| 3.2 : 3.2: T Boult to S Dhawan, FOUR! Boult errs in his line. Serves it down the leg side and Dhawan easily nudges it to fine leg for a boundary. First of the match! |
| 4.1 : 4.1: M Henry to R Sharma, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! What a ripper to get rid of the Indian captain. He though can be blamed for the lack of foot movement but take nothing away from the delivery. Henry goes fuller this time, it starts around middle and then begins to shape away. Rohit with his feet rooted to the crease, looks to put bat on ball. He ends up playing inside the line, the ball whizzes past the outside edge and hits the off pole. Big wicket this and New Zealand strike early. Just the start the |
| 5.5 : 5.5: T Boult to S Dhawan,OUT! Gone! Boult strikes with a short ball. One apiece for the Kiwi opening bowlers now. It's outside off, Dhawan tries to play the upper cut probably but it flies in the air towards third man where the fielder is quite square and catches the ball safely. Matt Henry never looked like dropping that one. Both the openers once again back in the hut without doing much damage. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: M Henry to S Gill, FOUR! Wow! Top class! A shot that any batsman would be proud of. Full and on middle, Gill gets his bat down in time and hits it right off the middle through mid on. Need not run for those. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: M Henry to S Gill, OUT! In the air... gone! Henry gets another and once again the Kiwis are all over the Indians. Henry lands it just behind a driving length around off an this one too shapes away just a little. Gill looks to drive it on the up but is a touch early into the shot, maybe as the ball came slow off the surface. Also, he ends up playing the delivery away from his body. It does not hit the middle and lobs towards short covers. Santner there takes a good low catch. Another poor ou |
| 9.3 : 9.3: T Boult to MS Dhoni, OUT! Death rattle! MS Dhoni is on his way back to the pavilion and it's a body blow to India. Beaten for pace and movement. An inswinger around off at 143 kph, Dhoni maybe tried to take his pads away from the line and then block it. But his willow comes down late. The ball sneaks past his defense and breaks the stumps and a million of Indian hearts. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: T Boult to V Shankar, FOUR! This will give him immense confidence. A good length ball on middle, Shankar doesn't commit himself too much forward and just uses his wrists to work it past the diving short mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 17.5: J Neesham to V Shankar, FOUR! Shankar seems to be very strong on his pads. Neesham bowls a cross-seamer, it's full and on the pads, Vijay leans across and flicks it behind square leg for a glorious boundary. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: J Neesham to A Rayudu, FOUR! Pulled and pulled nicely! Short and on the body, it sits up to be hit. Rayudu swivels and pulls it through backward square leg and into the fence. |
| 20.1 : 20.1: de Grandhomme to V Shankar, FOUR! Streaky one! Colin gets a short delivery to jump onto the batsman. Shankar is taken aback, tries to fend at it but misses. It goes off helmet and runs behind for a boundary. Given as runs by the umpire. |
| 22.5 : 22.5: de Grandhomme to A Rayudu, FOUR! Easy pickings! Good length delivery sliding down the leg side, Ambati neatly deflects it off his pads to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 22.6 : 22.6: de Grandhomme to A Rayudu, SIX! This is what he tried in de Grandhomme's previous over but missed. Has nailed it this time. Looks good when they come off. A touch short and around middle, Rayudu wears his skates to run down the track and towers it over the bowler's head for a maximum. 8 from the over, 15 in the last two. |
| 28.6: M Santner to V Shankar, FOUR! Poor delivery and punished! Santner is on the shorter side with his length. Shankar gets deep inside the crease and cracks it through point. 100 up for India! |
| 29.4 : 29.4: C Munro to A Rayudu, SIX! All the way! Releases all the pressure that was building in this over. Rayudu uses his feet and gets it in his arc. He swings, connects well, it goes high up in the air and over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 31.5 : 31.5: C Munro to V Shankar, OUT! RUN OUT! The last thing India would have wanted. That is probably the only way this 98-run stand could have been broken. Timely for New Zealand as the two were looking to up the ante now. Also, they will be delighted to see the back of Shankar as he was really play. A huge mix-up has brought about his downfall. Munro lands it on middle, Shankar pushes it towards mid on. Shankar wants a run and he sets off but then seeing Ambati Rayudu ball watching, he stands his |
| 34.5: de Grandhomme to A Rayudu, FOUR! The wicket has fallen but India will continue to look for the boundaries. Rayudu dances down the track, Colin is smart enough to bang it short. Rayudu is smarter as he pulls it all along the ground, through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 34.6 : 34.6: de Grandhomme to A Rayudu, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Brings up his fifty in style and what a time to score one, his team was in dire straits at 18 for 4 but he rose to the occasion, weathered the storm early on and now is getting into his own. He needs to continue though. His 10th in ODIs. Coming to the ball now. Rayudu again uses his feet, it is bowled on his hips, Rayudu pulls it once again and this one races to the square leg fence. Two boundaries to end the over, the second better |
| 36.4 : 36.4: T Boult to K Jadhav, FOUR! Crunched! One bounce into the boundary. Jadhav hangs on the back foot, fetches a shortish ball from around off and thumps his pull shot over mid-wicket. |
| 37.2 : 37.2: C Munro to A Rayudu, FOUR! Cracking shot! Munro with his pace is on the shorter side outside off and it's asking for trouble. Rayudu camps back and whacks it through backward point. |
| 39.4 : 39.4: C Munro to A Rayudu, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one! Brings out the slog sweep, hits it right off the meat and it sails over the mid-wicket stand. 9 from the over till now, 2 balls to go. |
| 39.6 : 39.6: C Munro to A Rayudu, SIX! Second in the over! Top over for India, 15 from it. Once again it is the slog sweep which gives Rayudu a maximum. It is right off the middle again, this one though has more height than the last one but also the distance. 50-run stand comes up! |
| 41.2 : 41.2: M Henry to A Rayudu, FOUR! It is in the gap! Excellent shot. Not a great delivery knowing that the short boundaries are the square ones. Short and on middle, Rayudu pulls it in the gap in the square leg region and a boundary results. |
| 41.6 : 41.6: M Henry to A Rayudu, FOUR! A clever shot that but the fielder should have prevented the boundary. Rayudu maybe expecting the full ball, he brings out his innovation and goes for the reverse sweep. Manages to hit it fine past the keeper on the off side. Colin de Grandhomme at third man runs to his left, slides but ends up parrying it into the fence. Perfect end to the over for the Indians. Another good one for them as 10 comes from it. |
| 43.1 : 43.1: M Henry to A Rayudu, FOUR! Just not learning here is Henry. He once again goes short and pays the price. Rayudu gets on top of the bounce and pulls it all along the ground and into the backward square leg fence. Into the 90s. |
| 43.2 : 43.2: M Henry to A Rayudu, OUT! Henry strikes! He has the last laugh. No ton for Ambati Rayudu and he walks back in disgust. The slower one outside off by Henry. It is on a fuller length so Rayudu looks to go over covers. But his bat turns in his hand and he ends up slicing it towards the man in the deep. Munro there runs forward and takes a neat catch. An excellent knock from Rayudu comes to an end. He though will be disappointed as he misses out on a well-deserved ton. Another timely wicket fo |
| 43.5 : 43.5: M Henry to K Jadhav, FOUR! That's some shot with mid off up inside the ring. Henry pitches it up and outside off, Kedar packs a punch and drills it down the ground for a boundary. No stopping this one. |
| 44.6 : 44.6: T Astle to K Jadhav, FOUR! Spoils the over just a little bit, still a good one though. Just 5 from the 45th. Another tossed up ball outside off, Jadhav lofts it over cover-point, beats the dive of the fielder in the deep and into the fence. Also 200 up, 5 more overs to. 250? Possible but they will have to go at 10s. |
| 45.2 : 45.2: M Henry to K Jadhav, OUT! Plays it on! Soft dismissal that! The slower one on off, Jadhav at first looks to dab it down to third man but then seeing the line he tries to work it on the leg side. Is done in by the pace, gets an inside edge onto his pads and then onto the stumps. Henry gets his fourth and all four have been crucial wickets. This one also as the Kiwis are now into the lower-order. 250 looks a touch farfetched. All depends on Pandya now. |
| 46.2: T Astle to H Pandya, SIX! That should get Pandya going! Slightly short and Hardik makes the bowler pays the price. Rocks back and pulls it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 46.3 : 46.3: T Astle to H Pandya, SIX! How has that gone all the way? Surely that has to be due to the quality of the bat. This is tossed up outside off, it is a little too full. Pandya looks to go over covers but ends up slicing it. He hits it high in the air, it is in the gap in the cover region and it goes over the fence. |
| 46.4 : 46.4: T Astle to H Pandya, SIX! That's enormous! Three in a row! He just loves spinners. A leg spinner landing around leg, Pandya clears his front leg, sits down on one knee and smokes it over cow corner. |
| 47.5 : 47.5: T Boult to H Pandya, SIX! How has he pulled that one? Was in no position. Boult digs in a short ball, angling into the batsman, Hardik jumps on the back foot, loses his balance a bit but still nails his pull shot over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 48.1 : 48.1: J Neesham to H Pandya, FOUR! What shot and what a start to the over! Pressure right on the bowler. He lands it full and outside off, Pandya creams it through covers and it races away. |
| 48.2 : 48.2: J Neesham to H Pandya, SIX! Help yourself! A gift there for Pandya, a full toss on the pads. Pandya shuffles across and then whips it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. 10 from the first two balls. |
| 48.5 : 48.5: J Neesham to H Pandya, FOUR! Feel bad for the bowler there, that delivery did not deserve to go to the boundary. A yorker on off, Pandya manages to jam it out past the fielder at short third man and into the fence. 15 from the over with a ball to go. Can he end it with a bang? |
| 48.6 : 48.6: J Neesham to H Pandya, OUT! It is a legal delivery and Pandya has to walk back. He is dismissed off a full toss. Also a lot of credit has to be given to Boult as he has taken an absolute blinder. A full toss on the pads, Pandya swings but ends up getting a top edge in the square leg region. Boult at short fine leg runs towards the ball and takes it by stretching forward. Neesham, however, is asking him to throw it back as there is a doubt of it being a no ball. Boult does exactly that as t |
| 49.4 : 49.4: T Boult to B Kumar, OUT! Well caught by Ross Taylor! A fuller length delivery on off, Bhuvneshwar reaches out for it with the intention to go over covers. Hits it well but not well enough to take it over Taylor at the edge of the circle. Rosco goes down to grab it safely. |
| 49.5 : 49.5: T Boult to Y Chahal, OUT! Run out! Full and on middle, Chahal pushes it back and Shami comes out of the crease in search of a run. Boult collects the ball and runs at his end to break the stumps. Shami has no way back. India are all out for 252! |
| 1.5 : 1.5: M Shami to H Nicholls, FOUR! Nicely timed! A length ball has been slanted into the batsman around off, Nicholls just brings a straight bat down and strokes it past the diving mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 2.5: B Kumar to C Munro, SIX! All the way! Munro may have decided to hit himself into form here. The ball though was in his zone, full and on middle, Munro picks it up and sends it sailing over the mid-wicket fence. First of the innings. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: M Shami to H Nicholls, OUT! Wait on, did that bird flying right across the pitch put Henry off? Maybe, just maybe. A short delivery by Shami, angling in, Nicholls tries to pull but mistimes it uppishly to wide mid on. Kedar Jadhav makes no mistake and Shami draws first blood. 235 needed off 279 balls. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: B Kumar to C Munro, FOUR! Once again the pick-up shot gives Munro the desired result. A length ball on middle, Munro lofts it over mid-wicket and bags a boundary. Bowling too straight to him is bowling to his strengths. Needs to be on the off pole. |
| 8.2: B Kumar to C Munro, FOUR! In the gap! However, Munro would have had his heart in the mouth for a while. It is on the pads, Munro flicks it uppishly. There are two fielders in the deep but it is between the two and into the mid-wicket fence. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: M Shami to C Munro, OUT! Munro runs out of luck! Shami speeds in from 'round the wicket and serves a short and wide delivery outside off. Colin tries to slap it through the line with zero footwork and to his bad luck, it catches the inside edge and cannons onto the stumps. Second wicket for Shami and Munro's poor run of form continues. Got a start today but failed to convert it into a big score. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: H Pandya to R Taylor, OUT! LBW! Ross Taylor does not bother the scorers a lot and Hardik Pandya strikes in his very first over. Did it with the bat and now starts off brilliantly with the ball. Also, this is a huge wicket as Ross Taylor has been in excellent form. He though gets a very good delivery here. It is pitched on a length around off, jags back in sharply. Taylor does not account for the movement and fails to put bat on ball as he tries to flick. It strikes him on the pads, appeal |
| 14.3 : 14.3: H Pandya to K Williamson, FOUR! Not in any control though. Pandya bends his back and delivers a sharp short ball on middle. Williamson tries to pull it across the line but it flies off his gloves and goes over Dhoni for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: H Pandya to Tom Latham, FOUR! Fine shot! New Zealand will hope that this break the shackles. A shade overpitched on middle, Latham without much front foot movement drives it crisply past the bowler for a boundary at long on. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: V Shankar to K Williamson, FOUR! Poor ball and it has been put away! Short and width on offer outside off, Willimason loves it there as he cuts it through point for a boundary. A good start to the over, they though would want to make it count. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: V Shankar to K Williamson, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries! This is even better than the last one. Full and on middle, Williamson plays it with a straight bat through mid on and it races away. 8 from the over already. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Y Chahal to Tom Latham, FOUR! Chahal drags his length short and gets the punishment. Tom Latham picks it very early, pushes his weight on the back foot and pulls it hard and flat over mid-wicket. |
| 25.4: K Jadhav to K Williamson, OUT! In the air... taken! Kedar Jadhav gets the big fish! Is this the game? We will have to wait and watch but it is surely a big moment in the game. The way the Indians are celebrating it just shows how crucial this wicket is. Nothing great about the delivery. It is short and outside off. Williamson looks to pull, he does hit it well but it is not right off the middle. Now due to the lack of pace on the delivery, it is Williamson who has to generate all the power |
| 26.6 : 26.6: Y Chahal to Tom Latham, FOUR! Good end to the over! Once again it is the googly but it is shorter in length. The batsman easily picks it off the wicket, goes back and then guides it through point for a boundary. |
| 27.6: K Jadhav to J Neesham, FOUR! Top shot! Jadhav pays the price of bowling it a little too full. Neesham whips it over the mid-wicket fielder. No one in the deep so a boundary results. |
| 28.3 : 28.3: Y Chahal to Tom Latham, OUT! Chahal has trapped Latham in front! A flighted delivery, landing around middle and leg, Latham tries to sweep but misses and is rapped on the pads. They appeal and the umpire agrees. Tom Latham walks up to his partner and has a chat but then decides not to take the DRS. A big breakthrough for India again and now two new batsmen are in the middle. 134 needed off 129 balls. Also, the replays now show it was a good decision not to review as Hawk Eye reflects three |
| 29.4 : 29.4: H Pandya to de Grandhomme, FOUR! Picked his spot there. Saw that mid on is up, Colin gets a delivery which is a touch fuller. He goes over that region and gets a boundary. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: H Pandya to de Grandhomme, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! This one is over mid-wicket. De Grandhomme is making good use of the angle here. Is is on middle, Colin shuffles inside and then whips it over mid-wicket. Can he now make it three in a row? |
| 30.6 : 30.6: Y Chahal to de Grandhomme, OUT! Chahal strikes again! Beautiful bowling by him. He has been flighting his deliveries but on this occasion, he bowls it a touch flatter. Also, it appears to be the flipper which has not been picked by de Grandhomme. He tries to draw forward in defense but misses the ball completely. Gets rapped on the pads, the Indians appeal and up goes the finger. Dead in front. Wasn't picking Chahal at all and eventually, Colin falls to the leggie. |
| 33.1 : 33.1: H Pandya to J Neesham, SIX! All the way! That is Neesham's favourite zone and Pandya just delivered the length he wanted. Slightly full and around off, Neesham whips it over the mid-wicket fence and it goes all the way. |
| 34.4 : 34.4: M Shami to J Neesham, Misfield and FOUR! Shami digs in a short ball around off, Neesham gets on top of the bounce and pulls it firmly in front of square leg. Shankar in the deep runs across to his left, puts in a dive but lets it right through him for a boundary. Poor! |
| 34.5 : 34.5: M Shami to J Neesham, FOUR! Lovely hands! Shami offers width outside off, Neesham rocks back and muscles it square of the wicket on the off side for a boundary. He is the danger man as far as India are concerned. |
| 35.5: B Kumar to J Neesham, FOUR! Neesham looks in wonderful touch here. Runs leaking at the moment. On his pads, not somewhere you want to bowl. JN flicks it through square leg. It is in the gap and a boundary results. |
| 35.6 : 35.6: B Kumar to J Neesham, SIX! Huge! 10 from the last two balls and 13 from the over. 78 in 84 needed now. The momentum has shifted towards the Kiwis. Once again it is right in the slot. Length and it is coming into the batter. Neesham picks his spot and clips it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 36.2 : 36.2: K Jadhav to J Neesham, OUT! Brilliance of Dhoni! Wow, take a bow, MSD! The danger man departs and India inch closer to 4-1! A flighted ball landing outside off and skidding back in. Neesham tries to sweep but misses and is hit on the pads. They appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Impact is outside off. The ball then deflects behind the stumps and James comes out of the crease having no idea where the ball is. Dhoni is quick to react to the situation. Immediately picks up the ball and fl |
| 38.3 : 38.3: K Jadhav to T Astle, FOUR! There is no protection in the deep on the off side. Flighted and full outside off, Astle gets forward and drives it superbly through covers for a boundary. |
| 40.5 : 40.5: Y Chahal to T Astle, OUT! Three reds and no. 8 goes down. Astle walks back and takes New Zealand's only review with him. The googly does the trick for Chahal and he strikes in his first over of his new spell. It pitches around off and it turns back in. Astle misses the sweep and hits him on the pads. An appeal follows and the umpire raises the finger. Astle signals the 'T', more in hope though. Replays roll in and they show, Astle is stone-dead. India two wickets away and New Zealand need |
| 41.6 : 41.6: M Shami to M Henry, FOUR! Lines up the bowler there. Shami delivers it full and outside off, slower in pace, Henry hangs back and smites it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 43.1 : 43.1: H Pandya to M Santner, OUT! That is probably the final nail in the coffin. Santner stands there in disbelief. A tad unlucky he is you can say. That was a boundary delivery. A half volley on leg stump. Santner flicks it fine, there is just one fielder there. The skipper, Rohit Sharma, takes it easily at short fine leg. Once again the bowling change works wonders. India a wicket away now. |
| 43.4 : 43.4: H Pandya to M Henry, SIX! This is how he bats! Pandya pitches it short and around off, Henry does well to get on top of the delivery and dispatches it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 43.5 : 43.5: H Pandya to M Henry, SIX! BOOM! Henry is not going down without a fight. Back-to-back maximums. Another length ball, it is also slower in pace. Henry picks it and he smashes it over the deep backward square leg fence. 36 more needed in 37. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: B Kumar to T Boult, OUT! All over! India win by 35 runs and take the series 4-1! Kumar bangs in a short delivery outside off, Boult throws his bat at it in an attempt to slap it through the line but it takes the top edge. The ball flies in the air and Shami takes a simple catch at third man. The players are shaking hands in the middle now. |
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