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India vs New Zealand, Highlights, 1st Test, Day 2 in Wellington: Kiwis score 216/5 at stumps, lead by 51 runs
India vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 2 Latest Updates: The umpires have called it stumps on day two owing to fading light in Wellington. Plenty of overs left in the day but umpires have checked the light it wasn’t fit to play, looks like it was already belated decision, Virat Kohli is expectedly not happy with it but the right call has been taken. So, India have made a comeback late into the Test on a day that been largely dominated by the Kiwis, they still hold the advantage but a wicket or two early on day three and the equation will quickly change.
 "India vs New Zealand, Highlights, 1st Test, Day 2 in Wellington: Kiwis score 216/5 at stumps, lead by 51 runs")
After 71 overs,New Zealand 212/5 ( BJ Watling (W) 10 , Colin de Grandhomme 4)
Ishant Sharma returns to the bowling crease. After four dots to Watling, he slides one on the pads that is nudged to fine leg for a single. De Grandhomme ends the over with a boundary and by the virtue of that he also opens his scoring.
After 71.1 overs,New Zealand 216/5 ( BJ Watling (W) 14 , Colin de Grandhomme 4)
The umpires have called it stumps on day two owing to fading light in Wellington. Plenty of overs left in the day but umpires have checked the light it wasn’t fit to play, looks like it was already belated decision, Virat Kohli is expectedly not happy with it but the right call has been taken. So, India have made a comeback late into the Test on a day that been largely dominated by the Kiwis, they still hold the advantage but a wicket or two early on day three and the equation will quickly change.
New Zealand lead by 51 runs with still five wickets in hand.
After 70 overs,New Zealand 207/5 ( BJ Watling (W) 9 , Colin de Grandhomme 0)
Ashwin tastes success in New Zealand for the first time as he gets rid of Henry Nicholls, who was just looking to find his feet but the star off-spinner undone him with a brilliant off-break. Colin de Grandhomme joins Watling in the middle for now less than 30 mins of play left in the day.
OUT! Ashwin strikes to end a fledging partnership. Henry Nicholls is man dismissed with Virat Kohli taking the catch in gully. Great bowling from Ashwin, tossing the ball and getting the ball to drift in and then leave the left-hander. Another timely wicket for India. Indian captain as usual is extra jubiliant.
Henry Nicholls c Kohli b Ashwin 17(62)
After 69 overs,New Zealand 202/4 ( Henry Nicholls 16 , BJ Watling (W) 5)
Nicholls finds the fence of the first ball of Shami’s over, the shadows of the fielders around the bat getting longer spreading over the pitch as the light starts to fade and spotting the ball will become slightly more challenging. NZ go past the 200-run mark with six runs coming off the over.
After 68 overs,New Zealand 196/4 ( Henry Nicholls 11 , BJ Watling (W) 4)
Watling flicks to deep mid wicket off the fourth ball for a couple of runs in over. New Zealand close in on 200-run mark. Still 14 overs left in the day.
After 67 overs,New Zealand 194/4 ( Henry Nicholls 11 , BJ Watling (W) 2)
Fairly long drinks break that and despite India being behind the over-rate there is no clear signs from Umpires to get on with the game. Hope the match referee is taking note. Shami resumes the proceedings after the break. Nicholls with a well-contolled and well-timed boundary that should do his confidence a world of good.
After 66 overs,New Zealand 190/4 ( Henry Nicholls 7 , BJ Watling (W) 2)
Ashwin starts his 19th over from over the wicket and Nicholls chooses to sweep a very full delivery that was just outside the leg stump and if he would have missed it could have risky. Couple of more singles collected in the over before umpire calls for a drinks break. New Zealand’s lead is now 25 runs.
BJ Watling’s batting average in Tests:
Overall – 39.19
v India – 25.60
After 65 overs,New Zealand 187/4 ( Henry Nicholls 5 , BJ Watling (W) 1)
Shami tests Watling with few short deliveries, the wicket-keeper dutifully ducks under. Maiden over.
After 64 overs,India 147/8 ( Ishant Sharma 4 , Mohammed Shami 4)
Ashwin continues. Watling is off the mark with a single off the final ball. Two batsmen batting on five and one now out in the middle for New Zealand, if India get a couple of quick wickets, the pressure will be back on the home side.
After 63 overs,New Zealand 185/4 ( Henry Nicholls 4 , BJ Watling (W) 0)
Shami returns into the attack in place of Bumrah. Williamson expertly steers a back of a length delivery behind point where Shaw comes around in the deep to keep it down to two, Williamson pulls one to backward square leg before he is caught in the covers, falling 11 short of what would have been a well-deserved century. BJ Watling is the new man in. India will sense an opening here.
OUT! Williamson falls against run of play. India have a mighty wicket! It wasn’t full enough to be driven, just in the air and Ravindra Jadeja, the substitute fielder, takes a smart low catch to dismiss Williamson. Big wicket for India going into the final period of the day. The bowling change also bringing the wicket as Shami picks his first wicket of the Test.
Williamson c (sub)Jadeja b Shami 89(153)
After 62 overs,New Zealand 181/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 85 , Henry Nicholls 4)
Ashwin induces a rare false stroke from Williamson today as he edges it to first slip but the soft grip of KW ensures the ball drops short of the first slip. Bunts one on the offside for a single, another over that costs just one run.
After 61 overs,New Zealand 180/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 84 , Henry Nicholls 4)
Bumrah continues. Plenty to like about Nicholls, who is not yet completely set, but is willing to graft it out in the middle and not throw in the towel. He is leaving the ball, going back to defend good deliveries and respecting the situation. Plays a crisp drive to mid off for no run. Maiden over.
After 60 overs,New Zealand 180/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 84 , Henry Nicholls 4)
Nicholls rocks back in his crease and pushes it to cover point for a single, only run off Ashwin’s over.
After 59 overs,New Zealand 179/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 84 , Henry Nicholls 3)
Nicholls with his first run in 17 balls. First confident run to be honest as he works Bumrah towards mid wicket for a single. Williamson moves to 84 with a boundary to fine leg. Still 23 overs left in the day but don’t think we will get all of them in today.
After 59 overs,New Zealand 179/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 84 , Henry Nicholls 3)
Nicholls with his first run in 17 balls. First confident run to be honest as he works Bumrah towards mid wicket for a single. Williamson moves to 84 with a boundary to fine leg. Still 23 overs left in the day but don’t think we will get all of them in today.
After 58 overs,New Zealand 173/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 79 , Henry Nicholls 2)
Williamson with half whippy drive through covers to a delivery that was tossed up to lure the NZ captain, he did well to keep it along the carpet, Nicholls now more assertive in his footwork while defending and understandably it will get better with the amount of time he spends in the middle. Just a run from Ashwin’s over.
After 57 overs,New Zealand 172/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 78 , Henry Nicholls 2)
Not a lengthy break for Bumrah as he is back on giving Ishant Sharma a breather. Here’s where Ashwin’s role becomes important as a holding spinner. He has bowled well in his second spell of this session, especially to Nicholls. Williamson once again taking the single off the first ball before Nicholls seeing off the remainder of the over.
After 56 overs,New Zealand 171/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 77 , Henry Nicholls 2)
Again Williamson picks a single off the first ball of the over and Ashwin is getting the ball to grip and turn. Nicholls is beaten off the first ball, a poke, tentative pushes and a leave later Nicholls will be a relieved man as its the end of the over. He has to ride this period before he can build his innings. Williamson must anchor him, India sense an opportunity. Intriguing period of Test cricket.
After 55 overs,New Zealand 170/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 76 , Henry Nicholls 2)
India happy to give an early single away to Williamson in order to have a go at Nicholls. An umbrella of slips placed for the left-hander as Ishant steams in. Nicholls is off the mark with a rather strange shots. He was looking drive the ball down the ground, but doesn’t quite gets it from the middle, the length was not there to be driven as he hit very high up the bat but fortunately for him the ball went straight and fell in a vacant area, what’s more is he got his first runs – a couple – of the innings. An anxious push with hard hands towards gully that falls just short of Rahane gives a peak into Nicholls frame of mind. Testing times for him.
After 54 overs,New Zealand 167/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 75 , Henry Nicholls 0)
Ravi Ashwin is brought back into the attack, replacing Bumrah. He will fancy his chance against the new man and the left-hander. After Williamson picking a single off the fourth ball, there are few fielding chances as a short leg is brought into place for Nicholls with one slip in place, Ashwin also went round the wicket for the last two balls of the over.
After 53 overs,New Zealand 166/3 ( Kane Williamson (C) 74 , Henry Nicholls 0)
Ross Taylor falls to the extra bounce of Ishant Sharma that brings Henry Nicholls to the middle. Ishant is keeping India in the game with a timely breakthroughs. Ishant switches to his preferred round the stumps line of attack for the last ball of the over to left-handed Nicholls. The batsman leaves the ball outside off alone to end a successful over for India.
OUT! Ishant Sharma with the wicket, again! He looked the most likely to strike and he does. It is that extra bounce that has accounted for another wicket, Taylor departs just six runs short of his half-century. The ball slants in and jumps off length on off stump and raps Taylor on the knuckles with the ball bobbing up to Pujara at square leg. Taylor walks to the pavilion to a standing ovation. India have a wicket out of nowhere.
Ross Taylor c Pujara b Ishant 44(71)
After 52 overs,New Zealand 166/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 74 , Ross Taylor 44)
New Zealand in the ascendency with a couple to backward square leg as Williamson works it away. A checked straight drive from Williamson almost ended up giving a return catch. The pacer from Gujarat tries the slower ball off the final ball that KW negates it. Two runs from it. NZ lead by one.
After 51 overs,New Zealand 164/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 72 , Ross Taylor 44)
Nice riposte from Ishant after being struck for a boundary as he once again gets the ball to bounce more than expected from back of a length. Williamson cops one on the bottom hand, which is likely to sting a bit. NZ one run behind India’s first innings score.
Players with 7000-plus runs across formats in New Zealand:
Ross Taylor
Brendon McCullum
Kane Williamson*
After 50 overs,New Zealand 159/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 67 , Ross Taylor 44)
A slice of luck for the man playing his 100th Test match as he earns a boundary via an inside edge, on other day, that would have crashed into the stumps. Bumrah bowls a very good over, beating Taylor’s outside edge after the boundary off the inside edge. New Zealand now six runs away before taking the lead.
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