A bit of momentum for WI now. Can they carry through with it, though?
END OF OVER:39 | 13 Runs | WI: 169/4 (101 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 4.33, RRR: 9.18)
- Roston Chase16 (15b)
- Sherfane Rutherford34 (40b)
- Mitchell Santner8-1-30-1
- Matt Henry7-1-21-0
38.6
3
Santner to Chase, 3 runs, much slower, but similarly wide. Fuller too and Chase gets under it to chip it over extra cover. Calls for three and WI get back comfortably in the end
38.5
0
Santner to Chase, no run, back of a length delivery wide outside off. Chase reaches out for it and clinks it into the off side. Would have been a wide had he left it
38.4
6
Santner to Chase, SIX, picked up and deposited onto the grass banks! Angled in on a length on off. Chase gets across his stumps, drops down to one knee and lifts it comfortably over the deep backward square leg fence!
38.3
1
Santner to Rutherford, 1 run, back of a length, spinning into leg stump. Rutherford pokes it to long on
38.2
2b
Santner to Rutherford, 2 byes, oh dear! Incredibly slow, and attempting to follow the batter outside leg. Rutherford, though, for some reason, pre-meditates the reverse and then misses. Gets a few byes for his toil
38.1
1
Santner to Chase, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg. Chase goes back and knocks it to long on
Santner back on. Around the wicket. 114 off 72
END OF OVER:38 | 1 Run | WI: 156/4 (114 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 4.10, RRR: 9.50)
- Sherfane Rutherford33 (38b)
- Roston Chase6 (11b)
- Matt Henry7-1-21-0
- Zak Foulkes8-0-30-1
37.6
0
Henry to Rutherford, no run, short and wide outside off. Rutherford keeps swinging like a rusty gate and follows it up with a huge growl of dissatisfaction
37.5
0
Henry to Rutherford, no run, angled across the batter on a full length outside off. Rutherford steps out but then fails to jam it out
37.4
0
Henry to Rutherford, no run, sharp short ball just outside off. Rutherford looks for the slash over the keeper but is beaten for pace
37.3
0
Henry to Rutherford, no run, back of a length outside off. Rutherford guides it on the bounce to short third
37.2
1
Henry to Chase, 1 run, shortish outside off. Chase hops up onto his toes and dabs it towards backward point
37.1
0
Henry to Chase, no run, another short ball just outside off. Looks like the staple warm-up ball for these Kiwi bowlers. Chase sways out of the way comfortably
The commentators, on broadcast, say the game should have finished in about five minutes from now. We still have 13 overs left...
END OF OVER:37 | 7 Runs | WI: 155/4 (115 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.18, RRR: 8.84)
- Sherfane Rutherford33 (34b)
- Roston Chase5 (9b)
- Zak Foulkes8-0-30-1
- Michael Bracewell3-0-29-0
36.6
4
Foulkes to Rutherford, FOUR, four more! Slower bumper but Foulkes gets the line wrong here. Slides it a touch down leg and Rutherford can get inside the line to hook it, almost over the keeper!
36.5
1
Foulkes to Chase, 1 run, shortish just outside off. Chase backs away and slashes it down to deep third
36.4
0
Foulkes to Chase, no run, back of a length outside off and this skips through. Extra pace and bounce, and the ball flies past Chase's flailing blade
36.3
0
Foulkes to Chase, no run, banged in short and following the batter on middle and leg. Chase tries the upper-cut belatedly and cannot lay bat on ball
CJay: "Strange call to persist with Bracewell when the rest of the bowlers are all having a pretty decent day" -- Santner perhaps tempted by the match-up against the left-hander, but Bracewell is leaking too many runs for NZ's liking here.
