72.0 -
Stokes to Craig, FOUR, Stokes kicks the turf in disgust as he is angry. Short and wide outside off with the field in, Craig rocks back and cuts hard through cover, beating the diving fielder
70.5 -
Broad to Boult, FOUR, he was caught at third man to end the last Test playing a similar shot but this time gets it finer and gets a one-bounce four, short on the stumps, Boult knew the line and length, ramped it fine and four more to the total
70.1 -
Broad to Craig, FOUR, comical stuff from Adam Lyth. Cook isn't pleased at all. It was a slog to deep mid-wicket, Lyth can't pick it and he just watches the ball into the rope. Cook was seen shouting Lyth, Lyth but the Yorkie was beffudled and stood still as the ball went to his right
68.4 -
Broad to Boult, FOUR, Boult has a smile on his face after flat-batting a forehand over mid-wicket, it was rising and Boult did well to control the shot, looked a bit awkward but beat the man in the deep. Even Broad has a wry smile on his face after Boult backed away and hit that
68.1 -
Broad to Craig, FOUR, now a thick outside edge flies over the slip cordon, full and outside off, Craig was looking to go leg-side but the thick outside edge is found instead
68.0 -
Stokes to Boult, FOUR, one ball is all it took for Boult to have a go at Stokes, full outside off, he clears his front leg and smears the cover drive in the gap on the off-side
65.4 -
Stokes to Matt Henry, FOUR, slogged but well slogged. Matt Henry goes leg-side as the ball is angled in and gets four, there was a fielder at long leg but he beat the fielder easily
63.3 -
Stokes to Matt Henry, FOUR, smashed! Looks like Matt Henry will have some fun. Clears his front leg and tonks the length ball over mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes, that was a good old-fashioned thump from Matt Henry. Stokes just has a rueful look on his face and walks back to his mark
63.1 -
Stokes to Matt Henry, FOUR, what was that, Mr Matt Henry? Only he knows. Pacy back of a length delivery outside off, Matt Henry swiped across the line and the thick outside edge flies over the slip cordon, Stokes isn't a happy man. Why would you play a shot like that so late in the day?
61.0 -
Mark Wood to Matt Henry, FOUR, wide of the crease and full outside off, Matt Henry slashes it hard to sweeper cover, gave it everything and got a boundary
58.4 -
Broad to Craig, FOUR, beautiful shot. Off-drive. From a left-hander is always graceful. Overpitched by Broad and Craig drove it past mid-off. Superbly played along the ground
57.5 -
Moeen Ali to Craig, FOUR, too full and on the stumps, Craig gets forward and flicks easily to deep mid-wicket, needed to find the gap and did so with ease
53.5 -
Moeen Ali to Ronchi, FOUR, now fraction short outside off, Ronchi is onto it in a flash, rocks back to cut to sweeper cover, beats the man running across from the deep, only one man in the deep and Ronchi moves to 85 with that boundary
52.5 -
Broad to Latham, FOUR, that is intentionally played by Latham, short of length outside off, Latham rides the bounce, opens the face of the bat and guides it wide of gully, in the gap and it will be a boundary to the unguarded third man region
50.5 -
Broad to Latham, FOUR, that should ease the nerves of Latham. Full outside off, Latham drives on the rise and hits the gap at cover. Sweet shot
49.0 -
Broad to Ronchi, FOUR, Ronchi is playing some top shots. This is the best of the lot so far. On a length and outside off, Ronchi gets forward and lifts it over mid-off. Didn't try to hit it too hard just relied on getting it over the fielder. More of an ODI shot but that will do
48.3 -
Broad to Ronchi, FOUR, gloved down leg and Buttler can't get there. Close call for Ronchi. On a back of a length down leg, Ronchi gloves the nudge, Buttler went leaping to his left to catch that but the ball was always winning the race, looks like the ploy is to get Ronchi out on the short ball. Let's see whether that works or not
46.4 -
Broad to Ronchi, FOUR, Ronchi top-edges a pull and gets lucky. Pacy short delivery from Broad, Ronchi was late on the shot and the edge goes nearly all the way. Ronchi continuing to play his strokes
46.1 -
Broad to Ronchi, FOUR, that is a fantastic cover drive. Helped by Broad's generosity. Half-volley outside off, Ronchi crashes the drive wide of mid-off. A loud clunk as ball met bat
43.2 -
Moeen Ali to Ronchi, FOUR, a skimmer and Broad never gave the impression that he would catch that at mid-off. Bounces an inch in front of his hand and goes right through his fingers. Low flat lofted hit, Broad was unsure and in the end he allowed the ball to come to him, rather than diving forward. Very awkward effort
40.0 -
Moeen Ali to Ronchi, FOUR, another poor delivery, well down leg, easy pickings for Ronchi who sweeps it to the fine leg fence. The fielder was very square at deep backward square and the ball beat him easily
39.4 -
Moeen Ali to Latham, byes, FOUR, well down leg and that gave Buttler no chance, Latham swept and missed, Buttler got across but couldn't stop it properly. Four byes added to the total and first extras that Buttler has given away today
38.4 -
J Anderson to Ronchi, FOUR, expertly played in the gap and that's edged right through where a third slip would've been. Anderson and Cook can't believe that they don't have another man in the cordon. Outswinger, Ronchi poked at it and the thick outside edge went in the gap
36.0 -
Stokes to Ronchi, FOUR, third full delivery of the over and third boundary for Ronchi. Very wide half-volley, inviting Ronchi to drive and the Aussie - strike that off - turned Kiwi blasts a drive through the covers. All too easy
35.4 -
Stokes to Ronchi, FOUR, very wide half-volley from Stokes and that's a gift for Ronchi. He gets forward and on a bent knee crashes it in the air and in the gap at cover. Stokes just holds his head back in frustration
35.1 -
Stokes to Ronchi, FOUR, Stokes is on his backside. In attempting to take a return catch. Full and outside off, Ronchi drove it in the air and Stokes was going to his right to try and catch that, well wide of him and Ronchi will get a four. Stokes took a while to get up, but all is fine eventually
35.0 -
J Anderson to Latham, FOUR, 'punchy player' says Nass on air about Latham and I agree. Lot of punch in his strokes. This is a front foot punch-drive as he came forward to meet the full ball, past the left-hand of Anderson who stretched out to stop and couldn't do so. Enough timing to get four
33.3 -
Stokes to Latham, FOUR, low full toss outside off, easy for Latham who drives wide of mid-off, once it beat the fielder it was four
32.5 -
Mark Wood to Ronchi, FOUR, short of length and sitting up nicely for the batsman to pull/heave/slog. However, Ronchi decides to flat-bat the pull straight down the ground, not a convincing shot, but gets the desired result
31.0 -
Mark Wood to Ronchi, FOUR, short and on the stumps, almost squared the Test debutant, he hangs his bat awkwardly, gets a thick outside edge, the ball escapes over the slip cordon and races away to third man, lots of oohs and aahs from the Englishmen
29.0 -
Mark Wood to Watling, FOUR, full and swaying into the pads, Watling clips it to fine leg fence, that's easy money for Watling
28.3 -
Mark Wood to Watling, FOUR, full and swinging away outside off, Watling reads the swing and gets on top of the bounce, he goes for a back foot drive as the ball finds its way to the sweeper cover fence
28.1 -
Mark Wood to Watling, FOUR, short and width on offer, Watling is too good a batsman to miss out on those, he reaches out and cuts it in front of square on the off-side
27.0 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, full and straight, Latham drives it straight down the ground, superb timing and class on that
24.4 -
Mark Wood to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, McCullum gets a glove on the pull, the ball just about evades Buttler's leaping dive to his left, short and on middle and leg, McCullum swivels across a tad and gloves the pull, the ball escapes the keeper in a hurry and races towards the fine leg fence
23.2 -
Stokes to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, short and on the hips, McCullum swivels across and pulls, gets it off the meat of the bat, the ball crashes into the fine leg fence in a hurry
21.1 -
Stokes to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, fuller delivery outside off, McCullum drives off the front foot and finds deep extra cover fence, easy pickings for McCullum
20.1 -
Broad to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, full delivery just outside off, McCullum goes for the booming drive with laden feet, the ball catches the thick outside edge and races across to the third man fence after passing the vacant gully region
19.0 -
Broad to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, full and wide of off, McCullum drives hard and middles it as the ball hares across to the deep extra cover fence
18.4 -
Broad to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, full and into the pads, McCullum flicks it off his pads as he finds the deep mid-wicket fence, beats the fielder running around from deep square leg
15.5 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, short and width on offer, Latham says thank you and cuts it on the back foot, the ball finds its way into the sweeper cover fence
14.1 -
Broad to Ross Taylor, FOUR, poor first delivery from Broad, short and wide, Taylor was waiting for it, cuts it on the back foot, into the fence square of the wicket
12.4 -
J Anderson to Ross Taylor, FOUR, edged and four again, on a good length and shaping away slightly, Taylor drives and gets an outside edge through the vacant gully region, ball races away to the third man fence
12.3 -
J Anderson to Ross Taylor, FOUR, pitched up outside off, Taylor leans into the drive off the front foot, there's no stopping that, he got it off the middle of the bat, into the long-off fence
12.0 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, that's a gift from the bowler, on the pads on a length, Latham handsomely clips it to the deep square leg fence, superb timing on that
11.2 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, edged and four, this was on a length drawing Latham to drive, he gets a thick outside edge on the drive as the ball races away towards the square third man fence
11.1 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, short and wide, punished, Latham cuts it in front of square on the off-side, Latham is looking in good touch here
10.1 -
J Anderson to Ross Taylor, FOUR, fabulous from Ross Taylor, short and wide, Taylor stays on the back foot and cuts it to the deep backward point fence, the ball raced away in a hurry
9.1 -
Mark Wood to Latham, leg byes, FOUR, down leg, Latham flicks and misses, the ball takes the thigh pad and races away to the fine leg fence, all it needed was a deflection which the ball got
7.1 -
Mark Wood to Latham, FOUR, Mark Wood starts with a short and wide delivery outside off, gift for Latham who cuts in the gap at cover. He didn't move after hitting that
5.1 -
Broad to Latham, FOUR, Latham has played another beautiful shot to get four. Full on the pads, easily flicked to the deep mid-wicket fence, third boundary for Latham and all of them have been good shots
4.2 -
J Anderson to Latham, FOUR, consecutive boundaries for Latham. It was short of length on the hips, he tucks it with great timing and beats the man running across from long leg, two magnificent shots and those are richly deserved boundaries to Latham
4.1 -
J Anderson to Latham, FOUR, that swung and Latham had to reach out to drive, but does so beautifully, leans forward and then towards the ball and hits it on the rise to sweeper cover, the timing on the ball ensures it raced away
3.3 -
Broad to Latham, leg byes, FOUR, down leg and Latham gets a faint thigh pad, beats the diving Buttler, useful runs
72.1 -
Broad to Boult, out Caught by Lyth!! Eventually England bowl New Zealand out. Boult was going for his shots, full and wide outside off, Boult skews the big hit straight up in the air after making room to go over cover, Lyth at point goes back and settles under the skier. Well taken and it's a five-for for Broad too. 13th time he has taken five or more in a Test innings. Boult c Lyth b Broad 15(11) [4s-3]
67.0 -
Broad to Matt Henry, out Caught by Buttler!! Top edge and gone. The short ball ploy has worked, Matt Henry looks for an encore and edges it behind. Cross-batted swipe to a short ball, Buttler took it over his head and that will be four for Broad. Matt Henry c Buttler b Broad 27(21) [4s-4 6s-1]
60.2 -
Mark Wood to Southee, out Caught by Lyth!! Southee was never going to hang around. He takes on the short ball which was near his stomach, didn't time it and Lyth at deep square leg moved back to take it over his head. Good catch and Mark Wood with a smile goes into an embrace with Anderson. Southee was looking for six with the pull but the timing wasn't totally right. Southee c Lyth b Mark Wood 1(5)
56.2 -
Broad to Ronchi, out Caught by J Anderson!! How daft is that? Pretty daft I must say. There are three fielders for the pull/hook and the ploy is to bowl short. Ronchi could've bided his time and played the pull selectively but he holes out to fine leg. Just 12 short of a hundred on Test debut. Quite incredible really. Short and down leg, he pulls and picks out Anderson to perfection. Broad and England are delighted. Their tactic has worked. The two well-set batsman have been dismissed in the space of two overs. Ronchi walks off bat raised but that was a brainfade. Ronchi c J Anderson b Broad 88(70) [4s-13 6s-3]
55.0 -
Broad to Latham, out Caught by J Root!! Latham's luck finally runs out. Cook has gone out of the first slip position, it is Root and he makes no mistake. Latham's concentration wasn't there at all in the last hour or so. He could've got out at least five times but England were generous, giving him chance after chance. This time Root gobbles it up. Full and wide outside off, Latham drove and edged it behind. Broad blows his cheeks in relief after taking that wicket. Latham played well but should've made England pay for all the lives that he got. Can England capitalise on this wicket? Latham c J Root b Broad 84(180) [4s-13]
30.5 -
Mark Wood to Watling, out Bowled!! That's an absolute beauty from Mark Wood. He will cherish this moment for a long time. That's a pleasing sight for any fast bowler, He pitches on off-stump and beats the outside edge, Watling decided he will block it whatsoever, the ball held its line and kisses the top of off-stump on its way, Watling was hurried for pace on that occasion. Watling did everything right but the cherry was too good for him. Suddenly out of nowhere Mark Wood produces a ripper. Watling b Mark Wood 14(19) [4s-3]
25.1 -
Stokes to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by Mark Wood!! Can you believe it? First ball of the last session and Baz throws it away, the Durham boys do the trick for England, full and just outside off, McCullum drives with laden feet, no timing on that whatsoever, picks out Mark Wood at mid-off, he grabs it at a comfortable height, McCullum is livid with himself, he didn't even look back after hitting it. Brendon McCullum c Mark Wood b Stokes 41(28) [4s-6 6s-1]
15.0 -
Broad to Ross Taylor, out Lbw!! Taylor yet again exposes his poor footwork, pays the price for it, the inswinger from Broad and the English strategy to Taylor has worked, back of a length delivery shaping in sharply, Taylor wasn't expecting it to swing in as he wasn't offering a shot, he was caught on the crease and an easy decision for the umpire, Taylor walked straightaway and doesn't even consider reviewing it. Ross Taylor lbw b Broad 20(27) [4s-4]
2.4 -
J Anderson to Williamson, out Caught by Buttler!! KW is out for a duck. What a big wicket that is. Fine bowling from Anderson, bringing about another dismissal. This was another outswinger, on a short of length though, Williamson uncharacteristically hung his bat out to dry and it took a thin edge to the keeper. Anderson has his 401st. New Zealand in early strife. Williamson c Buttler b J Anderson 0(2)
2.2 -
J Anderson to Guptill, out Caught by Bell!! Anderson gets 400 in the rain. What a moment for the Burnley Lara. He is delighted and the rain is pelting down. The players are off as I type this. Even the weather gods wanted Anderson to get to the landmark soon. Similar dismissal to the 2nd innings at Lord's for Guptill. Outswinger, Guptill pushes hard at it and the thick outside edge flies to Bell at 2nd slip. Bell takes it above his head. Sharp grab and that's the landmark for Anderson who runs with his arms outstretched. Guptill c Bell b J Anderson 0(8)