New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: West Indies tour of New Zealand, 2017-18 Venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton Date & Time: Dec 09-Dec 13, 11:00 AM LOCAL
R Reifer 1-36(17 ov)
75.6
R Reifer to Santner, no run, the three quarter length from Reifer and Santner defends it to mid-on
75.5
R Reifer to Santner, no run, full and on off, a wristy flick from Santner straight to the mid-on fielder
75.4
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, 1 run, shortens the length and is an easy tap for de Grandhomme to the right of mid-on
75.3
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, good length ball close to off, blocked to the left of Reifer
75.2
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, back of a length around off, punched to mid-off
75.1
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, FOUR, boundaries continue to flow. Half volley and de Grandhomme does not need a second invitation, leans into the off-drive and caresses it straight of mid-off
73.6
R Reifer to Santner, no run, fullish and outside off, Santner waves it through to Dowrich
73.5
R Reifer to Santner, no run, good length ball on fourth stump, Santner judged it to perfection and let it pass
73.4
R Reifer to Santner, no run, fuller and close to off, Santner pushes it back to the bowler
73.3
R Reifer to Santner, no run, good bowling. Reifer keeps nagging away outside off, this one seamed away after pitching and Santner is drawn into the cover-drive, the movement beats the outside edge, not by far
73.2
R Reifer to Santner, no run, on a length and outside off, Santner lifts his bat and lets it go
73.1
R Reifer to Santner, no run, zips in from back of a length and Santner ekes out an inside edge onto pad, the ball drops safely into the vacant short leg region
71.6
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, FOUR, streaky! But that's how he plays, with a bit of risk. Full and around off, seamed away a little, de Grandhomme is sucked into the drive and the thickish outside edge runs away to the right of gully. Reifer shouted "catch" but nowhere close to the fielder
71.5
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, back of a length on off, de Grandhomme is right behind the line to defend
71.4
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, gentle length delivery and de Grandhomme ignores with a hoisted bat
71.3
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, pitched right up and de Grandhomme drills the drive to mid-off
71.2
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, teased the batsman with a full and wide one, de Grandhomme resists and lets it pass
71.1
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, on a length angled across off, de Grandhomme lifts his bat and lets it go
69.6
R Reifer to Santner, no run, nips in a tad from a shortish length, Santner sees the line and shoulders arms
69.5
R Reifer to Santner, no run, back of a length delivery seaming away, Santner flashes his bat at it and fails to make contact. Wasn't too far away from a nick there
69.4
R Reifer to Santner, no run, played back at the bowler
69.3
R Reifer to Santner, no run, and again! Tight lines, once again in that nagging zone outside off and Santner wants to have a feel for it. Beaten!
69.2
R Reifer to Santner, no run, excellent ball! Seams away from a short of a good length, Santner presses forward to defend and gets beaten on the outside edge
69.1
R Reifer to Santner, no run, pacy short of length delivery, Santner missses the flick, gets hit high on the front leg. That's going over the stumps
67.6
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, punches a back of a length delivery to cover
67.5
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, 2 runs, too straight and de Grandhomme tucks it around the corner after a shuffle across
67.4
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, shortish ball on off, de Grandhomme trusts the bounce and lets it pass
67.3
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller ball and on the stumps, played back to the bowler
67.2
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, similar ball, de Grandhomme sticks his bat out and gets beaten on the outside edge
67.1
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, length ball slanting away outside off, de Grandhomme shoulders arms
65.6
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, FOUR, serves the width outside off. de Grandhomme lofts the drive over cover. Races to the fence
65.5
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, keeps in the channel. de Grandhomme lets it go
65.4
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, length delivery on off. de Grandhomme defends to mid-off
65.3
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, too wide of off again. de Grandhomme lifts his bat and lets it go
65.2
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, slightly closer but continues to be in the channel. de Grandhomme leaves
65.1
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, too wide of off. de Grandhomme is not interested in it
63.6
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, hits the length on off. de Grandhomme gets across and tucks to mid-wicket
63.5
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, length ball on off. de Grandhomme stays in the crease and blocks
63.4
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, length ball. de Grandhomme gets across in the crease to work to mid-wicket
63.3
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, fullish again. de Grandhomme pushes the drive to extra cover from the crease
63.2
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller ball. de Grandhomme defends to mid-off
63.1
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, well outside off. de Grandhomme lets it be
61.6
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, slanted outside off. de Grandhomme lets it go
61.5
R Reifer to de Grandhomme, no run, length ball around off. de Grandhomme pokes to the off-side
61.4
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, out Lbw!! Out of nowhere R Reifer produced this one that came in slightly to beat Henry Nicholls's forward defence and hit on the back leg. Height was the only concern but Rod Tucker thought it was good enough. Henry Nicholls thought for a while and reviewed but it was always going to be tough to overturn the decision. New Zealand have lost half their side after a good start. Henry Nicholls lbw b R Reifer 13(26) [4s-1]
61.3
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, hits the length and keeps it on the stumps. Henry Nicholls blocks back to the bowler
61.2
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, well outside off. Henry Nicholls does not fall for the short ball bait and lets it go
61.1
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, fullish ball. Henry Nicholls drives to the man at mid-off
56.6
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, shy at the stumps and Reifer almost got rid of Henry Nicholls. Was a full ball and Henry Nicholls drove it to the left of the bowler, who jumped and collected with his bowling hand - left hand - and had a go at the stumps. Henry Nicholls was out of the crease and as replays suggest his dive won't have been good enough only if the bowler had found the target
56.5
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, this is better! Right on off. Henry Nicholls gets forward and blocks
56.4
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, FOUR, very well controlled cut shot. Had so much time to get on top of it that he played it well in front of square. Not the length Reifer would want to hit
56.3
R Reifer to Ross Taylor, 3 runs, fullish outside off. Ross Taylor drives through cover. The man from the ring chases it down and saves a run
56.2
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, 1 run, gets too straight this time. Henry Nicholls clips to the right of fine leg for a single
56.1
R Reifer to Henry Nicholls, no run, length ball around off. Henry Nicholls defends from the crease to mid-off
34.6
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, short of length and Williamson rides the bounce to punch, picks out the mid-off fielder. That pinged off the middle and he should have placed it better
34.5
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, teasing line outside off and Williamson waves it through to Dowrich
34.4
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, short of length on the hips, tucked gently to mid-wicket
34.3
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, bit of seam movement but the line is too far outside off and it does so afte Williamson shoulders arms
34.2
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, on a length and just outside off, Williamson lifts his bat and lets it go
34.1
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, that was his undoing in the first Test as well, chases a delivery that is too close to cut, the length was also not short enough, Williamson is lucky that he didn't have any wood on that. Beaten!
32.6
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, fullish and around the fifth stump line, Williamson covers his sticks, lifts his bat and lets it go
32.5
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, slanted just outside off, bunted with a dead-bat in front of gully
32.4
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, this back of a length delivery holds its line on off, Williamson has it covered with the back foot in sync with his block
32.3
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, gentle 131.4kph length delivery on off, Williamson uses the loose hands to defend it to gully
32.2
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, slightly closer but not close enough to warrant a shot from Williamson, left alone
32.1
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, angled well outside off and Williamson will let those go all day
30.6
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, 1 run, risky run. Short of length and just outside off, dropped into the off-side and Raval calls for a quick single. The throw comes to his end and he just about makes it in
30.5
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, FOUR, fifty for Raval. Sixth for him in Tests. Can he convert it into his maiden hundred? Just used the pace of the bowler and the space offered, dabbed it hard into the ground and the ball bounced over the gully fielder. The man from backward point gives chase and almost hurts himself while trying to hurl the ball in, toppled over the ad boardings
30.4
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, he has to make the batsman play more, well outside off and Raval is happy to let it pass
30.3
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, short of length outside off, Raval watches it settle into Dowrich's mitts
30.2
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, pushed it fuller on off, Raval drives without much timing to mid-on. The bat turned on impact and took away all the timing
30.1
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, harmless length delivery outside off, Raval lifts his bat and lets it go
28.6
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, nice channels, short of length in and around off, Williamson trusts the bounce on the surface and shoulders arms
28.5
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, on that driveable length is Reifer and Williamson obliges only to pick out Roach at mid-off
28.4
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, shortens the length and Williamson is right behind the line to defend
28.3
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, pitched up delivery outside off, driven to cover
28.2
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, full and angling across, Williamson opens his bat-face and defends it towards gully
28.1
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, 1 run, drives a full ball to the right of mid-on, whi dives an half-stops. Just a single
26.6
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, defends with an open-faced bat to point
26.5
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, back of a length delivery. Jeet Raval lets it be
26.4
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, tucks from the crease to short mid-wicket
26.3
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, fuller ball. Jeet Raval pushes towards mid-on
26.2
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, back of a length delivery. Jeet Raval stands tall and defends
26.1
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, fuller ball. Jeet Raval jams the drive to the left of Reifer
24.6
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, well outside off. Williamson leaves
24.5
R Reifer to Williamson, 2 runs, back of a length delivery. Williamson punches off the back foot and places through cover
24.4
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, in the corridor again. Williamson lifts his bat and lets it go
24.3
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, in the channel outside off. Williamson lets it go
24.2
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, fullish outside off. Williamson is not interested in it
24.1
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, slanted outside off. Williamson lets it go
22.6
R Reifer to Williamson, 1 run, another fuller length delivery around off. Williamson pats in front of mid-off
22.5
R Reifer to Williamson, FOUR, full toss as well. Williamson drives to the extra cover fence
22.4
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, fuller ball. Williamson pushes to mid-off
22.3
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, fuller ball. Williamson pokes to gully
22.2
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, fuller ball. Williamson push-drives to mid-off
22.1
R Reifer to Williamson, no run, sends it across Williamson to beat the outside edge
20.6
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, in the corridor. Jeet Raval lets it go
20.5
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, Jeet Raval is happy to play the waiting game outside off. Leaves
20.4
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, fuller ball on off. Jeet Raval blocks to the bowler
20.3
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, and again. Jeet Raval lets it go
20.2
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, similar channel again. Does not interest Jeet Raval
20.1
R Reifer to Jeet Raval, no run, here's the debutant. Bowls it well outside off. Jeet Raval leaves
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