New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2017 Venue: University Oval, Dunedin Date & Time: Mar 08-Mar 12, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Morne Morkel 2-62(24 ov)
113.6
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, hammers the short ball with a furious blade but Maharaj at backward square puts in the dive to stop that. They failed to take a single for obvious reasons
113.5
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, errs in his line and bowls it down leg, Ross Taylor looking to clip, misses it
113.4
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, another bumper from round the wicket and the ball goes over the batsman who hunkers down under the ball
113.3
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, another short ball angling away for the batsman to play the leave
113.2
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, short delivery banged in from round the wicket and the batsman sways away from it
113.1
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, SIX, as a lethal pacer, you would be hurt by this kind of a treatment. That was a length delivery outside off and Ross Taylor craks the slog away over deep square for a mighty six. That went high and far
104.6
Morne Morkel to Wagner, no run, blocks and defends it it off the inside edge in his pad
104.5
Morne Morkel to Santner, out Caught by Maharaj!! Watling was allowed a single off the first ball because Morkel wanted to have a crack at Santner. And see what he's done. Pitches up outside off, Santner drives on the up.. with his weight on the back foot while reaching across on the front, and ends up finding short cover. Given this is a slow pitch, the manner of dismissal shouldn't surprise you as much as Santner's intentions, especially with New Zealand still trailing by 11. Good catch by Maharaj there; that ball was traveling. Santner c Maharaj b Morne Morkel 4(42) [4s-1]
104.4
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, full delivery, Santner blocks off the front foot
104.3
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, arrested into a back foot defence by a shortish delivery on off
104.2
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, length going across, Santner jabs it to cover
104.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, 1 run, gives a single to cover. Watling pats and gets to the other end. Morkel to Santner now..
102.6
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, even fuller than the last ball, Santner hunches and keeps it out
102.5
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, blocked to mid-off
102.4
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, late to glance it and lugs his gloves just inside the line of this delivery down leg
102.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, 1 run, pushes it straight down the ground and ekes out a quick single
102.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, blocks. Fullish length on the pads
102.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, 2 runs, good shot. Back foot-punches it through backward point but it's Bavuma at deep point. Sprints and keeps it to a couple
100.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, blocked into the off-side. New Zealand trail by 20 runs
100.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, chops the drive to covers
100.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, gets forward and defends it
100.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, goes back and accommodates this back of a length delivery with a high-batted defence
100.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, stands tall and gets behind. Similar length again
100.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, short of length delivery, blocked into the off-side
98.6
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, pitching outside leg, so not out even though he's rapped on the pad
98.5
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, soft hands. Edged again but falls short of gully. Santner is unable to deal with the bounce and the angle here
98.4
Morne Morkel to Santner, no run, what a beaut. Cutting across Santner's bat with bounce from over the wicket. High bat to defend that but it's not high enough. Not in line enough. Beaten on the outside edge
98.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, 1 run, scissors the ball in off the pitch and that inside-edge pops off the pad to fine leg. Could have easily sneaked in and bowled Watling here
98.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defends it back
98.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defended to mid-off
96.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, leaves a length outswinger off the front foot
96.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, FOUR, swinging away and Watling has pounced on the width. Slashes and holes it over gully
96.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, high-batted defence to cover
96.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, ducks under a short ball. The pitch is quite slow here, so it's not so easy
96.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, goes back to a ball on off-stump and stabs it out
96.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, jabs a back of a length delivery with a high bat to cover
85.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, another one. Line's slightly wide, so Watling's able to leave that more comfortably outside off
85.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, jags back in. With bounce, from a length, and Watling shoulders arms. And then some
85.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, FOUR, clipped off the pads. Reverse-swinging in, Watling waits and wrists it through mid-wicket
85.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, forward to a full ball but is late in doing so. Hence mistimes the cover drive
85.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, late to get forward and blocks it beside his pad
85.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, pitched up and it swings in, Williamson shoots an inside edge on the pad
83.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, FOUR, doesn't carry to 2nd slip. Jabs across an angled forward defence, the outside edge falls short and wide of du Plessis. Would a new ball have carried?
83.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, wanted to leave it and ends up guiding it off the bat face to 2nd slip, where du Plessis stops it with a dive
83.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone
83.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, goes wide of the crease and gets some inswing, Watling jams the full ball out
83.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, back of a length delivery, turned round the corner
83.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, 125.7kmph outside off. Williamson lets this full delivery go
73.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, knocks the good length delivery into the on-side
73.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, FOUR, on the pads and Watling has clipped it away beautifully onto the on-side with lovely hands going through with the clip of the legs
73.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, short of length delivery outside off and Watling leaves it
73.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, short delivery and was at the torso, Williamson stands up and pivots on the back foot to pull it away to fine leg
73.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, aiming for the sticks, Williamson closes the face of the bat to turn it away into the on-side
73.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, banged in short, Williamson sways away and lets it go
71.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, short delivery cramping the batsman for room. Williamson stands up and cuts, finds the man at point
71.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, leg byes, 1 run, down onto the pads and the batsman misses the clip to get a sundry added to the tally in the form of a leg-bye
71.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, fuller length delivery and the batsman drives on the up for the man at cover to intercept
71.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, banged in short and the ball darts in for the batsman to arch his body back
71.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defends it solidly from the crease as he keeps the length delivery out into the off-side
71.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, looks to drive it on the up and the ball trims the inner part of the bat and dribble away to backward square leg
69.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defends it into the off-side by staying inside the line of the ball
69.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defends it
69.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, covers the line of the ball and defends it back to the bowler
69.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, good channel outside off and Watling hoists his bat and lets it go
69.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, short delivery banged in, Williamson is quick to dismiss the short ball with a pull. Man at fine leg picks it up
69.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 2 runs, back of a length delivery outside off and Williamson jabs at that but with soft hands to send it behind the wickets and in the gap for a couple
67.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, gets the ball to land outside off on a length and Watling does well to leave it
67.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, defends it by covering the line of the ball
67.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, sits under the bumper as he saw the length early and ducked down
67.3
Morne Morkel to Watling, 2 runs, was in the air! That was full and tailing in for the batsman to clip it away. He could not keep it down and the ball went behind square for a couple
67.2
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, lands it on a length much closer to the batsman, who defends it into the off-side
67.1
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, gets the ball to bobble away from the keeper-batsman and that has been left alone
65.6
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, banged in short for the batsman to duck under it
65.5
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, too full and the batsman blocks it into the off-side by getting his bat down in a prod
65.4
Morne Morkel to Watling, no run, outside off and on a length, Watling raises his bat and leaves it alone
65.3
Morne Morkel to Neesham, out Caught by de Kock!! A faint edge and gone. The batsman dabbles at it outside off and gets a thin edge to be taken. That was bumped in at the three-quarter length for the batsman to stand up and try to poke at it. They are checking for a no-ball. It is a close one. You dread a decision like this as a third umpire. It is too close to call. Can go either ways here..The third umpire continues to post mortem the replays whether there was something behind the line or not. There is something behind the line reckons the third umpire and OUT is the verdict. The comeback one gets his first scalp and he gets it with his staple length. A fidgety Neesham walks back dejected. He looked all at sea today. Neesham c de Kock b Morne Morkel 7(30)
65.2
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, full delivery outside off, Neesham goes for the drive with cemented feet and the fling of the arms into the shot misses the ball
65.1
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, outside off, slight angle in, Neesham has no concerns in letting it go through
63.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, that swings in!! The batsman at first wanted to defend but then decides to leave at the last moment
63.5
Morne Morkel to Neesham, 1 run, poor delivery onto the pads and Neesham clips it fine on the on-side for a single
63.4
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, stays behind the line of the ball to employ the block..
63.3
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, good length delivery outside off and Neesham has no interest in flirting at those
63.2
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, round the wicket short delivery and Neesham drops his hands down to stay away from that
63.1
Morne Morkel to Neesham, no run, straightaway indecision from the batsman as the ball was dropped short outside off and Neesham trying to leave it could not bail his bat out in time. The ball hit the cue end of the bat to go back behind the sticks
48.6
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, angled in from round the wicket and Nicholls lets it go off his front foot
48.5
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, defends a back of a length delivery from the crease
48.4
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, full sucker ball outside off, Nicholls shoulders arms
48.3
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, catches him on the back foot with a short ball but Nicholls does well. Swings his bat inside the line and sways out of the line
48.2
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone
48.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, shortish ball into Williamson's hips. KW opens up and hacks the ball to short mid-wicket
46.6
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, defends it from the crease
46.5
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, lifts his bat and lets go of a full delivery outside off
46.4
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, not much room to cut and he looked plain cramped there
46.3
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, no run, tucks him for room from round the wicket and elicits a defence
46.2
Morne Morkel to Henry Nicholls, FOUR, short, wide and Nicholls has jumped into a cut through point. Just a poor delivery at the wrong time
46.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 1 run, waits in his crease and turns the ball to fine leg
44.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, blocks into the leg-side
44.5
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, left alone outside off
44.4
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, another leave
44.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, shoulders arms to a length ball outside off
44.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, crease-bound to pat the ball to cover
44.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 2 runs, bounce. More bounce. KW does well: arches back and rides the bounce to third man. Half in control there
42.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, ducks. And almost falls. Morne Morkel is on fire
42.5
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, hops deeper in his crease and turns this ball round the corner. The trick there was playing late
42.4
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, 2 runs, flicked past FSL for a single.. make that a double. Good running between the wickets
42.3
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, leg byes, FOUR, undone by the pace on this. Rises, forcing Taylor to duck and deflect it off the back of his helmet. Took his eyes off when he realized that he couldn't fend the ball away, and tried ducking
42.2
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, misses to drag this ball from outside off and is rapped on his pad. Too high. Hits a hopping Taylor, who's tall, on the front thigh
42.1
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, no run, darting down leg, Taylor ignores. de Kock dives to stop
40.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, sways away from a short ball outside off
40.5
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, left alone outside off
40.4
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, half beaten. Short ball coming into him, Williamson shapes to pull but aborts the shot last minute
40.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, FOUR, delicious. Full ball, Williamson leans and creams a cover drive. Couldn't be prettier
40.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, Morkel appeals for a run out at the bowler's end.. Nothing from the umpire. Guess what, that solo run-out appeal from MM was such a farce. Morkel did bend low in his followthrough but not low enough to get his fingertips to the ball. So even if Ross Taylor was outside his crease when this straight drive hit the stumps at the other end, he would have been not out. What was Morkel thinking, eh?
40.1
Morne Morkel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, blunted to mid-on. Nicely slanted across to off to get outside the line of the delivery and wristed it away
21.6
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, fuller length ball on the sticks and Jeet Raval solidly blocks it to mid-on
21.5
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, 2 runs, down onto the hips and that has been tucked behind square for a couple. A diving stop from the man at fine leg ensures it is not a four
21.4
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, that cuts the batsman into halves as it seamed in to beat the inner part of the bat
21.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, 3 runs, quick to step back and the batsman hits it on top of the bounce and threads the ball through the covers. They run back for a triple..
21.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, forward, nicely behind the line of the ball and defended
21.1
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, 1 run, looks to play the pivoted pull but gets an inside edge on the pull to send it away into the leg-side
19.6
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, good length delivery nipping away for the batsman to leave it
19.5
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, down onto the leg-side, Jeet Raval misses the nurdle for the ball to thud his thigh pad and bobble down to the keeper
19.4
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, bends down and defends it into the deck as the ball was thrown outside off
19.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, leg byes, 1 run, on the hips, a half pivot on the back foot for the tuck. The ball took no bat on its way to the fine leg area
19.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, full and swinging away, Williamson decides not to play it. Rightly so, the ball was on a perfect length to induce an edge and rose as well
19.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, covers the line of the ball and jabs it out into the turf
17.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, an edge provoking delivery which was solidly defended into the off-side
17.5
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery outside off and Williamson drops his wrist on that to stab the ball down and play it to the cordon
17.4
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, short delivery and dangling away, Williamson lets it go
17.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, short delivery and chops it away to the man at point
17.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, FOUR, stands up with the bounce on the back foot and packs a punch into the shot to send it away scorching through the off-side. The way the high-elbow met the ball, it was serene
17.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, drops it on a length outside off and Williamson stands up tall to tap it down into the off-side
15.6
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, pitches it on a testing channel outside off only for the batsman to have a look and leave
15.5
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, banged in short and Williamson ducks under it
15.4
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, the ball snakes away just outside off and the batsman shoulders arms
15.3
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, pitched up and the batsman presented the full face of the bat to drive it down the ground. Morkel got a hand to it and stop it
15.2
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, full delivery and driven to the man at mid-off, the fielder came up with a tumbling stop
15.1
Morne Morkel to Williamson, no run, steps back to a back of a length delivery and tucks it onto the on-side
13.6
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, gets the batsman to play that as the ball lands on the leg-stick as nips away a bit to be defended
13.5
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, good length delivery and Jeet Raval again has a keen look at it before deciding to raise his bat
13.4
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, shortish outside off and Jeet Raval is happy to leave it
13.3
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, full and channeling away, Jeet Raval has a look with a front stride and then left
13.2
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, another delivery which slants away across the face of the batsman and has been left alone
13.1
Morne Morkel to Jeet Raval, no run, angles it away from the southpaw at 139 clicks, Jeet Raval leaves it alone
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