New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 9th Match, Group A - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: ICC Champions Trophy, 2017 Venue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Date & Time: Jun 09, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Kane Williamson 57(68)
28.5
Mortaza to Williamson, no run, another stalking slower one. Spots the move away and digs it into the turf to end up on the ribs. Can do nothing with it but bunt it down
28.4
Mortaza to Williamson, no run, moves away, keeps the bat calm and lets the ball in with the seam to..eventually defend with an opened face
28.3
Mortaza to Ross Taylor, 1 run, and now for some strange reason mid-on is pretty deep. Lets Taylor off the hook, off the dot-hook with an easy tap and run
27.1
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, the skip, the dance and the drive off the full face to long-off
26.5
Rubel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, on the toes, and fetches it off his pads to where a short mid-wicket would have been. Another in-nipper
26.3
Rubel to Williamson, 2 runs, a hoppy shuffle getting himself inside the line as he takes it off his hips in a nurdle
26.2
Rubel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, 133kph, too straight. Nudged away with a tuck to keep mid-wicket busy
25.6
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, a version of a cut-punch as he manages to use the width in guiding it to the left of cover
25.5
Shakib to Williamson, no run, ventures out. Too close for comfort in shovelling it out
25.4
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, keeps true to his surface-stuck inside-out drives. In the gap for a change
25.2
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, more of the feet use, this time doing well to go away and give himself room as he threads it through the cover gap
24.3
Rubel to Williamson, no run, gets behind the line with his initial shuffle and keeps the bat dead right in front of the body in a killing
24.2
Rubel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, keeps sliding in looking for some extravagant movement through the air. A whipped out flick in front of square
23.6
Shakib to Ross Taylor, no run, a tad quicker with the drift taking it on the toes. Whipped out
23.4
Shakib to Williamson, no run, tosses it up further. Kept out with a driving defence
23.3
Shakib to Williamson, 2 runs, opens his stance with the front leg getting the hell out of the way. To slog him across the line. A miscue off the inside half of the bat to mid-wicket
23.2
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, some dancing moves. Down, across, all in the same motion to go inside-out with a carpet hugging drive through the covers
22.4
Mustafizur to Williamson, no run, much fuller, and straighter too to end up on the stumps. Defended with half a drive to square leg
22.3
Mustafizur to Williamson, no run, opens up the bat face, rather late in a guide to point
22.2
Mustafizur to Williamson, FOUR, an overcooked cutter. Nothing on this surface that could cause any troubles after that though. There could be no punishment as eye-pleasing as this one. A vertical batted stroke - as straight as it could get
22.1
Mustafizur to Williamson, no run, lines up, ramps the bat out and keeps out the good length delivery into the off-side. Square
21.6
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, walks down, barely as close as he would have liked. Is also tied up with Shakib firing one as he stalks him on the move. A hurried up nudge towards square leg
21.5
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, an easy eye-pleasing full bat offer in a thread down to long-off
21.2
Shakib to Williamson, no run, another slider. Shortened in length though to enable a backward trek as he knocks it out to mid-on
21.1
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, an arm ball sliding onto the pad. A nonchalant wrist roll in taking it in front of square
20.2
Mustafizur to Williamson, no run, quickens up to 132kph, pulls the length back as well to end up on the body. A straight bat in response
20.1
Mustafizur to Ross Taylor, 1 run, a 124kph seam up on the hips, turned away around the corner
19.3
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, Taylor waltzes down the ground and drives firmly to wide long-off
18.6
Mustafizur to Ross Taylor, no run, Mustafizur bowls it fuller attacking the stumps, driven to mid-on
18.1
Mustafizur to Williamson, FOUR, glorious shot. Fullish ball outside off, Williamson moves off-side and creams the cover drive. With mid-off up, he had to get it wide of him, which he did. Through the gap of mid-off and extra cover and the ball bulleted away
18.1
Mustafizur to Williamson, wide, starts with an angling away delivery. Very full, but outside the tramline. Wided
17.6
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, goes on straight with the arm, defended on the leg-side for a single
17.5
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, pre-empted sweep shot from Taylor. He gets an under edge that goes behind square on the off-side
17.2
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, chipped uppishly to long-on
16.3
Rubel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle and leg, Taylor moves across and nurdles it through the on-side in front of square
16.1
Rubel to Williamson, no run, length ball outside off, pushed to mid-off
15.6
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, the arm ball, Williamson picks it, goes deep in his crease and punches to long-off
15.5
Shakib to Williamson, 2 runs, slower through the air, whipped through the mid-wicket region for an easy brace
15.4
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, plays with soft hands and taps this ball on the pads to backward square leg for a single
15.1
Shakib to Ross Taylor, 1 run, Taylor steps out of his crease and nudges a straight ball on the on-side for a single
14.5
Rubel to Williamson, no run, 140 kph decking in delivery. Williamson is too late to close his bat face attempting the tuck round the corner. Gets hit high on the thigh pad in front of leg
14.4
Rubel to Williamson, no run, angling in from a similar length, pushed back to Rubel
14.3
Rubel to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, punched to covers off the back foot
14.2
Rubel to Ross Taylor, 1 run, slashes at a wide ball outside off and sends it wide of the cordon towards third man for a couple
13.6
Taskin Ahmed to Ross Taylor, FOUR, four more and even bettter. Of course, he was served with a half-volley. Still had to be put away. Moves slightly off-side and middles the straight drive. Gets it just wide of the wickets at the non-striker's end and collects his second boundary
12.6
Rubel to Ross Taylor, no run, good length delivery around off, pushed towards cover off the front foot
12.3
Rubel to Williamson, FOUR, overpitched delivery on leg and Williamson latches onto it. Leans forward and clips it expertly to the right of mid-on. the fielder gives a chase, but only to come second
12.2
Rubel to Williamson, no run, looks to replicate the previous shot, but this time it has been stopped by wide slip
12.1
Rubel to Williamson, 2 runs, width served outside off, Williamson opens his bat face and runs it down towards third man. Quick running ensures a double
11.6
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, 1 run, another in-seamer that troubles Williamson. He wanted to tuck it round the corner, gets an inside edge onto his thigh. The ball slowly rolls on the off-side and Guptill calls through for a smart single
11.5
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, this one seams in and beats Williamson's inside edge. Is hit high on the thigh pad and Taskin goes up immediately for an lbw query. That was going over the stumps and Mashrafe rightly didn't go upstairs
11.4
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, ooh! Beautiful delivery. An iffy knock from Williamson so far. Another seam-up delivery that holds it line outside off, Williamson shuffles a tad and has a poke at it. Beaten again on the outside edge
11.3
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, sees the width outside off and Williamson flashes his bat at it. Finds backward point
11.2
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, similar length, further outside off. Easy leave for Williamson
11.1
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, it's not swinging, but there is definite movement off the deck. Once again, Taskin hits the pitch hard from a short of length and gets it to nibble in. Williamson shoulders arms, wasn't too far away from the off-pole
10.6
Rubel to Guptill, no run, finishes the over with a short ball. Around chest-high, Guptill gets on top of it and offers a straight bat to block
10.2
Rubel to Williamson, no run, another pacy delivery from a short of a good length. The line is wide of off and Williamson is happy to shoulder arms
10.1
Rubel to Williamson, no run, 139kph back of a length delivery around off, Williamson jumps and pushes it towards the cover region
9.6
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, 1 run, good length delivery, pushed towards mid-off with soft hands for a single
9.5
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, a brilliant shot followed by one that is exactly opposite to it. Good comeback from Taskin. Shortens his length and bowls it on fourth-fifth stump line, Williamson has a poke at it only to get beaten on the outside edge
9.4
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, FOUR, that's Williamson! "He is so easy on the eye," says Ian Bishop on air. Fullish ball, not overpitched, Williamson shuffles across a tad and caresses the drive to the left of mid-off. It came off the sweet spot of the bat
9.3
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, shortish delivery at 139kph just outside off, Williamson covers the line and defends it back towards the bowler
9.2
Taskin Ahmed to Guptill, 1 run, hits the deck hard does Taskin and targets Guptill's ribs. The batsman does well to jump and drop it on the on-side with soft hands for a single
8.5
Mortaza to Guptill, 1 run, off-cutter, Guptill punches it down the ground and collects a single. Wasn't timed well
8.3
Mortaza to Williamson, no run, brings it closer to the stumps and Williamson combats it by stonewalling it
8.2
Mortaza to Williamson, FOUR, there's width and this guy will punish you everytime. Short as well to make matters worse. Williamson goes back in his crease and guides it wide of backward point. Didn't go too hard, relied on timing to collect his first boundary
8.1
Mortaza to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery on middle, Williamson jumps and defends towards mid-on
7.6
Taskin Ahmed to Guptill, no run, angling in delivery, no room whatsoever. Guptill is happy to play a defensive stroke to mid-off
7.3
Taskin Ahmed to Williamson, no run, bowls it on a fuller length to the new batsman, Williamson is forward to push it towards mid-off
7.2
Taskin Ahmed to Guptill, 1 run, good length delivery just outside off, Guptill prods forward, guides to the left of backward point for a single
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