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 40(71)
55.3
Wagner to Root, out Lbw!! The Wagner special: In the dying moments of a Test, an effort back of a length delivery, fifth-day's low bounce, and Root's overt quest of playing everything off his back foot after shuffling across in front of his stumps. Yea, plumb. It swings back in, pitching on leg-stump, straightening and beating the inside-edge. Nothing Root's review can do about it either -- three reds. Root lbw b Wagner 40(71) [4s-5]
55.3
Wagner to Root, no ball, 131kph, sixth-stump, length, going across. Left. And despite the landing area correction, Wagner's overstepped once more
55.2
Wagner to Root, 2 runs, swinging in on middle, whipped away through mid-wicket, and Conway's flying dive in the deep saves what should really have been a boundary. Meanwhile, both batsmen, ball-watching, have a mid-pitch collision as well
55.1
Wagner to Root, no run, 131kph, length, slanting across, shuffling ignore
54.4
Santner to Root, 1 run, gets it to pitch, and Root drags his sweep from outside off and picks out deep square leg with it
54.3
Santner to Root, FOUR, another full toss. Another sweep. And this one's through mid-wicket. Surely Santner and his injured finger deserve mercy
54.2
Santner to Root, no run, floaty, outside off, driven to cover with the spin
54.1
Santner to Root, FOUR, another full toss. Well, well. Root brings out his sweep again, nailing it through square leg
52.3
Williamson to Root, 1 run, short, spinning down leg, heaved away to fine leg
52.1
Williamson to Root, 1 run, walks across his stumps, fetches a rare Williamson line from outside off and sweeps it with the spin to backward square leg
51.4
Santner to Root, 1 run, another sweep, only a lot finer. You could call this some sort of a paddle, I grant you that ..
51.3
Santner to Root, FOUR, wow. A proper full toss. Root sweeps, gets it in front of short leg, and all of square leg is kept empty. Santner's not helping his cause one bit ..
51.2
Santner to Root, 2 runs, full, drifting in on middle, swept away round the corner, softly enough to pinch a second by the time fine leg cleans up
51.1
Santner to Root, 2 runs, quite short, and Root's happy arching back and chopping it past slip
50.6
Williamson to Root, 1 run, full, on the legs, and clipped away softly to fine leg
50.5
Williamson to Root, 2 runs, gets a tickle on yet-another premeditated sweep, and gets it past the keeper. Williamson's bowled five real filthy deliveries, all of them spinning down leg
50.4
Williamson to Root, no run, another one spinning down leg. Root has a premeditated shuffle, sits, sweeps, misses
49.6
Santner to Root, no run, back-footed again, lining it up in defence
49.5
Santner to Root, no run, flat again, coming in on the legs, and Root - after rocking back in his crease - plays all around it
49.4
Santner to Root, no run, the arm ball, coming in off a length on off, stabbed away to point
49.3
Santner to Root, no run, nice juicy full toss, Root crouches, swats, and even this one finds the fielder
49.2
Santner to Root, no run, a wafty loose, out-of-character drive away from his body. Misses big time
49.1
Santner to Root, no run, very loopy, very wide, and spinning further away. Just the stuff you leave when you're not chasing ..
48.6
Jamieson to Root, 1 run, short ball angled in at the batsman, Root swivels and pulls it to the right of fine leg
48.5
Jamieson to Root, no run, back of a length outside off, Root goes back and punches into the off-side
48.4
Jamieson to Root, no run, nearly got his second boundary in the same region, gully tumbles across to his left and prevents any runs
48.3
Jamieson to Root, FOUR, wide of the crease once again, but this one had width written all over it. Root plays a superbly-controlled late-steer in the gap between gully and backward point
48.2
Jamieson to Root, no run, goes wide of the crease and angles in towards off-stump, Root blocks it under his nose with an angled bat
46.6
Jamieson to Root, 2 runs, floaty full delivery outside off and Root's timed the drive past the diving right hand of backward point
46.5
Jamieson to Root, no run, wide of off, moves in sharply behind the batsman and dies down in front of the keeper, nothing doing from the England skipper
46.4
Jamieson to Root, no run, Jamieson seems to be short on intensity. Just gliding through with his action and the pace seems to be down. Root, however, won't mind that one bit. Solid block into the off-side
46.3
Jamieson to Root, no run, back to bowling in the outside off channel, Root lets it pass
46.2
Jamieson to Root, FOUR, that's begging to be hit and Root obliges the offer. Too full and sliding down the hill, all Root needed to do was get bat on ball. He times the flick superbly and beats fine leg to his right
46.1
Jamieson to Root, no run, angled in from wide of the crease, the length's full enough for Root to get the drive to mid-on
44.6
de Grandhomme to Root, no run, full and seeking leg-stump, Root prods across and drives it straight to mid-on
44.5
de Grandhomme to Root, no run, similar channels and Root's punched this straight to cover
44.4
de Grandhomme to Root, no run, back of a length on and around off, Root hangs back and defends it into the off-side
43.1
Santner to Root, leg byes, 3 runs, that's the line Root was looking for. Full and down the leg-side, Root looks to sweep and the ball flies off his front pad (hit him in line with leg peg) down towards fine leg. Nearly gets him a boundary
41.6
Santner to Root, no run, angled in with the arm around off, forward and blocked
41.5
Santner to Root, no run, floated up just outside off, Root prods across and drives to cover
41.4
Santner to Root, no run, touch short outside off, Root lets it pass
41.3
Santner to Root, byes, 2 runs, ooft! Did that hit the rough? Could be. Root sees the ball dip from a length and had to pull his bat away from the line as the ball leapt past Watling's outstretched right glove. Just exploded off the length and deceived everyone
41.2
Santner to Root, no run, width on offer, Root cuts and finds backward point
41.1
Santner to Root, no run, sliding in from a length, Root goes back and across to punch it to cover
39.6
Wagner to Root, no run, goes wide of the crease once again, but Root remains unperturbed. Solid block
39.5
Wagner to Root, no run, full and angled in from wide of the crease, Root shoulders arms
39.4
Wagner to Root, no run, Root covers his off-stump and defends this good length delivery under his eyes
39.3
Wagner to Root, no run, good length slanting away outside off, through to the keeper
39.2
Wagner to Root, no run, wide of off, left alone to the keeper
37.6
Wagner to Root, no run, full and curving away ever so slightly just outside off, no feet from Root and the attempted drive shaves the inside edge before deflecting onto his boot
37.5
Wagner to Root, no run, good length on and around off-stump, blocked back to the bowler
37.4
Wagner to Root, no run, good length angling away outside off, left alone to the keeper
37.3
Wagner to Root, no run, Root stands outside his crease and dead-bats the full incoming delivery back down the pitch
36.6
Southee to Root, no run, goes wide of the crease and targets off-stump, Root blunts it into the off-side
36.3
Southee to Root, 1 run, hits the seam on a good length and shapes in ever so slightly to clonk Root's inside edge before rolling to square leg. The England skipper played that with soft hands and closer to his body which is what allowed the ball to roll square
36.2
Southee to Root, no run, continues to target the stumps does Tim Southee, Root's able to shuffle and negate with soft hands
36.1
Southee to Root, no run, full and seeking the base of off-stump, Root's nice and solid behind this
34.6
Southee to Root, no run, gets onto his tippy toes and dabs the length delivery towards gully
34.4
Southee to Root, 1 run, another lbw shout and Southee isn't convinced about this. Very full and sliding into the pads with the slope, Root misses the flick and is hit in line with leg-stump. Clearly going down....The umpire feels there was bat involved but guess he's gotten it wrong here
34.3
Southee to Root, no run, continues to entice the batter with full away swingers, this one's at 80mph and Root isn't bothered
34.2
Southee to Root, no run, the teaser outside off-stump. Full and swinging away wide of off, nothing doing from the England skipper
34.1
Southee to Root, no run, 80mph good length swinging away a touch just outside off, Root defends with soft hands towards backward point
32.6
Southee to Root, no run, this one hits the rough and wobbles in after pitching, the line was wide enough for Root to let it go
32.5
Southee to Root, no run, terrific take from Watling. Full and slips down the slope past Root's attempted flick, the keeper dives full length and grabs it one-handed I0$ goalkeeper's dive
32.4
Southee to Root, no run, goes wide of the crease, spears it full and wide of off-stump, Root resists his temptation and lets it pass
32.3
Southee to Root, no run, good length targetting the top of off, Root gets behind the line and blocks solidly
32.2
Southee to Root, no run, short of length on and around off-stump, Root hops and defends into the off-side
32.1
Southee to Root, 2 runs, wobble-seam pitched on a good length just outside off, Root bunts with soft hands and opens the bat face in the process to get it in the gap between third slip and gully
30.6
Southee to Root, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Root plays close to his body and defends it to the off-side
30.5
Southee to Root, no run, fuller length delivery and floating away from outside off, Root watches it all along, lifts his bat and lets it go
30.4
Southee to Root, no run, Southee goes for the inswinger first-up, it's very full and nipped back in, but Root has it covered as he turjned it to the on-side
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