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NZ beat ENG by 3 wickets | England vs New Zealand, Highlights And Cricket Score 1st ODI Match - Commentary
England in New Zealand, 5 ODI Series, 2018
Date: Feb 25, 2018 Start Time: 06:30 IST | 01:00 GMT | 14:00 LocalVenue: Seddon Park, Hamilton
Match Commentary
Should Santner have been the Man of the Match? Was Taylor the right candidate? Doesn't matter as much as the win does for them. A trailer of a film is just a highlight of what is to come. On similar lines if we may think, this game could just act as starters for the main course, i.e., the further games to follow. The teams continue their battle for one-upmanship in the second ODI on February 28, 2018. Mount Maunganui is the venue of that game and it starts at 1400 local time (0100 GMT). Hope to catch you for that one as well. Till then, take care! Adios!
Kane Williamson, the happy winning skipper, discounts the effect of dew as most of the game had been played before it set in. Credits Ross Taylor and Tom Latham for their stand. Admits to the surface being slow and it being difficult to start with the bat. States feeling nice to get across the line in such a pressure game. Is happy that the guys who had been assigned roles in his side came out well. About Tim Southee staying till the end, he says that his experience helped the side. Mentions about England being a good side in this format but his side defeating them being the most pleasing part tonight.
Eoin Morgan, the calm losing captain, reflects on the game and says that there wasn't much to choose between the sides and the end shows that. Credits the opposition for fighting back from 27-3. States that they felt they were in the game after that big breakthrough of Ross Taylor but then the total felt insufficient in the end. About his conversation with the bowlers, he asserts that they are experienced in their own way and he only had to know what they had in mind.
Ross Taylor has been adjudged the Player of the Match for his match-winning ton. He reckons that his stand with Tom Latham was outstanding and feels good as the others finished it off. Admits to be lucky to get a win after the collapse in the middle. Opines that the surface was a bit two-paced. They backed themselves to chase anything about 10 an over towards the end, he reveals.
England's bowlers didn't really bowl that bad. They were largely successful in keeping things under control. Perhaps, the 48th over of the innings, where Adil Rashid disappeared for 16 runs turned the tides. Before that Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes picked up a couple of wickets apiece to drive home the advantage. Tom Curran was also largely impressive, though the numbers don't do justice to his efforts. The tourists would be ruing the dropped chances that gave the batters extra lives. At this stage, it is worthy to remember that earlier, even the home side players dropped as many as 4 catches. Favours returned? Maybe. For now, here's the presentation...
But it was not to be. Mitchell Santner justified his 'all-rounder' tag by showcasing his finishing abilities with the bat. He was involved in an unbeaten 43-run stand off just 21 balls with Tim Southee that sealed the deal for them. He ensured that his returns of 54-2 with the ball earlier in the day and then his team mate Taylor's ton didn't go in vain.
The nucleus of this run chase for New Zealand HAS TO be the 178-run partnership between Ross Taylor and Tom Latham. It came at a time when the side seemed down and out at 27-3. Both of them rotated strike nicely as well as found the boundaries coming in at regular intervals. The former got to a well-compiled ton while the latter got a half. But the southpaw's dismissal seemed to trigger a mini-collapse, that threatened to undo all the hard work.
What a match! What a match! As good as it can get. Although it turned out to be a wonderful thrilling contest, for large parts of the game, it seemed as if both sides are looking to lose. In the end, the hosts opened their account of wins in the series.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Wallop! MITCHELL SANTNER HAS SEALED IT FOR THE HOSTS! We don't want no balls, says the man, we can get it done with the bat. Gets a full delivery in the slot and the destination of the ball is outside the Seddon Park. He clears his front leg and deposits this one way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive hit. KIWIS ROMP HOME BY 3 WICKETS WITH 4 BALLS TO SPARE!
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. WIDE! Woakes is choking under pressure. Slower one outside off... WELL outside off. Santner goes for it as well but misses. Wide signaled.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! Bring back that four-letter word! LUCK! Woakes delivers a yorker on point, Santner gets his bat down in time. He gets it off the inner edge through his leg and past short fine leg for a boundary. 5 in 5 needed. Is that it, though?
A mini-conference is on. It involves Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. After some discussion, they hand the ball over to the first name on this list for the last over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Back to the full and straight delivery. Santner smashes it to long off for one. 5 singles and a boundary off this over means that 9 RUNS ARE NEEDED OF THE FINAL OVER.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! One bad ball in the over, is this the one that costs England? This is bowled full in length in line of the stumps. Santner gets down and swings wildly. Gets it off the inner half through backward square leg for a boundary. Another look showed that it was the back of the hand slower one. Also, CURRAN HAD OVERSTEPPED BUT IT IS OVERLOOKED! Hush, England have had their way with no balls tonight.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Full in length, hit straight to long on for one. 14 off 8 are the relevant numbers at this stage. Nasser Hussain reckons that Southee missed out going big here.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Another top delivery. A low full toss in an attempt to bowl the yorker. All Santner can do is squeeze it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Southee looks to shuffle across before staying where he is. The English Tom bowls it full on off, the Kiwi Tom blasts it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Full on the stumps, dug out over the bowler's head for one. 17 off 11 needed.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Short again, pulled down to long on for one. 16 runs off the over, but only 4 off the last 4. 18 needed off the last two. Rashid is done for the night - 10-0-55-1. Though, he would rather be remembered for his 9th over.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Tossed up outside off, punched to sweeper cover for one.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Sensible. Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Quicker one on a length ball outside off, Jonny has a wild slash at that but misses.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Lovely work on the field. In line of the stumps, pushed down the track. De Grandhomme quickly gets to his left from mid on and puts in the dive to intercept it, but fails to prevent a single that helps Roy get off the mark.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Some action! Hurled in on a fuller length around middle and leg, Roy seems to have missed the flick and got it on the pads. This draws an appeal from Southee, to which KI here, replies saying, yes, that's out if the seventh stump would have been in place. On another look, it is seen that there was a thin inside edge.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled on middle and leg, flicked to the man at mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. This is on the pads, flicked away towards mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Account opener! Not the right line and length after four good deliveries. This is bowled short in length around middle and leg, the pace reads just 130.8 kph. Bairstow goes back and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller this time, hit straight to the man at mid off.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Lovely! Nasser Hussain states something on air, which I can't help but agree upon. He looks at this delivery, that is slanted away on a length around off. The natural angle takes it away from Bairstow who has a feel for it but misses. Seeing this the expert says that this is why teams yearn to have a left arm seamer in their ranks. Apt.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball angling away from Jonny, he stands back and has a waft at that one, only to miss edging the ball. Careful, boy!
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. On the money! Boult steams in and spears a yorker on middle. Bairstow is alert to the occasion and digs it out.
On expected lines, Trent Boult will take the second new ball from the other end. Only one slip again, this time for Bairstow.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Angled in on a length, Roy clips it to mid-wicket. A maiden to begin for the hosts.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Again. The ball isn't really coming on to the bat nicely. Roy looks to play the drive down the ground but gets it off the inner half towards mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled around off and middle, pushed back towards the bowler.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Outside off, Jason punches it off the back foot straight to the man at point.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Fuller in length, just a hint of swing seen here. The line is around off and middle, Roy stands back and blocks.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Southee begins with a length delivery outside off, signs of the surface holding up are visible here. It doesn't come to the bat as quickly as Roy expects and he ends up chopping it to the off side.
The anthems are done and dusted. After a mini-huddle, the Kiwis jog out to the middle to take their positions on the field. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow make their way out with the bat. The former smashed a scintillating 180 at the MCG to begin the ODI series in Australia. His side would hope for another similar knock at the start of this tour. Tim Southee has the first new ball in hand. Just one slip in place.
The national anthems are underway now. The England's one is being played first followed by the home side's.
PITCH REPORT - Craig Cummins is out there observing the pitch. He states that the surface has been nicely watered. He reckons it to be slightly on the slower side due to its clayey nature. Adds that cutters would help the pacers out. The cooler climate will also aid the due factor to come up as the evening approaches. States that bowling full should help the bowlers early up, after adding that it isn't going to be easy batting. The areas around the good length should be exploited more by the bowlers, according to him. He also expects the odd ball to stop on the surface.
Eoin Morgan, the English captain, would have loved to chase as well. Adds that the dew in the evening is definitely a factor. Reveals that Ben Stokes is playing along with two spinners for them. Reckons that their success is owing to their deep batting order and adds that they have a method to their batting. States that they will look to go forward keeping in mind the ICC World Cup, 2019.
Kane Williamson, the Kiwi skipper, reckons chasing will be easier given the dew factor. Informs that they're playing an extra slow bowler. Opines that it is a fairly used surface and it should play well. Admits to playing two spinners, leaving out Lockie Ferguson. States that he doesn't want to read too much from the results in T20Is, as this is a different format altogether.
TOSS - Heads is the call, tails it is. NEW ZEALAND WILL CHASE IN THE FIRST GAME.
Ben Stokes has been the centre of attraction for England for sometime now. If he plays this one, this will be a welcome involvement for him, coming off from the off-field incident that kept him out of the game for a while now. Also, this will be a shot in the arm for the tourists, given the way they performed against Australia. The hosts, on the other hand, are going through a nice patch in ODIs and would look to extend their winning streak in the format. What will be the composition of the sides? What does the game have for us in offer? Here's the toss...
Hello! It's a Sunday and a pretty good time to kickoff England's stint in New Zealand in Oceania. We are glad to have you with us for our coverage of the first ODI, which will be played at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Two sides which are interesting to watch in ODIs lock horns and we are hopeful of having a wonderful game in our hands.
Should Santner have been the Man of the Match? Was Taylor the right candidate? Doesn't matter as much as the win does for them. A trailer of a film is just a highlight of what is to come. On similar lines if we may think, this game could just act as starters for the main course, i.e., the further games to follow. The teams continue their battle for one-upmanship in the second ODI on February 28, 2018. Mount Maunganui is the venue of that game and it starts at 1400 local time (0100 GMT). Hope to catch you for that one as well. Till then, take care! Adios!
Kane Williamson, the happy winning skipper, discounts the effect of dew as most of the game had been played before it set in. Credits Ross Taylor and Tom Latham for their stand. Admits to the surface being slow and it being difficult to start with the bat. States feeling nice to get across the line in such a pressure game. Is happy that the guys who had been assigned roles in his side came out well. About Tim Southee staying till the end, he says that his experience helped the side. Mentions about England being a good side in this format but his side defeating them being the most pleasing part tonight.
Eoin Morgan, the calm losing captain, reflects on the game and says that there wasn't much to choose between the sides and the end shows that. Credits the opposition for fighting back from 27-3. States that they felt they were in the game after that big breakthrough of Ross Taylor but then the total felt insufficient in the end. About his conversation with the bowlers, he asserts that they are experienced in their own way and he only had to know what they had in mind.
Ross Taylor has been adjudged the Player of the Match for his match-winning ton. He reckons that his stand with Tom Latham was outstanding and feels good as the others finished it off. Admits to be lucky to get a win after the collapse in the middle. Opines that the surface was a bit two-paced. They backed themselves to chase anything about 10 an over towards the end, he reveals.
England's bowlers didn't really bowl that bad. They were largely successful in keeping things under control. Perhaps, the 48th over of the innings, where Adil Rashid disappeared for 16 runs turned the tides. Before that Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes picked up a couple of wickets apiece to drive home the advantage. Tom Curran was also largely impressive, though the numbers don't do justice to his efforts. The tourists would be ruing the dropped chances that gave the batters extra lives. At this stage, it is worthy to remember that earlier, even the home side players dropped as many as 4 catches. Favours returned? Maybe. For now, here's the presentation...
But it was not to be. Mitchell Santner justified his 'all-rounder' tag by showcasing his finishing abilities with the bat. He was involved in an unbeaten 43-run stand off just 21 balls with Tim Southee that sealed the deal for them. He ensured that his returns of 54-2 with the ball earlier in the day and then his team mate Taylor's ton didn't go in vain.
The nucleus of this run chase for New Zealand HAS TO be the 178-run partnership between Ross Taylor and Tom Latham. It came at a time when the side seemed down and out at 27-3. Both of them rotated strike nicely as well as found the boundaries coming in at regular intervals. The former got to a well-compiled ton while the latter got a half. But the southpaw's dismissal seemed to trigger a mini-collapse, that threatened to undo all the hard work.
What a match! What a match! As good as it can get. Although it turned out to be a wonderful thrilling contest, for large parts of the game, it seemed as if both sides are looking to lose. In the end, the hosts opened their account of wins in the series.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Wallop! MITCHELL SANTNER HAS SEALED IT FOR THE HOSTS! We don't want no balls, says the man, we can get it done with the bat. Gets a full delivery in the slot and the destination of the ball is outside the Seddon Park. He clears his front leg and deposits this one way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive hit. KIWIS ROMP HOME BY 3 WICKETS WITH 4 BALLS TO SPARE!
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. WIDE! Woakes is choking under pressure. Slower one outside off... WELL outside off. Santner goes for it as well but misses. Wide signaled.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! Bring back that four-letter word! LUCK! Woakes delivers a yorker on point, Santner gets his bat down in time. He gets it off the inner edge through his leg and past short fine leg for a boundary. 5 in 5 needed. Is that it, though?
A mini-conference is on. It involves Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. After some discussion, they hand the ball over to the first name on this list for the last over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Back to the full and straight delivery. Santner smashes it to long off for one. 5 singles and a boundary off this over means that 9 RUNS ARE NEEDED OF THE FINAL OVER.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! One bad ball in the over, is this the one that costs England? This is bowled full in length in line of the stumps. Santner gets down and swings wildly. Gets it off the inner half through backward square leg for a boundary. Another look showed that it was the back of the hand slower one. Also, CURRAN HAD OVERSTEPPED BUT IT IS OVERLOOKED! Hush, England have had their way with no balls tonight.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Full in length, hit straight to long on for one. 14 off 8 are the relevant numbers at this stage. Nasser Hussain reckons that Southee missed out going big here.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Another top delivery. A low full toss in an attempt to bowl the yorker. All Santner can do is squeeze it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Southee looks to shuffle across before staying where he is. The English Tom bowls it full on off, the Kiwi Tom blasts it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Full on the stumps, dug out over the bowler's head for one. 17 off 11 needed.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Short again, pulled down to long on for one. 16 runs off the over, but only 4 off the last 4. 18 needed off the last two. Rashid is done for the night - 10-0-55-1. Though, he would rather be remembered for his 9th over.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Tossed up outside off, punched to sweeper cover for one.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Sensible. Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Quicker one on a shorter length, Santner is hurried on in his pull. Gets it through mid-wicket for one.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. WIDE! Pressure, pressure on Rashid and it's showing. He fires it well outside off, Mitch fails to reach it. The umpire stretches his arms.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. SIX! The delivery type is different but the result is the same. Rashid darts it in at over 114 kph. Santner has enough room to blast it over long on for another biggie. 12 off the first two balls already.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Should Morgan have been greedy? Should Rashid have continued with this over after prising out Taylor in the previous over? All these can be answered at the end of the over. Santner sees the flighted ball and just thumps it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. FOUR! This boundary spoils the over. It is the back of the hand slower delivery on a fuller length outside off. It was well in Southee's arc. He got his front leg out of the way and slashes it over mid off. What could have been a three-run over turns out to be a 7-run one. 34 in 18 needed.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Flicked away nicely to deep square leg for one.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Length ball outside off, punched to covers.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. That ball has taken the inside edge onto the pads. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Similar shot, this time the single is taken.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This ball is cut away straight to the man at covers.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. SAFE! This is tossed up outside off, Southee lunges to block but misses. Buttler fails to collect it and the ball falls down. He gathers it and disturbs the stumps and asks the question. Southee seems to have dragged his back foot in line although he seemed to have lifted it at some point. The TV umpire cannot be conclusive enough to rule it in the fielding side's favour and hence lets Southee bat on. If Jos had taken it in the first go, there would have been another wicket down. Three runs and a wicket in this one.
Is Southee a goner? There is a stumping appeal against him referred upstairs.
Tim Southee walks in next.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. OUT! Big, big wicket! Adil Rashid, take a bow! Kudos to Morgan for his inspiring captaincy to give Rashid the 46th over of the innings. The leggie doles out a flighted leg spinning ball around off, drawing Taylor down the track. Like a child craves for toffees and gets attracted towards them, Rosco comes down the track and looks to hoick across the line but misses. Buttler does the rest. The veteran walks out after playing a vital knock. To be fair to him, he didn't have enough support from the other end and hence had to have a wild slog himself, in a bid to up the ante. That has brought his downfall now. Does this shut the gates on New Zealand's hopes?
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Another googly around off, Mitch goes back and gets it off the top edge over the bowler's head for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Quicker one off the front of the hand outside off, Taylor drives it through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Floated on middle and off, pushed back towards the bowler.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. The googly on a shorter length, Santner goes back and slaps it over point for one.
5 overs, 44 required and guess who's into the attack. It's Adil Rashid. This is a big gamble from England.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This is hit straight to point. But Roy has an unnecessary shy at the striker's end but misses. An overthrow conceded.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. SIX! What connection that is! Curran missed his attempted yorker and dishes out a full toss. Santner seems to have just timed his flick and yet the ball has enough to sail over the mid-wicket fence. This is just the second maximum of the innings, to go with one Munro hit in the second over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Angling in on a length, Santner looks to go over mid-wicket but hits it on the man there on the bounce.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Around off, Taylor pats it towards cover-point and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Santner places this towards third man and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This ball is pushed off the back foot towards covers.
The nucleus of this run chase for New Zealand HAS TO be the 178-run partnership between Ross Taylor and Tom Latham. It came at a time when the side seemed down and out at 27-3. Both of them rotated strike nicely as well as found the boundaries coming in at regular intervals. The former got to a well-compiled ton while the latter got a half. But the southpaw's dismissal seemed to trigger a mini-collapse, that threatened to undo all the hard work.
What a match! What a match! As good as it can get. Although it turned out to be a wonderful thrilling contest, for large parts of the game, it seemed as if both sides are looking to lose. In the end, the hosts opened their account of wins in the series.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Wallop! MITCHELL SANTNER HAS SEALED IT FOR THE HOSTS! We don't want no balls, says the man, we can get it done with the bat. Gets a full delivery in the slot and the destination of the ball is outside the Seddon Park. He clears his front leg and deposits this one way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive hit. KIWIS ROMP HOME BY 3 WICKETS WITH 4 BALLS TO SPARE!
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. WIDE! Woakes is choking under pressure. Slower one outside off... WELL outside off. Santner goes for it as well but misses. Wide signaled.
Chris Woakes to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! Bring back that four-letter word! LUCK! Woakes delivers a yorker on point, Santner gets his bat down in time. He gets it off the inner edge through his leg and past short fine leg for a boundary. 5 in 5 needed. Is that it, though?
A mini-conference is on. It involves Chris Woakes, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. After some discussion, they hand the ball over to the first name on this list for the last over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Back to the full and straight delivery. Santner smashes it to long off for one. 5 singles and a boundary off this over means that 9 RUNS ARE NEEDED OF THE FINAL OVER.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! One bad ball in the over, is this the one that costs England? This is bowled full in length in line of the stumps. Santner gets down and swings wildly. Gets it off the inner half through backward square leg for a boundary. Another look showed that it was the back of the hand slower one. Also, CURRAN HAD OVERSTEPPED BUT IT IS OVERLOOKED! Hush, England have had their way with no balls tonight.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Full in length, hit straight to long on for one. 14 off 8 are the relevant numbers at this stage. Nasser Hussain reckons that Southee missed out going big here.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Another top delivery. A low full toss in an attempt to bowl the yorker. All Santner can do is squeeze it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. Southee looks to shuffle across before staying where he is. The English Tom bowls it full on off, the Kiwi Tom blasts it down to long on for one.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Full on the stumps, dug out over the bowler's head for one. 17 off 11 needed.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Short again, pulled down to long on for one. 16 runs off the over, but only 4 off the last 4. 18 needed off the last two. Rashid is done for the night - 10-0-55-1. Though, he would rather be remembered for his 9th over.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Tossed up outside off, punched to sweeper cover for one.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. Sensible. Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Quicker one on a shorter length, Santner is hurried on in his pull. Gets it through mid-wicket for one.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. WIDE! Pressure, pressure on Rashid and it's showing. He fires it well outside off, Mitch fails to reach it. The umpire stretches his arms.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. SIX! The delivery type is different but the result is the same. Rashid darts it in at over 114 kph. Santner has enough room to blast it over long on for another biggie. 12 off the first two balls already.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Should Morgan have been greedy? Should Rashid have continued with this over after prising out Taylor in the previous over? All these can be answered at the end of the over. Santner sees the flighted ball and just thumps it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. FOUR! This boundary spoils the over. It is the back of the hand slower delivery on a fuller length outside off. It was well in Southee's arc. He got his front leg out of the way and slashes it over mid off. What could have been a three-run over turns out to be a 7-run one. 34 in 18 needed.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Flicked away nicely to deep square leg for one.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Length ball outside off, punched to covers.
Tom Curran to Tim Southee. That ball has taken the inside edge onto the pads. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Similar shot, this time the single is taken.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This ball is cut away straight to the man at covers.
Adil Rashid to Tim Southee. SAFE! This is tossed up outside off, Southee lunges to block but misses. Buttler fails to collect it and the ball falls down. He gathers it and disturbs the stumps and asks the question. Southee seems to have dragged his back foot in line although he seemed to have lifted it at some point. The TV umpire cannot be conclusive enough to rule it in the fielding side's favour and hence lets Southee bat on. If Jos had taken it in the first go, there would have been another wicket down. Three runs and a wicket in this one.
Is Southee a goner? There is a stumping appeal against him referred upstairs.
Tim Southee walks in next.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. OUT! Big, big wicket! Adil Rashid, take a bow! Kudos to Morgan for his inspiring captaincy to give Rashid the 46th over of the innings. The leggie doles out a flighted leg spinning ball around off, drawing Taylor down the track. Like a child craves for toffees and gets attracted towards them, Rosco comes down the track and looks to hoick across the line but misses. Buttler does the rest. The veteran walks out after playing a vital knock. To be fair to him, he didn't have enough support from the other end and hence had to have a wild slog himself, in a bid to up the ante. That has brought his downfall now. Does this shut the gates on New Zealand's hopes?
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. Another googly around off, Mitch goes back and gets it off the top edge over the bowler's head for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Quicker one off the front of the hand outside off, Taylor drives it through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Floated on middle and off, pushed back towards the bowler.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. The googly on a shorter length, Santner goes back and slaps it over point for one.
5 overs, 44 required and guess who's into the attack. It's Adil Rashid. This is a big gamble from England.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This is hit straight to point. But Roy has an unnecessary shy at the striker's end but misses. An overthrow conceded.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. SIX! What connection that is! Curran missed his attempted yorker and dishes out a full toss. Santner seems to have just timed his flick and yet the ball has enough to sail over the mid-wicket fence. This is just the second maximum of the innings, to go with one Munro hit in the second over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Angling in on a length, Santner looks to go over mid-wicket but hits it on the man there on the bounce.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Around off, Taylor pats it towards cover-point and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Santner places this towards third man and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This ball is pushed off the back foot towards covers.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. FOOTBALLER BEN STOKES MISSES! Santner taps this delivery in front of him and hares to the other end. The bowler himself goes to the ball and kicks it but misses the stumps by JUST. Taylor stretched to make it in and did. Another look showed that he would have just made it. 53 in 36 needed.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. Slower one on off, Santner checks his shot and pushes it towards covers.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. Outside off, driven to mid off.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. This is worked to the on side for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! That slipped. The dew is making it hard for the bowler. This is a waist high full toss outside off, Taylor looks to play it through covers. Gets a thick outside edge and the ball goes to the third man fence. He immediately looks at the square leg umpire but gets no signal from him. That should have been no ball for height but tonight, Stokes is left to thank his stars.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Length ball sprayed down leg, Ross looks to pull but misses.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Stokes won't be happy with this. He bowls it wide and the ball isn't too short. Taylor plays the cut shot for the umpteenth time tonight. Beats Roy's dive at backward point and gets himself a boundary. 60 off 41 required.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Almost! Santner looks to tap and run but almost chops it on in the process.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. This is outside off, Rosco taps it towards point and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. YES IT ISSS! 18th ODI hundred for Ross Taylor, his 4th against England. He takes off his helmet and acknowledges the applause from the crowd. But his job is not finished yet. He gets a length ball outside off, stays back and cuts it past backward point for a brace. Well played. Can he see his side through?
Ross Taylor, on 99, is on strike now. Is this the ball?
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. On a length around off, Santner pushes it down to long on to get going.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Taylor guides this to third man by opening the face of the bat. 99 is his score.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. On a length around off, defended from the crease.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Slower delivery down the leg side, it came in a bit after pitching. Taylor let it go based on the initial line. He would have been gutted had it made contact with the leg stick. As rules in cricket stand, this one is wided.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. On a length outside off, Santner covers his stumps and lets it go.
Mitchell Santner is in next at no.8. One slip is kept now.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. OUT! Thankfully for Buttler, his mistake doesn't cost England much. Stokes bowls a slower delivery outside off, de Grandhomme gets down on a knee to blast it over covers. Only manages a thick outside edge to Buttler who does the rest. 70 off 49 more needed.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. RUN OUT CHANCE! De Grandhomme gets it off his pads through square leg and immediately wants two. He decides to take on Woakes' arm from the deep. The throw is a nice one as it is on the stumps and Colin is struggling indeed. But for some reason, Buttler decides to take it in front of the stumps than behind it and fluffs the collection. A couple of leg byes result.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Taylor lets it come to him and just taps it to the off side for a single that takes him to 98.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. Angling in on a length, Colin helps it aerially towards fine leg for one.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman gets an inside edge and the ball hits him on the pads. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and angling in, Taylor gets a thick inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls to the off side and a run is taken. 5 runs and a wicket off this one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and angling in, Taylor fails to get bat on that and the ball goes off his pads towards backward square leg. He wants two immediately. Makes it in safely as Morgan slipped while returning the throw which made it a weak one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Outside off, cut away towards backward point. Roy did the fielding there but slipped while doing so. Dew is present, very much.
Tom Curran to Colin de Grandhomme. De Grandhomme is off the mark with a tuck through mid-wicket.
Big hits time? Colin de Grandhomme is the next man in.
Tom Curran to Henry Nicholls. OUT! One brings two, they say, and this wicket stands testimony to that. This is full and outside off, Nicholls goes for the drive and ends up slicing it in the air off the outer half. The ball goes straight to Roy at backward point, who has to bend forward and take that. The deserving candidate gets a wicket finally.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Length ball around middle and leg, worked away through backward square leg for one.
The last Powerplay to get underway. A maximum of 5 fielders can be outside the inner ring.
Ben Stokes to Henry Nicholls. Full on off, driven back to the bowler. End of a successful over from the comeback man, Ben Stokes.
One southpaw replaces the other. Henry Nicholls strides in at number 6. A slip in place now.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. OUT! What had to happen in the last over has happened five balls later. Ben Stokes is the man with the breakthrough. This is bowled on a length from round the wicket. Latham looks to go over mid on but fails to get the elevation. Ends up chipping it towards Root there, who takes it diving low forward. The 178-run stand comes to an end and New Zealand need 80 off 61. Lots of screams heard around. Do England believe again?
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. This is glided to third man for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. WIDE! This is a slower ball gone wrong. Slips it down the leg side, Rosco lets it be.
Adil Rashid to Mitchell Santner. The googly on a shorter length, Santner goes back and slaps it over point for one.
5 overs, 44 required and guess who's into the attack. It's Adil Rashid. This is a big gamble from England.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This is hit straight to point. But Roy has an unnecessary shy at the striker's end but misses. An overthrow conceded.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. SIX! What connection that is! Curran missed his attempted yorker and dishes out a full toss. Santner seems to have just timed his flick and yet the ball has enough to sail over the mid-wicket fence. This is just the second maximum of the innings, to go with one Munro hit in the second over.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Angling in on a length, Santner looks to go over mid-wicket but hits it on the man there on the bounce.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Around off, Taylor pats it towards cover-point and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Santner places this towards third man and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. This ball is pushed off the back foot towards covers.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. FOOTBALLER BEN STOKES MISSES! Santner taps this delivery in front of him and hares to the other end. The bowler himself goes to the ball and kicks it but misses the stumps by JUST. Taylor stretched to make it in and did. Another look showed that he would have just made it. 53 in 36 needed.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. Slower one on off, Santner checks his shot and pushes it towards covers.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. Outside off, driven to mid off.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. This is worked to the on side for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! That slipped. The dew is making it hard for the bowler. This is a waist high full toss outside off, Taylor looks to play it through covers. Gets a thick outside edge and the ball goes to the third man fence. He immediately looks at the square leg umpire but gets no signal from him. That should have been no ball for height but tonight, Stokes is left to thank his stars.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Length ball sprayed down leg, Ross looks to pull but misses.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Stokes won't be happy with this. He bowls it wide and the ball isn't too short. Taylor plays the cut shot for the umpteenth time tonight. Beats Roy's dive at backward point and gets himself a boundary. 60 off 41 required.
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. Almost! Santner looks to tap and run but almost chops it on in the process.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. This is outside off, Rosco taps it towards point and gets to the other end.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. YES IT ISSS! 18th ODI hundred for Ross Taylor, his 4th against England. He takes off his helmet and acknowledges the applause from the crowd. But his job is not finished yet. He gets a length ball outside off, stays back and cuts it past backward point for a brace. Well played. Can he see his side through?
Ross Taylor, on 99, is on strike now. Is this the ball?
Tom Curran to Mitchell Santner. On a length around off, Santner pushes it down to long on to get going.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Taylor guides this to third man by opening the face of the bat. 99 is his score.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. On a length around off, defended from the crease.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Slower delivery down the leg side, it came in a bit after pitching. Taylor let it go based on the initial line. He would have been gutted had it made contact with the leg stick. As rules in cricket stand, this one is wided.
Ben Stokes to Mitchell Santner. On a length outside off, Santner covers his stumps and lets it go.
Mitchell Santner is in next at no.8. One slip is kept now.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. OUT! Thankfully for Buttler, his mistake doesn't cost England much. Stokes bowls a slower delivery outside off, de Grandhomme gets down on a knee to blast it over covers. Only manages a thick outside edge to Buttler who does the rest. 70 off 49 more needed.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. RUN OUT CHANCE! De Grandhomme gets it off his pads through square leg and immediately wants two. He decides to take on Woakes' arm from the deep. The throw is a nice one as it is on the stumps and Colin is struggling indeed. But for some reason, Buttler decides to take it in front of the stumps than behind it and fluffs the collection. A couple of leg byes result.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Taylor lets it come to him and just taps it to the off side for a single that takes him to 98.
Ben Stokes to Colin de Grandhomme. Angling in on a length, Colin helps it aerially towards fine leg for one.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman gets an inside edge and the ball hits him on the pads. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and angling in, Taylor gets a thick inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls to the off side and a run is taken. 5 runs and a wicket off this one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and angling in, Taylor fails to get bat on that and the ball goes off his pads towards backward square leg. He wants two immediately. Makes it in safely as Morgan slipped while returning the throw which made it a weak one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Outside off, cut away towards backward point. Roy did the fielding there but slipped while doing so. Dew is present, very much.
Tom Curran to Colin de Grandhomme. De Grandhomme is off the mark with a tuck through mid-wicket.
Big hits time? Colin de Grandhomme is the next man in.
Tom Curran to Henry Nicholls. OUT! One brings two, they say, and this wicket stands testimony to that. This is full and outside off, Nicholls goes for the drive and ends up slicing it in the air off the outer half. The ball goes straight to Roy at backward point, who has to bend forward and take that. The deserving candidate gets a wicket finally.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Length ball around middle and leg, worked away through backward square leg for one.
The last Powerplay to get underway. A maximum of 5 fielders can be outside the inner ring.
Ben Stokes to Henry Nicholls. Full on off, driven back to the bowler. End of a successful over from the comeback man, Ben Stokes.
One southpaw replaces the other. Henry Nicholls strides in at number 6. A slip in place now.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. OUT! What had to happen in the last over has happened five balls later. Ben Stokes is the man with the breakthrough. This is bowled on a length from round the wicket. Latham looks to go over mid on but fails to get the elevation. Ends up chipping it towards Root there, who takes it diving low forward. The 178-run stand comes to an end and New Zealand need 80 off 61. Lots of screams heard around. Do England believe again?
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. This is glided to third man for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. WIDE! This is a slower ball gone wrong. Slips it down the leg side, Rosco lets it be.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Slower one outside off, Taylor fails to read that and fails to make contact with it.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Full on off and middle, driven towards mid on.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full outside off, edged through the vacant slip cordon for one.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. The four-letter word? Not one but two. LUCK and DROP! Yes, Bairstow has put down an offering here. Latham looks to flick this away but gets a top edge. The ball flies towards deep square leg. Jonny runs to his left but seems to be late in judging that one. In the end he had to dive to make contact with the ball and that's all. The ball fell to ground along with England's hopes. What could have been an inspirational bowling change now turns out to be insipid. A run added to the score, bring down the runs required down to 83.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. This one is clipped away towards fine leg for one.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Quick run to bring up NEW ZEALAND'S TWO HUNDRED. Full in length, pushed towards wide mid on. Running with the shot helped Latham get to the other end quickly.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Defended to the off side for nothing, Curran himself stops the ball.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Curran comes around the wicket for the southpaw and delivers it on a length. Latham looks to slap it through the off side but gets beaten on the inside. It goes on the bounce to Jos.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Length ball angling in on the pads, nudged to fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid was all set to continue his spell and at the last moment, Morgan brings Tom Curran now. Now, he, the bowler and Chris Woakes have some chat.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Length ball on the pads, worked away through mid on for one. 11 runs off this over, one less than what Stokes scored with the bat.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Ben bowls it on a length outside off, Latham slaps it through covers for one.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Now he gets to the other end by playing it to long on.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Misdirected delivery. Length ball on the pads, Taylor gets inside the line and flicks it fine down the leg side for consecutive boundaries.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! BOOM! Short in length, Taylor pulls it with disdain through backward square leg for a boundary.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Length ball outside off, Taylor plays it towards backward point. Wants a run and comes down in search of it. But seeing no response from his partner, he has to get back in a hurry, beating the wild throw at the batter's end. Doesn't seem happy with Tom here.
Ben Stokes is back on. He was bowling in good rhythm in his first spell, clocking speeds to the north of 140 kph.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Googly around leg, Latham misses the sweep and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal is made by England to no avail. Pitched outside leg, says Hawk Eye.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Floated on leg, Latham gets down and plays the reverse sweep straight to backward point. No sooner did he do that, than he felt a sting on the hammy. Has he done some damage here?
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is punched off the back foot through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The runs required come down to double figures, 99. Latham leans forward and pushes it to long on for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This one is driven straight to the cover fielder.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Tossed up on off, worked away through mid-wicket for one.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. FOUR! Wow! Throughout the over the bowler bosses it, only for the honours to be taken away by the batter at the end. This is hurled outside off, Latham puts the previous ball behind him and glides it to the vacant third man region for a boundary. 5 runs off this over.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Remember the 4-letter word for the Kiwis tonight? Applicable even here. This is on a length slanting in, Latham looks to play across the line and gets beaten on the inside. What's more, the ball misses the stumps by a whisker. On having another look, it was seen that Woakes had bowled the cutter.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Length ball angling in around off from round the wicket. Tom pushes it to point and shouts NOOO.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Now a run taken after playing this to sweeper cover.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Fuller in length outside off, driven to the man at covers.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. In line of the stumps, defended towards mid on.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Flatter delivery going away, Latham punches it through covers for a brace.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. The arithmetic value of the partnership between Taylor and Latham has reached 150 now. The former plays the sweep shot to get a run added to the tally.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Luck? Is that the four-letter word for the Kiwis tonight? This is floated around middle and leg, Latham looks to work it away to the on side but gets a leading edge. The ball lobs over the bowler and lands in no man's area at mid on. A run taken.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Bowled in line of the stumps, Rosco gets down and nails the sweep to deep backward square leg for three runs less than a boundary.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This is tossed up around middle, now Latham works it through backward square leg to get to the other end.
Big hits time? Colin de Grandhomme is the next man in.
Tom Curran to Henry Nicholls. OUT! One brings two, they say, and this wicket stands testimony to that. This is full and outside off, Nicholls goes for the drive and ends up slicing it in the air off the outer half. The ball goes straight to Roy at backward point, who has to bend forward and take that. The deserving candidate gets a wicket finally.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Length ball around middle and leg, worked away through backward square leg for one.
The last Powerplay to get underway. A maximum of 5 fielders can be outside the inner ring.
Ben Stokes to Henry Nicholls. Full on off, driven back to the bowler. End of a successful over from the comeback man, Ben Stokes.
One southpaw replaces the other. Henry Nicholls strides in at number 6. A slip in place now.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. OUT! What had to happen in the last over has happened five balls later. Ben Stokes is the man with the breakthrough. This is bowled on a length from round the wicket. Latham looks to go over mid on but fails to get the elevation. Ends up chipping it towards Root there, who takes it diving low forward. The 178-run stand comes to an end and New Zealand need 80 off 61. Lots of screams heard around. Do England believe again?
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. This is glided to third man for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. WIDE! This is a slower ball gone wrong. Slips it down the leg side, Rosco lets it be.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Slower one outside off, Taylor fails to read that and fails to make contact with it.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Full on off and middle, driven towards mid on.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full outside off, edged through the vacant slip cordon for one.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. The four-letter word? Not one but two. LUCK and DROP! Yes, Bairstow has put down an offering here. Latham looks to flick this away but gets a top edge. The ball flies towards deep square leg. Jonny runs to his left but seems to be late in judging that one. In the end he had to dive to make contact with the ball and that's all. The ball fell to ground along with England's hopes. What could have been an inspirational bowling change now turns out to be insipid. A run added to the score, bring down the runs required down to 83.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. This one is clipped away towards fine leg for one.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Quick run to bring up NEW ZEALAND'S TWO HUNDRED. Full in length, pushed towards wide mid on. Running with the shot helped Latham get to the other end quickly.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Defended to the off side for nothing, Curran himself stops the ball.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Curran comes around the wicket for the southpaw and delivers it on a length. Latham looks to slap it through the off side but gets beaten on the inside. It goes on the bounce to Jos.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Length ball angling in on the pads, nudged to fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid was all set to continue his spell and at the last moment, Morgan brings Tom Curran now. Now, he, the bowler and Chris Woakes have some chat.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Length ball on the pads, worked away through mid on for one. 11 runs off this over, one less than what Stokes scored with the bat.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Ben bowls it on a length outside off, Latham slaps it through covers for one.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Now he gets to the other end by playing it to long on.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Misdirected delivery. Length ball on the pads, Taylor gets inside the line and flicks it fine down the leg side for consecutive boundaries.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! BOOM! Short in length, Taylor pulls it with disdain through backward square leg for a boundary.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Length ball outside off, Taylor plays it towards backward point. Wants a run and comes down in search of it. But seeing no response from his partner, he has to get back in a hurry, beating the wild throw at the batter's end. Doesn't seem happy with Tom here.
Ben Stokes is back on. He was bowling in good rhythm in his first spell, clocking speeds to the north of 140 kph.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Googly around leg, Latham misses the sweep and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal is made by England to no avail. Pitched outside leg, says Hawk Eye.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Floated on leg, Latham gets down and plays the reverse sweep straight to backward point. No sooner did he do that, than he felt a sting on the hammy. Has he done some damage here?
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is punched off the back foot through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The runs required come down to double figures, 99. Latham leans forward and pushes it to long on for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This one is driven straight to the cover fielder.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Tossed up on off, worked away through mid-wicket for one.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. FOUR! Wow! Throughout the over the bowler bosses it, only for the honours to be taken away by the batter at the end. This is hurled outside off, Latham puts the previous ball behind him and glides it to the vacant third man region for a boundary. 5 runs off this over.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Remember the 4-letter word for the Kiwis tonight? Applicable even here. This is on a length slanting in, Latham looks to play across the line and gets beaten on the inside. What's more, the ball misses the stumps by a whisker. On having another look, it was seen that Woakes had bowled the cutter.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Length ball angling in around off from round the wicket. Tom pushes it to point and shouts NOOO.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Now a run taken after playing this to sweeper cover.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Fuller in length outside off, driven to the man at covers.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. In line of the stumps, defended towards mid on.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Flatter delivery going away, Latham punches it through covers for a brace.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. The arithmetic value of the partnership between Taylor and Latham has reached 150 now. The former plays the sweep shot to get a run added to the tally.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Luck? Is that the four-letter word for the Kiwis tonight? This is floated around middle and leg, Latham looks to work it away to the on side but gets a leading edge. The ball lobs over the bowler and lands in no man's area at mid on. A run taken.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Bowled in line of the stumps, Rosco gets down and nails the sweep to deep backward square leg for three runs less than a boundary.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This is tossed up around middle, now Latham works it through backward square leg to get to the other end.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Tossed up on leg, Taylor lunges and works it through square leg for one.
Time for the last drinks break of the game. 113 needed off 16 overs. In this T20 day and age, this is very much possible. Only wickets can provide England a chance. However, the way they are putting efforts on the field, that seems the least likely thing to happen. Taylor and Latham have cashed in on every opportunity and have seized ones where they haven't been given the chance. Perhaps with the runs needed, both can aim for personal milestones - the coveted triple figure mark. Can they?
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. On the pads, nudged down to fine leg for a single.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Full outside off, driven nicely through covers for one.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Length ball outside off, Ross taps it towards the keeper and quickly hares to the other end. Such has been the understanding between the duo, that there was never a moment of hesitation between them.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Ahhh! Remember those days when we enjoyed seeing Taylor bat? That's how he is looking tonight. This is outside off, Taylor transfers his weight onto the back foot and cuts it nicely. Beats Roy at backward point and the timing on that is good enough to not let third man have any chance of cutting that off. The stand is worth 142 now.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Short in length, cut away past backward point for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This is worked away round the corner for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Another lousy effort from Ali at backward point. Taylor goes back and cuts it towards the same region. The fielder there dives after the ball passes him. Perhaps he is cautious of not landing awkwardly. Bairstow does the mopping up in the deep and saves a run for his side.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Have England lost interest in this game? This is a touch short in length outside off, Taylor cuts it fiercely. Ali at backward point takes ages to dive and lets it through. The ball races away to the fence.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Served around off, defended from the crease.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Tossed up on the pads, swept away through backward square leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor pats it towards point and crosses over to the other end.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. FOUR! Latham played a lot of these when he toured India and was largely successful as well. This is on a length, not too short. He makes it short by staying back and just rolls his wrists as he pulls it all along the ground through mid-wicket for a boundary. He moves to 62. 9 runs off this over.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. This one is flicked away through square leg for one.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Authoritative shot! Short in length, Taylor nails the pull shot. Fine leg couldn't do much even after running to his left.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Angling in on a length, Taylor fails to flick it away. No appeal made this time as that clearly struck him above the knee-roll.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Fuller on off, Taylor bunts it next to the pitch on the off side.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. NOT OUT! Review lost for England, wasted I would say. This is hurled on a length from outside off, the ball is angled in. Taylor misses the flick and wears it high on the pads. Woakes puts in an appeal before going to the ball that is rolling down to the on side. There is a mini-conference in the middle, involving who all, don't know and the next thing we see is a review. Don't think Woakes was too convinced as he seemed to suggest that height could be a factor. As it turns out, the Hawk Eye confirms the same.
Hello? We have a review for LBW against Taylor. Surprising, as Woakes the bowler didn't seem too convinced. Height could be a factor.
Chris Woakes is brought back on. 5-0-14-2 are his current numbers.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor lets it come to him and pats it towards point before setting off to the other end. Buttler gets to the ball but cannot prevent that run.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Quicker one this time, punched off the back foot through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Now he gets this past covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nicely delivered. Tossed up outside off, Taylor looks to steer it to third man but gets beaten due to the away turn on that.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is punched towards covers from the crease.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Served on the stumps, Taylor presents a straight bat.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shot! In his previous attempt, Latham failed to clear the man at backward point. Seeing this floated ball around off, Latham gets down and nails the reverse sweep. This time beats that man to his left and gets a boundary. 143 needed in the last 20 overs now.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor nudges this through square leg and gets to the other end.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. This has been worked away through mid-wicket for one.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Tossed up around off, Tom reverse sweeps it straight to backward point.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor milks it down to long on for a run.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Tossed up but spinning down leg. Taylor fails to flick it away and gets a wide from the umpire.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Length ball angling in around off from round the wicket. Tom pushes it to point and shouts NOOO.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Now a run taken after playing this to sweeper cover.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Fuller in length outside off, driven to the man at covers.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. In line of the stumps, defended towards mid on.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Flatter delivery going away, Latham punches it through covers for a brace.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. The arithmetic value of the partnership between Taylor and Latham has reached 150 now. The former plays the sweep shot to get a run added to the tally.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Luck? Is that the four-letter word for the Kiwis tonight? This is floated around middle and leg, Latham looks to work it away to the on side but gets a leading edge. The ball lobs over the bowler and lands in no man's area at mid on. A run taken.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Bowled in line of the stumps, Rosco gets down and nails the sweep to deep backward square leg for three runs less than a boundary.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This is tossed up around middle, now Latham works it through backward square leg to get to the other end.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Tossed up on leg, Taylor lunges and works it through square leg for one.
Time for the last drinks break of the game. 113 needed off 16 overs. In this T20 day and age, this is very much possible. Only wickets can provide England a chance. However, the way they are putting efforts on the field, that seems the least likely thing to happen. Taylor and Latham have cashed in on every opportunity and have seized ones where they haven't been given the chance. Perhaps with the runs needed, both can aim for personal milestones - the coveted triple figure mark. Can they?
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. On the pads, nudged down to fine leg for a single.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Full outside off, driven nicely through covers for one.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Length ball outside off, Ross taps it towards the keeper and quickly hares to the other end. Such has been the understanding between the duo, that there was never a moment of hesitation between them.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Ahhh! Remember those days when we enjoyed seeing Taylor bat? That's how he is looking tonight. This is outside off, Taylor transfers his weight onto the back foot and cuts it nicely. Beats Roy at backward point and the timing on that is good enough to not let third man have any chance of cutting that off. The stand is worth 142 now.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Short in length, cut away past backward point for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. This is worked away round the corner for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Another lousy effort from Ali at backward point. Taylor goes back and cuts it towards the same region. The fielder there dives after the ball passes him. Perhaps he is cautious of not landing awkwardly. Bairstow does the mopping up in the deep and saves a run for his side.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Have England lost interest in this game? This is a touch short in length outside off, Taylor cuts it fiercely. Ali at backward point takes ages to dive and lets it through. The ball races away to the fence.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Served around off, defended from the crease.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Tossed up on the pads, swept away through backward square leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor pats it towards point and crosses over to the other end.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. FOUR! Latham played a lot of these when he toured India and was largely successful as well. This is on a length, not too short. He makes it short by staying back and just rolls his wrists as he pulls it all along the ground through mid-wicket for a boundary. He moves to 62. 9 runs off this over.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. This one is flicked away through square leg for one.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Authoritative shot! Short in length, Taylor nails the pull shot. Fine leg couldn't do much even after running to his left.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Angling in on a length, Taylor fails to flick it away. No appeal made this time as that clearly struck him above the knee-roll.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. Fuller on off, Taylor bunts it next to the pitch on the off side.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. NOT OUT! Review lost for England, wasted I would say. This is hurled on a length from outside off, the ball is angled in. Taylor misses the flick and wears it high on the pads. Woakes puts in an appeal before going to the ball that is rolling down to the on side. There is a mini-conference in the middle, involving who all, don't know and the next thing we see is a review. Don't think Woakes was too convinced as he seemed to suggest that height could be a factor. As it turns out, the Hawk Eye confirms the same.
Hello? We have a review for LBW against Taylor. Surprising, as Woakes the bowler didn't seem too convinced. Height could be a factor.
Chris Woakes is brought back on. 5-0-14-2 are his current numbers.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor lets it come to him and pats it towards point before setting off to the other end. Buttler gets to the ball but cannot prevent that run.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Quicker one this time, punched off the back foot through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Now he gets this past covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nicely delivered. Tossed up outside off, Taylor looks to steer it to third man but gets beaten due to the away turn on that.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is punched towards covers from the crease.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Served on the stumps, Taylor presents a straight bat.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shot! In his previous attempt, Latham failed to clear the man at backward point. Seeing this floated ball around off, Latham gets down and nails the reverse sweep. This time beats that man to his left and gets a boundary. 143 needed in the last 20 overs now.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor nudges this through square leg and gets to the other end.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. This has been worked away through mid-wicket for one.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Tossed up around off, Tom reverse sweeps it straight to backward point.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor milks it down to long on for a run.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Tossed up but spinning down leg. Taylor fails to flick it away and gets a wide from the umpire.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Flatter outside off, punched through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is driven back towards the bowler. 5 singles in the over.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The batsman works it down the leg side. One run added to the total.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor gets down and plays the paddle sweep towards short fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. 10th ODI fifty for Tom Latham. The young man has played very well, considering the time he walked in for them. Also, the fact that he didn't have a pretty good run against Pakistan would have played on his mind. This is flighted around middle and leg, he eases it down to long on for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Flatter outside off, Rosco guides it towards short third man and gets to the other end.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Floated on the stumps, Latham sweeps it aerially to deep square leg for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Milestone for Taylor this time! 42nd fifty in ODIs, he has played a good solid hand here. Gets a flatter delivery outside off, Taylor hangs back and looks to cut it. Does so towards backward point, where the fielder misfields and lets it through. This also brings up the 100-run stand between the duo.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Applause for Latham as he has reached 2000 ODI runs. He gets there with a flick shot that makes the ball roll away through mid-wicket for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Tossed up around off and middle, worked away through square leg for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Flighted up around off, driven back towards the bowler.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Flatter outside off, cut away to point for nothing.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Similar delivery but the line is down leg. Taylor lets it be.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Floated around middle and leg, worked round the corner for nothing.
Indeed, it's time for Joe Root to have a bowl. He'd fancy himself against the southpaw, especially.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. CHANCE GONE DOWN? Sadly, yes. Another one in the game. This is floated around leg, spinning down leg. Latham looks to tickle it away but seemed to have got a thin edge to the keeper. Jos moved to his right but failed to hold on. Replays show that indeed there was an edge and the ball brushed his thigh pad before going behind. Hard on Buttler.
Joe Root is seen warming up.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Served on the pads, Latham fails to flick this away and gets hit on the pads.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The batsman manages only a bottom edge on that one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Tossed up on the pads, tucked away towards square leg for nothing.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Flatter on the stumps, defended off the front foot.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Floated on off and middle, Taylor looks to work it to the on side. Ends up getting a leading edge towards covers for one.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Outside off, flicked through square leg for a run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Driven through mid on by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Walks down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away but David Willey races across to his right at the fence, slides and stops some runs. Two taken.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Outside off, worked behind square leg for a run. 169 more needed from 148 balls.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Full on middle and leg, flicked through mid on for a single.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nearly done in. Rosco is down the track but is not to the pitch of the ball. Somehow adjusts and squirts the ball down to short third man.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Comes way too far down the track, misses his flick, is hit on the pads, Buttler roars for LBW but no one supports his case. Replays detect an inside edge.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Goes back and punches it with the away turn wide of mid off for another single.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Now the flick shot, through square leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Another paddle, this is from leg stump, past Jos Buttler in spite of him pre-meditating. Only a run to fine leg.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, Taylor reaches out and paddles it to fine leg for a single.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. Moves to 40 from 47 balls.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. 0
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nicely delivered. Tossed up outside off, Taylor looks to steer it to third man but gets beaten due to the away turn on that.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is punched towards covers from the crease.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Served on the stumps, Taylor presents a straight bat.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shot! In his previous attempt, Latham failed to clear the man at backward point. Seeing this floated ball around off, Latham gets down and nails the reverse sweep. This time beats that man to his left and gets a boundary. 143 needed in the last 20 overs now.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor nudges this through square leg and gets to the other end.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. This has been worked away through mid-wicket for one.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Tossed up around off, Tom reverse sweeps it straight to backward point.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Taylor milks it down to long on for a run.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Tossed up but spinning down leg. Taylor fails to flick it away and gets a wide from the umpire.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Flatter outside off, punched through covers for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. This one is driven back towards the bowler. 5 singles in the over.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The batsman works it down the leg side. One run added to the total.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Taylor gets down and plays the paddle sweep towards short fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. 10th ODI fifty for Tom Latham. The young man has played very well, considering the time he walked in for them. Also, the fact that he didn't have a pretty good run against Pakistan would have played on his mind. This is flighted around middle and leg, he eases it down to long on for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Flatter outside off, Rosco guides it towards short third man and gets to the other end.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Floated on the stumps, Latham sweeps it aerially to deep square leg for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Milestone for Taylor this time! 42nd fifty in ODIs, he has played a good solid hand here. Gets a flatter delivery outside off, Taylor hangs back and looks to cut it. Does so towards backward point, where the fielder misfields and lets it through. This also brings up the 100-run stand between the duo.
Joe Root to Tom Latham. Applause for Latham as he has reached 2000 ODI runs. He gets there with a flick shot that makes the ball roll away through mid-wicket for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Tossed up around off and middle, worked away through square leg for one.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Flighted up around off, driven back towards the bowler.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Flatter outside off, cut away to point for nothing.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. WIDE! Similar delivery but the line is down leg. Taylor lets it be.
Joe Root to Ross Taylor. Floated around middle and leg, worked round the corner for nothing.
Indeed, it's time for Joe Root to have a bowl. He'd fancy himself against the southpaw, especially.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. CHANCE GONE DOWN? Sadly, yes. Another one in the game. This is floated around leg, spinning down leg. Latham looks to tickle it away but seemed to have got a thin edge to the keeper. Jos moved to his right but failed to hold on. Replays show that indeed there was an edge and the ball brushed his thigh pad before going behind. Hard on Buttler.
Joe Root is seen warming up.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Served on the pads, Latham fails to flick this away and gets hit on the pads.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. The batsman manages only a bottom edge on that one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Tossed up on the pads, tucked away towards square leg for nothing.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Flatter on the stumps, defended off the front foot.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Floated on off and middle, Taylor looks to work it to the on side. Ends up getting a leading edge towards covers for one.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Outside off, flicked through square leg for a run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Driven through mid on by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Walks down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away but David Willey races across to his right at the fence, slides and stops some runs. Two taken.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Outside off, worked behind square leg for a run. 169 more needed from 148 balls.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Full on middle and leg, flicked through mid on for a single.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nearly done in. Rosco is down the track but is not to the pitch of the ball. Somehow adjusts and squirts the ball down to short third man.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Comes way too far down the track, misses his flick, is hit on the pads, Buttler roars for LBW but no one supports his case. Replays detect an inside edge.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Goes back and punches it with the away turn wide of mid off for another single.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Now the flick shot, through square leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Another paddle, this is from leg stump, past Jos Buttler in spite of him pre-meditating. Only a run to fine leg.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, Taylor reaches out and paddles it to fine leg for a single.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. Moves to 40 from 47 balls.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Super shot. Full and just outside off, Taylor gets across and paddles it through fine leg. The call is for two but he gets more than two as Ben Stokes rushing across from fine leg cannot get to the ball in time! 7000 ODI RUNS for Ross Taylor, just the third Kiwi after Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle. Fastest New Zealander to achieve this feat.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Down the leg side, flicked behind square leg for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. On middle, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Squared up, is Taylor. The quicker one from Rashid, Rosco has no clue and is hit high on the thighs, impact being outside off and the ball lands in front of first slip.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Full and around off, gently paddled down to fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Full on middle, pushed down to long on for a run.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. The ball strikes the batsman very low on the pads.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Wild LBW shout, not out. Pitched around leg, Latham looks to work it down the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads. Hawk Eye shows the ball to be missing leg stump. A leg bye taken.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Outside off, chopped down to short third man for a single.
Adil Rashid introduced into the attack now.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, flicked fine for one. 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND, 185 more needed from 168 balls.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Bonus for New Zealand. Moeen fires it down the leg side and Taylor gets a good enough tickle past Joe Root at short fine leg! 186 more needed from 169 balls now. Taylor moves to 32 from 38 balls with his third boundary. The stand is worth 72 from 74 balls.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. A tad short, pushed in front of point for a quick run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Outside off, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Nice shot. Latham goes back and gently works it through square leg and runs hard to come back for the second.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, gently worked through square leg for a single.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Angled down the leg side, Latham clips it towards fine leg. Adil Rashid gets there to his left but then turns 360 degrees and returns the throw, which means two runs are easily taken. 10 from that over.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, Rosco misses his flick and they take a leg bye off the deflection.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. FOUR! A short ball on middle, Taylor swivels and pulls it fiercely behind square leg. The ball meets the ropes in a flash. 198 more needed from 176 balls now. The stand moves to 61 from 67 balls.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. On middle and leg, turned towards fine leg for one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Outside off, dabbed down to third man for a run.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Short and wide outside off, would have been a wide had it been left alone but Latham goes after it and cuts it to sweeper cover for a single.
Tom Curran takes over from Ben Stokes.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. On middle and leg, flicked away for a run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. LBW appeal but nothing in it. Full and outside off, Tom gets a long way across and looks to paddle but misses. He is hit on the pads and England appeal. But the umpire is calm. Morgan comes and has a word with Moeen who signals that the impact might have been outside off. They cross-check with Jos Buttler who would not have known because he was busy trying to stop the ball from going to fine leg. The review is not taken and replays show that the impact was indeed outside off.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Full and on middle, Latham gets down and paddles it through fine leg for a couple. 50-RUN STAND IS UP. This pair really loves each other.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Landed outside off, angling away, Latham waits for the ball and then steers it to third man. A single taken.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. One run added to the total.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Looks to cut a full delivery but well, normally you should not be successful. Taylor isn't either.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Nearly done in. Rosco is down the track but is not to the pitch of the ball. Somehow adjusts and squirts the ball down to short third man.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Comes way too far down the track, misses his flick, is hit on the pads, Buttler roars for LBW but no one supports his case. Replays detect an inside edge.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Goes back and punches it with the away turn wide of mid off for another single.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Now the flick shot, through square leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Another paddle, this is from leg stump, past Jos Buttler in spite of him pre-meditating. Only a run to fine leg.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, Taylor reaches out and paddles it to fine leg for a single.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. Moves to 40 from 47 balls.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Super shot. Full and just outside off, Taylor gets across and paddles it through fine leg. The call is for two but he gets more than two as Ben Stokes rushing across from fine leg cannot get to the ball in time! 7000 ODI RUNS for Ross Taylor, just the third Kiwi after Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle. Fastest New Zealander to achieve this feat.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Down the leg side, flicked behind square leg for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. On middle, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Squared up, is Taylor. The quicker one from Rashid, Rosco has no clue and is hit high on the thighs, impact being outside off and the ball lands in front of first slip.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Full and around off, gently paddled down to fine leg for one.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Full on middle, pushed down to long on for a run.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. The ball strikes the batsman very low on the pads.
Adil Rashid to Tom Latham. Wild LBW shout, not out. Pitched around leg, Latham looks to work it down the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads. Hawk Eye shows the ball to be missing leg stump. A leg bye taken.
Adil Rashid to Ross Taylor. Outside off, chopped down to short third man for a single.
Adil Rashid introduced into the attack now.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, flicked fine for one. 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND, 185 more needed from 168 balls.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Bonus for New Zealand. Moeen fires it down the leg side and Taylor gets a good enough tickle past Joe Root at short fine leg! 186 more needed from 169 balls now. Taylor moves to 32 from 38 balls with his third boundary. The stand is worth 72 from 74 balls.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. A tad short, pushed in front of point for a quick run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Outside off, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Nice shot. Latham goes back and gently works it through square leg and runs hard to come back for the second.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, gently worked through square leg for a single.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Angled down the leg side, Latham clips it towards fine leg. Adil Rashid gets there to his left but then turns 360 degrees and returns the throw, which means two runs are easily taken. 10 from that over.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, Rosco misses his flick and they take a leg bye off the deflection.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. FOUR! A short ball on middle, Taylor swivels and pulls it fiercely behind square leg. The ball meets the ropes in a flash. 198 more needed from 176 balls now. The stand moves to 61 from 67 balls.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. On middle and leg, turned towards fine leg for one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Outside off, dabbed down to third man for a run.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Short and wide outside off, would have been a wide had it been left alone but Latham goes after it and cuts it to sweeper cover for a single.
Tom Curran takes over from Ben Stokes.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. On middle and leg, flicked away for a run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. LBW appeal but nothing in it. Full and outside off, Tom gets a long way across and looks to paddle but misses. He is hit on the pads and England appeal. But the umpire is calm. Morgan comes and has a word with Moeen who signals that the impact might have been outside off. They cross-check with Jos Buttler who would not have known because he was busy trying to stop the ball from going to fine leg. The review is not taken and replays show that the impact was indeed outside off.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Full and on middle, Latham gets down and paddles it through fine leg for a couple. 50-RUN STAND IS UP. This pair really loves each other.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Landed outside off, angling away, Latham waits for the ball and then steers it to third man. A single taken.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. One run added to the total.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Looks to cut a full delivery but well, normally you should not be successful. Taylor isn't either.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full on middle and leg, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. Down the leg side, flicked towards fine leg for a run.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman works it down the leg side.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Another sweep shot, another run for one.
Moeen Ali to Tom Latham. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. One run added to the total.
Moeen Ali to Ross Taylor. Full and around off, swept through square leg for a single.
Time for spin. Moeen Ali to bowl.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, driven straight back to the bowler.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Outside off, dabbed to third man for a run.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Outside off, Latham looks to push but the ball goes off the outside edge towards third man. A run taken.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
DRINKS BREAK...
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. A short ball now, pulled through square leg for a couple. Excellent timing on that one.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Played to the point region by the batsman. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. A slower ball, Taylor misses his flick down the leg side.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a couple.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. Short and outside off, angling away, Latham gets across, reaches out and punches it through point for a run. Moves to 20 from 15 balls.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Around off and middle, clipped through square leg for a single. The stand is now worth 30 from 34 balls.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Full and straight, pushed back to the bowler.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Around off, pushed towards cover.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. FOUR! Nicely played. A short ball, around leg stump, Latham swivels and pulls it over square leg. Adil Rashid at deep backward square leg does not pick it up initially and by the time he does, the ball is already past him into the fence.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Slower ball, finally Rosco manages to tap and run to the off side, cover this time, for a single.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven back to the bowler who does well to bend and stop.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Outside off, Taylor looks to drop and run the ball towards point but hits it too well and has to abort his thought.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and wide outside off, RT reaches out and drives it square of cover for one.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. And again. Another slower ball, around the fuller length, around off stump and outside off, Ross looks to tap and run but cannot.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and just outside off, the slower delivery, Rosco just about bails it out.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. On middle and leg again, clipped towards fine leg for a run. 50 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND. 235 more needed from 219 balls.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. On middle and leg, worked to the leg side for a single.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Really fast hands. Full and outside off, Taylor reaches out and drives it through point. The ball just races to the fence. The stand is worth 21 from 22 balls. 237 more needed from 221 balls now.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. The batsman has driven it through mid off. One run added to the total.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. A short ball outside off, Rosco pulls but misses it completely.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. Around off, solidly defended.
Ben Stokes to Ross Taylor. On a length, outside off, Taylor lets it go.
Ben Stokes to Tom Latham. Down the leg side, clipped towards fine leg for a single.
Ben Stokes time.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. Just 2 from Curran's first over.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. That is a full toss and Taylor has simply not picked it. The problem is the setting sun and it is going right in his eyes. Taylor somehow spots that ball at the last moment and pushes it towards mid off.
Tom Curran to Tom Latham. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
Tom Curran to Ross Taylor. Full and wide outside off, Taylor slashes hard but gets a thick outside edge towards third man. Just a single.
Tom Curran is the first bowling change.
David Willey to Ross Taylor. Full on middle, swinging in, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. 12 from that over, some tempo generated for the Kiwis.
David Willey to Tom Latham. Outside off, steered to third man for a single.
David Willey to Tom Latham. Nearly a hat-trick. Tom unfurls another lovely cover drive but Eoin Morgan now has a sweeper. Ben Stokes gets around, saves the boundary but cannot prevent the couple of runs.
David Willey to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shot! This is definitely a half volley and Latham cashes in. Comes forward confidently and drives the ball through the covers for boundaries in succession.
David Willey to Tom Latham. FOUR! GLORIOUS! What a shot. By no means is the ball a half volley but Latham gets a good stride forward, reaches out to the pitch of the ball and drives it through the covers.
David Willey to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, solidly defended.
POWERPLAY 2 time. 4 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle till the 40th over, if the captain wishes.
Chris Woakes to Ross Taylor. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. Only a run and a wicket from that over, Woakes has figures of 5-0-14-2. New Zealand finish Powerplay 1 on 28/3.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. On middle and leg, flicked through the leg side for a single.
Chris Woakes to Tom Latham. Outside off, left alone.
Tom Latham walks in at number 5, replacing Guptill.
Chris Woakes to Martin Guptill. OUT! Number 3 goes too! Is this ending all too quickly? Full and wide outside off, Guptill thinks that here is an opportunity. He goes hard at this one, aiming to go over the top but can only go as far as a leaping Ben Stokes at cover. Woakes has his second and England are all over New Zealand.
Chris Woakes to Martin Guptill. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.
Chris Woakes to Martin Guptill. Ooooohh.... Guptill flays at this uppishly, gets it past cover and just lands it in front of mid off.
David Willey to Ross Taylor. Outside off, angling away, left alone.
Ross Taylor comes out to bat at number 4, replacing his captain.
David Willey to Kane Williamson. OUT! Is that the game for England? Kane Williamson departs for yet another cheap score and boy o boy, the visitors are firmly on top. Willey is pumped up and he is finally rewarded for his efforts. The tight lines and lengths have forced Williamson into making a mistake. He looks to play the run-down-to-third-man shot for a single. It is one of his go-to shots. He does that even in Test match cricket, that too, with a slip cordon. Not many in world cricket get the ball down to third man as much as Kane Williamson but just as with high risk comes a great reward, it also results into one's downfall if the risk does not pay off. Too big a risk for a single and Williamson has edged it into Jos Buttler's gloves. When you are not in form, not much goes for you.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full and down the leg side, Martin pushes it through the leg side for a single.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full and around middle, pushed towards mid off.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full on middle, Guptill initially thinks about going over mid on but then changes his mind and pushes the ball defensively towards that region.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Outside off, played straight to point.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Walks down the track, thinks about playing at this one but then takes his bat away at the last moment. Is late and nearly ends up guiding it to the keeper. Superb comeback from Woakes after going for a boundary on the first ball. 5 dots on the trot.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Outside off, Kane comes forward and punches it straight to point.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. On a good length, around off, solidly blocked.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. FOUR! Finally gets one through the gap. Williamson has been trying and trying to get that punch through the covers and eventually succeeds. Jumps, gets on top of the bounce and punches it between covers and mid off for a boundary.
David Willey to Kane Williamson. Outside off, coming in, clipped through mid-wicket for one more.
David Willey to Kane Williamson. Shorter in length, punched straight to cover.
David Willey to Kane Williamson. Around off, pushed towards mid-wicket.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Taps it towards third man and takes off for a run.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
David Willey to Kane Williamson. Outside off, on a length, Williamson gets on top of the bounce and punches it through the covers. The man in the ring dives and gets a hand to it, keeping the batsmen to a single.
Chris Woakes to Martin Guptill. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. They pick up a single.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. On a length outside off, punched straight to cover.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Outside off, punched to the off side.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
Here is yet another issue with the DRS. ENGLAND'S SCORE HAS BEEN REVISED TO 284, as opposed to the initial 285. Here is the reason. On the last ball of the first innings, David Willey was adjudged LBW and then when he took the review, Hot Spot detected a tiny edge and he was given not out and also awarded the run, given that the batsmen crossed. But then, according the rules, if an umpire has declared the batsman out, then no run will be awarded even if the decision is overturned. Well, not quite sure this should be the case. Somewhere, logic has to take place. Either award the runs to the batsman, or like they do in tennis, on an overturned call, replay the point. In this case, re-bowl that final ball.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full and wide outside off, Martin slashes but misses.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. EDGED, FOUR! Nearly a chance. Full and outside off, Guptill goes hard at the drive and only gets a thick outside edge. However, it flies through the vacant slip cordon and Jos Buttler cannot reach there with a dive. A boundary to third man.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Around off and middle, watchfully defended.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full and outside off, watchfully defended.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Around off, played towards point.
There is a man stationed very close to the non-striker, to stop the checked drive down the ground.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. This ball is driven straight to the man at mid off.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Williamson defends this one from the crease.
Chris Woakes to Martin Guptill. On a length outside off, Martin just steers it to third man for a single.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Full outside off, driven towards covers. The man there dives and keeps it down to just one.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. This one is defended from the crease in a stout manner.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Outside off, Williamson looks to leave it alone, but is late in getting the bat out of the way. The ball kisses the bottom of the bat and rolls towards slip.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. FOUR! Shot! Just a push, just a push is all it takes for Guptill to earn him his first boundary. This is full on off, the push beats mid off to his left and the ball goes away to the fence.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. This is outside off, left alone by MG.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Length delivery around middle, Guptill looks to force it down the ground. Ends up getting an inside edge towards square leg for nothing.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Length ball on the pads, clipped away through mid-wicket for a brace.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Guptill looks to work it away off the pads, ends up getting a leading edge towards covers.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. This is well outside off, Kane leaves it alone. A biggie and a wicket off this one, successful for the visitors.
Chris Woakes to Kane Williamson. Hurled on the pads, flicked straight to mid-wicket.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is out there with the bat, replacing Munro.
Chris Woakes to Colin Munro. OUT! Early wicket for the tourists! Munro, in a bid to be over aggressive, has to depart. Woakes dishes out a delivery angling away from Munro at around good length. Colin dances down the track with an aim to convert it into a full one and trash it over the off side. All he manages is a nick to Buttler behind, who gleefully accepts it. Elation in England's camp, disappointment on Munro's face. The hosts are still 279 runs away from the target. Also, this is Woakes' 100th ODI wicket. Nice, early strike to get to the milestone.
Chris Woakes to Colin Munro. Length ball angling away, pushed towards covers.
Chris Woakes to Colin Munro. SIX! Whooosh! Intentions clear from Munro. Gets a delivery on a length on the pads, he flicks it nonchalantly over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. What a way to get off the mark.
Chris Woakes to Colin Munro. Full ball around off, driven to mid off.
Chris Woakes to take the other new ball. Three slips in place for Munro, who will take strike.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Length ball on leg, Guptill fails to flick it away and wears it on the pads. A maiden to start for England, similar to their start with the bat.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. This one is bowled in line of the stumps, pushed defensively back towards the bowler.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Guptill stays back to this one and defends it towards covers.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Full in length, driven to the man at mid on.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Length ball on off, defended with a straight bat.
David Willey to Martin Guptill. Beauty first up! Length ball landing around middle and leg, holding its line as it goes across Guptill. The batter has to play at it and he looks to do so, but misses the ball by just. It flies over the stump past the outside edge through to the keeper.
It's good to have you back with us. 286 is the magic figure that the Men in Black will be after. In pursuit of that, Colin Munro and Martin Guptill walk out with the bat. The Englishmen have taken their spots on the field. David Willey will run in with the first new ball. Just a slip in place. Here we go...
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England vs New Zealand Highlights And Cricket Score 1st Match - ODI Commentary
Tim Southee was excellent at the start and at the death while the others were not that consistent. Trent Boult and the two spinners managed to come back well towards the end. The pitch can only get slower as the game goes on but one thing which could come to New Zealand's aid is the dew. Or, the only thing. If there is no dew, then perhaps Buttler's innings might get its due. Join us back at 1815 local (0515 GMT) for the run chase.
Tough outing for New Zealand with the ball. They created opportunities, built up the pressure but could not make use of those. As many as 4 catches were put down and a run out was missed. While none of those catches cost the hosts much, it was that missed run out chance which hurt them more. Buttler was on 31 then.
Jos Buttler was excellent in his stroke-making. He had to change roles and he did so effortlessly. First, when he came out to bat, he tried to up the ante, considering that Root was anchoring the innings. Then, when the number 3 batsman got out, Buttler decided that he will get into that role of dropping anchor and allowed Moeen to play his shots. Eventually, when MO also got out, then he decided to play for time and take it till the last over. Nearly paid off but the Kiwis were superb at the death.
They do not say that the English side has a long batting line-up without a reason. Not known to hang back, the tourists launched into a counter-attack. First, a 47-run stand in 40 balls for the 6th wicket and then a 25-run one in 34 balls for the 7th. However, just when Jos Buttler was looking to tee off, the Black Caps came back superbly at the death and curtailed the run flow.
The very first ball indicated that the pitch is very, very slow. Boult got Bairstow early but then Roy and Root got into a decent stand. Santner broke it when the partnership was worth 79 and then the visitors lost some momentum, getting reduced to 139/4. The Black Caps then got the all-important wicket of Joe Root, who made a flawless 71 and at that stage, it seemed like 250 would be a good score for England.
A very good score on a sluggish surface. But just 68 runs were made in the last 10 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. So... both sides would be reasonably happy - England, for getting close to 300 while New Zealand for not letting them get to what is considered to be a par total on this surface by the on-air commentators - 300.
Tim Southee to David Willey. INSIDE EDGE SAVES WILLEY. It was a full ball, around off and Willey jammed it onto his pads and took a single to point before the finger went up. He reviewed it straightaway and Hot Spot showed the spot on the bat. ENGLAND FINISH ON 285/8!
David Willey is adjudged LBW! But he has taken the review.
Tom Curran walks out to bat but will not get to bat unless they run a bye on a wide.
Tim Southee to David Willey. OUT! Buttler is run out. Nothing Willey could have done about that. It was a yorker and he dug out back to the bowler. He got back in his crease but Buttler wanted a single. Willey thought about crossing his partner and sacrificing his wicket but there was hardly any time. Southee had to run just a couple of yards back and disturb the bails. End of a terrific knock from Buttler.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Looks to swing this one too but the ball goes through mid-wicket along the ground. Just a single.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. SIX! First of the over. A length ball, not advisable at this stage and Buttler deposits it over mid-wicket.
Tim Southee to David Willey. The batsman has driven it through mid on. One run added to the total.
Tim Southee to David Willey. FOUR! That helps! Full ball outside off, Willey looks to swing but gets a thick inside edge which scoots past the diving keeper to the fence behind!
6 legal balls left. 285? 290? Or more?
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. SIX! Buttler finally gets one in his zone. Swings the full ball miles over long on.
Trent Boult to David Willey. Excellent fielding in the deep. Willey lofts it over covers and gets it in the gap. Colin de Grandhomme gets to his right, dives and pushes it towards Tim Southee at sweeper cover. Three runs taken.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. On middle and leg, whipped through mid-wicket for a run.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. A terrific yorker, right on middle, dug back to the bowler. Buttler is getting frustrated.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. WIDE. A slower bouncer, which sails over Buttler's head, then bounces twice on its way to the keeper.
Trent Boult to David Willey. The batsman has driven it through mid on. They pick up a single.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Full and around off, Buttler gets across and looks to play the paddle but misses and is hit on the body. The ball deflects away towards point and the batsmen take a single. Should be a leg bye but the umpire feels there is some wood involved. Credits Buttler with a run.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Full on off, pushed down to long on for one more. Just 6 runs from that over.
Tim Southee to David Willey. A yorker now, around off, dug out past the bowler for another single.
Tim Southee to David Willey. WIDE. Tough being a bowler. But rules are rules. Southee spots Willey walking across his stumps and promptly bowls it down the leg side. Willey misses and the umpire stretches his arms. From a humanitarian angle, that should not be a wide as the batsman went well across. But then, guess we can celebrate World Humanity Day some other day.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for one.
Tim Southee to David Willey. Outside off, squeezed behind point for a run.
Tim Southee to David Willey. Full and outside off, Willey reaches out to drive but misses.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Full on middle, chipped down to long on for a single.
David Willey walks in next, at number 9, replacing Woakes.
Trent Boult to Chris Woakes. OUT! Does not matter what the umpire said on the previous ball. Or does it? I think so it does. If the answer from the umpire was yes to Woakes' question on the previous ball, then Woakes was expecting a full ball on this one. And he gets a full ball. But what he does not expect is a change in pace. The ball is angled away, outside off and Woakes looks to play the cover drive. But he is early into the shot and the bat turns in his hands as well. Off goes the ball, back to Boult, courtesy the inner half of the bat and the bowler does well to take the catch this time. Terrific death bowling from New Zealand.
Trent Boult to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Nicely played. Boult dishes out another short ball and Woakes pulls it over square leg for a boundary. He immediately asks the umpire whether that is one bouncer for the over. Don't know what the umpire said.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. A short ball, on middle, pulled uppishly towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Full and wide outside off, JB plays a lovely-looking drive, with an open-bat face but straight to point.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. First funky shot from Buttler. Walks across and attempts the paddle but Boult is smarter, bowls a slower one, very full and the batsman misses.
Trent Boult to Chris Woakes. Length ball wide outside off, flayed through the covers for a single. The stand moves to 20 from 30 balls.
Trent Boult is back on as well.
Tim Southee to Chris Woakes. Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. One run added to the total. Just 5 from that over again.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a single.
Another field change. Third man comes up. Nasser Hussain feels that New Zealand are just bluffing Buttler, trying to see whether he reacts to the field placements by anticipating some length.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Superb. The best death bowlers are those who are unpredictable. Tim Southee slots right amongst the best in that list. Every ball there is a field change. One can never guess what the next one is going to be. He pushes the field back, probably signalling a short one. And then he delivers a yorker. Outside off. Buttler cannot dig it out.
Tim Southee to Chris Woakes. Full on middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Looks to work it to the leg side but the ball goes off the inner half through mid-wicket and the batsmen change ends.
Back goes Ish Sodhi, to third man and up comes fine leg.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Similar to the previous one, this time JB walks across and drives it straight to cover.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. WIDE. Not a great start. Southee anticipates Buttler moving across and bowls a slower one miles outside off. But Jos stays where he is and lets it go. Wide signalled.
Tim Southee is back on. Reverse swing on offer? Yorkers? Boundaries? Nice contest awaiting.
Mitchell Santner to Chris Woakes. Outside off, pushed towards point. Superb comeback from Santner. 10-0-54-2 for him.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a run now.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. FOUR! TAKE THAT! Superbly placed. Sodhi goes wider outside off and Buttler just whips it past extra cover to the fence.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Slowly tossed up, around off, pushed towards the off side.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Full and straight, watchfully defended.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Outside off, pushed towards point for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Chris Woakes. The batsman was beaten and missed the line of the delivery.
Ish Sodhi to Chris Woakes. DROPPED! Number 4 today. Full and outside off, Woakes looked to play the slog sweep but was beaten by the away turn. Got a top edge which went miles in the air. Henry Nicholls did all the hard work, running to the ball from the deep from mid-wicket, got to the ball, had his hands underneath it but was never in control. Once he landed, so did the ball. A couple taken.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Goes wider, does Sodhi and Jos reaches out, driving the ball through the covers again for one.
Ish Sodhi to Chris Woakes. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
Ish Sodhi to Chris Woakes. A short ball, Woakes misses out, pulling it straight to short mid-wicket.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Full and wider outside off, Buttler reaches out and drives it wide of cover for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Chris Woakes. Oohhh... quicker one, on the stumps, pushed straight to backward point. Only 3 from that over.
Mitchell Santner to Chris Woakes. Full and down the leg side, flicked straight to Ish Sodhi at short fine leg.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. A touch short, Jos just works it with soft hands through the leg side wide of the bowler and scampers through for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Chris Woakes. On middle, pushed through mid on for a single to get off the mark.
Mitchell Santner to Chris Woakes. Full on middle, pushed to the leg side.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Full and around off, pushed through the covers for a single. 15TH ODI FIFTY for Jos Buttler and the first by an English batsman at number 6 in New Zealand, since 1988. Well, he stays there till over number 45 and then tees off... no score is predictable.
Ish Sodhi to Chris Woakes. The batsman was beaten and missed the line of the delivery. Just a single and a wicket from that over. Sodhi's figures now read 9-0-58-2.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. The batsman drives this through the covers for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. The ball is too wide on the off side for the batsman to make any contact.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Outside off, spinning away, Buttler looks to push but misses.
Chris Woakes walks in at number 8, replacing Moeen.
Ish Sodhi to Moeen Ali. OUT! Well, the gamble from Williamson pays off as Moeen is walking off! Sodhi strikes immediately on return. Or... almost immediately. He kinds of senses that Mr. Ali is going to jump at him and hence throws this a bit wider. Ali indeed dances out and goes through with his shot. He is beaten on the ball type, as it is a googly. He is beaten on the reach as the ball is wide. He is beaten on the pace too as the ball comes on very slowly. But just as you cannot withdraw an arrow once it is released from the bow, you cannot reverse an action once it has been performed. Moeen is through with his shot and only skews a top edge. Martin Guptill is calm under it and cover and takes it near his chest. Moeen's cameo ends and New Zealand heave a sigh of relief. Entertaining stand of 47 from 40 balls is broken.
Ish Sodhi to Moeen Ali. Outside off, Moeen mistimes his cut to cover.
Interesting. Ish Sodhi coming back.
Mitchell Santner to Moeen Ali. On middle and leg, worked through mid-wicket for a single. 11 from that over too, 36 off the last 3!
Mitchell Santner to Moeen Ali. FOUR! Ahh.... this is a gift. Fine leg is inside but the line from Santner is leg and outside. The length is short and Moeen just pulls it through fine leg for consecutive boundaries.
Mitchell Santner to Moeen Ali. FOUR! SPANKED! Moeen is in some mood today. Especially on the shorter stuff. Pulls this one through mid-wicket and beats the man in the deep!
Mitchell Santner to Moeen Ali. Comes down the track but is not quite to the pitch of the ball and defends.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Pushes this through mid on and gets a run.
Mitchell Santner to Moeen Ali. Outside off, dabbed to short third man for a single.
Mitchell Santner to bowl the first of the 10 death overs.
Time for POWERPLAY 3. 5 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle. Stage is set for 300 at least. But then, a wicket quickly could change the scenario.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. 14 from the over, 25 from the last 2! Some way to enter into the hitting zone...
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. FOUR! Third boundary of the over! Buttler gets into the act as well. Sees a short ball and pummels a pull through mid-wicket.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. Another short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a single.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. FOUR! This is very straight and Ali hits it past Buttler down the ground for the second boundary of the over!
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. WIDE. Full and down the leg side, Moeen misses his flick.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. FOUR! SMOKED! A short ball, outside off, Moeen just pulls it disdainfully past mid on for a boundary!
Joe Root is on the sidelines, giving an interview. He says that the pitch is on the slower side and credits the Kiwis for bowling well. Hopes that the pitch gives some turn to England when they bowl. States that it feels nice to be playing cricket after a break.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, Buttler is showing signs of opening up again, stays leg side of the ball and lofts it over mid off for a couple. 11 runs from the over, the visitors getting some momentum now.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. Oohhh... that nearly went through. Munro kept it straight and MA just went through with his pull. He missed and somehow, the ball went over the stumps. Tom Latham standing up could not collect cleanly and conceded a bye.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, flayed through the covers for a single. 200 UP FOR ENGLAND. A wicket or a partnership - the difference between a 300 and a 260 from here.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. The batsman has played it to the point region. They pick up a single.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. Landed outside off, Ali waits for the ball to come to him and guides it to short third man.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. SIX! How easy is it to hit a six in New Zealand? Very, by the looks of it. A length ball outside off, Moeen just goes through and lofts it over mid off. High and handsome over the long off fence goes the ball.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. Outside off, pushed towards point for a run.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. On middle and leg, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
Trent Boult to Moeen Ali. WIDE. That is sprayed well outside leg, a full toss, Moeen misses the boundary opportunity. Tom Latham dives to his right and stops the ball.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Outside off, tapped in front of point for a single.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Outside off, played straight to point.
Trent Boult to Jos Buttler. Full and straight, pushed back to the bowler.
Trent Boult is back on.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Outside off, pushed towards point for one. Munro is getting away with some cheap overs here.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. A touch short, helped behind square leg for a run. Gets off the mark, does Moeen.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. Full and straight, watchfully defended.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. On middle and leg, tapped to the on side.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. A straight ball, pushed past the bowler towards long on for a single.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
Tim Southee to Moeen Ali. Driven towards the mid off region.
Tim Southee to Moeen Ali. Outside off, fuller in length, Moeen looks to drive but misses.
Tim Southee to Moeen Ali. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads for a single.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. FOUR! Terrific timing. On a length outside off, Buttler just caresses it through the covers. He gets it through the infield and the outfield does the rest.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. The batsman has played it to the point region. 2 runs and a wicket from that over, Munro's figures read 4-0-18-1.
Colin Munro to Moeen Ali. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Moeen Ali walks in at number 7, replacing Root.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. OUT! Ho ho ho! Cannot exactly call New Zealand generous but seems like both teams are in a race to be the next Santa Claus. The Kiwis have dropped 3 catches so far, with none of the batsmen going on to make it big. And this man, well, seems to have an enmity towards that three-figure score. His 6th 50-plus score in succession which has not been converted into a century. Munro keeps this straight and Root just plays all around it, looking to flick. He misses and the stumps are a mess. Can New Zealand now bowl England out?
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. DIRECT HIT WOULD HAVE HAD BUTTLER. One of those rare days where nothing is going right for acrobatic New Zealand. Here Guptill has done everything right. Or nearly. He watches the ball. Sees it make contact with Buttler's bat which is shaped to drive through covers. Martin anticipates. Knows the ball speed. Matches his dive with that and tries to stop the ball but makes a half-stop. Now, he has another challenge. The batsmen go for the single, on what they think is a misfield, taking his arm on. Guptill tries to bring the common saying to life - 'Never run on a misfield.' He tries to get up to fling a direct hit. But just cannot get the velocity and misses the stumps. Buttler was a goner.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. A short ball, on middle, pulled uppishly towards deep square leg. Lands wide of Trent Boult at deep mid-wicket running to his right. Just a single.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. It's been driven superbly through the covers. They pick up a single.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. IN THE AIR... DROPPED! Third one by New Zealand today. Not quite their fielding days. Full and outside off, Root plays an uppish drive, does not bother to keep it down and nearly pays the price. Mitchell Santner flies to his right at extra cover but cannot hang on.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. Dropped short, pulled through mid-wicket for another single.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. On middle and leg, clipped through mid-wicket for one.
Tim Southee to Jos Buttler. On middle and leg, flicked away for a run.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Full on middle, flicked through square leg for a single.
Tim Southee is back on.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Around off, solidly defended.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. FOUR! That is a really poor ball, short and down the leg side, with the keeper up. Even if the keeper was behind he could have done nothing, apart from putting a despairing dive. Buttler pulled it away well wide from where originally the stumper would have stood.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. Outside off, pushed towards cover. Buttler was to run but Root sends him back.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. Punches this down to long on for a single.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. The batsman has punched that ball through the off side. One run added to the total.
Colin Munro to Jos Buttler. On middle and off, watchfully defended to the leg side.
Colin Munro gets a change of ends.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Gently works this through square leg and keeps the strike for the next over. Who is bowling? 20 from the Sodhi over. 8-0-57-1 so far.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Nope. Now comes the quicker delivery, Jos pushes but misses.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. SIX! Hat-trick! Buttler is in the mood. They say, you should never say no to party invitations. Sodhi continues to throw the ball up generously and Buttler who has been given the license to kill, does not hold back. Leans and smashes this even bigger than the previous two. Four in a row coming?
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. SIX! Half century for Sodhi! Ishhhhhh!!! Not quite his day so far but he has picked up a wicket. Similar ball to the previous one and Buttler gives it the exact treatment. Smashed over long on. What is next? A googly?
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. SIX! SMASH! There goes Buttler. He has come out with a mood to pound the ball. Sodhi helps him, tossing this right in his eyeline, around off, near the bat and boom. Deposits that, does Buttler, right over long on.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Uncharacteristic. Full and outside off, Root mows the sweep, to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Outside off, punched away for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Full and outside off, watchfully defended.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. FOUR! Oh dear... early anticipation costs New Zealand a wicket. Full and outside off, Buttler goes for the reverse sweep. Seeing that, Ross Taylor at first slip makes a move to his right, looking for the catch. But to his dismay, Buttler does not connect it cleanly. It perhaps comes off his gloves and then his arm. Lobs to where Taylor would initially have been but now, it goes to the left where Rosco is now standing. Both keeper and fielder look at each other. The ball goes through to the third man fence.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Arrowed in on off, pressed towards point for an easy single.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Full on middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket. What an over. A single, followed by 5 dots. Brilliant.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. And again! Another short ball, cut straight to point once more.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Cannot get the ball away. Short and outside off, cut straight to point this time.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. A short ball, Jos looks to pull but ends up dragging it, playing it way too early and the result is a bottom edge back to the bowler.
Ish Sodhi to Jos Buttler. Landed outside off, a touch short, Buttler goes back to cut but is beaten by the away turn.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Down the leg side, clipped away for a single.
Spin from both ends. Ish Sodhi is back on.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. Just 2 singles and a wicket from that over. Santner's spell reads 6-0-28-2.
Mitchell Santner to Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. A full toss on the pads, worked through mid-wicket for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Around off, Root looks to defend but the ball goes off the toe end and nearly rolls back onto the stumps.
Jos Buttler walks in at number 6, replacing Stokes.
Mitchell Santner to Ben Stokes. OUT! The Big Ben is out of here! An inspirational bowling change and the left-arm spinner has got rid of the dangerous Stokes. Nothing special on the delivery, perhaps he just changed the pace a bit. Maybe a bit slow. Stokes was early into his slog sweep and also took his eyes off the ball. Did not bother to look where the ball was going after it hit the bat either. Because he knew. A top edge. Goes right over the top but when it completes a parabolic curve, Ross Taylor takes it at short third man. This partnership was looking threatening and Santner has nipped it in the bud. Not a great return with the bat for Stokes then.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Full on middle, pushed towards long on for a single.
Mitchell Santner is back on.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. Another flick, this time it is a single.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. SIX! STUPENDOUS! A short ball, Root rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket. It lands flat on the ropes.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. Superb fielding from Kane Williamson! Short and outside off, Stokes punches this wide of mid off but Kane Williamson dives to his right and saves what would have been a boundary. Just a single.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. Around off, defended solidly.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. A touch shorter outside off, Root hangs back and cuts it through point. Gets a couple for the same.
Colin de Grandhomme to Ben Stokes. Now Stokes forces this one down to long on for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Ben Stokes. Full outside off, driven towards point.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. This is worked away off the pads for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. FOUR! 27th ODI fifty for Joe Root! Boy, has he looked good! This is bowled on a length outside off, he hangs back and lets the ball come to him before opening the bat face to guide it to the third man fence.
Colin de Grandhomme to Ben Stokes. This ball is hit to long on for one.
Another change. Two Colins to bowl in tandem now, de Grandhomme is brought back.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. This one is flicked towards mid-wicket again. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end. Unnecessary, as the man there was well in and the ball deflects off the stumps to the other side for a single. Munro isn't happy and vents his frustration out.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. Length ball angling in, punched off the back foot towards mid-wicket.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. This one is worked away with the angle to mid-wicket.
Colin Munro to Ben Stokes. Munro comes round the wicket to the southpaw. Bowls it full on off, defended off the front foot.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. This time Root lets the ball come on and just glides it to short third man for a quick single.
Colin Munro to Joe Root. On a length outside off, Root goes across and punches it towards mid-wicket. The man there goes to his right and prevents a run.
Colin Munro is given the ball now. He replaces Sodhi.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Hurled outside off, Joe punches it through the cover region for a single.
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. Stokes pulls this one to the man at deep square leg for one run.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Boult comes round the wicket and balls it short. Joe goes back and pulls it through backward square leg for one.
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. This ball is flicked off the pads towards fine leg for one.
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. Hurled outside off, Stokes stays back and punches it towards cover-point. Shouts lots of 'wait's to avoid any bit of confusion.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Short in length, Root looks to pull. But he ends up getting an inside edge towards backward square leg for one.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. Stokes slinks down only to defend this one.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. FOUR! Audacious! Ben sees the floated delivery around off and gets into position early to reverse sweep it. Makes good contact and gets it through backward point to fetch him his first boundary on comeback.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. Flatter on the stumps, defended from the crease.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. This is the googly, Ben prods forward and defends it towards covers.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Dropped on a shorter length, Joe pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. CHANCE? Yes it is! Who's the beneficiary? BEN STOKES! Of all the men on earth, this is a guy you don't want to give a second chance. This is hurled full around off, Stokes pushes it back on the up. Boult dives forward to take that one but fails to hang onto that. Slaps the surface in anger but now that the moment is gone, he'd rather concentrate what to do next. How costly will this be?
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. Length ball on off, Ben hangs back and defends this one.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. This one is punched through covers to get to the other end.
Trent Boult to Ben Stokes. Short this time, Ben hangs back and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for one.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. This is going across Root, he drives it nicely through covers for one.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Full on off, driven a tad in the air towards mid off.
Trent Boult is back into the attack. Looks like Kane is in no mood to feed spin to Stokes.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Short in length, Root goes back and pulls it through mid-wicket for one.
Ish Sodhi to Ben Stokes. Floated on middle, driven to long on to get off zero.
Ben Stokes is the next man walking in for England. Can he put all his off-field trouble behind and turn out to be the saviour for his side?
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. OUT! Did I say get him going? Oh yes, he's going back to the pavilion now. Eoin Morgan. His troubles against the googly are pretty well documented and that's what has contrived here. If you see, there was a slip in place the moment he took strike against Sodhi, just to keep it on the back of his mind. This is a tossed up ball, Morgan looks to clip it away. But due to the one that goes the other way, the bat face turns in his hand and he ends up chipping it towards Southee at mid off. The pacer makes no mistake and now England seem to be losing momentum here. Can the Kiwis capitalise on this?
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. SIX! Thank you, says Morgan! This is a half-tracker from Sodhi, Morgan is way too happy to go back and deposit this over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. This should get him going.
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. Flatter on the stumps, blocked off the back foot.
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. That's the googly. Morgan fails to pick it early and lunges to defend the spin. The ball goes the other way past the outside edge of his bat.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Root defends this one towards mid off.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. FOUR! Not the right line here. Santner delivers this on the pads. The length is also full in this case. This allows Root to get down and sweep it through fine leg for a boundary.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman.
Mitchell Santner to Eoin Morgan. Morgan goes back and glides it towards third man for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Eoin Morgan. Floated on the stumps, driven back to the bowler.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated on the pads, turned through mid-wicket for one.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. This one is played to long on for one.
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. This time Morgan turns it through mid on with the spin and gets going.
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. Morgan goes back and presents a straight bat in defense.
Ish Sodhi to Eoin Morgan. Floated around middle, defended off the front foot by Eoin.
A slip in place now.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Root gets to the other end after pushing it to long on.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
The English skipper, Eoin Morgan, walks in at number 4.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. OUT! Gone! No fifty for Roy again. This is fired in a touch quicker on the stumps, Roy looked to go down the ground to get to a personal milestone. Ends up missing the ball and losing his leg stick. Back-to-back 49s for Roy. For a major part of this innings, he wasn't convincing enough. Nonetheless, the 79-run stand ends.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. FOUR! Shot! Floated outside off, Roy gets to the pitch of the ball and blasts it through covers for a boundary. Power.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Loopy ball around off, the ball straightens after pitching. Goes past the outside edge of the defensive bat of Roy.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Root punches it through to get to the other end.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. This one is hit back to the bowler.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around off, Root pushes it past the bowler, who was running to his left. Seeing the ball pass Mitch, he came down in search of a single. But Guptill gets across quickly from covers and dives, quickly throws the ball towards the keeper. Joe had to get back hurriedly. The ball goes off him towards short third man.
Drinks time, shouts the umpire! England have been steady after the early fall of Bairstow. The current partnership is worth 74 and it could have been culminated had Sodhi managed to hold onto the offering in the previous over. That apart, it has been a good knock by the two, particularly Root. Roy has looked edgy for a major part. New Zealand haven't bowled all that bad, but with not much assistance from the surface, they have looked a bit blunt.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. SIX! Take that! 96 m biggie. Floated around off, Roy gets down on a knee and bashes it over long on for half a dozen. This is what happens when you give guys like him a life.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. This one is cut away to point.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. DROPPED! Tough chance, you have to admit. This is floated on a fuller length, Roy goes for the full-blooded drive. Ends up smashing right back to the bowler. Sodhi had his hands at the right spot yet the force on that shot made the ball pop out of them as soon as they went in. These are the ones that stick, actually. But to be very critical here, Sodhi's momentum doesn't take him to his left. Considering this, he should have taken this one for all money.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Another quick run. Root pushes it towards covers and hares across for a quick run. Taylor gets there from point and hurls a wayward throw, that goes straight to mid on.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Roy places it towards cover-point and gets to the other end.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Another excellent save from Guptill. This time at covers. This is tossed up outside off, Roy goes with the spin towards covers. Guppy flings himself to his right and prevents a run. Either side of him and it would have been a boundary, reckon the on-air commentators.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. A touch shorter outside off, Jason goes back and slaps it through cover-point for one.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Fired on the stumps, flicked through square leg for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Slower through the air, punched back towards the bowler.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated on leg, Joy goes back and punches it to mid-wicket.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. This is served on a length, with a slightly side-arm action. Roy goes back and punches it to mid off.
Mitchell Santner is back into the attack.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Quicker in pace, Joe goes back and keeps this out.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Eased down to long on for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. FOUR! Shot! Roy has picked up this wrong 'un early and has just dismissed it out of his presence. He gets down on a knee and hits it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Tossed up outside off, driven through covers for one.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Served on the stumps, defended from the crease.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Flatter trajectory outside off, Roy looks to play the sweep but gets a top edge. The ball lands at deep backward square leg in a no man's land and a single is taken.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Guptill has saved three for his side. Powerfully cut towards point, Martin dives to his right and keeps this down to one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. This is hit to sweeper cover for another single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Four Leg byes! Wrong line. Hurled on a length on the pads, Roots gets in and looks to flick it away but gets it off his thigh pads. The ball goes well past the keeper and through to the fence.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. That brings up the 50-run partnership between Roy and Root. They have consolidated well after the early fall of a wicket. On a slowish track, it is imperative for the set batters to carry on and they will know that. This time, Roy lofts this to sweeper cover to get off strike.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Length ball outside off, Roy goes at it with hard hands. Ends up finding mid off with it.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Fuller on off, hit to long off for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. This is punched through covers off the back foot to rotate strike.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. WIDE! First extra of the innings! Slower through the air but down the leg side. Root gets into position to pull/sweep it away, but seeing the ball not turning in much, just lets it be.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Tossed up ball around off, eased to long off for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. The wrong 'un now, Roy charges down but has to defend this one. Does so off the inner half towards square leg.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Floated on off, driven nicely through covers for one.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Some turn right away. Sodhi floats it around middle and leg, but the length is a bit shorter. Root has enough time to go back and punch it back to the bowler.
Another change. Ish Sodhi to have a go with the ball now. He came in the side on the back of his recent outings in T20Is, yet his skipper insists on not dwelling upon the results from the format to judge the way forward in ODIs. Irony.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Length ball outside off, Root goes back and slaps it through cover-point for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Milked for a single to long on.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Root again goes back and flicks this through backward square leg for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Full on off, driven to mid off.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Roy now flicks this delivery on the pads through square leg. The man from fine leg, Boult, had to run towards it to prevent the second.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. 50 up for England. It has been a slowish start but a steady one nonetheless. Root works this one through square leg to pick up one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated full on off, pushed towards mid off. Santner stops it in his followthrough.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Flatter on the stumps, Root goes back and works it through backward square leg for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Eased to long off for one more run. The stand moves to 38 with that.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Root works this away through mid-wicket to rotate strike.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Slower through the air this time, Roy gets down the track and pushes it to long on for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around middle and off, driven through wide mid off for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Hurled outside off, hit to point. Decent start from the all-rounder.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Worked away off the pads towards fine leg for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Another quick run. Root pushes it towards covers and hares across for a quick run. Taylor gets there from point and hurls a wayward throw, that goes straight to mid on.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Roy places it towards cover-point and gets to the other end.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Another excellent save from Guptill. This time at covers. This is tossed up outside off, Roy goes with the spin towards covers. Guppy flings himself to his right and prevents a run. Either side of him and it would have been a boundary, reckon the on-air commentators.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. A touch shorter outside off, Jason goes back and slaps it through cover-point for one.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Fired on the stumps, flicked through square leg for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Slower through the air, punched back towards the bowler.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated on leg, Joy goes back and punches it to mid-wicket.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. This is served on a length, with a slightly side-arm action. Roy goes back and punches it to mid off.
Mitchell Santner is back into the attack.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Quicker in pace, Joe goes back and keeps this out.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Eased down to long on for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. FOUR! Shot! Roy has picked up this wrong 'un early and has just dismissed it out of his presence. He gets down on a knee and hits it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Tossed up outside off, driven through covers for one.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Served on the stumps, defended from the crease.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Flatter trajectory outside off, Roy looks to play the sweep but gets a top edge. The ball lands at deep backward square leg in a no man's land and a single is taken.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Guptill has saved three for his side. Powerfully cut towards point, Martin dives to his right and keeps this down to one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. This is hit to sweeper cover for another single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Four Leg byes! Wrong line. Hurled on a length on the pads, Roots gets in and looks to flick it away but gets it off his thigh pads. The ball goes well past the keeper and through to the fence.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. That brings up the 50-run partnership between Roy and Root. They have consolidated well after the early fall of a wicket. On a slowish track, it is imperative for the set batters to carry on and they will know that. This time, Roy lofts this to sweeper cover to get off strike.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Length ball outside off, Roy goes at it with hard hands. Ends up finding mid off with it.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Fuller on off, hit to long off for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. This is punched through covers off the back foot to rotate strike.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. WIDE! First extra of the innings! Slower through the air but down the leg side. Root gets into position to pull/sweep it away, but seeing the ball not turning in much, just lets it be.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. Tossed up ball around off, eased to long off for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Jason Roy. The wrong 'un now, Roy charges down but has to defend this one. Does so off the inner half towards square leg.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Floated on off, driven nicely through covers for one.
Ish Sodhi to Joe Root. Some turn right away. Sodhi floats it around middle and leg, but the length is a bit shorter. Root has enough time to go back and punch it back to the bowler.
Another change. Ish Sodhi to have a go with the ball now. He came in the side on the back of his recent outings in T20Is, yet his skipper insists on not dwelling upon the results from the format to judge the way forward in ODIs. Irony.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Length ball outside off, Root goes back and slaps it through cover-point for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Milked for a single to long on.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Root again goes back and flicks this through backward square leg for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Full on off, driven to mid off.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Roy now flicks this delivery on the pads through square leg. The man from fine leg, Boult, had to run towards it to prevent the second.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. 50 up for England. It has been a slowish start but a steady one nonetheless. Root works this one through square leg to pick up one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated full on off, pushed towards mid off. Santner stops it in his followthrough.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Flatter on the stumps, Root goes back and works it through backward square leg for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Eased to long off for one more run. The stand moves to 38 with that.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Root works this away through mid-wicket to rotate strike.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Slower through the air this time, Roy gets down the track and pushes it to long on for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around middle and off, driven through wide mid off for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Hurled outside off, hit to point. Decent start from the all-rounder.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Worked away off the pads towards fine leg for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Roy pushes it to the man at covers and gets to the other end.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Around off, mistimed back towards the bowler.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Length ball outside off, Root hangs back and guides it to third man for one.
Time for Powerplay 2! Till the 40th over, a maximum of four fielders can man the boundary fence. Also, Colin de Grandhomme is introduced into the attack. His changes in pace will be important on this surface.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Darted on off and middle, driven to mid on. 7 runs off the first spin over.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. FOUR! Now, this is some good shot given the field placements. Yes it's Jason Roy. This is bowled slower through the air around off, Roy gets down on a knee and lofts it over mid on. Clears the man running back from that position comfortably and collects a one-bounce boundary. Perhaps the second-last delivery of this first Powerplay prompted him to take the aerial route.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Quicker one this time, Jason defends it off the front foot.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. This one is served in line of the stumps, Root gets forward and drives it inside out just past a leaping Santner and collects a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated around off, not too slow through the air. Roy pushes it to the man at the long off fence and changes strike.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around off, Root drives it to long off for a single.
Spin time! Time for Mitchell Santner to be in action with the ball. There is a slip in place.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Around off, Roy gets his stride out and defends.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Full outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Joe pats it to the off side and quickly gets to the other end.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Hurled on the pads, flicked away towards mid-wicket.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Joe hangs on his back foot and defends it with a straight bat.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Good shot, finally. This is driven on the up towards wide mid off. Williamson rushes to his left and dives, but makes a half-stop. This prompts Roy to quickly steal a single, in spite of a wide throw from Kane at the bowler's end.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. FOUR! Valiant effort in vain. On a length around off, Root goes back and punches it through covers. Santner hares after it and even puts in the dive but is unable to prevent the boundary. 9 runs off this over.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. FOUR! Now Root gets a thick outside edge. After all, I had jinxed it perhaps. This is angled away from off, Root looks to go for the drive but gets it just over the second slip fielder for a boundary.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Root stays back and presents a straight bat to block that.
Another slip comes in NOW! After all those edges, now the Kiwis deem it necessary to have another man there. But strangely, Root hasn't been edgy yet.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Slanting away from outside off, Roy looks to go over covers. Gets a top edge but the ball lands well short of third man. Another run results.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Hurled well outside off, Roy lets it be.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Full on off, hit on the up to mid off for nothing.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Root keeps this one off the back foot.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. FOUR! Nice stroke. This comes as a welcome shot after some not-so-convincing ones. This is full on middle, Root flicks it nicely through mid-wicket for another boundary.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Driven through mid off by the batsman.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball on the stumps, Roy pats it to the on side and gets to the other end quickly.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. This ball is pushed to the man at mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. FOUR! Streaky again. This is just his second boundary and both of them have the first adjective common in them. Tim hurls it on a length outside off, Roy has a slash at that. The ball is close to play that and he ends up getting a bottom edge. The ball, though, evades the diving wicketkeeper to his left and goes to the fence behind. Any other adamant ball would have made contact with the stumps behind.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Edge again. Safe though, as it goes well past the lone slip fielder and retains strike.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. A bit more lift from the surface here. Roy looks to defend this length ball, but it climbs a bit more and he ends up doing so off the high part of the bat.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Straight ball going away from Roy, he minds his own business and points his bat skywards to let it be.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Fuller around middle and leg, Roy gets in and flicks it straight to the extra man stationed in front of square on the leg side inside the circle.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. On a length on the pads, Root clips it to fine leg to get his first run in this inni class="commentary-ball"> 12.1 1
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. 50 up for England. It has been a slowish start but a steady one nonetheless. Root works this one through square leg to pick up one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated full on off, pushed towards mid off. Santner stops it in his followthrough.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Flatter on the stumps, Root goes back and works it through backward square leg for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Eased to long off for one more run. The stand moves to 38 with that.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Root works this away through mid-wicket to rotate strike.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Slower through the air this time, Roy gets down the track and pushes it to long on for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around middle and off, driven through wide mid off for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Hurled outside off, hit to point. Decent start from the all-rounder.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Worked away off the pads towards fine leg for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Roy pushes it to the man at covers and gets to the other end.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Colin de Grandhomme to Jason Roy. Around off, mistimed back towards the bowler.
Colin de Grandhomme to Joe Root. Length ball outside off, Root hangs back and guides it to third man for one.
Time for Powerplay 2! Till the 40th over, a maximum of four fielders can man the boundary fence. Also, Colin de Grandhomme is introduced into the attack. His changes in pace will be important on this surface.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Darted on off and middle, driven to mid on. 7 runs off the first spin over.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. FOUR! Now, this is some good shot given the field placements. Yes it's Jason Roy. This is bowled slower through the air around off, Roy gets down on a knee and lofts it over mid on. Clears the man running back from that position comfortably and collects a one-bounce boundary. Perhaps the second-last delivery of this first Powerplay prompted him to take the aerial route.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Quicker one this time, Jason defends it off the front foot.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. This one is served in line of the stumps, Root gets forward and drives it inside out just past a leaping Santner and collects a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Roy. Floated around off, not too slow through the air. Roy pushes it to the man at the long off fence and changes strike.
Mitchell Santner to Joe Root. Floated around off, Root drives it to long off for a single.
Spin time! Time for Mitchell Santner to be in action with the ball. There is a slip in place.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Around off, Roy gets his stride out and defends.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Full outside off, driven straight to mid off.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Joe pats it to the off side and quickly gets to the other end.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Hurled on the pads, flicked away towards mid-wicket.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Joe hangs on his back foot and defends it with a straight bat.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Good shot, finally. This is driven on the up towards wide mid off. Williamson rushes to his left and dives, but makes a half-stop. This prompts Roy to quickly steal a single, in spite of a wide throw from Kane at the bowler's end.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. FOUR! Valiant effort in vain. On a length around off, Root goes back and punches it through covers. Santner hares after it and even puts in the dive but is unable to prevent the boundary. 9 runs off this over.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. FOUR! Now Root gets a thick outside edge. After all, I had jinxed it perhaps. This is angled away from off, Root looks to go for the drive but gets it just over the second slip fielder for a boundary.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Root stays back and presents a straight bat to block that.
Another slip comes in NOW! After all those edges, now the Kiwis deem it necessary to have another man there. But strangely, Root hasn't been edgy yet.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Slanting away from outside off, Roy looks to go over covers. Gets a top edge but the ball lands well short of third man. Another run results.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Hurled well outside off, Roy lets it be.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Full on off, hit on the up to mid off for nothing.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Root keeps this one off the back foot.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. FOUR! Nice stroke. This comes as a welcome shot after some not-so-convincing ones. This is full on middle, Root flicks it nicely through mid-wicket for another boundary.
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Driven through mid off by the batsman.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball on the stumps, Roy pats it to the on side and gets to the other end quickly.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. This ball is pushed to the man at mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. FOUR! Streaky again. This is just his second boundary and both of them have the first adjective common in them. Tim hurls it on a length outside off, Roy has a slash at that. The ball is close to play that and he ends up getting a bottom edge. The ball, though, evades the diving wicketkeeper to his left and goes to the fence behind. Any other adamant ball would have made contact with the stumps behind.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Edge again. Safe though, as it goes well past the lone slip fielder and retains strike.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. A bit more lift from the surface here. Roy looks to defend this length ball, but it climbs a bit more and he ends up doing so off the high part of the bat.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Straight ball going away from Roy, he minds his own business and points his bat skywards to let it be.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Fuller around middle and leg, Roy gets in and flicks it straight to the extra man stationed in front of square on the leg side inside the circle.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. On a length on the pads, Root clips it to fine leg to get his first run in this innings.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Hurled around off and middle, pushed towards mid off.
Colin de Grandhomme is seen warming up already. Perhaps the lack of pace on the track might make Williamson to look to him early. Meanwhile, a second slip comes into position now.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Fuller this time, driven straight to Santner at covers.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Another one outside off, Roy shoulders arms.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball outside off, left alone by Jason.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball around middle, nudged through mid-wicket for a couple.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Roy charges down to this one and blocks it out.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Close leave! Hurled just outside off, the ball nips in just a bit after pitching. Roy covers his stumps to let it go yet the ball passes close to the off pole.
Joe Root, the English Test skipper, makes his way out to the middle at no.3. He was good with the bat in the series against Australia.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. OUT! This was always on the cards. An early wicket for the hosts, that should get their tails up. The natural left-arm pacer's angle has come to Trent's aid here. He delivers this around a good length. It is going away towards the keeper and Bairstow should have let it be. But instead he opts to go for the drive and gets a thick outside edge. The ball travels towards first slip where Taylor takes it by getting low to his right. Perhaps time away from the game has rendered Bairstow a tad rusty here.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow needs to be careful here. Repeatedly he has had a needless go at deliveries that he needn't play first up. This is on a length going away from him, he looks to slash at it but misses.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Full on off, driven to mid off.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman was beaten and missed the line of the delivery.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Edged again! Angled away from Roy, he goes at it with hard hands. Gets a thick outside edge to third man for one.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. FOUR! Streaky but that's how Roy largely plays. Full delivery around middle and leg, just a hint of movement in. Roy gets it off the inner half and the ball rushes through to the deep mid-wicket fence.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length ball on the pads, Jonny fails to flick it away.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball outside off, left alone.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Another length ball outside off, Jonny has a wild slash at that but misses.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Lovely work on the field. In line of the stumps, pushed down the track. De Grandhomme quickly gets to his left from mid on and puts in the dive to intercept it, but fails to prevent a single that helps Roy get off the mark.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Some action! Hurled in on a fuller length around middle and leg, Roy seems to have missed the flick and got it on the pads. This draws an appeal from Southee, to which KI here, replies saying, yes, that's out if the seventh stump would have been in place. On another look, it is seen that there was a thin inside edge.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled on middle and leg, flicked to the man at mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. This is on the pads, flicked away towards mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Account opener! Not the right line and length after four good deliveries. This is bowled short in length around middle and leg, the pace reads just 130.8 kph. Bairstow goes back and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller this time, hit straight to the man at mid off.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Lovely! Nasser Hussain states something on air, which I can't help but agree upon. He looks at this delivery, that is slanted away on a length around off. The natural angle takes it away from Bairstow who has a feel for it but misses. Seeing this the expert says that this is why teams yearn to have a left arm seamer in their ranks. Apt.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball angling away from Jonny, he stands back and has a waft at that one, only to miss edging the ball. Careful, boy!
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. On the money! Boult steams in and spears a yorker on middle. Bairstow is alert to the occasion and digs it out.
On expected lines, Trent Boult will take the second new ball from the other end. Only one slip again, this time for Bairstow.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Angled in on a length, Roy clips it to mid-wicket. A maiden to begin for the hosts.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Again. The ball isn't really coming on to the bat nicely. Roy looks to play the drive down the ground but gets it off the inner half towards mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled around off and middle, pushed back towards the bowler.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Outside off, Jason punches it off the back foot straight to the man at point.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Fuller in length, just a hint of swing seen here. The line is around off and middle, Roy stands back and blocks.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Southee begins with a length delivery outside off, signs of the surface holding up are visible here. It doesn't come to the bat as quickly as Roy expects and he ends up chopping it to the off side.
The anthems are done and dusted. After a mini-huddle, the Kiwis jog out to the mballs ">0
Tim Southee to Joe Root. Driven through mid off by the batsman.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball on the stumps, Roy pats it to the on side and gets to the other end quickly.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. This ball is pushed to the man at mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. FOUR! Streaky again. This is just his second boundary and both of them have the first adjective common in them. Tim hurls it on a length outside off, Roy has a slash at that. The ball is close to play that and he ends up getting a bottom edge. The ball, though, evades the diving wicketkeeper to his left and goes to the fence behind. Any other adamant ball would have made contact with the stumps behind.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Edge again. Safe though, as it goes well past the lone slip fielder and retains strike.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. A bit more lift from the surface here. Roy looks to defend this length ball, but it climbs a bit more and he ends up doing so off the high part of the bat.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Straight ball going away from Roy, he minds his own business and points his bat skywards to let it be.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Fuller around middle and leg, Roy gets in and flicks it straight to the extra man stationed in front of square on the leg side inside the circle.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. On a length on the pads, Root clips it to fine leg to get his first run in this innings.
Trent Boult to Joe Root. Hurled around off and middle, pushed towards mid off.
Colin de Grandhomme is seen warming up already. Perhaps the lack of pace on the track might make Williamson to look to him early. Meanwhile, a second slip comes into position now.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Fuller this time, driven straight to Santner at covers.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Another one outside off, Roy shoulders arms.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball outside off, left alone by Jason.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Length ball around middle, nudged through mid-wicket for a couple.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Roy charges down to this one and blocks it out.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Close leave! Hurled just outside off, the ball nips in just a bit after pitching. Roy covers his stumps to let it go yet the ball passes close to the off pole.
Joe Root, the English Test skipper, makes his way out to the middle at no.3. He was good with the bat in the series against Australia.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. OUT! This was always on the cards. An early wicket for the hosts, that should get their tails up. The natural left-arm pacer's angle has come to Trent's aid here. He delivers this around a good length. It is going away towards the keeper and Bairstow should have let it be. But instead he opts to go for the drive and gets a thick outside edge. The ball travels towards first slip where Taylor takes it by getting low to his right. Perhaps time away from the game has rendered Bairstow a tad rusty here.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow needs to be careful here. Repeatedly he has had a needless go at deliveries that he needn't play first up. This is on a length going away from him, he looks to slash at it but misses.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Full on off, driven to mid off.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman was beaten and missed the line of the delivery.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. Edged again! Angled away from Roy, he goes at it with hard hands. Gets a thick outside edge to third man for one.
Trent Boult to Jason Roy. FOUR! Streaky but that's how Roy largely plays. Full delivery around middle and leg, just a hint of movement in. Roy gets it off the inner half and the ball rushes through to the deep mid-wicket fence.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length ball on the pads, Jonny fails to flick it away.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball outside off, left alone.
Tim Southee to Jonny Bairstow. Another length ball outside off, Jonny has a wild slash at that but misses.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Lovely work on the field. In line of the stumps, pushed down the track. De Grandhomme quickly gets to his left from mid on and puts in the dive to intercept it, but fails to prevent a single that helps Roy get off the mark.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Some action! Hurled in on a fuller length around middle and leg, Roy seems to have missed the flick and got it on the pads. This draws an appeal from Southee, to which KI here, replies saying, yes, that's out if the seventh stump would have been in place. On another look, it is seen that there was a thin inside edge.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled on middle and leg, flicked to the man at mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. This is on the pads, flicked away towards mid-wicket for nothing.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Account opener! Not the right line and length after four good deliveries. This is bowled short in length around middle and leg, the pace reads just 130.8 kph. Bairstow goes back and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller this time, hit straight to the man at mid off.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Lovely! Nasser Hussain states something on air, which I can't help but agree upon. He looks at this delivery, that is slanted away on a length around off. The natural angle takes it away from Bairstow who has a feel for it but misses. Seeing this the expert says that this is why teams yearn to have a left arm seamer in their ranks. Apt.
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball angling away from Jonny, he stands back and has a waft at that one, only to miss edging the ball. Careful, boy!
Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow. On the money! Boult steams in and spears a yorker on middle. Bairstow is alert to the occasion and digs it out.
On expected lines, Trent Boult will take the second new ball from the other end. Only one slip again, this time for Bairstow.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Angled in on a length, Roy clips it to mid-wicket. A maiden to begin for the hosts.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Again. The ball isn't really coming on to the bat nicely. Roy looks to play the drive down the ground but gets it off the inner half towards mid on.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Hurled around off and middle, pushed back towards the bowler.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Outside off, Jason punches it off the back foot straight to the man at point.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Fuller in length, just a hint of swing seen here. The line is around off and middle, Roy stands back and blocks.
Tim Southee to Jason Roy. Southee begins with a length delivery outside off, signs of the surface holding up are visible here. It doesn't come to the bat as quickly as Roy expects and he ends up chopping it to the off side.
The anthems are done and dusted. After a mini-huddle, the Kiwis jog out to the middle to take their positions on the field. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow make their way out with the bat. The former smashed a scintillating 180 at the MCG to begin the ODI series in Australia. His side would hope for another similar knock at the start of this tour. Tim Southee has the first new ball in hand. Just one slip in place.
The national anthems are underway now. The England's one is being played first followed by the home side's.
PITCH REPORT - Craig Cummins is out there observing the pitch. He states that the surface has been nicely watered. He reckons it to be slightly on the slower side due to its clayey nature. Adds that cutters would help the pacers out. The cooler climate will also aid the due factor to come up as the evening approaches. States that bowling full should help the bowlers early up, after adding that it isn't going to be easy batting. The areas around the good length should be exploited more by the bowlers, according to him. He also expects the odd ball to stop on the surface.
Eoin Morgan, the English captain, would have loved to chase as well. Adds that the dew in the evening is definitely a factor. Reveals that Ben Stokes is playing along with two spinners for them. Reckons that their success is owing to their deep batting order and adds that they have a method to their batting. States that they will look to go forward keeping in mind the ICC World Cup, 2019.
Kane Williamson, the Kiwi skipper, reckons chasing will be easier given the dew factor. Informs that they're playing an extra slow bowler. Opines that it is a fairly used surface and it should play well. Admits to playing two spinners, leaving out Lockie Ferguson. States that he doesn't want to read too much from the results in T20Is, as this is a different format altogether.
TOSS - Heads is the call, tails it is. NEW ZEALAND WILL CHASE IN THE FIRST GAME.
Ben Stokes has been the centre of attraction for England for sometime now. If he plays this one, this will be a welcome involvement for him, coming off from the off-field incident that kept him out of the game for a while now. Also, this will be a shot in the arm for the tourists, given the way they performed against Australia. The hosts, on the other hand, are going through a nice patch in ODIs and would look to extend their winning streak in the format. What will be the composition of the sides? What does the game have for us in offer? Here's the toss...
Hello! It's a Sunday and a pretty good time to kickoff England's stint in New Zealand in Oceania. We are glad to have you with us for our coverage of the first ODI, which will be played at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Two sides which are interesting to watch in ODIs lock horns and we are hopeful of having a wonderful game in our hands.