END OF OVER:50 | 10 Runs | NZ: 260/7 | RR: 5.20
- Tim Southee9 (5b)
- Mitchell Santner17 (13b)
- Umesh Yadav10-1-60-1
- Dhawal Kulkarni7-0-59-1
5.02pm An excellent comeback from India to restrict New Zealand to just 260 after the start they got. As soon as the spinners came on, run-scoring became increasingly harder. Martin Guptill and Tom Latham were excellent at the start, Williamson complimented them pretty well, but the middle and lower order stalled the momentum again in the toughest period to bat. The pitch will not get easier to bat on, but it's the surrounding environment that could influence this game. See you for the chase in a bit.
49.6
4
Yadav to Southee, FOUR, a boundary to end. NZ get to 260. Rather full, straight. Southee smothers a heave through midwicket to get four. Squeezed, squirted. Off the inside half of the bat.
49.5
1
Yadav to Santner, 1 run, a low full toss on middle and leg, swung away to deep midwicket. Heaved for one more
49.5
1w
Yadav to Santner, 1 wide, yikes, looking for the yorker but it is wayy outside off. Almost doesn't land on the strip. Wide.
49.4
1
Yadav to Southee, 1 run, nicely bowled. A wide yorker outside off, Southee reaches out for it, but can only tap the ball in front of point
49.3
1
Yadav to Santner, 1 run, a short delivery on leg, Santner backs away and pulls on the bounce to deep midwicket. Another single
49.2
1
Yadav to Southee, 1 run, a low full toss on leg, swung away down to deep square leg. Should have done a lot lot more with that.
49.1
1
Yadav to Santner, 1 run, looking for the yorker, full outside off, pushed down to mid-off. The throw misses the non-strikers stumps
Yadav will finish
END OF OVER:49 | 8 Runs | NZ: 250/7 | RR: 5.10
- Tim Southee3 (2b)
- Mitchell Santner14 (10b)
- Dhawal Kulkarni7-0-59-1
- Umesh Yadav9-1-50-1
48.6
2
Kulkarni to Southee, 2 runs, gets it over midwicket for a couple. Full on middle, the ball is coming back in. Southee skews the ball over midwicket, looked to go a lot straighter
48.5
1
Kulkarni to Santner, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, Santner bunts his mis-timed pull to deep midwicket, didn't get anywhere near enough on that
48.4
2
Kulkarni to Santner, 2 runs, full on off, a hint of tail away. Pushed to deep cover for two. Good running from Southee
48.4
1w
Kulkarni to Santner, 1 wide, wide. Looking for the wide yorker but Santner can't reach. Called
48.3
1
Kulkarni to Southee, 1 run, back of a length outside off, dabbed to third man
48.2
1
Kulkarni to Santner, 1 run, pace off the ball, slapped towards cover for one. A quick throw misses the non-strikers stumps but the backing-up is good, comes in to the 30-yard circle to stop the second
