New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of New Zealand, 2024 Venue: Basin Reserve, Wellington Date & Time: Dec 06-Dec 08, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Matt Henry 2-43(15 ov)
51.6
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, beaten again. Full and angled back into fourth-stump, curves away a hint, Woakes gets forward to drive big through mid-off but misses, so close to the outside-edge as well
51.5
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, short outside off, Woakes now tries the ramp, arches his back to play and misses, was trying to go over the slip cordon
51.4
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, wide of the crease and a length delivery outside off, Woakes gets forward to drive it back at Matt Henry who lets it go but they don't take the single as cover gets around
51.3
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, good length on off, Woakes stays sideways as he defends to point
51.2
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, full on off, Woakes gets forward to offer the full face as he pushes it to mid-on
51.1
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, good length outside off, hint of movement away, Woakes pushes at it with no feet and is beaten
49.6
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, flashy drive and beaten. Full outside off, late outswing and the swing beats the drive of Woakes who wanted to put it away through cover
49.5
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, short of length on middle, Woakes goes on the back foot to tap in front of mid-on, says no for the single
49.4
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, just short of first slip. Length delivery on the fourth-stump line, Woakes hangs back and looks to push at it, the outside-edge does not carry to Mitchell
49.3
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, short of length and nips back in to off and middle, Woakes goes on the back foot to defend to mid-on
49.2
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, full outside off, Brook gets forward to drive to long-on
49.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, full just outside off, Brook gets forward to defend it back to Matt Henry
47.6
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, good delivery. Goes wide of the crease and the angle back in is towards off, Woakes is beaten on the back foot defence as the ball goes past off-stump as well
47.5
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, good length on off, Woakes goes on the back foot to defend solidly to cover
47.4
Matt Henry to Woakes, 2 runs, nice back foot punch. Length delivery outside off, Woakes punches wide of cover for two
47.3
Matt Henry to Woakes, no run, back of a length on middle, defended to mid-wicket
47.2
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, full outside off, Brook gets forward to drive to long-off
47.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, length delivery outside off, Brook defends with soft hands as he gets forward and the ball finds gully
35.6
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, lovely full delivery outside off, holds its line, Brook pushes out as he wants to drive, beaten
35.5
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, rising short of length delivery on off, Brook is on his tiptoes as he defends it down
35.4
Matt Henry to Brook, 2 runs, length delivery on middle and leg, Brook flicks through vacant mid-wicket and easy two before deep square-leg runs to his left
35.3
Matt Henry to Pope, leg byes, 1 run, New Zealand lose a review. Matt Henry told Latham that it could be umpire's call but it is not. A short of length delivery that nips back in to the thigh pad, Pope shuffles across and misses the flick, hits the thigh pad and too high, bouncing over
35.2
Matt Henry to Brook, leg byes, 1 run, fullish and nips back in to the thigh pad, beats the forward defence, going down and the stifled appeal for LBW dies down
35.1
Matt Henry to Pope, 3 runs, 50 for Pope. He is doing well in this new role. Fullish on off, Pope plays a nice flick wide of mid-wicket and mid-on. O'Rourke chases and lobs the ball back to Ravindra with his right leg tantalisingly close to the cushions
33.6
Matt Henry to Pope, no run, length delivery and tight on off, Pope gets right behind the line to defend
33.5
Matt Henry to Pope, no run, just short of Williamson at mid-off. Fullish outside off, Pope gets forward to push and it hits the sticker of the bat, lobs in the air but does not carry to Williamson
33.4
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, short of length on middle and leg, squares up Brook on the back foot, thick outside-edge rolls wide of gully, went down though
33.3
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, good comeback by Matt Henry. Rising length delivery just outside off, holds its line again, Brook plays that shot well - trying to run it down to third man but with a man back a poor shot, flies over the outside-edge
33.2
Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, and the next one goes for four. Fullish outside off, Brook gets forward and lofts over mid-on, thick inside half but he had enough to clear the man
33.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, beaten! Length delivery and holds its line outside off, Brook jumps out of the crease, tries to fiddle at it and is beaten, just past the outside-edge
31.6
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, 134.1kph, good length on middle, Brook gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to defend it back
31.5
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, short of length outside off, Brook opens the face of the bat and guides it again, but this time gully dives to his right and stops
31.4
Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, beautifully played. Length delivery outside off, Brook plays a white-ball shot, opens the face of the bat and guides it down, wide of the diving third slip and no third man
31.3
Matt Henry to Pope, 1 run, back of a length just outside off, Pope goes on the back foot to defend, thick inside-edge rolls to his left and they sneak a quick single
31.2
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Brook slashes the square-drive through the vacant backward point area and finds the man in the deep
31.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, short of length on off, nearly squares Brook up, but he does well in the end to defend it down
29.6
Matt Henry to Pope, leg byes, 1 run, fair call from umpire Adrian Holdstock. Seemed like he did say long way down to the players. Pope walked right across to this length delivery and missed. But cut back in and thudded him on the front pad. Henry liked the shout. Impact was just marginally in line though and DRS showed ball only clipping top of off. Not good enough to be given on-field or overturned
29.5
Matt Henry to Pope, no run, solid back foot defence
29.4
Matt Henry to Pope, no run, good length delivery moving away, Pope dabs towards gully
29.3
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, full and outside off stump, Brook drives to long-off
29.2
Matt Henry to Brook, SIX, oh he's muscled this. Wonder if Matt Henry missed the short ball or if it was a misdirected short of length ball. Brook pulled this half-tracker for six over square leg
29.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run,
27.6
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, oh beaten all ends up! Short of a length nipping away, Brook plays inside the line in his defence and escapes the edge
27.5
Matt Henry to Pope, 1 run, this time Pope has managed to glance along the ground to fine leg
27.4
Matt Henry to Pope, no run, that's hit something on the way to the keeper. Was it woody though? Off the thigh pad and New Zealand wise not to waste a review. Nip-backer from good length, beat Pope's flick, ball flew off the leg
27.3
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, short of length on the leg stump, Brook looks to clip, ball takes the thigh pad and rolls to leg
27.2
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, short of length delivery, Brook defends
27.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, beaten! Good length delivery moving away, Brook plays inside the line and defends
13.6
Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, 50 up for England! Back of a length delivery around middle and leg, it shapes back in sharply and Brook nudges it towards the on-side. Calls for a single, but Ravindra has a direct-hit at the keeper's end. Pope makes it in with a dive
13.5
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, on a length around off, Brook gets behind the line and defends
13.4
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, another fine delivery. This was pitched up by the bowler and it shaped away to beat Brook's off-drive. Almost similar to the previous delivery
13.3
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, lovely delivery outside off, on a length and it shaped away to beat Brook's outside edge
13.2
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, back of a length around off, Brook defends it from within the crease
13.1
Matt Henry to Brook, 2 runs, tad fuller on middle and leg, Brook drives it past the non-striker uppishly and takes a couple of runs
11.6
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, short of length delivery nipping away, Brook rides the extra bounce and manages to defend
11.5
Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, oh shot! Full and moving outside off stump, Brook takes toll of the width and smacks it through cover. That should settle him
11.4
Matt Henry to Brook, 2 runs, Brook steps out to attack now. Off-timing though, ball rolls to long-on
11.3
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, oh ho ho! Surprised him with almost a yorker. Brook rushed in his defence. Just moves his legs away and brings the bat down in time to save his wicket
11.2
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, but Henry does beat the inside edge this time. Length delivery nipping back in, Brook looks to play, plays outside the line though
11.1
Matt Henry to Brook, no run, watchful and very respectful defence from Brook. Didn't overcommit on the front foot as he knows Matt Henry is moving it both ways. Nicely played
9.6
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, surprise short ball to push Bethell back but it's the last ball of the over so Bethell sways out and becomes the non-striker
9.5
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, oh outstanding from Henry! Length and angling in, bowling close to off and then nipping it away to leave the batter no chance of defending that
9.4
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Bethell strides forward and defends
9.3
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs, oh inside edge rolls to backward sqare leg as Bethell looks to defend but this length ball seams in
9.2
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, plays so late that he late-guided it to second slip
9.1
Matt Henry to Root, 3 runs, nimble-footed front foot cover drive! Wasn't overly committed on the shot, just let the ball come and gave direction through cover. Nicely done
7.6
Matt Henry to Root, no run, now does cover the line, manages to negotiate
7.5
Matt Henry to Root, no run, oh nips away and almost takes the edge. Root had no control on this away-seaming ball as he tried to defend. Henry is on fire!
7.4
Matt Henry to Root, no run, short of length delivery, Root lets it pass
7.3
Matt Henry to Root, no run, short of length delivery, Root keeps it out
7.2
Matt Henry to Root, no run, oh nipping back in and hitting Root on the thigh pad. Root walked down the pitch straightaway
7.1
Matt Henry to Crawley, out Bowled!! Timbaahh, through the gate, hitting top of middle! Matt Henry, you beauty! This was on the cards. Crawley gave it away that he wasn't comfortable. Saw Crawley as a bigger threat so he tried to put him off his length in the first over. Henry won that over in his first opportunity to bowl at Crawley. Now he starts the over with a testing length delivery that just pitched outside off stump. Crawley thought he had to show some respect. Well, the bowler demanded that. The batter thought he had everything covered on the forward defence but Henry cunningly got this to nip back and find that gate. Classy Test match bowling. Crawley b Matt Henry 17(23) [4s-1 6s-1]
5.6
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, walks down the pitch, has a real go and misses! Clearly Matt Henry troubling Crawley more. Again the batter walks forward to force the bowler off his plans but Matt Henry sticks to back of a length and seam movement and beats the bat. Ugly swipe across the line from Crawley
5.5
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Crawley covers the stumps and lets it pass
5.4
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, length delivery outside off stump, Crawley lets it go
5.3
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, nip-backer hits the pad but too high and maybe even outside the line
5.2
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, straightaway he makes Crawley do extra. Southee is more outswing and a nip-back bowler so he was able to line him up. But this lad wobbles the ball and gets it to move both ways off the pitch. Crawley sees the threat being bigger and walks down the pitch to shorten the length, tries to pull but misses and gets hit on the body
5.1
Matt Henry to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Crawley shoulders arms
3.6
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, beaten! Short of a length nipping away, Bethell plays inside the line as he pokes at this away-seaming ball with bounce
3.5
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, solid in defence this time as this goes straight on
3.4
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, appeal for LBW, New Zealand don't review. Too high. Good length delivery nipping back in, Bethell played outside the line as he looked to defend the original line
3.3
Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, good length delivery nipping away, Bethell lets it go
3.2
Matt Henry to Duckett, out Caught by Latham!! Edged and taken really well at second slip. Simple, does it move in, does it move away type of wobble seam length delivery. Line is around off stump so Duckett has nowhere to hide. He tries to play a straight-batted defence but it takes a healthy outside edge. Latham stayed low and moved to his right to time that catch to perfection. If you have to be harsh on Duckett you could probably say he could have played a bit more closer to the body but that's just a classic new ball Test match wicket. Duckett c Latham b Matt Henry 0(8)
3.1
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, good length delivery, Duckett defends
1.6
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, oh stunner to end the over! Pushed this fuller than the previous balls - still good length only. Ball pitched around middle stump and nipped away a long way to totally open up Duckett on the defence. Shame it didn't take the edge
1.5
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, short of length again, Duckett happy in his back foot defence
1.4
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, beaten! Plays inside the line of this short of length that leaves him late and almost nicks off. Withdrew his bat pretty late
1.3
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery going fairly straight, Duckett plays a back foot defence and shouts "no run"
1.2
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, solid in defence this time though to this length delivery
1.1
Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, this one bounces a bit and surprises Duckett on the defence. Hit him on the thigh pad after nipping back in from back of a length
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