Super 8 - Match 9, 27-Feb-2026
| 6 | 19.6 | 19.6: Rehan Ahmed to Mitchell Santner, SIX! Clean as a whistle! Tossed up, outside off, Mitchell Santner comes down the track and lofts it straight back over the bowler. Clears long off with ease and NEW ZEALAND FINISH ON 159/7! |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Rehan Ahmed to Mitchell Santner, Full, outside off, no pace offered, Mitchell Santner goes for a big slog sweep but misses. |
| 1 | 19.4 | 19.4: Rehan Ahmed to Matt Henry, Full, on middle, chipped down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Rehan Ahmed to Cole McConchie, OUT! BOWLED! Rehan bounces back. 7th wicket down and all the wickets have gone to spin! Second for this leggie. Tossed up, but not too much flight, around the leg stump. Cole McConchie gets down on a knee and looks to play the slog sweep but misses. The ball lands and then bounces low a touch, spinning past the outside edge and shatters the stumps. 97/2 BECOMES 152/7! |
| 4 | 19.2 | 19.2: Rehan Ahmed to Cole McConchie, FOUR! 150 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND. McConchie comes down the track and converts this into a full toss. Whips it towards long on who comes running in, but the ball lands and skids through, taking the fielder by surprise. He misses and the Kiwis profit with a boundary. |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Rehan Ahmed to Mitchell Santner, Outside off, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 0 | 18.7 | 18.6: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Tossed up, outside off, Cole McConchie winds up for the massive slog sweep but misses as the ball pitches and then spins away past the outside edge. Just 5 runs from the 19th over! Rashid finishes with bowling figures of 4-0-28-2. |
| 2 | 18.6 | 18.5: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Outside off, pretty full, CM brings out the reverse sweep now. Gets it through point for a couple. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.4: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Landed outside off, another sweep shot employed, but does not result in anything. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.3: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Full, around off, Cole looks to play the slog sweep but gets a bottom edge onto his pads. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, WIDE. Short and spinning a mile down the leg side. McConchie looks to pull but misses. |
| 2 | 18.2 | 18.2: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Outside off, punched through the covers for a couple. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Adil Rashid to Cole McConchie, Down the leg side, Cole McConchie looks to sweep but misses. No wide given. |
| 1 | 17.6 | 17.6: Will Jacks to Cole McConchie, Outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. A wicket and 7 runs from the over, 10/2 in the last 2! |
| 1 | 17.5 | 17.5: Will Jacks to Mitchell Santner, Around off, punched down to long off for a single. |
| 1 | 17.4 | 17.4: Will Jacks to Cole McConchie, Outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. |
| 4 | 17.3 | 17.3: Will Jacks to Cole McConchie, FOUR! Nicely done. Full, down the leg side, Cole McConchie gets down and sweeps it behind square leg, getting off the mark with a boundary. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Will Jacks to Cole McConchie, Outside off, punched straight to short third. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, OUT! BOWLED! 6th wicket falls to spin and FROM 97/2, NEW ZEALAND ARE NOW 135/6! Landed outside off, Glenn Phillips reaches out to go inside out. But he is not to the pitch of the ball and attempts to initially drive through the covers, but then, probably, through mid off. But he is late in adjusting and the ball lands, spins back in massively, takes the bottom edge and hits the stumps. Big, big blow, as Phillips was playing spin really well. |
| 1 | 16.6 | 16.6: Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a run. A wicket and 3 runs from the over, Liam Dawson ends with bowling figures of 4-0-32-1. |
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Liam Dawson to Mitchell Santner, Full, around off, Mitchell Santner drives it through mid off for a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Liam Dawson to Daryl Mitchell, OUT! CAUGHT! The dots create the pressure and a wicket falls. Floated, outside off, Daryl Mitchell looks to go down the ground but just cannot get to the pitch of the ball. Hence, he toe-ends it and the ball goes towards long off, where Will Jacks makes no mistake. Mitchell admonishes himself as he walks back, and from 97/2, NEW ZEALAND ARE NOW 133/5! |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Liam Dawson to Daryl Mitchell, Lovely bowling again. Tossed up, outside off, no pace offered, Mitchell shapes up for the reverse pull this time, but gets beaten once more. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Liam Dawson to Daryl Mitchell, Tossed up, outside off, 90.6 kph, Daryl Mitchell gets down and winds up for a big slog sweep. But he is very early into the shot and gets a thick inside edge which rolls down to short fine leg. |
| 1 | 16.1 | 16.1: Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, Glenn Phillips rocks back and punches it through the covers for a single. |
| 1 | 15.6 | 15.6: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, Glenn rocks back and punches it through the covers for another single. |
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: Rehan Ahmed to Daryl Mitchell, Outside off, worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 1 | 15.4 | 15.4: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, around off, Glenn Phillips goes back and drags the pull towards long on for a single. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Rehan Ahmed to Daryl Mitchell, Fuller, outside off, driven through mid off for another single. |
| 1 | 15.2 | 15.2: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, Phillips cuts it through point where Jofra Archer does well to half-stop the ball with a dive. Keeps the batters to a single. |
| 2 | 15.1 | 15.1: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Full, on middle, Glenn Phillips leans and works this through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Adil Rashid to Daryl Mitchell, Full and around middle, Mitchell lunges to flick but misses the googly and is hit on the pads. |
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.5: Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, punched towards long off for a single. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, Outside off, cut straight to point. |
| 1 | 14.3 | 14.3: Adil Rashid to Daryl Mitchell, Full and straight, Daryl Mitchell works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Adil Rashid to Daryl Mitchell, Full and straight, Mitchell comes forward to defend. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Adil Rashid to Mark Chapman, OUT! STUMPED! And spin strikes straightaway after the break! Clever bowling once again. Rashid senses that Chapman might have a go at him and tosses this beautifully, slowing the pace down. Chapman does come down the track and swings, but is not to the pitch of the ball. He misses but the keeper doesn't. Jos Buttler collects the ball and whips the bails off with ease. Chapman departs after a brief innings and from 97/2, NEW ZEALAND ARE 123/4! |
| 0 | 13.7 | 13.6: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, Full and straight, GP drives it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 13.6 | 13.5: Will Jacks to Mark Chapman, Another short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.4: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, A long hop, outside off, Phillips gets down and sweeps this to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, WIDE. Short, but spinning down the leg side. Glenn looks to pull but misses. Good take by Buttler. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Will Jacks to Mark Chapman, Short, around off, Mark Chapman pulls this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2 | 13.2 | 13.2: Will Jacks to Mark Chapman, Comes down the track and whips this over mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 1 | 13.1 | 13.1: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, Will Jacks comes back on. 2-0-9-1 so far. Starts with a shortish ball, outside off, Glenn Phillips looks to cut but gets a bit of an under edge towards cover. Takes the single. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, FOUR MORE! Brook leaves mid-wicket open and Chapman goes right through there! Full, on middle, Mark Chapman comes down the track and whips it over mid-wicket, finding the gap and the boundary! 10 from the over! |
| 4 | 12.5 | 12.5: Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, FOUR! Well hit. It is the longer part of the boundary and because of that, Phil Salt is well inside the ropes, probably to stop the twos. Fractionally short, around middle and leg, Mark Chapman goes back and whips it well over Salt. It lands around a metre inside the ropes and goes beyond. |
| 1 | 12.4 | 12.4: Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Quicker and wider outside off, Glenn Phillips carves this over cover for a single. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Shortish, outside off, Glenn Phillips slaps it to the cover fielder. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Liam Dawson to Glenn Phillips, Short, on middle and leg, angling in, Glenn Phillips rocks back and misses his flick and wears it on his pad. An LBW appeal goes around, but the umpire remains unmoved as it's clearly going down the leg side. |
| 1 | 12.1 | 12.1: Liam Dawson to Mark Chapman, That's gone high, but drops safely! This is a touch fuller, pitching on off and turning in, to straighten the delivery. Mark Chapman attempts to swat it, but gets the top edge. The ball lobs and drops safely, just behind the wide mid on region. The long on fielder comes sprinting, but it drops much short of him. A single taken. |
| 2 | 11.6 | 11.6: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, around off, Glenn goes back and pulls this through mid-wicket for a couple. 9 runs and a wicket to kickstart Rehan Ahmed's T20 World Cup career. |
| 4 | 11.5 | 11.5: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! TONK! Pretty full, outside off, Phillips comes forward and lofts this powerfully over mid off for a boundary! |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: Rehan Ahmed to Mark Chapman, 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND. Inside the 12th over. By David Lloyd's philosophy, teams with good batting depth can double their score post the 12-over mark. 200 would be a real handful on this deck. Full, on middle, Mark Chapman eases this down to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Rehan Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, Short, outside off, Glenn Phillips punches it to cover for one. |
| 1 | 11.2 | 11.2: Rehan Ahmed to Mark Chapman, Short, outside off, Mark Chapman pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Rehan Ahmed to Rachin Ravindra, OUT! TAKEN! Would you believe it? It's a dream start for Rehan Ahmed. England desperately needed a wicket. They made a change before this over to bring in Jacob Bethell, but it didn't work. This time it's Rehan Ahmed and he starts off with flying colours. This is short, and wide outside off, asking for the batter to hit it across the line as it's the shorter side. Rachin Ravindra falls into the trap as he goes deep inside the crease and pulls it, but gets the toe end of the bat. The ball flies flat to the left and front of Jacob Bethell, who takes a great catch in the deep mid-wicket region. The budding 31-run stand has been broken and NEW ZEALAND ARE 97/3 AFTER 11.1 OVERS! |
| 2 | 10.6 | 10.6: Jacob Bethell to Glenn Phillips, Very full, outside off, Glenn hammers this through the covers for a couple. 13 from Bethell's opener. |
| 4 | 10.5 | 10.5: Jacob Bethell to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! THWACK! Phillips has come out and looked in tremendous touch. Full, around off, Phillips comes forward and hammers this straight back past the bowler. The ball races down the ground and despite both, long on and long off being present, bisects them! |
| 1 | 10.4 | 10.4: Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Dropped short, around leg stump, Rachin Ravindra goes back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Bethell drags his length back once again, outside off, Rachin Ravindra covers the stumps and looks to flick it but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 2 | 10.2 | 10.2: Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, Short, around middle, Rachin Ravindra rocks back and nudges it with soft hands to the left of long on for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 10.1 | 10.1: Jacob Bethell to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! Rachin Ravindra gives a warm greeting to Bethell! Low full toss to offer, on the fourth stump. Rachin Ravindra bends his back leg a bit and heaves it uppishly, toward the left of the bowler for four runs. The ball zips like a tracer bullet and dissects the long on and long off fielders. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, No run, that is flicked away but straight to the fielder. |
| 4 | 9.5 | 9.5: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, EDGED, FOUR! Excellent bowling. Quicker ball, short of full, outside off. Phillips stays back and pokes at it, but the ball skids through, takes the outside edge and flies straight to first slip. But there is none and the ball races to the deep third fence. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Landed outside off, 75.8 kph, short in length, Rachin Ravindra goes back and punches it through the covers for a single. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Swing and a miss! Shorter one now, pitching it just outside off and spinning it away from the left-hander. Rachin Ravindra opens his stance to pull it away, but the ball grips on the deck and beats the upper part of the blade. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, A touch fuller, pitching on leg and turning it away from the leg pole. Glenn Phillips goes deep into the crease and tucks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Jacks pitches it up, on the fifth stump, Rachin Ravindra leans on the delivery and gives it a push through cover for a single. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, Quicker again. Short and at the off stump, Glenn chooses to stay behind again but the ball skids through after pitching, cramping him for room and the bat comes down just in time to punch the ball towards point. 11 from the over. |
| 4 | 8.5 | 8.5: Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! That's 10 runs in the last 2 deliveries. Excellent batsmanship, as Glenn Phillips expects this to be short and quick. So he stays deep in his crease, picks the length in a trice and pulls it through square leg for a boundary! |
| 6 | 8.4 | 8.4: Adil Rashid to Glenn Phillips, SIX! THUNDEROUS! Googly, around off, fuller in length, Glenn Phillips picks the wrong 'un, lunges and flicks it powerfully over mid-wicket! |
| 1 | 8.3 | 8.3: Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Short, around off, Rachin Ravindra gets on his back foot and punches it to the left of the cover fielder, who makes a half stop with his expansive dive. Single taken. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Appeal for LBW, but turned down by the umpire! Tossed up, around leg and fuller in length. Rachin Ravindra attempts to sweep it but misses and is hit on the front pad. The replay shows that the ball is pitching outside leg. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Adil Rashid to Rachin Ravindra, Slower through the air and a googly as well, on middle. Rachin Ravindra flicks it to short fine leg. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, In line of the stumps, Phillips goes back and nurdles it towards square leg. A wicket and 2 runs from the over, 12/2 in the last 2 overs! |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Will Jacks to Glenn Phillips, Full, on middle, Glenn Phillips works it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Will Jacks to Finn Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a real gift for England. Full, on middle and leg, Finn Allen comes forward and whips this pretty nonchalantly. However, he is not able to keep the ball down and it goes straight to deep mid-wicket, where the stationed Jacob Bethell makes no mistake! And just like that, from 64/0, New Zealand are now 66/2! |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Fuller, on off and middle, Rachin Ravindra clips it across the line through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Will Jacks to Rachin Ravindra, Loopy yorker now, on off, Rachin Ravindra jams it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 7.1 | 7.1: Will Jacks to Finn Allen, Jacks comes around the wicket, bowls it much fuller, outside off. Finn Allen lunges and drills it to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Adil Rashid to Tim Seifert, OUT! STUMPED! Rashid hands England their first breakthrough. Beautifully tossed up, outside off, fuller in length. Seifert goes for a wild heave through the leg side, aiming for a slog, but Rashid smartly slows the pace down. As a result, the shot is already played while the ball arrives late and then spins a mile away after pitching. Goes past the bat and the keeper, Jos Buttler, collects the ball and quickly whips the bails off. Seifert is already walking off and is about to cross the ropes, when the fourth umpire stops him from crossing the ropes, stating that the decision has been referred upstairs. The replay shows that Seifert's foot was on the line and he continues his march towards the dugout. A quickfire knock after a sluggish start and he has done his part in giving his side a good platform. New Zealand are 64/1 after 7 overs! |
| 6 | 6.5 | 6.5: Adil Rashid to Tim Seifert, SIX! THUMP! Shorter in length, outside off, Tim Seifert goes back and pulls it massively over mid-wicket! |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Adil Rashid to Finn Allen, Short, outside off, Finn Allen backs away and slaps it over mid off for a single. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Adil Rashid to Tim Seifert, Short of a length, on off, googly, Tim Seifert hangs back and punches it to long on to take one more run. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Adil Rashid to Finn Allen, Rashid drags his length back, pitching it outside off, turning away from the batter. Finn Allen rocks back and slaps it from the toe end of his willow to long off for another single. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Adil Rashid to Tim Seifert, Adil Rashid jogs from over the wicket and delivers it fuller, on off, Tim Seifert drives it gently to long off for a single. |
| 2 | 5.6 | 5.6: Sam Curran to Finn Allen, Curran finishes off with a pacey, on a length, on middle, angling in. Finn Allen tucks it to the left of the fine leg fielder, who dives but fails to make a stop. Meanwhile, the batter gets a couple of runs between the sticks. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Sam Curran to Finn Allen, There is the short delivery, on middle, Finn Allen makes a leave at it. |
| 1 | 5.4 | 5.4: Sam Curran to Tim Seifert, Another fuller delivery, on middle, Tim Seifert pushes it to mid on and gets a quick single. |
| 1 | 5.3 | 5.3: Sam Curran to Finn Allen, On a good length, outside off, Finn Allen hits it wide of long on for a single. |
| 6 | 5.2 | 5.2: Sam Curran to Finn Allen, SIX! This is outstanding batting from Allen! Another slower delivery from Curran, angling in, around the pad of the batter. Finn Allen waits for the delivery to arrive and then flicks it with a perfect connection from the middle of the bat to sail it over deep mid-wicket for a six. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Sam Curran to Finn Allen, Sam Curran starts off with a slower one, on off, Finn Allen respects the delivery and eases it to cover. |
| 1 | 4.6 | 4.6: Jofra Archer to Finn Allen, On a length, outside off, Finn Allen goes back and works it through mid-wicket for a run. 16 from the over! |
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, On a length, outside off, there to be hit, Tim goes for a big heave ho through the leg side, but loses his shape. Gets it off the inner half of the bat through square leg and the batters pinch a single. |
| 6 | 4.4 | 4.4: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, SIX! Oohhh... all of a sudden, Brook's decision to go for Archer's third in the Powerplay is seeming questionable. A short ball, outside off, pretty quick, but Tim Seifert is ready. Stays back and pulls it over mid-wicket with absolute disdain! |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, FOUR MORE! One brings two. Archer does not give width but lands the ball on a length outside off. Seifert backs away to the leg side and slaps it over mid off for boundaries in succession! |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.2: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, FOUR! THRASH! That will make Seifert a lot happier. First real delivery from Archer that the batter has actually managed to have any say on. Width from Jofra, a rarity, on a length outside off, Tim Seifert cashes in and slaps it over cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, The Kiwis just cannot lay any bat on Archer! A quick short ball, outside off, Tim Seifert goes for the pull but misses. |
| 1 | 3.6 | 3.6: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, In the air... but lands safely! Flat and fuller, on the fifth stump. Tim Seifert charges down the track and mistimes his heave from the outer half of the bat. Luckily, the ball lobs and drops much short of the long off fielder, who is charging to take the catch. Single taken. |
| 1 | 3.5 | 3.5: Liam Dawson to Finn Allen, Dawson drags his length back once again, angling in, on leg, Finn Allen pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 3.4 | 3.4: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, Shortish now, on off, Tim Seifert opens his hips and slaps it to long off. Single taken. |
| 1 | 3.3 | 3.3: Liam Dawson to Finn Allen, Short, on middle, Finn Allen nudges it to the vacant mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 6 | 3.2 | 3.2: Liam Dawson to Finn Allen, SIX! Excellent use of the feet! Liam Dawson tosses it up, not that full, on off and middle. Finn Allen skips down the track and smashes it to clear the long off fence for half a dozen. |
| 1 | 3.1 | 3.1: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, Yorker to start the new over, on off. Tim Seifert looks to punch it through cover with cross-bat, but gets nicked on the inside edge. The ball rolls to the left of the short fine leg fielder and the batter gets a single. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Jofra Archer to Finn Allen, Back of a length, outside off. Tim Seifert gets a long way across to pull it over the keeper but misses again. |
| 1 | 2.5 | 2.5: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, On middle and off, punched wide of mid on, to his left, for a run. |
| 1 | 2.4 | 2.4: Jofra Archer to Finn Allen, On a length, around off, coming in, pushed down towards mid on for a single. |
| 6 | 2.3 | 2.3: Jofra Archer to Finn Allen, SIX! TAKE THAT! After successive quick deliveries, Archer goes for the change up. Slows the pace down and lands it pretty full, around off. But Allen picks the change in pace and waits for the ball. And then, on arrival, whips it powerfully over mid-wicket and it goes all the way, registering the first six of the match. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Jofra Archer to Finn Allen, A sharp short ball now, just outside off. Finn Allen looks to play this through the off side but the ball keeps on rising and beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, On a length, outside off, 147.3 kph, coming in, Tim Seifert looks to heave it over the leg side, but misses. The ball nips back in, hits the thigh pad and deflects to the off side. The batters take a single and a leg bye is signalled. |
| 1 | 1.6 | 1.6: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, Short, on leg, Tim Seifert nudges it to wide mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 4 | 1.5 | 1.5: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, FOUR! This is smart batting from Seifert. A tad shorter, pitching on middle and angling in. Tim Seifert crouches down on one knee and sweeps it up and over the mid-wicket region for four runs. That's the first boundary of the inning. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, Liam pushes it fuller, on off, Tim Seifert couldn't quite connect the reverse sweep. The ball bounces off to the cover-point fielder. |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.3: Liam Dawson to Tim Seifert, Flat and much fuller this time, around the pads of the batter. Tim Seifert makes room and rolls his wrists to flick it through square leg. They sprint hard for the first run and get the second in time. |
| 1 | 1.2 | 1.2: Liam Dawson to Finn Allen, A touch fuller, just outside off, Finn Allen gets on his front foot and drives it to long off to take a single and gets off the mark. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Liam Dawson to Finn Allen, Liam Dawson comes from around the wicket and bowls fuller, on middle, angling in. Finn Allen rocks back and pats it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, A maiden! On a length, outside off, cutting back in again, Seifert looks to tuck it away but misses and is hit on the thigh. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, TIM SEIFERT OVERTURNS A CAUGHT-BEHIND DECISION. Irrespective, another good nut from Archer. On back of a length, outside off, Seifert looked to heave it to the leg side. But the ball jagged back in a long way and beat him, going past something to the keeper. There was a noise and the bowler started to celebrate straightaway, then appealing for the catch. However, Buttler was not sure. Did not matter though, as the umpire raised his finger! Seifert immediately decided to take it upstairs and UltraEdge showed a spike, but when the ball was near the pad, not the bat. The third umpire then decided to check for LBW, but Ball Tracking showed the ball to be going over the stumps. Eventually, the decision is reversed and Seifert plays on. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, That's a jaffa. Archer lands this on a three-quarter length, on the seam, just outside off, TS looks to defend but the ball lands and then jags back in, past the inside edge and over the stumps to the keeper. Archer starts to appeal for the catch but gets no support from his keeper. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, Exaggerated seam movement this time. On a length, outside off, Tim gets a long way across his stumps and looks to scoop this over short fine leg but the ball seams in a long way and beats him. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, A touch shorter now, outside off. Seifert has a big go at it, aiming to go over the off side, but there is a little bit of away seam movement which takes the ball past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Jofra Archer to Tim Seifert, After all that drama, Jofra Archer starts with a 124.8 kph ball. That's possibly the slowest he could have ever bowled. On a length, outside off, coming in with the angle, Tim Seifert defends it down the track. |
| 4 | 19.3 | 19.3: Matt Henry to Will Jacks, FOUR! A boundary will be more than enough for England as they have crossed the line with a smile on their faces. Henry bowls his third consecutive bouncer on middle. Will Jacks rocks back and pulls it late but through the short fine leg region for four runs. ENGLAND BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY 4 WICKETS! |
| 1 | 19.2 | 19.2: Matt Henry to Rehan Ahmed, Another bouncer, on middle. Rehan Ahmed skips down the track and hammers it down to deep mid-wicket for another single. 3 required off 4 balls! |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Matt Henry to Will Jacks, Matt Henry scoots from over the wicket and bangs a bouncer, on off, Will Jacks pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. New Zealand desparetely need a wicket, or a dot delivery here. |
| 6 | 18.6 | 18.6: Mitchell Santner to Rehan Ahmed, SIX! Rehan, O Rehan! That's what Pakistan would be singing. What a quality shot. Tossed up, outside off, Rehan Ahmed comes down the track and looks to go inside out. He is not to the pitch of the ball but still, goes through with his shot. It seems a bit mistimed but somehow, the power on the shot carries the ball way over the long off fielder! 16 from the over, 38 in the last 2! |
| 1 | 18.5 | 18.5: Mitchell Santner to Will Jacks, Outside off, punched through point for a single. |
| 2 | 18.4 | 18.4: Mitchell Santner to Will Jacks, This is good from England and for once, Mitchell Santner shows some emotions. He was stone-faced and motionless even when Glenn Phillips was jumping up and down on dismissing Harry Brook, but now, seems to be frustrated. Landed outside off, Will Jacks goes back and punches it past cover once again, to the left of long off. Once again, Rehan charges back for the second at the non-striker's end and Santner collects the throw and removes the bails off in disgust. |
| 2 | 18.3 | 18.3: Mitchell Santner to Will Jacks, Flat and short, wide outside off, Will Jacks slaps it to the left of the long on fielder and gets a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 18.2 | 18.2: Mitchell Santner to Rehan Ahmed, Mitchell Santner drags his length back, on the sixth stump. Rehan Ahmed shuffles wide across the stumps and bunts it to cover to get a single. |
| 4 | 18.1 | 18.1: Mitchell Santner to Rehan Ahmed, FOUR! The penultimate over starts off with a boundary. The pressure is on the Kiwi skipper. Santner pitches it fuller, but way wide outside off, around the tramline. Rehan Ahmed covers the stumps and reverse sweeps it aerially, over the backward point region for four runs. |
| 4 | 17.6 | 17.6: Glenn Phillips to Will Jacks, FOUR MORE! 22 FROM THE OVER! How costly will this turn out to be as the match ends? Short, around middle, Will Jacks goes back and drags the pull through square leg. Lockie Ferguson at deep backward square leg charges to his left, dives but the ball just goes past his despairing dive! |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.5: Glenn Phillips to Will Jacks, FOUR! 'England need one more boundary in this over,' chirped Ian Smith on air just before this ball. And Jacks obeys him. A full toss, on middle, Jacks comes forward and hammers this past the non-striker. Long on is pretty wide and cannot get to the ball! |
| 6 | 17.4 | 17.4: Glenn Phillips to Will Jacks, SIX! VIOLENCE! Tossed up, outside off, Will Jacks comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and flicks it casually. But such is the power that the ball travels over the fielder at deep mid-wicket! 29 more needed from 14 balls! |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Glenn Phillips to Rehan Ahmed, Flatter and shorter, on middle, Rehan Ahmed reverse sweeps it from the inner part of his bat to backward point. Single taken. |
| 6 | 17.2 | 17.2: Glenn Phillips to Rehan Ahmed, SIX! Shot of authority! Flighted, fuller, on off and middle. Rehan Ahmed charges down the track to get to the pitched area of the ball and smokes it over the long on fence for a 94-meter biggie. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Glenn Phillips to Will Jacks, Phillips pitches it outside off and turns it in. Will Jacks shuffles across the stump to heave it away, but takes a blow on his body. The ball rolls to the leg side and the batter gets a leg bye. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Rachin Ravindra to Rehan Ahmed, Outside off, fractionally short, Rehan Ahmed looks to cut but misses. A wicket and 3 runs from the over! |
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, OUT! CAUGHT! And the set batter departs! For a part-timer, Ravindra possesses excellent bowling figures - 3.5-0-19-3! Not the best of deliveries, but Ravindra won't care. Short and outside off, begging to be hit. Tom Banton rocks back and pulls but the ball barely gets any kind of pace from the wicket. As a result, Banton cannot get any elevation or power. Hits it, or rather, mishits it towards deep mid-wicket, where Mark Chapman completes the catch near the ropes. From 100/4, ENGLAND ARE NOW 117/6! Equation - 43 runs, 19 balls. |
| 1 | 16.4 | 16.4: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Short, outside off, spinning away, Will Jacks backs away and slaps it towards long off for a single. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Short, outside off, Will Jacks looks to switch hit, but misses. |
| 1 | 16.2 | 16.2: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Oh boy, that's great running between the wickets! A tad fuller, on off, Tom Banton gives it a mere push to the left of the short cover fielder. Will Jacks from the other end calls for the single and sprints hard. Great pick up and throw from Mitchell Santner, but Will Jacks is quick to get the single. |
| 1 | 16.1 | 16.1: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Rachin Ravindra starts off with a short-length delivery, wide outside off, Will Jacks slaps it to long off and gets a single. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Ish Sodhi to Tom Banton, Full and around off, Tom lunges to block. 13 from the over! |
| 2 | 15.5 | 15.5: Ish Sodhi to Tom Banton, On middle and off, Banton goes back and with soft hands, wrists it through mid-wicket, charging back for the second. |
| 6 | 15.4 | 15.4: Ish Sodhi to Tom Banton, SIX! CARESSED! That is some way to play spin. Tossed up, outside off, Tom Banton comes down the track, stays leg side of the ball and with the away spin, lofts it beautifully over cover. The ball picks up flight and travels way into the crowd! Banton moves to 30 (20) and England now need another 48 runs from 26 balls! |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Ish Sodhi to Will Jacks, Sodhi pitches it up, outside off, Will Jacks lunges and drives it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Ish Sodhi to Will Jacks, Full, on middle, Will Jacks rolls his wrists to flick it, but offers his shot a bit early. Gets the leading edge and the ball rolls back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 15.1 | 15.1: Ish Sodhi to Will Jacks, FOUR! What a shot that is from Jacks! A touch fuller, on middle and off. Will Jacks rocks back and reverse sweeps it over the backward point region for four runs. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Oohhh... in the air... but flies wide. Full, around off, Will looks to go inside out but the ball grips in the surface a touch and comes late. The batter cannot control his shot and chips this aerially, but wide of short extra cover, for a run towards long off. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Short again, outside off, pretty slow through the air and stops in the pitch as well after landing. Jacks goes for the cut but mistimes it towards the bowler. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Rachin Ravindra to Will Jacks, Short, around off, Will Jacks punches it towards cover. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! Rachin Ravindra gets a big, big wicket here. He delivers it fuller, pitching it well outside off and turning into the stumps. Sam Curran clears his front foot to swat it with the spin of the delivery, but miscues the shot. The ball loops to deep mid-wicket, where Glenn Phillips gets underneath the skier and pouches the catch safely near his chest. The quickfire 42-run stand has been broken. ENGLAND ARE 100/5 AND NEED ANOTHER 60 RUNS FROM 33 BALLS! |
| 1 | 14.2 | 14.2: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Short, outside off, Tom Banton slaps it to cover for a single. 100 up for England! |
| 2 | 14.1 | 14.1: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, High up in the air, but drops safely! Rachin Ravindra tosses it up, fuller on off and middle. Tom Banton gets down on one knee to sweep it uppishly, but gets the top edge. The ball balloons toward the deep square leg region and drops between the two fielders converging to take the catch. Two runs taken. |
| 1 | 13.6 | 13.6: Ish Sodhi to Tom Banton, Short of a length, on leg, Tom Banton clips it to deep mid-wicket and gets a comfortable single. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Ish Sodhi to Tom Banton, Short, around leg, Tom Banton makes room and pushes it to cover. |
| 1 | 13.4 | 13.4: Ish Sodhi to Sam Curran, Short and outside off, googly, Sam Curran mistimes his heave to deep mid-wicket. Daryl Mitchell moves to his left, but doesn't commit to the catch. He stays back and protects the boundary. Single taken. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Ish Sodhi to Sam Curran, Pitches it fuller, does Sodhi. Sam Curran looks to nudge it to mid-wicket, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Ish Sodhi to Sam Curran, Short, around off, Sam Curran drills it back to the bowler. |
| 6 | 13.1 | 13.1: Ish Sodhi to Sam Curran, SIX! BOOM! Targeting the shorter side now. Ish Sodhi comes from over the wicket and bowls outside off, Sam Curran picks the length early and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a massive six. |
| 1 | 12.6 | 12.6: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, Short, on middle, Sam Curran pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran cuts it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, Short and outside off, Sam Curran punches it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, Short and wide outside off, Sam Curran misses his cut. |
| 4 | 12.2 | 12.2: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, FOUR! The runs are piling thick and fast now! Much short, on leg, Sam Curran goes deep into the crease and pulls it to deep fine leg for four runs. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Mitchell Santner to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran pulls it hard but straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 11.6 | 11.6: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, FOUR! Nicely played! Full, outside off, Tom Banton skips down the track and punches it downtown to get four more runs. Glenn Phillips moves to his left and even gets fingertips on it, but the ball manages to escape from the bowler's grasp. |
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Glenn Phillips to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran cuts it wide of backward point. Lockie Ferguson dives and makes a half stop. Single taken. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Glenn Phillips to Sam Curran, Short, on leg, Sam Curran defends it down the track. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Full, just outside off, Tom Banton punches it to long off for a single. |
| 4 | 11.2 | 11.2: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, MISFIELD AND FOUR! This one is fuller, pitching outside off, Tom Banton sweeps it away toward the deep mid-wicket region. Cole McConchie is the man who gets a bit puzzled about whether to go for the catch or to stay back and field safe. He chooses the latter one, but fumbles, and the ball rolls away to the boundary ropes. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Glenn Phillips to Sam Curran, Full, on middle, Sam Curran punches it to long off for a single. |
| 2 | 10.6 | 10.6: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Full, on leg, Tom Banton pushes it to the right of long off and gets a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 10.5 | 10.5: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, Short, on middle, Sam Curran pats it to long off and gets a single. |
| 2 | 10.4 | 10.4: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran punches it to right of long off for a brace. |
| 4 | 10.3 | 10.3: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, FOUR! SHOT! Short of a length, wide outside off, Sam Curran slaps it through cover for four runs. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, Short and wide outside off, Sam Curran punches it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran steers it to short third. |
| 2 | 9.6 | 9.6: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Short, on middle, Tom Banton sweeps it to the right of Lockie Ferguson at deep square leg and gets a brace. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Short, on off, Tom Banton defends it to the off side. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Full, outside off, Tom Banton flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 9.3 | 9.3: Glenn Phillips to Sam Curran, Full, on middle, Sam Curran pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, NEW ZEALAND LOSE A REVIEW. Phillips delivers fuller this time, pitching it on middle and turning in. Tom Banton looks to reverse sweep but fails to make the connection and gets hit on his front pad. After a brief discussion, skipper Mitchell Santner agrees to take the review. The UltraEdge pops up and shows a little spike before the ball touches the bat, but as it gets close to the inner edge, the spikes increase. So the on-field decision stands on as Not Out. Later after the verdict, Phillips goes up to the umpire and asks that there was already a spike before the ball was close to the bat, but the umpire dodges the query. Not his concern, to be honest, it is the judgement from the third umpire. Ball Tracking later reveals that the ball would have spun down the leg side anyway. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Glenn Phillips to Sam Curran, Low full toss, on off, Sam Curran pulls it to wide long on for a single. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Full, on off, Tom Banton pushes it to point. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Rachin Ravindra to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Sam Curran knocks it to long on for one. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Rachin Ravindra to Jacob Bethell, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, what a catch that is, and who else could it be? It's none other than Glenn Phillips. Ravindra delivers it shorter than the previous delivery, on off and middle. Jacob Bethell transfers his weight on the back foot and pulls it hard and flat toward the mid-wicket region. It's Glenn Phillips, who spots the opportunity, spins in front and dives before taking the catch just above the green turf. And he celebrates again, this time for the catch. From 50/2, ENGLAND ARE NOW 58/4! Equation - 102 runs, 68 balls. |
| 1 | 8.3 | 8.3: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Rachin drags his length back, on middle, Tom Banton nudges it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Rachin Ravindra to Tom Banton, Full, on the stumps, Tom Banton defends it down the track. |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Rachin Ravindra to Jacob Bethell, Rachin Ravindra joins the attack now and bowls it fuller, on off, Jacob Bethell drives it to extra cover. The fielder dives to his right and gets some hands on it. The ball gets deflected toward mid off and the batter gets a single. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Fullish, around off, Tom Banton defends it to cover. |
| 4 | 7.5 | 7.5: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, FOUR! SHOT! Flighted, on middle, pushed fuller. Tom Banton crouches down on one knee and sweeps it behind the deep square leg fielder. The ball goes beyond the boundary ropes on a bounce. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Glenn Phillips to Jacob Bethell, A touch fuller, on middle, Jacob Bethell flicks it to short fine for a single. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Short, on middle, Tom Banton pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Glenn Phillips to Tom Banton, Full, outside off, Tom Banton pushes it to cover. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Glenn Phillips to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT! Glenn Phillips is all pumped up. He joins the attack and gets a big wicket to dismiss the opposition skipper, Harry Brook. Phillips comes around the wicket and bowls fuller, outside off. Harry Brook strides out, bending his back foot to crouch to get underneath the delivery, but ends up mistiming the shot to long off, where Daryl Mitchell takes a calm and composed catch. The 48-run stand is broken and ENGLAND ARE 50/3, NEEDING ANOTHER 110 RUNS FROM 77 BALLS. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Mitchell Santner to Harry Brook, Pitches it up, does Santner, around middle, Harry Brook sweeps it to deep square leg for an easy single. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Mitchell Santner to Harry Brook, Tossed up, on off, Harry Brook defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Mitchell Santner to Harry Brook, Short of a length, around off, Harry Brook punches it to the right of the bowler, but Santner dives and stops it. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Short, on middle, Jacob Bethell tucks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Fuller, around off, turning in, Jacob Bethell looks to defend but gets a slight inside edge and it raps him on his pad. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Mitchell Santner to Harry Brook, Short, around off, Harry Brook punches it to cover for one. |
| 4 | 5.6 | 5.6: Cole McConchie to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! More runs. Width on offer, outside off, short in length. Jacob Bethell goes deep into the crease and crunches a cut through cover-point for a boundary. 13 runs from the first over of Cole McConchie. |
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.5: Cole McConchie to Harry Brook, Short, on leg, Harry Brook punches it to the left of mid off for one. |
| 4 | 5.4 | 5.4: Cole McConchie to Harry Brook, FOUR! Up and over! Cole McConchie drags his length back, outside off, Harry Brook rocks back and uses his bottom hand to loft it over the cover traffic for four runs. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Cole McConchie to Harry Brook, That is some fielding from Matt Henry! Much fuller, outside off, Harry Brook reverse sweeps it to the left of the short third fielder, Henry, who dives and makes a good stop. No runs from this delivery. |
| 2 | 5.2 | 5.2: Cole McConchie to Harry Brook, Just like the previous delivery, Cole McConchie delivers shorter one again, on the top of leg stump. Harry Brook camps back and flicks it softly to the right of the deep square leg fielder. Brace taken. |
| 2 | 5.1 | 5.1: Cole McConchie to Harry Brook, Short, on leg, Harry Brook works it to deep square leg with soft hands and gets the second run. |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Predetermined and effective! Flighted, on off, fuller in length, on off. Jacob Bethell sits down on one knee and reverse sweeps it through point for four runs. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Fuller, on leg, angling in. Jacob Bethell misses his sweep and takes a blow on right arm. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Pitched up, on off, Jacob Bethell skips down the track and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Santner to Harry Brook, Tossed up, around the pads of the batter. Harry Brook misses his flick and gets thumped on his pad. The ball rolls to mid-wicket and the batter gets a leg bye. |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, around off, Jacob Bethell eases it to mid on and gets a quick single. Daryl Mitchell picks the ball and throws it to the bowler's end, but misses the direct hit. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Santner to Jacob Bethell, Short, around off, Jacob Bethell pulls it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Lockie Ferguson to Harry Brook, Yorker, down the leg side, Harry Brook digs it out. |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.5: Lockie Ferguson to Harry Brook, FOUR! Oh my goodness, that went like a tracer bullet. Good-length delivery, just outside off, Harry Brook stays on his back foot and drills it with all the power, through the line of the delivery. The ball zips past the fielder in the cover region and rolls away to the sweeper cover fence for four runs. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Lockie Ferguson to Harry Brook, Huge appeal for LBW, but the impact is clearly outside off. This one is fuller, on the fourth stump. Harry Brook shuffles across and loses his balance while trying to ramp it. Brook misses the shot and wears it on his front pad. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Lockie Ferguson to Harry Brook, Lockie Ferguson attempts a yorker, but spills a full toss, down the leg side. Harry Brook makes room and punches it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 3.2 | 3.2: Lockie Ferguson to Jacob Bethell, Hard-length delivery, outside off, Jacob Bethell slaps it to the right of the backward point fielder and gets across for a single. |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.1: Lockie Ferguson to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Punched down the ground! Back of a length, just outside off, angling away, Jacob Bethell stands tall and punches it against the pace of the ball. The ball zips toward the right of the mid on fielder and races away to the fence for four runs. |
| 6 | 2.7 | 2.6: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, SIX! Brookball on display! Full and straight, Brook is initially backing away but then, suddenly, changes stance, gets down and across, and plays an audacious scoop. So audacious is the shot that he gets it over square leg and the ball hits the digital scoreboard at that end and breaks something! 11 from the over and England will hope that it ignites their flames. |
| 4 | 2.6 | 2.5: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, FOUR! UP AND OVER! Brook connects at last. Short, outside off, the skipper backs away to the leg side and slaps this over point, getting his first boundary. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.4: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, NEARLY A RUN OUT NOW! Nervous times for England. On middle and leg, the skipper nudges this through mid-wicket and sets off for a single. But his partner is ball watching and has not moved a muscle. Brook has to scamper back and luckily for him, the fielder misses his shy at the striker's end. Direct hit would have been interesting. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.3: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, High-class bowling. On a good length, around off, Harry looks to play this straight but the ball lands and then nips away after pitching, bouncing as well, to beat the outside edge. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.2: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, Back of a length, outside off, Brook gets across and tries to lap again. He loses his footing, misses the ball and gets hit on the chest as well. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.1: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, On middle and off, solidly defended. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, WIDE. Down the leg side, Brook moves across and looks to scoop but misses. |
| 4 | 1.6 | 1.6: Lockie Ferguson to Jacob Bethell, INSIDE EDGE, FOUR! Since when did R.Premadasa become Headingley? On a length, around middle, Jacob Bethell looks to defend but the ball swings back in a mile, cramps the batter for room, takes the inside edge and luckily for Bethell, goes over the stumps, to the fine leg fence! A wicket and 6 runs from an extremely rapid Ferguson over. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Lockie Ferguson to Jacob Bethell, Around off, Bethell pushes it towards point. |
| 1 | 1.4 | 1.4: Lockie Ferguson to Harry Brook, Outside off, on a length, Harry Brook steps out and tries to hammer this through the off side. But he does not get any room and gets a thick inside edge instead, which goes past the stumps towards short fine leg! A single taken. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Lockie Ferguson to Jacob Bethell, On a length, down the leg side, Jacob Bethell misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. The ball deflects away to the leg side and the batters pinch a leg bye. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Lockie Ferguson to Jos Buttler, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Buttler's rotten luck gets even worse. He was coming off single-digit scores in his last 4 innings and now, add a duck in the 5th as well. On a good length, outside off, pretty much similar to the previous one, but this has extreme pace. As a result, there is extra bounce as well and all Buttler is able to do, is follow the away movement, aiming to guide it to the off side. But he is unable to adjust to the bounce and gets a thick outside edge. The keeper, Tim Seifert, leaps to his right slightly and makes no mistake. ENGLAND ARE 2/2 and need another 158 RUNS FROM 112 BALLS! |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Lockie Ferguson to Jos Buttler, On a good length, outside off, Jos Buttler pushes it towards point. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, Whoa! A terrific delivery to end a sensational opening over. Brook jumps out but Henry follows him, bowling this on back of a length, outside off. Brook looks to go inside out but misses and the ball goes over the stumps! |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Matt Henry to Harry Brook, On middle and off, Harry Brook pushes this towards mid on. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Just as they found Mitchell Starc too hot to handle in the Ashes with the new ball, England are facing problems against Matt Henry as well. He will be on a plane in roughly four hours from now, as he seeks a paternity leave back home after this match. On a length, around off, Phil Salt looks to hit it on the up over mid off or cover but the ball lands and then shapes away a touch. This time, the outside edge is taken and the ball goes straight to the keeper behind and Tim Seifert makes no mistake. Salt departs cheaply and ENGLAND ARE 2/1! Equation - 158 runs, 116 balls. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, On a length, outside off, moving away sharply, Phil has a massive hoick, only to miss. |
| 2 | 0.2 | 0.2: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, Wow. This one moves the other way! On a length, outside off, Salt stays back to play, assuming it will come in. But the ball lands and then shapes away, squaring him up. Takes the leading edge and goes behind point. A couple taken. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, On a length, outside off, nipping back in sharply. Phil Salt plays all around it, as he looks to flick and misses, getting hit on the pads. There are mutiple appeals for LBW but none is given. Going down the leg side. |