England vs New Zealand, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: New Zealand tour of England, 2021 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: Jun 02-Jun 06, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Joe Root 0-38(12.4 ov)
122.4
Root to Wagner, out Conway Run Out!! 1 run completed. Conway might have been short of his crease, but his confidence must be sky-high as he strolls back to the pavilion. Warm reception from all corners of the ground. Wagner heaved this into the mid-wicket pocket and they decided to rush for the second almost instantly. Lovely pick up and throw from Pope and Root, despite failing his first attempt, redeems himself in the nick of time to disoldge the bails. Conway was almost there. The telly umpire had to go for the split-screen replays to confirm his verdict. Conway run out. (Ollie Pope/Root) 200(347) [4s-22 6s-1]
122.3
Root to Wagner, no run, looks for a sweep and changes his mind at the last second, manages to play out a jammed defence into the off-side. Gets a thick inside edge onto his pads
122.2
Root to Wagner, no run, slider on the stumps, Wagner gets across and works it to mid-wicket
122.1
Root to Wagner, no run, full and just outside off, Wagner pushes it into the off-side
75.6
Root to Conway, no run, just defensive, leaning in and pushing it straight back
75.5
Root to Conway, no run, full, on middle, a front-leg-cleared drive back down the pitch
75.4
Root to Conway, no run, opens his bat face and steers it out to point
75.3
Root to Conway, FOUR, just fractionally straying onto the legs. And no, Conway's not forgiving, getting outside the line, sitting quickly and nailing this sweep behind square
75.2
Root to Conway, no run, full, middle again, just like Conway's defence, off the middle
75.1
Root to Conway, no run, loopy, full, drifting in on leg-stump. Blocked
73.6
Root to Conway, no run, advances, is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball, and quickly bails out and adjusts to bring his get his bat down in the way and keep it out
73.5
Root to Conway, no run, flat again, but more on off, and Conway's blocking with a very straight bat
73.4
Root to Conway, no run, flat, on the legs, nudged away to square leg
73.3
Root to Conway, no run, very full, Conway leans and squeezes
73.2
Root to Conway, no run, tossed up, outside off, hoping to draw Conway on a cover drive. Nope
73.1
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, whipped out straight to mid-on, and Broad is someone you can take on. Yes, they do, successfully ..
71.6
Root to Conway, FOUR, back, across, staying up tall and punching it firmly through sweeper. Yea, too short, too easy, surely for someone who's batted all day ..
71.5
Root to Conway, no run, makes a bit of room, and inside-outs this to mid-off
71.4
Root to Conway, no run, full, on off, from wider of the crease, leaning smother
71.3
Root to Conway, no run, fuller, on off, and Conway's waiting on top of it on the defence
71.2
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, shuffles, opens up his stance and glances it with a bit more intent, behind square
71.1
Root to Nicholls, no run, flat, thigh-lined, tucked away to square leg with the round the wicket angle
69.6
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, drifting into the legs, and tickled away carefully round the corner
69.5
Root to Nicholls, no run, steps out, looks to flick, and flicks all around the ball to take it on his pad
69.4
Root to Nicholls, no run, stumping check: It's a neat ripper this -- drawing Nicholls well forward, only to dip all of a sudden and turn away sharply past the outside edge. Okay, that's not what we're checking. It's Bracey's pretty optimistic stumping appeal. And it's all down to Nicholls' back foot .. and it's inside just in time
69.3
Root to Nicholls, no run, quickly on his back foot, solidly blocking under his nose
69.2
Root to Nicholls, no run, a very straight bat, leaning forward and keeping it out
69.1
Root to Nicholls, no run, flat, drifting in on middle, and a forward block
66.6
Root to Conway, no run, tossed up at the stumps, lets Conway stay back on the punchy on-drive to mid-on
66.5
Root to Conway, no run, the slider from Root, kept coming back with the angle, Conway backed away on the clip and is struck high on the back pad
66.4
Root to Conway, no run, nicely tossed up on off, driven straight to the fielder at mid-off
66.3
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, flatter and on the pad, worked behind square on the on-side for a single
66.2
Root to Nicholls, FOUR, easy pickings for Nicholls - poor ball from Root, dragged it short and down leg, Nicholls swivels across and helps it on its way with a fine pull - the man in the deep is square and has no chance
66.1
Root to Conway, 1 run, Root tosses one just outside off, driven to the left of mid-off and Conway scampers across for a quick single
64.6
Root to Conway, no run, the straighter one now, Conway gets across, waits on the ball and then turns it to the on-side
64.5
Root to Conway, no run, Root tosses one just outside off, Conway prods well forward on the block
64.4
Root to Conway, no run, loopy delivery on off, Conway gets a good stride forward and finds cover with the drive
64.3
Root to Conway, no run, slower and around leg, Conway gets half-forward on the defensive push
64.2
Root to Conway, no run, Root drifts one onto Conway's pads, a bit of extra bounce as well as Conway looks to tuck and missed
64.1
Root to Conway, no run, nicely tossed up around off, Conway prods half-forward in defence
62.6
Root to Conway, no run, tossed up nicely by Root, Conway leans forward and finds mid-on with the drive
62.5
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, Root drops one short and down leg, pulled away backward of square on the on-side for a single
62.4
Root to Nicholls, no run, Nicholls shimmies down the pitch, gets to the ball on the half-volley and drills a drive back at the bowler - Conway was backing up and has to put in a sprawling dive back to the crease, could have been close had Root deflected the drive onto the stumps
62.3
Root to Nicholls, no run, flatter and on off, Nicholls stays back and nudges it to the on-side
62.2
Root to Conway, 3 runs, Conway will play his shots - went hard on the sweep, ended up playing a one-handed top-edged slice, high and over backward square leg, no one in that area and he's back for the third
62.1
Root to Conway, no run, tossed up on the leg-stump line, Conway leans across in defence
50.6
Root to Nicholls, no run, runs down the pitch and flicks the full delivery to the left of mid-on
50.5
Root to Nicholls, no run, full and just outside off, Nicholls lunges across and defends
50.4
Root to Nicholls, no run, slides in with the arm, but doesn't straighten enough! Nicholls was deep in the crease and was late to react, gets clonked on the back pad, no dice
50.3
Root to Conway, 1 run, driven away wide of extra cover for a quick single
50.2
Root to Conway, no run, Conway looks for a slogsweep and misses it completely, the ball straightens after pitching and hits him in line with leg peg. Would have gone down leg
50.1
Root to Conway, no run, forward and blocked into the leg-side
48.6
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, continues to offer width does Joe Root and Nicholls helps himself for another single through the covers
48.5
Root to Conway, 1 run, Conway sits on one knee and slashes at the width outside off, just wide of short cover to pinch another quick single
48.4
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, plenty of loop and width outside off, Nicholls hammers the drive off the toe-end to the right of deep extra cover
48.3
Root to Conway, 1 run, drops this on the pads and it's been clipped away behind square for an easy single
48.2
Root to Conway, no run, full and just outside off, Conway stays leg-side of the delivery and drives it to short cover
48.1
Root to Conway, FOUR, drops it too full and Conway takes full toll of it. Inches forward and smashes the drive straight of mid-on with an air of authority
46.6
Root to Conway, 1 run, the slider fired in from wide of the crease, Conway hangs back and works it to the left of short leg, deep mid-wicket tidies up
46.5
Root to Conway, no run, floated up well wide of off, Conway drives to the right of short cover
46.4
Root to Conway, no run, full on off, Conway opens the bat face and taps it to backward point
46.3
Root to Conway, no run, full and just outside off, Conway lunges across and nudges it to short mid-wicket
46.2
Root to Conway, no run, gets a touch fuller on the pads, driven off the inside half to mid-on
46.1
Root to Conway, no run, tossed up on and around off, Conway prods and defends
44.6
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, nudged away to the left of mid-wicket for a strike-retaining single
44.5
Root to Conway, 1 run, plenty of width on this full delivery, Conway hammers the drive to the right of cover
44.4
Root to Conway, no run, lunges across and blocks the full delivery towards square leg
44.3
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, ambles down the track and drives the full delivery to the right of Anderson at mid-on. A quick single
44.2
Root to Nicholls, no run, drags the length back and keeps it just outside off, Nicholls defends with an open bat face
44.1
Root to Conway, 1 run, full on leg-stump, Conway works it off his pads wide of square leg for an easy single
42.6
Root to Nicholls, no run, comes down the track and drives the full ball back to the bowler
42.5
Root to Nicholls, no run, pushed fuller outside off, forward and blocked
42.4
Root to Conway, 1 run, tossed full on the pads, Conway flicks off the thick inside half behind square on the leg-side
42.3
Root to Nicholls, 1 run, quicker and drifting into the pads, tucked away wide of square leg for a quick single
42.2
Root to Nicholls, no run, floated up outside off, driven to the right of extra cover
42.1
Root to Nicholls, no run, full and on the pads, Nicholls flicks it to the right of mid-wicket
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