New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of New Zealand, 2018 Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch Date & Time: Mar 30-Apr 03, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Tim Southee 50(48)
86.3
Anderson to Southee, out Bowled!! That's the death of middle-stump. Southee gives himself some room, trying to maraude this middle-stump delivery into some place good. Little did he realize that Anderson's quite the manoeuvrer. Got the ball to straighten and took the middle-stump out of the ground. Southee b Anderson 50(48) [4s-8 6s-1]
86.2
Anderson to Southee, no run, seam shaped for the inswinger and so it swings. Just starts middle and skids on to rap the thigh
86.1
Anderson to Southee, no run, moving away off a length, Southee deflects an outside edge towards the slip cordon
85.6
Broad to Southee, 1 run, 4th Test fifty for Tim Southee. Works one round the corner to get to the landmark. What an exciting innings this has been. Coming off 45 balls, with 8 fours and a six. Absolutely brilliant. New Zealand just the 68 runs behind now
85.5
Broad to Wagner, 1 run, fended behind short leg. Broad was always going to bang it in. He's had his fair share as well. Wagner's not quite upto it. Hides behind the bat's splice and deflects a run away
84.6
Anderson to Wagner, no run, not much Wagner's expected to do, except play and miss. Landing on leg-stump and jetting across to beat the outside edge. Typical Anderson line, length and movement for the left-handed
84.2
Anderson to Southee, FOUR, an uncouth agricultural hack that's elicited a top-edge over slips. No one expected better, except cricket. Four runs
84.1
Anderson to Southee, no run, low full toss blocked back to Anderson
82.5
Anderson to Southee, no run, we have two Southees now, perhaps. Jags in a long long way, this ball, and goes right through Southee who's trying his best to get behind the line. Cannot. Not many can.
82.4
Anderson to Southee, FOUR, races past the third slip but that's very much Anderson's win. Trying to play a fullish delivery from the crease and edging it away
82.3
Anderson to Southee, no run, hasn't quite mastered the inswing this morning, has Anderson. Slips it down leg
82.2
Anderson to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, inswinger on leg-stump, worked easily to backward square leg
80.5
Anderson to Watling, 1 run, off the outside edge again, which runs to backward point. Doesn't really bound up in the air off the edge, but Watling was playing that with literally no front foot. Needs to be forward
80.3
Anderson to Southee, no run, Anderson gers the inswinger wrong! Angled down leg, Southee shuffles across his stumps and ends up missind it. Stable head and that was a gimme through fine leg or something
80.2
Anderson to Southee, no run, full outswinger this time, Southee's in no modd to either leave or defend. Wants to lever that over Anderson's head and doesn't connect
80.1
Anderson to Southee, no run, outswing straightaway. Lands on a length, has Southee trying to get behind it all-hands, and missing
79.6
Stokes to Watling, no run, goes back and shows the bat-maker's label to Stokes
78.4
Jack Leach to Southee, no run, fires this quicker, Southee is hurried into an open-batted forward defence
78.3
Jack Leach to Southee, no run, cannot get it past mid-on this time. Slower from Jack Leach, leading to a bit of a botch from Southee there
78.2
Jack Leach to Southee, FOUR, who didn't see this coming.. Charges outta his crease and plonks that straight down the ground. Takes the tips of Jack Leach's fingers but that's it
78.1
Jack Leach to Southee, no run, no spin. Southee gets forward and defends it
77.6
Stokes to Watling, no run, even fuller, defended to mid-on
76.5
Mark Wood to Southee, FOUR, Southee, Southee! Stays leg-side of this delivery that's fuller, and punches it through Mark Wood's right. Not quite a chance, given how hard it had been hit..
76.4
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, and again. The bat's stubborn about a run through mid-off but he's playing it straight to the fielder. Similar back-footed push sorta punch
76.3
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, goes back and across in his crease and stabs a punch to mid-off again
76.2
Mark Wood to Watling, 1 run, lovely front foot check-drive to mid-off and he's been needed to dive his way into the crease at the other end. Almost collided into the bowler, who, well, was ball-watching. Who can blame him eh..
75.5
Stokes to Southee, no run, another flat-footed swish outside off. Stokes is getting the ball to swing away, having nicely adjusted to fuller lengths after that six, which very honestly was quite admonishing
75.4
Stokes to Southee, no run, now falls for the temptation outside off. Stokes goes a tad full, derives some outswing and beats the clueless dabble
75.3
Stokes to Southee, SIX, he's walked out with some license. Back of a length ball that he's hacked from outside off and clouted over mid-wicket. Some confusion around whether it's a four or a six, but shouldn't have been. Clears the ropes by a long way
75.2
Stokes to Southee, 2 runs, on middle and leg -- bowled from slightly wide of the crease -- and Southee works it through mid-wicket
75.1
Stokes to Southee, no run, played off the back foot in front of off-stump. Looked quick and straight for a warm-up delivery
74.6
Mark Wood to Watling, no run, bit of inswing as Wood goes full from over the wicket, blocked. New Zealand trail by 115 runs
74.2
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, shuffles across again and misses this delivery tight against the leg-stump
74.1
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, appeal for a catch at short leg. Southee walked across and looked to pick that over short fine. Lobbed off the thigh
73.6
Broad to Southee, 1 run, pushes a single to cover and keeps strike
73.5
Broad to Southee, no run, blocked to mid-on
73.4
Broad to Watling, 1 run, Bairstow's throw is way off the mark, else Watling and his cheeky single could have been in trouble. Dropped the ball to Bairstow's left and went for the single. JB rushed across, had enough time but the throw was way off. Mid-off mopped up
72.5
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, more like a front-footed pull that Southee's trying to summon from outside off. Misses. Can't connect. Mark Wood can be quick
72.4
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, hit on the arm-guard. Fending it off it to the forward short leg fielder, although I can say that he'd have liked to read the length better and use his bat
72.3
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, arches back and gets outta way of this of this quick short ball
72.2
Mark Wood to Southee, no run, quick short ball that's been angled in from over the wicket. Southee gets out of the way, crouching, swaying, after a microsecond of a thought to ramp that to third man
72.1
Mark Wood to Southee, FOUR, quick to load onto his back foot and lay into this muscle-pull over mid-wicket region. Nobody there to cut the boundary off
71.6
Broad to Watling, no run, stays in the crease and gets behind this incoming back of a length delivery
70.6
Mark Wood to Watling, no run, edge short of second slip .. A clear case of some movement, Watling's defending off the front foot. Gabbles and misses
69.5
Broad to Southee, 2 runs, opens the face of the bat and jams it between slips and backward point
69.4
Broad to Southee, no run, defends it in front of off-stump from the crease
69.3
Broad to Southee, no run, pushed to extra cover
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