4s
6s
Total 4's :
14
Total 6's :
0
Wickets :
9
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fours
sixes
wickets
W
2.6
Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Young, OUT! LBW! Will Young runs out of time to review it! Tossed up, this lands outside off. Stays low and comes back in. Young looks to block but gets hit on the pads. The finger is raised. Young has a chat with Latham and it is a long chat. The timer runs out and then Young shows the sign for a review. The Indian fielders immediately point that out and the umpire too, is aware of it and denies the review. OH MY, MY! The ball was spinning down the leg stumps! If only Young had been a bit quicker to review. Early wicket for India, they would love another one too.
4
5.5
Umesh Yadav to Tom Latham, FOUR! Easy pickings! Yadav bowls a full one, down the leg side. Latham helps it on its away to the fine leg fence.
4
7.3
Umesh Yadav to William Somerville, FOUR! Uppish but nicely played! Length ball, on off. William Somerville drives it on the up and down the ground. Yadav gets low to his right but does not gather it. Boundary.
4
11.3
Umesh Yadav to William Somerville, FOUR! Top shot! Short of a length, bit of width and William Somerville cuts it past the diving gully fielder for a boundary.
4
11.4
Umesh Yadav to William Somerville, FOUR! And again! That is a shot and a half! Short of a length, outside off again. William Somerville goes back and across and then punches it behind backward point for a boundary.
4
13.4
Ishant Sharma to William Somerville, FOUR! Through the slips again! How many runs have been scored in this Test that way? Length ball, just outside off. William Somerville gets the outside edge but since he is playing with soft hands, the ball bounces on its way to the slip cordon. It runs between first and third slip to reach the fence.
4
18.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham, FOUR! Tom Latham takes the attack to Jadeja! Tossed up, outside off. Latham slog-sweeps it to wide of Shreyas Iyer at deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
4
32.4
Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville, FOUR! Lovely shot! Short and outside off. William Somerville rocks back and pushes it to the cover fence.
W
35.1
Umesh Yadav to William Somerville, OUT! TAKEN! What a catch that is! What a start that is for India after the break! Not sure what they had for lunch but whatever it was, has worked. Credit though to Gill. The wicket has been taken by Yadav but it is Gill who needs to be credited. First ball after a break, you probably would be on your heels as a fielder but that is not the case here, excellent effort and an excellent take. Yadav, from around the wicket, bangs it short and on the body. William Somerville takes on the challenge of pulling it, he hits it uppishly towards fine leg. Gill rushes in, dives forward and takes it inches above the ground. The Indians are delighted. William Somerville walks back after playing a gritty knock. The nightwatchman surely did his job. However, this will lift the Indian spirits.
4
37.1
Umesh Yadav to Tom Latham, FOUR! Through the gap! Probably was all along the ground! Full and outside off, Latham leans and looks to drive, it goes off the outside edge between gully and widish first slip and into the fence.
4
40.5
Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, FOUR! That is a lovely shot! Williamson skips down the track, he gets to the pitch of it and lofts it over the bowler for a boundary.
4
47.4
Ishant Sharma to Kane Williamson, FOUR! GLORIOUS! Fuller in length, outside off. Williamson presses forward and carves it past Ravindra Jadeja at mid off to collect a boundary.
4
53.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Trademark shot of Kane Williamson! Shorter ball, outside off. He waits for it and then runs it past short third man for one.
W
54.2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Latham, OUT! BOWLED! CHOPPED ON! Shorter ball, outside off. Latham looks to push it with his feet glued to the crease. All he gets is the inside edge and the ball goes back onto the stumps! Is that the opening that gets India back in the game? We will see. We surely have an interesting phase of cricket coming up in the next couple of hours. Also, with that wicket, Ravichandran Ashwin has gone past Harbhajan Singh's tally of 417 wickets for India in Tests. Ross Taylor is the next batter.
W
63.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor, OUT! LBW! Ravindra Jadeja strikes just at the stroke of Tea and it is Ross Taylor who walks back to the hut! He never looked comfortable out in the middle and his struggle against left-arm spinners continues. Jadeja bowls it quicker through the air and lands it around off, the ball goes on with the angle. Taylor gets forward to block but he misses and gets trapped in front. Jadeja puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger in no time! Huge wicket this for India as New Zealand lose their fourth wicket. That will be Tea on Day 5!
W
64.1
Axar Patel to Henry Nicholls, OUT! LBW! DEAD STRAIGHT! Patel starts the session with a big wicket! Tossed up, on off. The ball goes pretty much straight after landing. Nicholls plays for a bit of turn and blocks down the wrong line. The ball goes onto hit his pads right in front of the stumps and the finger goes up! The review is taken in hope but there is no bat on that the ball is crashing on the stumps. Tom Blundell walks out to bat.
W
69.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Kane Williamson, OUT! LBW! SUPERSTAR JADEJA DOES IT! He gets the biggest wicket for India! Shorter ball, around off. It comes in with the angle. No spin whatsoever. The trick here is that it stays very, very low. Kane Williamson decides to go back and that proves his undoing. The ball hits him on the pads and Ravindra Jadeja brings out the celebrappeal! The umpire has no doubt and raises the finger.
W
78.2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Blundell, OUT! TIMBER! That is one of the strangest dismissals seen! Blundell can consider himself a tad unlucky. India won't care though as they are now in the bowling all-rounders. Just the three wickets away now with over 15 overs left. This is an off spinner. It lands on off and turns back in. Blundell looks to defend, it hits the inner half, lands beside him but on a footmark, it spins back onto the stumps and clips the leg bail. He can't believe what has just happened. Shakes his head as he walks back. Just like the first innings, he was looking solid but falls in an unfortunate manner.
4
81.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! Past first slip! Tossed up, outside off. Ravindra gets forward to defend but gets the outside edge. The man at first slip dives but cannot get to the ball. It races to the fence.
W
85.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Kyle Jamieson, OUT! LBW! There goes another one. India just the two wickets away. The second new ball does the trick! This is flatter and on middle, it lands and then turns away. Kyle Jamieson lunges forward to defend but does so inside the line. It goes past the outside edge and hits the back pad. A huge appeal and the finger is raised. Kyle Jamieson knew he has out and he just started to walk back.
4
87.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Tim Southee, FOUR! This one is fired on the pads, Tim looks to defend but it goes off the inner half down to the fine leg fence for a boundary.
W
89.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Tim Southee, OUT! THREE REDS! Jadeja has his 4th and India are just the one wicket away now. Southee was halfway back towards the pavillion when he saw the replay. That was dead. This lands on middle and then straightens. Southee hangs back and looks to defend. It goes past the outside edge and hits the back pad. Jadeja is celebrating as he appeals. The finger is raised. Southee reviews and replays show that New Zealand lose yet another review. India can now sniff a win here.
4
96.3
Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! JUST WIDE! Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Rachin Ravindra works it just wide of leg slip and gets a boundary.