India vs New Zealand, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: ICC World Test Championship Final 2021 Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton Date & Time: Jun 18-Jun 23, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Mohammed Shami 4-76(26 ov)
97.6
Shami to Boult, 2 runs, now moves right across the stumps and tucks good length delivery behind square, calls for two and gets back
97.5
Shami to Boult, no run, backs away and then blocks this length delivery outside off stump
97.4
Shami to Boult, no run, moves around in the crease and looks to slash, misses
97.3
Shami to Boult, FOUR, wow, wow, wow! Trent Boult won't stop talking about this shot to his mates. Full and in the slot, Boult backs away and lofts over mid-on, lead past 20 now
97.2
Shami to Boult, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Boult defends
97.1
Shami to Boult, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Boult backs away and looks to slash, misses
92.6
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, short and wide and it runs away to the deep cover boundary as Williamson nails the cut shot. New Zealand get the first innings lead.
92.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, left alone
92.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, fullish delivery, Williamson drives to mid-off
92.3
Shami to Southee, 1 run, drop and run! Very good from Tim Southee. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Southee taps it in front of point
92.2
Shami to Williamson, 1 run, lets the short of length delivery come and dabs to third man, can't get the second run
92.1
Shami to Southee, leg byes, 1 run, short of length delivery down leg, Southee misses the glance, the ball rolls to fine leg off the thigh pad
90.6
Shami to Southee, 2 runs, leading edge, but clears backward point. Never easy running back for a catch at that position. Southee troubled by late away swing on this short of length delivery, closed the bat face early and it flew off the leading edge. He was searching for the ball himself
90.5
Shami to Southee, no run, has a flash at this away swinging length delivery and misses
90.4
Shami to Southee, no run, very good bouncer again, around the left ear. Southee ducks and lets it go this time
90.3
Shami to Southee, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Southee pushes it to cover. That was very comfortably played
90.2
Shami to Southee, no run, blocked off the back foot
90.1
Shami to Southee, leg byes, FOUR, oh that's a nasty bouncer from Shami and it's hit Southee on the back side just under the neck. Picked the bouncer late, tried to evade, had nowhere to go, luckily it was just a soft blow and more importantly four crucial runs to New Zealand
88.6
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, full and tailing back in, clipped away wide of mid-on. Will they push for three for Williamson to retain strike? No, they don't want to take on jadeja's throw
88.5
Shami to Southee, 1 run, outside edge but it rolls to the left of backward point. 200 up for New Zealand
88.4
Shami to Southee, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Southee looks to drive, gets it on the bottom of the bat and hits it back towards Shami
88.3
Shami to Southee, no run, good length and outside off stump, Southee defends from the crease
88.2
Shami to Williamson, 1 run, leg byes, yet another leg side ball, lucky that Williamson didn't get bat. Off the thigh pad and rolling to fine leg
88.1
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, freebie, Shami and Kohli will be livid. Tries to start the outswinger too straight and sprays down leg, Williamson tickles fine past Pant and the deficit has come under 20 runs now
86.6
Shami to Jamieson, out Caught by Bumrah!! This is a top edge, Kohli has a man at long leg and India have a massive wicket. Very well taken close to the rope by Jas B. Jamieson was threatening to quickly wipe off the deficit and put New Zealand ahead. But he walks off after playing a vital hand. Was the steepler from Shami, Jamieson had a wild go at it, holed out to the disappointment of the Blackcaps fans in the stands. Shami has 4 now. Jamieson c Bumrah b Shami 21(16) [6s-1]
86.5
Shami to Jamieson, SIX, intent! Intent is what won India the battle against New Zealand's new ball bowling. Intent is giving great rewards to Jamieson. He's smoked this length ball handsomely over long-on for the first maximum of the WTC final
86.4
Shami to Jamieson, no run, 135kph bumper, Jamieson surprised and rushed on the pull shot, didn't look at the ball, missed it and Pant takes it very nicely with a leap
86.3
Shami to Williamson, 1 run, now tucks this length ball angling in to the right of mid-on and takes his seat to watch Jamieson swing his bat around
86.2
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, oh Kane does play an aggressive shot and it's very calculated too. No one at deep square leg, so he pounced on this short of length delivery and pulled over the infield, didn't time it well but brings the deficit down to 32 runs
86.1
Shami to Jamieson, 1 run, outside edge as Jamieson looks to drive off the front foot, flies through point for a run. Back to Kane for some blocking
84.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length ball on middle, Williamson defends forward
84.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, India go for a review for LBW as Williamson's been opened up by an away-seamer. Impact seems to be the problem here. Length ball around off, straightens past the edge to hit the back leg. Wonder if it's hitting him in line, might be umpire's call. We'll find out.. And Williamson survives. Umpire's call on both impact and hitting
84.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery nips away outside off. Williamson was looking to steer it with an open bat. Gets beaten on the edge. Looks like he's feeling his elbow here which has been giving him trouble lately
84.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length ball on off, Williamson defends
84.2
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, picks it away behind square for two more. The line is off stump, so it's not like Shami's doing much wrong
84.1
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, back of a length on middle, clipped behind square
82.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery, Williamson rides the bounce in defence
82.5
Shami to Jamieson, 3 runs, he's driven it on the up again, second time in four ball. Length delivery around off, Jamieson firmly punches through mid-off with the full face
82.4
Shami to Jamieson, no run, another leave, letting the outswinger go by
82.3
Shami to Jamieson, no run, good length delivery swinging away outside off, left alone
82.2
Shami to Jamieson, no run, good length delivery outside off, driven on the up to cover
82.1
Shami to de Grandhomme, out Lbw!! Sharply comes back off the seam as de Grandhomme is trapped in the crease. It's Shami again who brings India alive with a peach of a delivery. De Grandhome has a chat with Williamson about going for a review, but is probably advised against it and walks off. That looked out. Length ball, jagging back in to hit the back leg. Got stuck in the crease. Would've crashed into off stump per ball-tracking. de Grandhomme lbw b Shami 13(30) [4s-1]
80.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone
80.5
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, India need to be cautious here of leaking runs with this new ball. Have worked so hard to keep WIlliamson tied down. Shami offers it short and wide and is flayed through point
80.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery with a hint of swing in the channel, Williamson shoulders arms
80.3
Shami to Williamson, leg byes, FOUR, strays in line a touch and this has run away for four off the pad. Back of a length on leg, not a great delivery
80.2
Shami to de Grandhomme, 1 run, short of length delivery shaping away from off, de Grandhomme steers wide of gully and Rahane can't make a clean stop as he dives across
80.1
Shami to de Grandhomme, no run, goes flailing after the outswinger that curves away to beat the outside edge. Swing straightaway with the new ball as Shami pitches it up. De Grandhomme looks for a drive without much footwork,
70.6
Shami to de Grandhomme, no run, 137kph, in-seamer, good length, and a hurried inside-half shuffling defence
70.5
Shami to de Grandhomme, no run, shuffles, with Shami's inswinger ending up down leg, so much so that it's past the flick as well
70.4
Shami to de Grandhomme, no run, 140kph, on off, CdG's doing nothing fancy, just shuffling and keeping it out under his nose
70.3
Shami to de Grandhomme, no run, full, around off, Grandhomme has a shuffling defence under his nose
70.2
Shami to Watling, out Bowled!! Set up. Set up. Set up. And BullsEye. This is peak Shami. Surely Watling doesn't deserve a jaffa as peachy as this in what could possibly be his final innings .. after flirting at a short, wide, away-seamer, he ends up playing entirely down the wrong line to a straight delivery, seaming away, beating the outside-edge, and knocking out the top of off. Watling b Shami 1(3)
70.1
Shami to Watling, no run, 136kph, absolute peach. It's that pretty length, back of a length, outside off, one might not get the edge, but clearly he's put the doubt in Watling's head, whizzing past a loose poke
67.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, 130kph, slight spit up from a good length, but again, never mind, Williamson's non fussed
67.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, 135kph, rare cover drive, with Shami feeding the ball in the slot, but then he couldn't have found short cover any better either
67.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, fuller, tailing in on middle before nipping away. Never mind, Williamson's back foot leaning defence is well in control
67.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, 137kph, length, nagging around in that corridor. Williamson forward defends
67.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, wasted effort -- thanks to the surprise inswinger going wrong and ending up well down leg
67.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, 131kph, stays back-footed, with late soft hands in tucking this off-line to leg
65.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, a tad wider, sixth-stump, and Williamson stays Williamson
65.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, 137kph, neatly left. Length, in-zip, corridor
65.4
Shami to Nicholls, 1 run, 136kph, forward poke away from his body, and once again Shami gets it to zip in, take the inside-edge, and run down to fine leg
65.3
Shami to Nicholls, no run, 136kph, length, angling in on off, shuffling straight-batted block
65.2
Shami to Nicholls, FOUR, arches behind, hops, and goes after this width, cutting him over backward point. This is fun, this is serious fun ..
65.1
Shami to Nicholls, no run, they're appealing a caught-behind .. with Shami having produced a serious snorter of a bouncer, and with Nicholls hopping cluelessly, in sheer desperation, trying to glove, but no, doesn't. India don't review, and UltraEdge has nothing either
63.6
Shami to Nicholls, no run, 135kph, sharp stuff, from wide of the crease, tailing in, good length, and left on line
63.5
Shami to Nicholls, no run, 138kph, full, sixth-stump, a pressy push to cover
63.4
Shami to Nicholls, byes, FOUR, massive in-jag, and too much for Pant -- with the ball just tailing in non-stop, after Nicholls leaves it on a wide line outside off ..
63.3
Shami to Williamson, 1 run, 136kph, nipping in, thigh-lined, wristed softly down to fine leg
63.2
Shami to Nicholls, 1 run, streaky leading-edge .. looking to turn this to leg with the round the wicket incoming angle, and squaring him up, skewing past cover
63.1
Shami to Ross Taylor, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Sticking in the pitch. Forcing Taylor to drive. Compelling him to check his shot. And a stunning full-length dive at short cover. This is the length -- not pretty, just full, drying out Taylor's patience and forcing him to go hard with a cover drive, chipping, with Gill then judging this really well low on his right. Ross Taylor c Shubman Gill b Shami 11(37) [4s-2]
60.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, do I detect a hint of tail in? Very full and just outside off, late swerve back in, and Williamson gets low on his knee to digs that out towards cover
60.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, back of a length ball on off and middle, Williamson gets back and defends that compactly into the off-side
60.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, angling in outside off, back of a length, and straightening off the seam through to the keeper as Williamson gets across and shoulders arms
60.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length ball angling down leg, off the pads due to a missed flick, towards Pant who takes another on the bounce
60.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, a hint of wobble in the air from a back of a length in the channel, left alone by Williamson. Sensing tighter stuff from India here...
60.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, lands on a length outside off -> (1) seaming sharply back in, (2) keeps low (3) maintains the inswing position and swings sharply to Pant's left who just about manages to stop it
58.6
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, further wide outside off, on a good length, and seaming away - left alone.
58.5
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, back of a length ball in the channel outside off, Ross Taylor gets the leading eye in line with off-stump and shoulders arms
58.4
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, beaten? Dragged back in line? 85mph|137kmph, angling in sharply towards middle and off, before straightening as sharply as possible and whizzing past the outside edge. Top-drawer leave by Taylor
58.3
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, 86mph|139kmph, back of a length ball outside off, Ross Taylor watchfully leaves that alone
58.2
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, 86mph|139kmph, short of length ball on off-stump, has Ross Taylor hopping, and fending into the wicket
58.1
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, fuller length ball, check-driven right back into the stumps at the other end! He's starting to work up some good pace, 86mph|139kmph, that last ball, and that's deflected towards cover off the stumps...
56.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, seams sharply back in, bounces too much, and beats a compact Williamson's inside edge on the backfoot defence, hurrying him on the late-block, and hitting him on the thigh. Half an appeal, but that's far too high...
56.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, back of a length ball just outside off-stump, Williamson stays back and taps it on the head into the off-side
56.4
Shami to Ross Taylor, 1 run, he's getting it to bounce off a good length spot, jumping on Taylor's glove after he plants his frontfoot across, dropped towards cover as he runs hard and escapes to the non-striker's end
56.3
Shami to Ross Taylor, FOUR, nice length, Ross Taylor leans into this and laces this through the gap to the extra cover fence for four. Terrific shot!
56.2
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, jagging away off the seam, deceptively after the inward angle, and beats Taylor on the outside edge - whizzing past the bat and through to Pant
56.1
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, seams away sharply , maintains an away-swing position on a wider line, Ross Taylor is comfortable keeping the bat inside the line and that's bothered Pant, diving to his right to just about stop that...
37.6
Shami to Conway, no run, good length and on the off stump, watchfully defended. Successive maiden overs from Shami
37.5
Shami to Conway, no run, outside off stump, ignored
37.4
Shami to Conway, no run, oh Conway surprised in his defence by the left bounce and forces his left hand off the bat handle. Shami lands this length delivery on the seam and gets it to rise to smash the splice of the bat
37.3
Shami to Conway, no run, had to come. The short delivery from Shami, does have a sharp short ball. Conway rushed on the pull, although this wasn't quite around the neck height, mistimed pull to short mid-wicket
37.2
Shami to Conway, no run, left alone but that's really well kept by Pant. The ball wobbled away after passing the batsman and also died down, Pant got his left hand in with the dive to stop the boundary
37.1
Shami to Conway, no run, thuds the thigh pad with a short of length delivery angling in. Conway too watchful on the glance and he doesn't get bat on ball
35.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, nice and tidy from Shami. Length on the stumps, blocked back to the bowler. A maiden to back up Ashwin's wicket-taking over
35.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, fullish and on the off stump, turned towards short mid-wicket, who was added a couple of ball earlier to allow Shami bowl more close to the stumps
35.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, slightly curving back in to test the front pad of KW, but the New Zealand captain brings the bat down in defence
35.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, good leave. Trusting his judgement of where the off stick was and left this on length. A couple of poles outside off stump and was safe despite the ball jagging back
35.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, nicely bowled fullish delivery just outside off stump, Williamson defends very late and right under his eyes
35.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Williamson wants keep his hands and bat safe as he leaves
33.6
Shami to Conway, no run, full and outside off stump, lets it go
33.5
Shami to Conway, no run, defends this off the back foot
33.4
Shami to Conway, no run, coming back in from good length with extra lift, Conway inside edges his defence onto the thigh pad
33.3
Shami to Latham, 1 run, really tight length delivery around off, Latham drops it in front of point and sets it off
33.2
Shami to Latham, no run, again plays away from the body and edges but he plays with soft hands generally, so the edge drops short of gully
33.1
Shami to Latham, no run, short and wide, Latham not throwing his bat at it
31.6
Shami to Latham, no run, nice shout for LBW but they this is slipping down leg. Shami angling this in and hitting the pad as he does to left-handers, Latham misses the flick, lucky that this wasn't straight enough
31.5
Shami to Latham, no run, coming back in from back of a length, Latham defends off the back foot
31.4
Shami to Latham, FOUR, edged but between gully and backward point. Latham going for the back foot punch away from the body, gets away with the edge as it evades Rahane to the left
31.3
Shami to Latham, no run, fullish and drawing Latham forward, an ill-timed drive, goes uppishly towards short mid-off where Ashwin is stationed
31.2
Shami to Latham, no run, blocks off the back foot
31.1
Shami to Conway, leg byes, 1 run, thuds the thigh pad with this short of length delivery as Conway is rushed on the shot by some steep bounce, rolls to backward square leg
29.6
Shami to Latham, no run, 137kph, massive carry through to the keeper, in that outside off line, with Latham letting it
29.5
Shami to Latham, no run, 137kph, tummy-lined, shuffling nudge back down the pitch
29.4
Shami to Latham, no run, 140kph, seams away, and then has some late swing too. But in that fifth-stump channel, with Latham leaving a lot more solidly
29.3
Shami to Latham, no run, length, coming in from wide of the crease, and Latham leaves it more on line. Tell you what, the off-pole wasn't a million miles away ..
29.2
Shami to Latham, no run, 135kph, on the shorter side once more, but safely outside off for Latham to ride this and carefully stab it to point
29.1
Shami to Latham, no run, 135kph, peach first up .. off a back of a length, angling in, squaring Latham up on the back foot as he weaves his bat inside the line
19.6
Shami to Conway, no run, overpitches, Conway drives back handsomely but can't beat Shami in his followthrough
19.5
Shami to Conway, no run, full ball just outside off, squirted off a thick edge that runs along the floor to gully
19.4
Shami to Conway, no run, past the inside edge to the keeper. Shami well and truly in the game here. Good length ball outside off, jags in through the gate as Conway looks to defend with his hands away from the body
19.3
Shami to Conway, FOUR, finest of tickles past the keeper for four. Shami strays in line slightly and Conway puts it away
19.2
Shami to Conway, no run, Shami causing problems. Back of a length, nips in a touch and Conway is struck on the thigh - not for the first time today
19.1
Shami to Latham, 1 run, this is the second time the ball has flown off the bat shoulder over the catching fielder - one each of Conway and Latham. This one was agonisingly close to gully. Short of length, kicks on Latham and balloons out of Rahane's reach as he leaps up with an outstretched hand
17.6
Shami to Latham, 1 run, length ball on middle, Latham plays round the front pad as he turns it through square leg. Fielder there in the deep
17.5
Shami to Latham, no run, nice full face from Latham as he drives this to mid-off. Pitched up outside off, Latham times it sweetly but straight to the fielder
17.4
Shami to Latham, no run, full ball slanted in at the stumps, Latham whips it to mid-on
17.3
Shami to Conway, 3 runs, short of length delivery outside off, Conway stands tall to ride the bounce and gently punches throigh backward point. More a steer than a punch actually, beats the fielder's dive. Long chase for Rahane
17.2
Shami to Conway, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone
17.1
Shami to Conway, no run, back of a length delivery straightening around off, blocked
15.6
Shami to Latham, 1 run, back of a length around off and middle, Latham squeezes a thick inside edge wide of midwicket
15.5
Shami to Conway, leg byes, 1 run, length ball angled in on middle, Conway misses the flick and it deflects off his pad behind square
15.4
Shami to Conway, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone. Pant with a very nice take as the ball swerves after passing the stumps. Dives to his left and gathers
15.3
Shami to Conway, no run, defended off the splice in front of short leg. Back of a length, kicks up off the pitch around off as Conway turns it across
15.2
Shami to Conway, no run, back of a length delivery nipping away, it's very wide outside off though and Conway leaves
15.1
Shami to Conway, no run, back of a length delivery on middle, struck on the thigh again looking to clip it away
13.6
Shami to Conway, no run, short of length delivery coming in with the angle, Conway gets closed off with the front foot coming across. Looks to clip it away but is struck on the thigh
13.5
Shami to Conway, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone
13.4
Shami to Conway, no run, full ball angled in towards off, Conway defends forward down the pitch
13.3
Shami to Latham, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, clipped to deep square leg
13.2
Shami to Latham, no run, short of length, jags in from round the wicket and hits Latham on the thigh after going past the inside edge
13.1
Shami to Conway, 1 run, and as I say that, this delivery catches the bat shoulder and balloons over the slips. Short of length, rises more that Conway anticipates looking to defend
11.6
Shami to Latham, no run, good length on off, defends down the pitch
11.5
Shami to Latham, no run, good length delivery on off, defended half forward
11.4
Shami to Latham, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone
11.3
Shami to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery angled in on middle, Latham blocks it down the pitch
11.2
Shami to Latham, no run, he's mostly been on that short of length after coming into the attack. Left alone outside off by Latham
11.1
Shami to Latham, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Latham lifts his bat and lets it go
9.6
Shami to Latham, no run, length ball at the stumps, defended down the pitch
9.5
Shami to Latham, no run, now he's gone past the outside edge! Eventful first over this from Shami who's looked threatening straightaway. Probing line as he pitches it on a good length just outside off, Latham is drawn into a forward defence but it nips past him
9.4
Shami to Latham, no run, length ball angled in at the stumps, pops up off a leading edge from the looks of it past the non-striker. Shami getting it to straighten again from round the wicket
9.3
Shami to Latham, no run, India brought a gully in after that edge off the first ball. This one falls just short of the fielder there. Short of length again, straightens a touch and takes a thick edge with Latham looking to defend
9.2
Shami to Latham, no run, short of length delivery wide of off, left alone
9.1
Shami to Latham, 2 runs, short of length delivery that straightens from round the wicket around off stump. Latham, slightly squared up in defence, squirts it off a thick edge and it runs away through the vacant gully region. Backward point hunts it down
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