END OF OVER:50 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 301/8 | RR: 6.02
- Alzarri Joseph20 (6b)
- Yannic Cariah1 (1b)
- Tim Southee10-2-47-1
- Trent Boult10-1-53-3
The series is on the line, and Ekanth will bring you the run chase very soon.
Neil: "With the WI 173/0 with 15 overs left, I think New Zealand will be the happier of the two teams going into the break. It could have been so much worse."
Mayers after hitting 105 today: "I didn't get a chance to get in in the last two games. I just gave myself a chance to get in... Boult and Southee broke our backs in the last game. Not everyday you bat in the powerplay for 20 runs, but it worked for us today. Me and Shai have played 15-20 ODIs this summer... trying to keep each other cool. Very happy... First couple of games were disappointing. We always aim to score 300, we need to start well [with the ball]."
6.18pm Just to remind us all, Mayers hit 105 earlier in the day, something which Pooran's explosive 91 off 55 balls might have put into oblivion. On a day when Pooran seemed he could even achieve the unthinkable, he took his side to 301 despite the slip up from 173 for 0 to 191 for 4. Hope played the anchor at the top, while Joseph the aggressor at the bottom, and as a result, New Zealand have a big task at hand.
Seven away from 300... A six maybe? Long-on placed straighter than usual.
Liam: "Looking at Mayers 105 as opener and Pooran's 91 at first drop, you'd expect a big partnership between the two, but instead their partnership was 0"
Cariah in. Remember what he did two nights back?
AJ Hosein lbw b Southee 4 (16m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Anyone for 300?
END OF OVER:49 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 286/7 | RR: 5.83
- Alzarri Joseph6 (2b)
- Akeal Hosein4 (4b)
- Trent Boult10-1-53-3
- Tim Southee9-2-32-0
Joseph in at No. 9
N Pooran c Santner b Boult 91 (67m 55b 4x4 9x6) SR: 165.45