1st Test, Christchurch, November 28, 2024, 03:30 AM
New Zealand
25/1(6.0ov)
England
Day 1: Session 1 - ENG opted to field
NZ 54%
Tie 19%
ENG 27%
Batsmen
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4S
6S
SR
Bowler
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Econ
Commentry
In over# 6
0
2
0
0
0
4
Gus Atkinson 13/1(3)
5.6
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No run.
5.5
2
Atkinson bowls a good yorker, as this one tails sharply into the stumps, Tom Latham is quick to jam his bat in the line and uses his bottom hand to push it wide of mid on to collect another couple of runs.
5.4
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Back of a length on the stumps, Latham works it to widish mid on.
5.3
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Good work there by Stokes! Length-delivery outside off, Latham taps it off the back foot to get past the gully fielder but Stokes does well as he dives low to his left and intercepts the ball.
5.2
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Good length outside off, left alone.
5.1
4
FOUR! Oh, what a glorious shot! A textbook cover drive from Latham! Gus Atkinson bowls a half-volley around off, Tom Latham gets on top of the ball and drives it crisply through the gap between mid off and covers for a cracking boundary.
In over# 5
0
0
5
4
0
2
Chris Woakes 12/0(3)
4.6
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And again! This is very full now, holds its line and nips away from the deck, outside off, Williamson draws his front foot out to defend but gets beaten again on the outside edge.
4.5
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Good bowling! A wobbled-seam delivery, on a good length outside off. Lands and nips away, Kane Williamson gets on the back foot to punch it to the off side but it zips past the edge as he plays inside the line.
4.4
5
Oh dear, that is sloppy by Bashir. Hard length, angling on off, Latham tucks it off the back foot to mid-wicket and runs for a quick single. Bashir moves to his left from mid on, picks up and throws it wayward that runs through the wide of the slips and races to the boundary at deep third. A long chase for Harry Brook from the cordons but the ball wins the race. 5 runs!
4.3
4
FOUR! First boundary of this series! Woakes bowls a rare loosener, swinging into the batter, full in length, Tom Latham uses the angle and pace and just tickles it to deep fine for a boundary.
4.2
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Hits the deck hard, lands on the fourth stump and shapes back in sharply off the deck. Latham makes a very tight leave as it passes over the off-pole.
4.1
2
Pitched fuller around off, Tom Latham gets on the front foot and pushes it to the left of mid on. Shoaib Bashir chases the ball to the deep and the batters cross for the double. Good running!
In over# 4
0
1
0
2
0
0
Gus Atkinson 7/1(2)
3.6
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Length on the stumps, it nips back after pitching, Williamson is beaten on the front foot defence as he tries to work it across, and wears it high on the front pad.
3.5
1
Slants it into the pads now, on a good length, Tom Latham lets the ball arrive at him and tickles it with soft hands to deep backward square leg for a single.
3.4
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Gets that inswing again, outside off, curving back in, Latham makes a tight leave.
3.3
2
This one swings sharply intyo the batter, on a fuller length, Tom Latham prods ahead and flicks it to wide of mid on and scampers back for the second run.
3.2
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Attacking the stumps now, on a fullish length, Latham is on the front foot and taps it with soft hands to the bowler.