24/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of India at Kanpur, Nov 25-29 2021
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas IyerIndia
24/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of India at Kanpur, Nov 25-29 2021
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas IyerIndia

12.27pm Excellent spot from Sampath Bandarupalli: 34th duck in Test cricket for Ishant Sharma, only four players have more Test ducks.

12.21pm Superb comeback from New Zealand today. They've taken the last six wickets for 87 runs, and the bulk of the damage was done by Tim Southee, who bowled one of the best spells of his career - 11 straight overs in the first session - and picked up his 13th five-for. Given how much inconsistent bounce there is, and the odd instance of big turn too, India won't be displeased with 345. I would suggest they're still well in front in this Test match, given they're bowling last and given the skill of their bowlers and their familiarity with these conditions. Big, big task for New Zealand's batters now.

Adarsh Gopi: "I'm happy that our bowlers continued to show some fight with the bat - a year ago, this same team would have wrapped up at 310/10 and 2 hours earlier. These miles on NZ bowlers legs will slowly add up."

Karthik: "Ajaz Patel will be much relieved. He toiled hard! Well deserved for this morning's accuracy, way better than yesterday."

Jigar Shah: "NZ will be happy that they got wickets quickly, but India will be happier the way wickets have fallen. Specifically that ball by Jamienson to Yadav and Ashwin's wicket ball."

Ramesh: "110.5, it is unfair to say Umesh slogged the ball. It was nice shot, over the bowlers head." -- I used that word purely as a description, not as a pejorative! A slog is a legitimate shot!

111.1
W
Patel to Sharma, OUT, beauty. Ajaz gets his second - unless Ishant's review is successful... Lovely length, drifting in to pitch just outside off, and Ishant, stretching forward to defend, plays for turn that isn't there. Just keeps skidding with the angle to thud into his front pad, and that's crashing into the stumps, no worries at all

I Sharma lbw b Patel 0 (10m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

END OF OVER:
111 | 6 Runs | IND: 345/9

  • Umesh Yadav10 (34b)
  • Ishant Sharma0 (4b)
  • Kyle Jamieson23.2-6-91-3
  • Ajaz Patel29-7-90-1
110.6
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, back of a length, straightens around off stump, hops back and across to defend it jabbily, back down the pitch
110.5
6
Jamieson to Yadav, SIX, bam! That was floated up full and outside off, and Umesh uses that swinging room to slog it sweetly over mid-on
110.4
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, another full legcutter, on middle stump now. Looks to flick, and sends a leading edge just wide of the bowler, to his left
110.3
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, ooh, what a delivery. Fullish, angling in to pitch just outside off stump, and it straightens sharply from there. Beats Umesh's flick on the outside, and juuuust misses off stump
110.2
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, length ball outside off, a bit of away nibble. Left alone
110.1
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, fullish, angling into off stump, clipped to midwicket

Jamieson. Wide slip and wide gully in place.

Ashish Ranjan: "Every session break has brought a wicket immediately. "

END OF OVER:
110 | (wicket maiden) | IND: 339/9

  • Ishant Sharma0 (4b)
  • Umesh Yadav4 (28b)
  • Ajaz Patel29-7-90-1
  • Kyle Jamieson22.2-6-85-3
109.6
0
Patel to Sharma, no run, full and flat on off stump, gets forward and smothers it
109.5
0
Patel to Sharma, no run, tossed up on off stump, defended with the turn into the covers
109.4
0
Patel to Sharma, no run, ooh, just wide of short leg. Drifts in towards middle and leg and keeps going with the angle as Ishant props forward to defend. Thick inside edge to the right of short leg
109.3
0
Patel to Sharma, no run, dangled up slow outside off, left alone

Ishant Sharma is in at No. 11. Short leg and slip quickly make an appearance.

109.2
W
Patel to Ashwin, OUT, bowled him, finally a wicket for spin! Nicely bowled, and Ashwin falls in the quest for quick runs. Drifts inwards to pitch well outside leg stump, and Ashwin, stepping away from the line to make room to drive inside-out through the covers, is beaten on the outside edge as the ball grips and turns sharply out of the footmarks

R Ashwin b Patel 38 (81m 56b 5x4 0x6) SR: 67.85

109.1
0
Patel to Ashwin, no run, tossed up outside off, drifts in to cramp Ashwin on the cover drive. Ends up squeezing it down into the pitch off the inner half of the bat

12.09pm Welcome back. Ajaz Patel will resume his spell from left-arm around. No close catchers for Ashwin, and five fielders on the boundary.

END OF OVER:
109 | 6 Runs | IND: 339/8

  • Umesh Yadav4 (28b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin38 (54b)
  • Kyle Jamieson22.2-6-85-3
  • Ajaz Patel28-6-90-0


11.31 am That will be lunch on Day 2. It was a proper Shreyas and Southee show this morning, with a useful cameo from Ashwin in the late stages. The advantage, after hanging somehwat in the balance, has again gone more Indiawards than not. Shreyas Iyer makes it three successive centuries on debut for India from a Mumbai player, but the star of the morning has been Southee. India will be hoping to prolong this innings further after lunch. We'll join in with the post-lunch session as well in about 35 minutes from now.

108.6
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, wowza! Swings sharply back in from outside off, and he edges, but it has landed just short of slip. He did well to get it off the bat, though. Walks off with a little smile
108.5
1
Jamieson to Ashwin, 1 run, hangs back and drives this towards deep point

Rahul Malnad: "Are spinners getting any assistance on this pitch? " --- Ther is turn, and slow at that, but it is the variable bounce that makes them more dangerous

108.4
4
Jamieson to Ashwin, FOUR, length, width, and he bisects the gap between a wide slip and gully to perfection! Hangs back inside the crease, and plays it very late
108.3
1
Jamieson to Yadav, 1 run, fullish, swings into him this time, and he works it away towards deep mid-wicket
108.2
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, fuller, around off, and he defends towards cover
108.1
0
Jamieson to Yadav, no run, length, swinging further away, and Umesh leaves

END OF OVER:
108 | 3 Runs | IND: 333/8

  • Ravichandran Ashwin33 (52b)
  • Umesh Yadav3 (24b)
  • Ajaz Patel28-6-90-0
  • Kyle Jamieson21.2-6-79-3
107.6
0
Patel to Ashwin, no run, length, fired down the leg side, and he defends
107.5
0
Patel to Ashwin, no run, length, and he stretches forward to defend
107.4
1
Patel to Yadav, 1 run, on to the pads, and he works this towards long-on

Silly point now for Umesh, to stop that drive to long-off

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WktRunsPlayers
1st3TWM LathamWA Young
2nd76WER SomervilleTWM Latham
3rd39KS WilliamsonTWM Latham
4th7LRPL TaylorKS Williamson
5th1KS WilliamsonHM Nicholls
6th2KS WilliamsonTA Blundell
7th10TA BlundellR Ravindra
8th9KA JamiesonR Ravindra
9th8TG SoutheeR Ravindra
10th10AY PatelR Ravindra