straight down the ground. One bounce and into the fence. |
| 31.1 : 31.1: M Santner to Labuschagne, FOUR! 50-run stand is up! Brilliant use of the feet from Marnus. Santner flights this outside off, Labuschagne skips down the track and slams it over the cover region and into the fence. Brilliant stand this one. Also, the boundary brings up 1000 Test runs for Labuschagne in 2019. |
| 31.4 : 31.4: M Santner to Joe Burns, FOUR! Second one off the over. Santner bowls it short and wide. This time Burns waits on the back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 33.3 : 33.3: Tim Southee to Labuschagne, FOUR! Why is there no third man in place? If there was a fielder placed it would have gone straight into his hands. Short and outside off, Labuschagne plays an upper cut over third man for a boundary. |
| 42.2 : 42.2: N Wagner to Labuschagne, OUT! Caught! Wagner strikes. Gets him second time in a row. He has persisted with the short stuff and finally it pays the dividend for him. Another bouncer on middle, Labuschagne takes the challenge and goes for the pull but he cannot time it to his liking. It lobs towards Santner at mid-wicket who takes it easily. A fine innings from him comes to end. |
| 43.5 : 43.5: Tim Southee to Smith, FOUR! Driven handsomely! Full and outside off, Smith gets to the pitch and slams it to the left of the short cover fielder. The ball races to the fence in a jiffy. Nowhere near the line of the delivery but superb hand-eye coordination fetches him these runs. |
| 43.6 : 43.6: Tim Southee to Smith, FOUR! Wow! From the middle of the bat. Full and on off, Smith drills it past the bowler and into the fence. Brilliantly timed this one. |
| 45.5 : 45.5: Tim Southee to Smith, FOUR! That is put away! Short delivery on leg, Smith pulls it through square leg. The fielder tries to stop it but it goes through him into the fence. |
| 47.2 : 47.2: Tim Southee to Joe Burns, OUT! CAUGHT! Burns is a goner and Australia lose their third wicket. Southee bowls a well-directed bouncer, on middle and off. Burns looks to hop and get over the ball in an attempt to keep it down. He only manages to get his glove on it. The ball flies towards the gully region where Henry Nicholls takes an easy catch. Southee gets his 2nd wicket of the innings and Australia are now 398/3 effectively. |
| 49.4 : 49.4: Tim Southee to Wade, FOUR! Southee tries the short ball tactic with Wade at the other end. Wade is up for the challenge as he pulls it through square leg. There is no one manning that area as the ball crosses the ropes in a flash. |
| 50.1 : 50.1: N Wagner to S Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! Steven Smith now departs and Australia lose 2 wickets in quick succession! Wagner bowls a bouncer this time, on middle and leg. Smith looks to pull this powerfully but does not get the perfect timing on it. The ball goes a bit uppishly to the right of Jeet Raval at square leg who tumbles to that side and takes the catch. Smith looks really disappointed as he goes back to the pavilion. Australia have to be careful here not to lose wickets in a heap. |
| 51.3 : 51.3: Tim Southee to Head, FOUR! Nicely played! Short delivery on leg angled into the ribs, Travis flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 51.6 : 51.6: Tim Southee to Head, OUT! TAKEN! Southee gets another wicket and this time it is Travis Head. Wickets falling like nine-pins for Australia right now. Southee bowls a short ball down the leg side, it stays a touch low after pitching. Head looks to help it fine down the leg side but he does so uppishly. Colin de Grandhomme at leg gully takes a simple catch and half the Australian side back in the hut now. |
| 53.2 : 53.2: Southee to Tim Paine, OUT! TIMBER! Australia are collapsing under the lights at Perth. Are New Zealand in with a chance? Good length ball tailing back in, Paine looks to flick it but the ball sneaks between the bat and pad, going onto hit the middle stump. The Australian skipper looks surprised and is having a look at the pitch before making his way back to the pavilion. The Kiwis bowling with a spring in their steps now. Can they take another wicket before Stumps? |
| 56.1 : 56.1: N Wagner to Wade, FOUR! Full toss on leg, Wade flicks it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 61.2 : 61.2: de Grandhomme to Cummins, FOUR! A bit too straight. Angling onto the pads, Cummins is alert and tickles it to the fine leg fence. |
| 61.3 : 61.3: de Grandhomme to Cummins, FOUR! WHAM! The first real bad ball of the day. A short one, wide outside off, Cummins is up in a flash on seeing that and punches it through the covers. It is in the gap and races to the fence. Cummins moves to 13 now. |
| 62.6 : 62.6: N Wagner to Cummins, OUT! Caught down the leg side! Wagner gets the first wicket of the afternoon. In a way, it is good for Australia that Cummins is gone. They would not want their premier bowler to get injured to this short stuff. A length ball, outside leg, Pat looks to tickle but only manages a thin inside. Watling catches and appeals but PC is going nowhere. Now, he looks at the umpire who raises his finger and Cummins is happy to go. Wagner two away from a 5-fer in this innings. |
| 63.2 : 63.2: de Grandhomme to Wade, FOUR! WHOOSH! Wade is looking forward to take on de Grandhomme. Full and wide outside off, Matthew reaches out and blasts it wide of mid off to the boundary at cover! |
| 63.5 : 63.5: de Grandhomme to M Wade, FOUR! Full and wide outside off, Wade reaches out and slashes hard. Gets a thick outside edge which flies over point to the fence. NO BALL signalled. |
| 63.5: de Grandhomme to Wade, OUT! Caught! Wade is out of here. And, he is very, very distraught. A short ball, outside off, Matthew looks ready to punish it and pulls it really, really hard. But to his horror, he picks out Jeet Raval to perfection at deep mid-wicket! Surely, he did not want to get out this way? He takes some time and then trudges off. |
| 65.2 : 65.2: Tim Southee to Starc, FOUR! A length ball outside off, Starc just heaves it over mid off and clears the man. A bounce and into the fence. |
| 66.1 : 66.1: N Wagner to Starc, FOUR! Heaved away! A length ball, around middle, Starc heaves it wide of short mid-wicket. There is no one down the ground. A boundary. 200 UP FOR AUSTRALIA, LEAD CROSSES 450. |
| 66.2 : 66.2: N Wagner to Starc, FOUR! ADMONISHED! A short ball, around middle, Starc pulls it through mid-wicket. Consecutive boundaries. The tail-enders would be looking to have some fun. |
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