England vs New Zealand 1st Test at London, 02 Jun, 2021

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat
New Zealand 378/10 (122.4)  &  169/6 (52.3)
England 275/10 (101.1)  &  170/3 (70)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: Devon Conway

    Over 44.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it to cover.

    Over 44.4 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and pushes it back to a tumbling Wood in his followthrough

    Over 44.5 Mark Wood bowls a back of length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, opens the bat face and punches to backward point.

    Over 45.4 Joe Root bowls it flat in the air to Henry Nicholls,1 run, gets forward and worked away off the pads behind square on the leg-side

    Over 45.5 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BJ Watling,1 run, moves across in the crease and  clipped away to deep square

    Over 46.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls,1 run, gets forward and taps with soft hands and hustles across for a quick single

    Over 46.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocked back to the bowler

    Over 46.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling,1 run, gets a thick inside edge onto his thigh pad on the push

    Over 47.6 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, 2 runs, gets back in the crease and hammers it through cover and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 48.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 48.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, Boundary! Comes forward and went hard on the drive, gets a thick outside edge that flies past the right of second slip.

    Over 48.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, stays on the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

    Over 48.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets inside the line and lifts his bat and lets it go

    Over 48.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and  pushes it towards cover, and they don't risk the single

    Over 48.6 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to BJ Watling,1 run, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up a single.

    Over 49.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and  clipped to square leg

    Over 49.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and pushed back to the bowler

    Over 49.3 Joe Root tossed up delivery to BJ Watling,1 run, comes down the track and drives the full delivery to long-on.

    Over 49.6 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward andblocked to the left of the bowler 

    Over 50.3: Single. JM Anderson to BJ Watling,

    Over 50.5: No runs. JM Anderson to BJ Watling,

    Over 51.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, out Caught by Rory Burns!! Nicholls doesn't get anywhere close to the line, was through the shot early and the ball pops up off the glove in front of Burns at lone slip.

    Over 51.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Colin de Grandhomme,1 run, gets forward and slogs it to the right of deep mid-wicket

    Over 51.3 Joe Root bowls it flat in the air to BJ Watling,1 run, comes across and flicked to the right of mid-wicket

    Over 51.5 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and pushed back to the bowler

    Over 51.6 Joe Root tossed up delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and pushed away to mid-wicket.

    Over 52.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Colin de Grandhomme,1 run, gets back in the crease and slices the drive to sweeper cover.

    Over 52.4 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets back in the crease and stabs it late towards backward point

    Over 52.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to BJ Watling, no run, comes forward and goes after the width but ends up chopping it towards gully's right

    Over 52.6 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to BJ Watling, no run, gets forward and pushes it into the off-side with his bat-pad tucked together

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