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 0-31(10.5 ov)
45.5
Shami to Ross Taylor, FOUR, the nice guys come first! New Zealand win the inaugural World Test Championship final, and are the undisputed champions of cricket! Picks this off his legs and swats this away with a signature flick to the deep square leg fence for four, and the dressing room is in delirium! Kane Williamson hugs Ross Taylor mid-pitch. No wild celebrations, just a fitting encapsulation of the gentleman's game, acknowledging an incredible battle in this final showdown...
45.4
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, in the channel outside off, Ross Taylor shoulders arms. He's willing to wait. They've waited for 2 years. They can wait a little longer.
45.3
Shami to Williamson, 1 run, taps a skidder outside off towards gully for a single, a throw at the non-striker's end, but KW was in...
45.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, stays low from a length marginally wide outside off, Williamson tries a signature dab down to third man, but that slides under his bat through to Pant
45.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, defends a length ball towards point
43.6
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, short and into the body, Williamson unleashes a violent pull to deep square leg for four to bring up his fifty. Just a calm raise of the bat and a reassuring nod at the dressing room. It's all but over for India. New Zealand are one hit away from etching their name in cricketing folklore...
43.5
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, this sums it up for India! It's like England wants to offer them some balm for 2019. He had an absolute heave into the on-side from a length, a massive top-edge towards short third man where Bumrah swirls around but can't quite get under it. Dropped!
43.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, fuller length ball on middle and leg, Williamson gets front-on in his trigger and gets behind that with a compact defence
43.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, leg-side rubbish from Shami, Williamson misses the glance, and thats through to Pant
43.2
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, short of length ball into the body, Williamson throws his bat at the pull, gets a bit of an under-edge on this to backward square leg for a couple. He's starting to cut loose, a little...
43.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, takes off from a short of length spot, Williamson gets tall in his stance and opens the face towards cover point
24.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, tighter line close to off, Williamson defends
24.5
Shami to Williamson, FOUR, Kane gets going too. The back foot punch gets him a boundary now. Shami giving just a bit of width outside off stump with this length delivery, Kane gets on top of the bounce and places it to the left of cover
24.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, happy to play these back of a length deliveries, blocked off the back foot
24.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, really loose ball. Kane not placing it in the gap. Short and wide, cut to Jadeja at backward point, where he moves to the right to stop the ball
24.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, covers the off stump and defends right under his eyes
24.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery angling in, Williamson defends
22.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Williamson defends
22.5
Shami to Ross Taylor, 1 run, inside edge onto pad, nip-backer finishing around leg, Taylor fails to connect the flick properly, rolls through square leg
22.4
Shami to Ross Taylor, FOUR, not this time. Uses the width on offer and guides behind point, off the mark off his 19th ball but more importantly it's four crucial runs for New Zealand at the target
22.3
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, nip-backer on a good length, Taylor defends watchfully covering the front pad
22.2
Shami to Ross Taylor, no run, oh he smashed this cut shot very well, unfortunately picks out Jadeja at backward point. Shami getting away with two loose balls in the over. Was short and wide, asking to be thrashed. Jadeja having fun by gently throwing the ball up to get the crowd going
22.1
Shami to Williamson, leg byes, 1 run, good length delivery down leg, Williamson misses the glance, the ball rolls to backward square leg,
20.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, lovely ball to round off the over. Angling in on a fullish length and then finishing on off, forces Kane to play off the front foot but the Blackcaps captain is comfortable playing those
20.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, short of length and outside off stump, Williamson lets it pass
20.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, extra bounce nipping back in from good length as well, Williamson takes his bat away as he leaves
20.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, tucked to short mid-wicket. Taylor took off for a run but his captain stopped him early. In fact it was Kane's call initially. Shami gets away with a middle and leg stump line ball. That's what Kane does to a bowler by leaving good stuff just outside off stump, He forces you to come at him to pick runs on the leg-side
20.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, much better length. Length delivery outside off stump, bit of away nip, but Kane is not one to throw his bat at stuff that aren't close to a 4th stump line. Left alone
20.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, short of length, Williamson happy to get those, easy punch to cover
18.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, Kane knows he's just got to see this tough phase through to see light later. Solid block covering the off stump
18.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, extra bounce but no shot offered
18.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, outside off stump, but Kane isn't flashing at those with the risk of ball nipping back into him: Takes his away and leaves
18.3
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, leg-side ball, this is way too short and too straight for Kane to miss out. Easy tuck off the back foot to the right of Ashwin at square leg
18.2
Shami to Williamson, no run, down leg, escapes with a poor ball. A tickle would have taken four runs off the target. Lucky that Kane didn't get bat on ball
18.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, high on the thigh pad, soft appeal and umpire Richard Illingworth shakes his head. Too high. Shami getting it to cut back into the right-hander from short of length and Williamson was hopping in defence
16.6
Shami to Williamson, no run, back of a length outside off, mistimes the punch to mid-off
16.5
Shami to Williamson, no run, back of a length outside off, Williamson punches to cover
16.4
Shami to Williamson, no run, good length delivery just outside off, Williamson defends late on the front foot. Ball lifts nicely and hits him close to the bat splice
16.3
Shami to Williamson, no run, fuller than a good length just outside off, Williamson shoulders arms
16.2
Shami to Williamson, 2 runs, back of a length on leg, Williamson clips it through square leg
16.1
Shami to Williamson, no run, oh my, Shami with a jaffa first ball of a new spell and India go up in appeal for LBW. Too high though. What a beauty this is, nips away deviously from middle stump to open Williamson up in defence. He's struck on the inside part of back thigh
7.6
Shami to Latham, no run, 136kph, peach, beating the bat, and without a nick. And Shami ends the session with exactly what he's done all test -- seam them big, a little too much in fact. Never mind, Tea!
7.5
Shami to Latham, no run, back to the back of a length tummy-lines. Punched away to cover
7.4
Shami to Latham, no run, 139kph, wafty drive, but still nickless! Latham falls for that bait, cover-driving without getting close to the line outside off, and gets saved by the exaggerated out-seam
7.3
Shami to Latham, no run, 138kph, quickly shuffles across, with a back foot block by his feet right under his eyeline
7.2
Shami to Latham, no run, 139kph, full, wider outside off. And left early enough
7.1
Shami to Latham, no run, 134kph, the pretty stuff: back of a length, angling in, poking, squaring up, zipping away. But importantly, nickless. New Zealand really won't mind these
5.6
Shami to Conway, FOUR, attempted: yorker. The result: a half volley. Conway does some sort of a flamingo punch, drilling this straight down the ground
5.5
Shami to Conway, no run, and again. Nagging around in that channel, this time from wider of the crease. Conway's learnt it rather quickly, not flirting at all this time around
5.4
Shami to Conway, no run, 140kph. Just Shami things -- seam up, angling in, and nipping away. Conway's drawn into the poke, but can't/won't nick
5.3
Shami to Conway, no run, 137kph, shuffles early, covering his stumps, and getting behind the line in defence
5.2
Shami to Conway, no run, 141kph, short, and it's the second time Conway's looked to pull him, and it's the second time Conway's been surprised by the bounce on this to only be able to miscue it away
5.1
Shami to Conway, no run, 137kph, full, sixth-stump, wobbling to the keeper. Left
3.6
Shami to Latham, leg byes, FOUR, 137kph, the surprise in-angler goes too leg-sided. Latham shuffles, glances, gets beaten for pace, but still, the pad-ricochet is more than enough to trickle away really fine
3.5
Shami to Latham, no run, 139kph, just outside off, corridor stuff, seaming away, but still, short enough to let Latham leave it on length
3.4
Shami to Latham, no run, 132kph, back of a length, around off, keeps letting Latham block them off the back foot
3.3
Shami to Latham, no run, ugly. Very ugly. Latham, suddenly unleashes his closeted IPL-contract-wanting avatar, swivels, pulls fiercely, but alas, doesn't connect at all
3.2
Shami to Latham, no run, 138kph, that I0$ short of a good length, with Latham shuffling around in defence
3.1
Shami to Latham, no run, half forward, and then quickly transferring his weight behind in a solid checked poke, to point
1.6
Shami to Latham, no run, on off, holding its line a lot more normally, for a forward pressy block to cover
1.5
Shami to Latham, no run, proper upright seam, and more sharp inward zip. Alas, much like Shami's first innings, it's I0$ that slightly short of a good length that allows Latham to keep lining them up and leaving on length
1.4
Shami to Latham, no run, 140kph, smartly left, nipping in from wide of the crease, and then tailing back further. Wasn't a million miles from the top of off.
1.3
Shami to Latham, no run, 138kph, nice good carry through, fifth-stump, good length, fizzing, without a poke
1.2
Shami to Conway, 1 run .. and start the countdown. The Kiwis are off, courtesy this jumping glance off his legs, behind square
1.1
Shami to Conway, no run, 136kph, an awkward short one, getting big on Conway's lined up pull, something he somehow keeps along the ground
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