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 39.4 SCJ Broad bowls a back of length delivery to Ross Taylor,1 run, hops across and tucks it past square leg for a single

    Over 39.5 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and  covers for it and works it towards mid-on

    Over 39.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets covers the line and lets it go through to the keeper.

    Over 40.4 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and driven on the up and straight to the fielder at cover

    Over 40.5 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls,1 run, gets beat him for pace on the clip and the ball drops down at his feet, called through for a quick single

    Over 40.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Ross Taylor, no run, gets forward and looking to squeeze it out and missed

    Over 41.1 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets into an expansive drive and beat him on the outside edge.

    Over 41.2 SCJ Broad bowls it short of length to Henry Nicholls, no run,  swivels across on the pull and missed 

    Over 41.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and defended back at the bowler

    Over 41.4 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Henry Nicholls, Boundary! Came down the pitch, doesn't get close to the pitch, but throws his bat at it, feeds a big edge that flies past the slip cordon.

    Over 41.5 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Henry Nicholls, 4 leg byesgets forward and misses the flick and the ball goes off the pads down to the fine leg fence.

    Over 41.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls,1 run, comes across and  whipped away past square leg for a single

    Over 42.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 42.5 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Ross Taylor,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and pulls it through mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 43.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ross Taylor,1 run, shuffles across and clips it to deep mid-wicket

    Over 43.4 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Henry Nicholls,1 run, comes across and tucked away to mid-wicket

    Over 44.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run,  opens the bat face and drives it square on the off-side

    Over 44.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Ross Taylor, out Caught by James Bracey!! No feet and a wild slash from Taylor, thick edge to Bracey who takes a fine tumbling catch to his right.

    Over 44.6 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to BJ Watling, Boundary! Gives himself some room and hammers it through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 45.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, 2 runs, gets down on one knee and paddles it to the left of fine leg

    Over 45.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and drives it hard but straight to the man at cover.

    Over 45.3 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, presses forward and blocks it off the splice of the bat

    Over 45.6 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls,1 run, stays leg-side of the full delivery and eases the drive to long-off

    Over 46.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, gets forward and tries to play away from the body but gets beaten.

    Over 46.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, shuffles a tad and knocks the length delivery into the covers

    Over 46.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, walks across and drives it straight to Broad at mid-on

    Over 47.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Neil Wagner,1 run, goes on to the back foot and clips it through square leg and picks up a single.

    Over 47.3 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, comes forward and played back to the bowler.

    Over 47.4 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, Boundary! Came down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over mid-on for four.

    Over 47.5 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Henry Nicholls, no run, goes down on his knee and wanted to slog sweep this over mid-wicket and lost balance in the process

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