Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan v New Zealand in UAE, 2018 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Date & Time: Nov 16-Nov 20, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Kane Williamson 37(91)
33.4
Yasir Shah to Williamson, out Bowled!! An outstanding delivery - the call of the hour when you're looking to dismiss one of the best batsmen of the age. Pitches on a back of a length on middle and off, rips away rather swiftly past the outside edge of the backfoot defence of Williamson, and just grazes the outer half of Williamson's off-stump. Sarfraz goes up in delight, and Yasir is confused before realizing that he's knocked over perhaps the best player of spin on the planet. Fantastic delivery by the leg-spinner. Williamson b Yasir Shah 37(91) [4s-3]
33.3
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, a tad short and turning in, Jeet Raval gets on the backfoot and tucks it away with the turn towards mid-wicket for a comfortable single
32.5
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, a bouncer outside off, not quite at the body, Williamson exhibits fantastic technique by buckling his knees, swaying out of the way whilst arching his back, and simultaneously dropping his wrists. Perfect balance...
32.4
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, inswinging delivery just outside off on a back of a length, seaming back in a little with the momentum too, Williamson defends from the crease after a back-and-across trigger back to the bowler
32.3
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, skiddy good length delivery on middle, nudged from the crease towards short midwicket
32.2
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery angling in from the corridor outside off, Williamson punches off the backfoot towards cover
32.1
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, good length delivery swinging back in, Williamson gets partially forward to defend this into the off-side
31.6
Yasir Shah to Williamson, 1 run, very full and loopy delivery just outside off, Williamson gets fully forward to the pitch of it, gets his head over the ball before whip-driving it towards sweeper cover for a single
31.5
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, tossed up temptingly just outside off, Williamson reaches out to the pitch of it and pushes it towards cover
31.4
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, another zippy leg-break that straightens a little from middle and off, Williamson gets back in the crease and defends solidly off the backfoot
31.3
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, a skidder just wide outside off, Williamson crouches in his stance and carves it straight to point
31.2
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, too full, driven to the right of mid-off
30.6
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, angling in towards off-stump, Jeet Raval gets half-forward to defend
30.4
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, FOUR, back of a length delivery outside off, a hint of width, Williamson lays into it - punches it away off the backfoot and a low stance, more of a steer, towards the deep backward point fence for four
30.3
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, good length delivery in that perfect 4th innings channel, Williamson gets forward into a compact defence towards mid-off
30.2
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, good length delivery skidding towards middle, Williamson gets his backfoot across and defends it back to the bowler from the crease
30.1
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery marginally wide outside off, Williamson leaves it alone
29.6
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, no run, a shortish leg-break turning into the thighs, Jeet Raval misses another glance off the backfoot and it lobs off his thigh-guard into the cups of forward short leg. No appeal :O
28.5
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, 1 run, short and rising towards the armpit, Jeet Raval gets on his toes and keeps it down with a tuck towards short fine leg for a single. Kept a loose bottom-hand
27.5
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, skidder of a leg-break from leg and middle towards off and middle, Williamson hurries back to the crease to defend
27.4
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, very full delivery on middle, Jeet Raval moves to the leg-side and drives it inside out towards cover for a single
26.5
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, length delivery angling down leg, Williamson misses the glance, and that's through to the 'keeper
26.4
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, 3 runs, fuller length delivery angling in from round the wicket, Jeet Raval gets forward and checks a drive through the cover I0$ for four - Azhar Ali chases and cuts it off at the boundary to keep it to three...
24.5
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, good length dln on the 5th stump line, seams in slightly and stays low, Williamson has good enough off-stump awareness to see this through to the 'keeper
24.4
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery a tad wider outside off than the last one, Williamson lifts his bat and lets it go
24.3
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, good length delivery in the 4th stump channel outside off, seams back in off a scrambled seam, Williamson lets it go through rather bravely
24.2
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, fuller length delivery on middle and leg, check-driven towards mid-on
24.1
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, good length delivery on off and middle, Williamson defends off the backfoot off a front-on stance
23.6
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, no run, flatter, sits up a little more, Jeet Raval gets on the backfoot and defends this into the off-side
22.6
Hafeez to Jeet Raval, no run, angles in from round the wicket towards middle and leg, turns towards off, Jeet Raval gets forward to cut off the angle and defend
22.2
Hafeez to Williamson, no run, more air on this ball, Williamson plunges forward to dead-bat it
22.1
Hafeez to Williamson, no run, slow off-break on off and middle, Williamson defends
21.6
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, no run, too much side-spin, goes down the leg-side
21.2
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, 84.2kph, tossed up ball outside off, Williamson is drawn on the front foot. The ball dips and rips past the outside edge
21.1
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, full ball on off and middle, clipped to mid-on and Raval goes for a sharp single. Hared across and made his ground. He would have made it, even if there had been a direct-hit. Bilal was the fielder and he was a bit late to get to the ball
20.5
Bilal Asif to Jeet Raval, 1 run, loads of flight, Raval squeezes the drive to deep point
19.5
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, turning away from a length, Williamson stays back and opens his bat-face to pat it to point
19.4
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, drifting towards leg, nudged into the leg-side
19.3
Yasir Shah to Williamson, 2 runs, straighter one, Williamson stands tall and whips it through mid-wicket for a brace
19.2
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, drifts in and turns away after pitching, Williamson defends with soft hands
19.1
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, in-drifter, driven to mid-on
18.6
Bilal Asif to Williamson, 1 run, walks across and tucks this length ball to deep square leg
18.5
Bilal Asif to Williamson, no run, similar ball, turned towards short leg, who parries it to mid-wicket
18.4
Bilal Asif to Williamson, no run, 83.8kph, in-turner, blunted into the leg-side
18.3
Bilal Asif to Jeet Raval, 1 run, loads of flight, slightly too full, pushed to sweeper cover
18.1
Bilal Asif to Williamson, no run, tossed up delivery, Williamson moves across and nudges it to mid-wicket
17.6
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, no run, googly, Raval spots it and punches to cover off the back foot
16.5
Bilal Asif to Williamson, no run, more flight and this has been bowled wide of off, Williamson comes forward and blunts it on the leg-side
16.4
Bilal Asif to Jeet Raval, 1 run, loopy ball, Raval lunges forward and pushes it past cover
15.2
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, very full, Williamson jams the push towards silly-point, who turns around and gets hit on the back
15.1
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, in-drifter, Williamson gets forward to stonewall
14.6
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, FOUR, Mohammad Abbas overpitches and Raval puts it away. A leg-stump half-volley, rare bad ball from Abbas and the New Zealand opener flicks it away through mid-wicket. Good timing and the placement was spot on
13.5
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, there's the width outside off and Williamson cuts hard off the back foot, but hit it straight to the man positioned at backward point
13.4
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, looped up ball, driven firmly, but straight to mid-off
13.3
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, flighted delivery, defended back to the bowler
13.2
Yasir Shah to Williamson, 2 runs, tossed up delivery outside off, turning away and Williamson reaches out to push it through the off-side. Gets a thick outside edge that goes wide of the slip fielder
13.1
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, forward block
12.6
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, no run, gets behind the line of this length ball and straight-bats the block
11.5
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, fraction short, Raval stays in his crease and turns it behind square leg in the direction of the spin
10.5
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery, turned to mid-wicket
10.4
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, Mohammad Abbas is pleading as he appeals for lbw. Sarfraz has a word with the bowler and decides to go upstairs. Williamson is the man in question. Legal ball. The impact is on the front leg on the knee-roll. Missing leg on HawkEye. The on-field call stays and Pakistan lose a review. Perhaps, a review wasted. Short of a good length ball, angled in and might have seamed in further. Williamson was looking to block and got beaten comfortably on the inside edge. The impact was on leg and the angle was always taking it down the leg-side
10.3
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, a move towards off to get behind the line of the ball on a good length. Solidly barricaded
10.2
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, short of length ball on off, Williamson shuffles and blocks it into the leg-side
10.1
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, 122.9kph, good length ball on middle and leg, tucked to mid-wicket
9.6
Haris Sohail to Jeet Raval, no run, more air on this occasion and pitched up, Raval gets to the pitch with a stride forward and smothers it into the pitch
9.1
Haris Sohail to Williamson, no run, tossed up ball from round the wicket, very full and that's been pushed to mid-off
8.6
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, no run, flighted delivery from round the wicket, Raval comes forward to block and is beaten by the in-turn. Gets hit on the front pad, but I reckon the impact was outside the line of off-stump. The Pakistanis went up for an lbw appeal, but decided not to review
8.4
Yasir Shah to Williamson, FOUR, that's a risky shot! Quick leg-break, didn't spin much and the line wasn't too wide. Williamson went deep and opened his bat-face late to scythe it behind backward point. Made good contact, though
8.3
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, drifts in, pitches just outside off and turns away, Williamson gets forward lifts his bat up
8.2
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, turns in off the rough, but the length allows Raval to go back and punch towards extra cover
7.5
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, 136.9kph, hits the deck hard and bowls a short ball well outside off, ignored
7.4
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, 137.1kph, fuller than a good length ball, Williamson defends it adjacent to the pitch on the on-side
7.3
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, 136kph, full and wide of off, left alone
7.2
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, fuller ball attacking the sticks, seam-up delivery, blocked back to the bowler
7.1
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, good length ball at 137kph, the line was around off and Williamson allows the ball to come to him and taps it to cover
6.6
Yasir Shah to Williamson, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Williamson drives it through cover
6.5
Yasir Shah to Jeet Raval, 1 run, 89.1kph, in-turner, ends on the pads and Raval wrists it to deep mid-wicket
6.1
Yasir Shah to Williamson, no run, skiddy leg-break just outside off, Williamson hangs back to pat it to backward point
5.6
Hasan Ali to Jeet Raval, no run, 137.3kph, good length ball on off, blocked again
4.5
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, fullish ball on middle at 80mph, solidly blocked
4.4
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, too wide outside off and Williamson chases it with hard hands to cut. Finds point
4.3
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, almost an edge! Seam-up delivery, seams away from a short of length and Williamson is beaten on the edge as he misses the back foot punch. Abbas has a stare at the batsman. This is going to be a good battle
4.2
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, back and across to offer a straight bat against a length ball. Blocked down the pitch
4.1
Mohammad Abbas to Williamson, no run, short of a good length ball, comes in with the angle and a hopping Williamson tucks it towards mid-wicket
3.6
Hasan Ali to Jeet Raval, no run, 135.8kph, back of a length delivery outside off, Raval lets it be
3.3
Hasan Ali to Williamson, FOUR, and again, the line is too straight and Williamson hops across towards off to leg-glance it away through backward square leg. Races away to the fence. Sarfraz isn't happy
3.2
Hasan Ali to Jeet Raval, 1 run, Hasan Ali pulls his length back and strays it on the ribs, tucked away to fine leg
2.5
Mohammad Abbas to Jeet Raval, 1 run, good stop by Bilal Asif at mid-wicket. The line was too straight from Mohammad Abbas and Raval walked across to clip it away. Bilal dives across and saves a certain boundary
1.5
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, 134.9kph, on a good length, Williamson shuffles and taps it to cover
1.4
Hasan Ali to Williamson, no run, short of a good length ball on off, punched towards cover
1.3
Hasan Ali to Jeet Raval, 1 run, drifts the length ball on the pads from round the wicket, nurdled behind square on the leg-side
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