Cricket Match Highlights: England vs. New Zealand

Overs12.1 Score32 - 2 Nathan Smith to Ben Duckett, Wow. That bounces as well. It is the second or third time in this short passage that Ben Duckett has been caught unawares by the steep bounce. Smith lands it on a hard length, outside off, Duckett looks to defend by coming forward but the ball rises suddenly, catches him by surprise and luckily for him, rolls down despite taking the outside edge. The ball goes behind point and the batters take a single.

Should be a double bowling change. Henry has already bowled 6 overs in this spell. Unless, he can bowl for another 10-odd minutes and drag himself till Tea. Nope. Nathan Smith has been given the ball. Tom Blundell is standing upto the stumps for him as well.

0 Overs11.6 Score31 - 2 Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, Oh, nearly, nearly curtains for Root. Will bashes the length hard, and gets it to nip and bounce back into the batter. Root hops a bit to ride the bounce but gets a thick inside edge. The ball threatens to crash into the stumps, but it just bounces over the stump to roll back. Root was alert to the situation and ready to knock it away with his bat.

1 Overs11.5 Score31 - 2 Will O'Rourke to Ben Duckett, In and around middle and leg, on a fractionally fuller length. Ben Duckett gets a bit across in the crease and steers it through backward square leg for a single.

1 Overs11.2 Score30 - 2 Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on top of off. Joe Root hangs back and punches it to the left of cover for a single.

0 Overs10.2 Score22 - 2 Matt Henry to Joe Root, Skids through on middle, a fraction fuller. Joe Root looks to block it with a high elbow, but is almost undone by the lack of bounce. Ekes out an inside edge onto the front pad.

0 Overs9.5 Score22 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Ben Duckett, Close leave! In the corridor of uncertainty, full in length, nipping away from just outside off. Ben Duckett commits on the front foot and opts to leave it.

2 Overs9.3 Score22 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Ben Duckett, Hits the deck hard, and gets it to jag back in. Ben tucks it across to the vast vacant acreage in the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs.

0 Overs7.3 Score19 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Joe Root, Shocking review! Perhaps because the batter is Root. Huge nip-backer bowled from wide of the crease. Full around off. Joe plants the front foot forward but decides not to offer any shot and lets the ball hits the front pad. A big appeal for LBW, but nothing doing. After a bit of a discussion, New Zealand have opted for a review, just with a couple of seconds left on the timer. Ball Tracking comes up and shows that the ball is projected to miss the off stump by a mile. New Zealand have burnt a review.

0 Overs7.2 Score19 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Joe Root, Back of a length, and it spits up on top of off. Root takes a couple of strides down the pitch and is completely taken aback by the lift. Takes his bottom hand off and it goes on the bounce to the slip cordon.

1 Overs6.3 Score19 - 2 Matt Henry to Joe Root, A momentous single for Joe Root! He completes 14000 Test match runs and becomes the only second batter in this format after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve this feat. The crowd is on its feet, the England dressing room is up in the balcony, and Root raises his bat to take it all in. What a great achievement from a great batter. Full and around off, Root leans on the ball and knocks it away to backward point for a single.

0 Overs5.6 Score18 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Ben Duckett, Close, so close! This is a length ball, that stays underground and nips in sharply. Ben Duckett hops to ride the bounce but is outfoxed by the lack of bounce. Plays around the line and is hit on the front pad. A huge appeal for LBW, but not given! Several Kiwi players converge to have a chat with Jamieson and they have opted to go upstairs. Nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows that it is hitting the leg stump on umpire's call. New Zealand retain the review.

1 Overs5.4 Score18 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Joe Root, Full again, on middle, Root walks across and down the pitch to flick it to mid-wicket for a single. Henry there dives to his right and surely saves a few runs.

0 Overs5.3 Score17 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Joe Root, EDGED, DOES NOT CARRY! Pitched on a fuller length and it nips away off the surface, around off. Root plays with soft hands to block, but gets a thick outside edge that dips in front of the second slip fielder.

0 Overs5.2 Score17 - 2 Kyle Jamieson to Joe Root, A yorker, almost. Joe drops his bat down and squeezes it out to the off side.

4 Overs4.6 Score17 - 2 Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Shot of authority! Back of a length, just outside off. Ben Duckett rides the bounce and pulls it away to beat the left of the catching sqaure leg fielder for four runs.