Southee: "Boys toiled yesterday and we got the results today. Bit of assistance with the new ball, but once you get past that, you can get score some runs."
India added just 43 runs on the second day, losing their last five wickets in just over an hour. Wickets fell in a bunch on day two, and it all started with the Rahane-Pant mix-up. From there, things went downhill rapidly. Plenty of work for the India bowlers now...
68.1
W
Southee to Mohammed Shami, OUT, that's all over for India as Shami goes for a wild heave. Length ball, outside off, and he slashes this attempted cut in the air. Blundell gets under it near point and that's India 165 all out
Mohammed Shami c Blundell b Southee 21 (30m 20b 3x4 0x6) SR: 105.00
END OF OVER:68 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | IND: 165/9
- Jasprit Bumrah0 (3b)
- Mohammed Shami21 (19b)
- Kyle Jamieson16-3-39-4
- Tim Southee20-5-49-3
67.6
0
Jamieson to Bumrah, no run, full outside off again. Bumrah looks to defend, but the ball whizzes past his outside edge
67.5
0
Jamieson to Bumrah, no run, fuller, closer to off, beats him on the outside edge
67.4
0
Jamieson to Bumrah, no run, wide length ball, left alone
Bumrah is the last man in
That also brings on the first drinks of the day. Over to Sreshth Shah
67.3
W
Jamieson to Sharma, OUT, and Jamieson has four. He is the only one who can get five in this innings now. Dug in short, outside off, Sharma has another fend at it. Just a bit of movement away, good enough to take the outside edge
I Sharma c †Watling b Jamieson 5 (42m 23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 21.73
67.2
1
Jamieson to Mohammed Shami, 1 run, on a length outside off, nicely dropped wide of cover for one
67.1
0
Jamieson to Mohammed Shami, no run, short of a length, rising towards the chest, Shami manages to keep this down
END OF OVER:67 | 7 Runs | IND: 164/8
- Mohammed Shami20 (17b)
- Ishant Sharma5 (22b)
- Tim Southee20-5-49-3
- Kyle Jamieson15-3-38-3
66.6
1
Southee to Mohammed Shami, 1 run, and Shami survives again. What a charmed innings again. Length ball, angling in, skied towards mid-on. Boult is running in from the two-thirds mid-on he is at but can't get there. A regulation mid-on gobbles this one up
Mid-off and mid-on have gone back now
66.5
2
Southee to Mohammed Shami, 2 runs, Shami is teasing New Zealand here. Big old swing at a wide outswinger. Ends up slicing it into the cover. Blundell runs back and gets a dive in, but can't even get a touch on the ball
66.4
4
Southee to Mohammed Shami, FOUR, tries the short ball but without much swing. Rib high only, and Shami pulls this away dismissively to square leg for four
66.3
0
Southee to Mohammed Shami, no run, wide on the crease again, on a length, driven on the up to short cover
