The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Venue: Sky Stadium, Wellington
New Zealand (Playing XI):
Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy
England (Playing XI):
Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid
1.4
Foulkes to Jamie Smith, out Caught by Latham!! New Zealand review for caught behind! They are confident of an edge, although Smith is shaking his head while having a chat with his partner. There it is - the spike on UltraEdge - and the review has paid off. Again England lose one early. Width outside off, Smith wants to pounce but it jumps from a back of a length and causes his undoing.
Jamie Smith c Latham b Foulkes 5(6) [4s-1]
1.4
W
Foulkes to Jamie Smith, out Caught by Latham!! New Zealand review for caught behind! They are confident of an edge, although Smith is shaking his head while having a chat with his partner. There it is - the spike on UltraEdge - and the review has paid off. Again England lose one early. Width outside off, Smith wants to pounce but it jumps from a back of a length and causes his undoing.
Jamie Smith c Latham b Foulkes 5(6) [4s-1]
4.2
W
Jacob Duffy to Duckett, out Caught by Ravindra!! Right off the toe-end and gone! Another one down for England as their batting continues to crumble in this series. Not a great choice of shot this one. It's angling away wide of off and Duckett is going for the pull shot, looking to drag it against the angle. Miscues it off the toe-end and Ravindra hangs onto a good catch running back from mid-on.
Duckett c Ravindra b Jacob Duffy 8(12) [6s-1]
6.3
Jacob Duffy to Brook, out Caught by Michael Bracewell!!
Brook c Michael Bracewell b Jacob Duffy 6(11) [4s-1]
10.1
W
Jacob Duffy to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Mitchell!! Superb grab from Mitchell at first slip! Bethell leans on his bat in disappointment before making the long walk back. Short of length outside off, he looks to cut but it flies off the edge as the ball gets big on him. Was going quickly to the left of Mitchell and above his head too. He reaches out over the left shoulder, hands at full stretch and hangs on.
Jacob Bethell c Mitchell b Jacob Duffy 11(16) [4s-2]
18.2
4
Nathan Smith to Buttler, FOUR, to fine leg
18.1
4
Nathan Smith to Buttler, FOUR, slapped, Buttler comes down the wicket, makes room and then drives through the line - places it straight of mid-off and the ball rolls away to the ropes
19.2
4
Tickner to Buttler, FOUR, hammered, this is good batting from Buttler - runs down the pitch, makes room and then drills the drive back past the bowler - mid-off dives to his right, but he's well beaten
19.1
4
Tickner to Buttler, FOUR, clubbed, banged in short as Buttler came down the pitch - he's instinctively onto the pull, the hard length means he can't quite get on top of the bounce, hit high on the bat, but has enough to clear mid-wicket
23.1
W
Tickner to Buttler, out Bowled!! The nip-backer does the job and England slump further - was pitched up on a good length around off and then cuts back into the right-hander, Buttler was lured into an expansive drive, the feet hardly went anywhere and he's left a massive gap between bat and pad - the ball sneaks through and the off-stump is on the floor. The set batter falls and New Zealand are right on top now.
Buttler b Tickner 38(56) [4s-7]