Guptill will be on strike. Starc will start the proceedings with the new ball. Three slips and a gully in place
So, after slogging it out for over a day and a half, brace up for the Mitch attack. The test doesn't get bigger than this. The Australians are already out and in walk the Kiwi openers as well.
Khawaja leaves the field to a standing ovation from the Gabba crowd. Also gets some congratulatory handshakes from the opposition players. A massive 556/4 on the board and Smith decides he's seen enough. A run-fest would be an understatement to say the least. It's one thing putting 500 on the board. Quite another to score at a rate of 4.27. All the damage was done yesterday though with the likes of Warner, Burns and Khawaja putting on a batting masterclass. The Kiwis were better today but too little too late.
130.2 -
Williamson to Khawaja, out Caught by Guptill!! Khawaja falls and the declaration comes. A bit surprising if you ask me as Voges was nearing a hundred. Would have been his first ton at home. But this is the Australian way. Personal milestones are only secondary to the team's cause. Anyway, coming back to the wicket. Well tossed up delivery around off, this time Khawaja decides to play the reverse sweep but never got on top of the bounce. Ends up spooning the ball off a thick top edge in front of backward point. Guptill rushes forward and puts in a full length dive to pluck it inches from the turf. Khawaja c Guptill b Williamson 174(239) [4s-16 6s-2]
Williamson to Khawaja, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
130.1 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, floated up just outside off, worked down to long-on
129.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, closer to the stumps, the length still full, whipped to mid-on
129.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, dished up and angling away outside off, Khawaja throws everything on the drive but only connects with thin air
129.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, 1 run, fraction fuller this time around off, bunted down to long-on
129.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, FOUR, butchered down the ground. Seems like a window has been given to Voges to complete his ton. Nothing wrong with the delivery whatseover, on a good length just outside off, Voges hammers it with a cross-bat wide of mid-on who could do nothing to stop despite a dive
129.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, looks to drive a good length delivery on the up through the cover, ends up mistiming it off the inside half of the bat
129.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, angling into the pads on a fuller length, Voges turns it to short mid-wicket
128.6 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, sliding down leg stump, Khawaja fails to connect with his glance
128.5 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, shortish and turning in on the stumps, pulled away behind square
128.4 -
Williamson to Voges, no run, fired in across off, it was a full toss from Williamson. Voges moves in position for the reverse sweep and finds backward point to perfection
128.3 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 3 runs, the landmarks keep getting scaled! Now the 150 of the partnership comes up. Pushed through quicker just outside off, the length is slightly short, Khawaja waits on the back foot and dabs it as late as possible to place it fine. Backward point gives hot pursuit
128.2 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, drops it slightly short, Voges goes deep in the crease and pulls it to deep square
128.1 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, flatter and sliding onto the stumps from round the wicket, tucked away through the square leg region
Kane Williamson [7.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack
127.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, pitched up just outside off, gently driven straight of mid-off with laden feet, the fielder runs across to field
127.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, another good stop at gully, this was an even more firmer punch off the back foot
127.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, back of a length delivery angled across the left-hander, Khawaja runs it with an open bat face to the right of gully, the fielder tumbles over and stops cleanly
127.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, 1 run, short delivery which lifts nicely around shoulder height, Voges controls the pull all the way down to fine leg
127.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, a nothing shot. Good length delivery outside off, Voges' feet are chained while he attempts to tap it with a horizontal bat. The ball bounces extra and beats the top edge through to the keeper
127.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, fraction fuller than a good length just outside off, driven firmly but straight to the man at short cover
126.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, 2 runs, quicker and flatter, slightly short as well, Khawaja goes deep in the crease, waits for it to arrive and late-cuts behind backward point. The fielder gives hot pursuit and is able to track down
126.5 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, shimmies down to meet the pitch and bunts this tossed up delivery down to long-on
126.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, loopy full toss just outside off, once again brings out the reverse sweep, this time though the man at backward point has been moved a lot deeper to cut down the angle. It's straight to him
126.3 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, third time lucky for Voges! Finally he gets the reverse sweep behind the man at backward point. Was there to be played as the ball was delivered on a sweeping length and he times it crisply
126.2 -
Craig to Voges, no run, clipped with the turn towards mid-on
126.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, well flighted delivery drifting down leg, Khawaja goes down on one knee and smashes the sweep to deep backward square
125.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, now the woodwork at the other end interferes with this nicely timed push. Voges must have thought four soon as he hit it only to knock over the stumps
125.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, smidgen fuller than a good length around off, firmly pushed down the pitch, Bracewell does well to bend low and stop
125.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, a huge cheer reverberates across the Gabba. "Why?" you ask. Bracewell has completed a ton. Banged in short on the body, pulled awat all along the carpet to fine leg
125.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 2 runs, leans into this fuller length delivery and deliberately slices the drive to find the gap through the cover region. Not much power behind the shot though
125.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, waits for this back of a length delivery before opening the bat face and dabbing to gully
125.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, angling across the left-hander on a good length, Khawaja answers with a firm defensive push to short cover
Doug Bracewell [24.0-3-97-0] is back into the attack
124.6 -
Craig to Voges, no run, well flighted just outside off, prod forward to defend
124.5 -
Craig to Voges, no run, this time he does make a connection after reversing his stance but helps it weakly to backward point
124.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, loopy delivery which lands very full outside off, Voges premeditates the reverse sweep but cannot connect due to the length
124.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, drifting in very full around leg, gently worked away behind square
124.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, misfield at short cover after Khawaja's push, the batsmen think about taking advantage but let it go in the end
124.1 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, Voges advances and is handed out a big full toss, caught him by surprise as he limply slogs it over short mid-wicket. Gets enough to clear that man
123.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a fuller length around the fourth stump line, driven to short cover
123.5 -
Boult to Voges, 1 run, pitched up just outside off, driven firmly to the left of mid-off, McCullum scrambles across and stops
123.4 -
Boult to Voges, no run, waits for this back of a length off-cutter and taps it to gully, might have wanted to find the gap but straight to the man it goes
123.3 -
Boult to Voges, no run, good length delivery around off, Voges gets half-forward it block
123.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, on a length wide of off, a loose push away from the body to sweeper cover
123.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 2 runs, a direct-hit and Voges would have been a goner! He had given up. Would have taken some doing though as the fielder had just one stump to aim at from the deep. Back of a length delivery just outside off, Khawaja shuffles across and clips it through mid-wicket, calls for a second which was never on as the fielder rushed in. I guess they can afford to take such risks at this stage
122.6 -
Craig to Voges, no run, looped up on the stumps, Voges turns it to mid-wicket
122.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, drifting in on the pads, Khawaja clips it with the angle behind square
122.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, deliciously tossed up just outside off, Khawaja commits to the booming inside out drive but is beaten by the turn, the keeper can't collect it cleanly either
122.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 2 runs, Khawaja is certainly showing a lot more intent in this session. Looking to manufacture shots. Moves well across over to off and laps this slowish delivery fine. There wasn't any pace on the ball due to which it doesn't go too far
122.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, a big lunge forward to defend this fullish delivery
122.1 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, well flighted delivery turning in from outside off, Voges works it through square leg
121.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, another instance of that late nip from Boult. Delivered on a good length around the fourth stump line, draws a flirtatious defensive poke before zipping away to beat the outside edge
121.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a length outside off, left alone
121.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, another low full toss but down the leg-side, Khawaja attempts to glance it fine but misses
121.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, a gift. Low full toss on the pads, flicked away disdainfully through mid-wicket
121.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, signs of a declaration perhaps? An uncharacteristic biff from Khawaja to a good length delivery outside off, didn't time the cross-batted heave at all and the ball rolls to mid-on
121.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, 150 up for Usman Khawaja! Not the most convincing way to get there but he'll take it. Hint of late curl away from the left-hander after being angled in on a length on off, Khawaja closes the bat face too early in looking to work it through the on-side and the leading edge threads the slip cordon and gully
120.6 -
Craig to Voges, no run, nearly in the blockhole just outside off, Voges was looking to squeeze the cover-drive but could only manage an inside edge onto pad
120.5 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, Watling goes up in appeal for a paddled sweep that has come right off the middle. Sums up New Zealand's plight. It was teased up on a length outside off, Voges gets across on one knee and helps it fine
120.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, teased up just outside off, Voges lunges forward to block
120.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, drifting in nicely on middle and leg, gently turned away wide of mid-wicket
120.2 -
Craig to Voges, 3 runs, Voges might have premeditated the sweep here. The length was too full but he sinks low and paddles it fine. Taylor gives chase from backward square leg and slides to stop the ball a yard inside the ropes
120.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, floated up on a length just outside off, swept hard to deep mid-wicket
119.6 -
Boult to Voges, no run, might have rolled his fingers across this one, the off-cutter was delivered on a length on the pads, gently tucked to square leg
119.5 -
Boult to Voges, no run, on a length and leaving the right hander, Voges moves across to defend towards cover
119.4 -
Boult to Voges, no run, right in the blockhole around off, Voges jams it towards short mid-wicket off the inside half of the bat
119.3 -
Boult to Voges, 2 runs, the sun has come out after the break and the swing is basically non-existent now. Too straight once more, clipped away neatly behind square, enough time to come back for a couple before the fielder tidies up
119.2 -
Boult to Voges, no run, another similar delivery like the previous one, presses forward to block
119.1 -
Boult to Voges, no run, on a length angling across off, half a stride forward from Voges to keep it out
118.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, pushed through quicker through the air, steered towards cover-point
118.5 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, turning in from off stump, Voges clips it through the mid-wicket region
118.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, swept along the carpet this time to deep square leg
118.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, brings up the 100-run stand with a flairy slog-sweep over mid-wicket. The ball was drifting in on the stumps and could have been a problem had he missed but he read the length so well to put it away
118.2 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, another full bunger, driven to sweeper cover
118.1 -
Craig to Voges, no run, fired in around off, was converted into a full toss by a shimmy down the pitch from Voges, drills it hard down the ground but can't get it past the bowler
117.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, and here we go again. Short with ample width, Khawaja back cuts it through the slips and gully for an easy boundary
Ian Chappell on air informs that Southee's scans have suggested an irritable disc. He had gone off the field in the first session itself and this certainly isn't pleasant news
117.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a back of a length in the outside off channel, guided to point with an open bat face
117.4 -
Boult to Voges, 1 run, too straight from Boult, clipped away neatly down to fine leg
117.3 -
Boult to Voges, no run, the inswing takes this fuller length delivery well down leg, Voges can't get bat on the attempted glance
117.2 -
Boult to Voges, no run, leaving the right hander on a good length, Voges carefully watches it through to the keeper
117.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, short and wide outside off, cut away to sweeper cover
Trent Boult [25.0-3-107-1] is back into the attack
116.6 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, this has been the problem - the inconsistencies in length. Drops it short once more and Voges delightfully hammers the pull through square leg
116.5 -
Craig to Voges, no run, well tossed up delivery outside off, prod forward to block
116.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, turning in from a length outside off, Voges gets a stride across and pulls well but straight to backward square leg
116.3 -
Craig to Voges, no run, flatter delivery on the stumps, defended firmly off the back foot
116.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, 3 runs, shortish again on the stumps, Khawaja rocks back and pulls it hard through the mid-wicket region. Three fielders give chase and cut out the boundary
116.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, pushed through flat on leg, Khawaja paddles his pull gently to short fine leg
Welcome back to the Gabba. A well spread out field greets Khawaja as Craig is set to bowl..
At the moment, the only way it looks like that Australia will stop batting is when a declaration will come by. For now, New Zealand are on the back foot. Brendon McCullum's problems are not limited to Australia's batting though, the team management will also be closely monitoring Tim Southee's back injury. Even though he bowled in this session, he didn't look comfortable. The Kiwis will be hoping for something to go their way when they come out for the post-lunch session. Join us for that at 12:40 local. We apologize for the delay in commentary earlier due to a technical issue.
While the Kiwis were far more disciplined than yesterday in the first hour, Australia are well on their way towards posting a mammoth total. Smith fell just two short of his fifty with Boult snaffling his wicket with a peach of a delivery in the first hour, an inswinger that beat the Aussie skipper's defenses. However, that's all that they could manage in the first session today. Voges came out and made sure that Australia don't go into a shell. He has already raised his fifty and along with Khawaja, he has already put on 83 runs for the fourth wicket.
115.6 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, tossed up on middle stump line, Khawaja turns it past mid-wicket for a single. That'll be lunch on day 2
115.5 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, fifty for Voges! Raises his bat to acknowledge the applause. This was floated up on the stumps, Voges comes slightly across and works it through mid-wicket for a single
115.4 -
Williamson to Voges, no run, flatter on the stumps, Voges goes back to block
115.3 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, goes deep in the crease to cut it through the off-side, ends up chopping it off the under edge and the ball rolls away towards short third man, the batsmen though have ample time to pick up a single
115.2 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, tossed up outside off, driven down to long-on for a single
115.1 -
Williamson to Voges, 2 runs, bowls it slower through the air outside off, Voges comes forward and drives it through the cover region for a brace
114.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, on the pads now, Khawaja kneels down but fails to connect with the sweep, the ball hits his front pad but can't be given lbw as it pitched outside leg
114.5 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, advances yet again, this time he clips it to long-on and the batsmen cross over
114.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, gives the charge and pushes this flighted delivery back to the bowler
114.3 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, he gets the desired result on this occasion. Short and outside off, Voges goes on the back foot and cuts it past backward point for a boundary
114.2 -
Craig to Voges, no run, lines up for the big cut but the ball isn't that short enough outside off, leaves it alone in the end
114.1 -
Craig to Voges, no run, flatter and on the stumps, Voges goes deep in the crease and turns it towards square leg
113.6 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, tossed up on off, Khawaja pushes it towards cover off the front foot
113.5 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, drags this short once again, Khawaja rocks back and cuts it to cover
113.4 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, floated up around off, Voges works it to long-on and gets off strike
113.3 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, drags his length back now, Khawaja goes deep in the crease and cracks it to sweeper for a single
113.2 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, whips this down to long-on for a single
113.1 -
Williamson to Voges, no run,
112.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, bowls this slightly wide outside off, Khawaja has nothing to do with it
112.5 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, drifting in on middle stump line, Voges clips it through square leg for a single
112.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, this one is given more air outside off, Voges tries to drive it through the cover region, but can only mistime it towards mid-off
112.3 -
Craig to Voges, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Voges turns it towards short mid-wicket
112.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, tossed up on off, Khawaja comes on the front foot and drives it to long-off
112.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, that's been smashed! Khawaja kneels down and slogs this flighted delivery over the bowler's head, no need to run for those
111.6 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, full toss on the stumps, Khawaja whips it down to long-on
111.5 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, flatter and quicker on the stumps, Khawaja punches it back to the bowler off the back foot
111.4 -
Williamson to Voges, 1 run, floated up on off and middle, Voges eases it down to long-on
111.3 -
Williamson to Voges, 2 runs, drags this one short, Voges rocks on the back foot and pulls it through square leg for a couple of runs
111.2 -
Williamson to Voges, no run, quicker outside off, Voges lets it go
111.1 -
Williamson to Voges, no run, tossed up on the stumps, Voges tries to whip it down to long-on but the bowler moves across to his right and cuts it off
Kane Williamson [4.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
110.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, watches this skidder all the way to the bat on the back foot
110.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, 2 runs, premeditates the sweep, gets it on a desirable length and sends it behind square
110.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, more air on this fullish delivery, driven to cover-point
110.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, pushed through quicker and shorter, gently chopped to backward point
110.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, aims for a similar shot but might have misjudged the length, wasn't short enough and misses
110.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, Khawaja would be disappointed. Picks out backward point to perfection with his cut
109.6 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, good length just outside off, prodded to mid-off
109.5 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, aiming for the top of off, defended solidly
109.4 -
Neesham to Voges, FOUR, just not good enough. The variance in length is too alarming. Now too short, Voges belts the pull wide of mid-on
109.3 -
Neesham to Voges, 2 runs, was deliciously full for Voges to make another leave, square drives it past point
109.2 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, not close enough to warrant a shot
109.1 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, fuller length, Voges prods and blocks
108.6 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, works this with the turn through square leg
108.5 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, loopy delivery which lands too full wide of off, drilled to the cover fence
108.4 -
Craig to Voges, no run, seeing the batsman advance, Craig cleverly pulled his length back and the ball gripped past Voges' impromptu flick. Had Watling collected, could have been a stumping chance but there was too much turn
108.3 -
Craig to Voges, FOUR, drops it short yet again and punished. Voges rocks back and pulls fiercely behind square
108.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, slightly short and quick, pulled with no timing wide of mid-on
108.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, well flighted outside off, nothing doing
Mark Craig [21.0-3-96-0] is back into the attack
107.6 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, good length delivery on off, defended firmly to mid-on
107.5 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, well wide of off stump, Voges shoulders arms
107.4 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 1 run, moves back and across and whips the good length delivery from off stump through mid-wicket
107.3 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 2 runs, pitched up just outside off, Khawaja places the drive wide of mid-off with those lovely wrists, not much power though
107.2 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Khawaja mistimes the drive to cover-point
107.1 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, slanted across the left-hander, left alone
106.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, further up on off, Voges leans forward and drives well but straight to mid-off
106.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, line is wide of off meaning Voges can let another one go
106.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, wayward bouncer down leg, no trouble for Voges in evading
106.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, bumper just outside off, Voges easily gets under it
106.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, fuller still in the same line, punched to mid-on
106.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, fuller length delivery around off, defensively pushed to mid-on
105.6 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, closes the bat face too early to one which was angled across him, the leading edge safely rolls to cover
105.5 -
Neesham to Voges, 1 run, on a length angling into the pads, worked away wide of mid-on
105.4 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, pitched up outside off, Voges leaves
105.3 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 1 run, short and wide, cut away to deep point
105.2 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, leaves Khawaja from a good length beating the outside edge of his defensive poke
105.1 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, length delivery angling away outside off, Khawaja lets it go
105.1 -
Neesham to Khawaja, wide, that's a strange ball. Bowls it way wide outside off, called a wide
104.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, touch fuller but the line is still not good enough to make the batsman play outside off, Voges lets it go
104.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, outswinger in the channel outside off, watchfully left alone by Voges
104.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, length delivery that's well outside off, Voges doesn't offer a shot
104.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, on middle and leg stump line now, Khawaja works it away to fine leg for a single
104.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Khawaja clips it to mid-wicket
104.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, on a fuller length and just outside off, driven to short cover off the front foot
104.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no ball, fullish delivery around off, Khawaja drives it to mid-off
103.6 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 1 run, fullish on off and middle, Khawaja comes across and clips it to mid-wicket, where the fielder dives and stops the ball, can't prevent the single though
103.5 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, short of length delivery but the angle is well outside off, Khawaja lets it go
103.4 -
Neesham to Voges, 1 run, drifting on the pads, Voges clips it behind square on the leg-side for a single
103.3 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, this one's a little too short and wide outside off, Voges reaches out to try and cut it hard, but can only chop it hard onto the ground
103.2 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, on a good length and on off and middle, Voges defends it to mid-wicket
103.1 -
Neesham to Voges, no run, swings back in but it's down the leg-side, Voges lets it go and the keeper collects after moving to his left
James Neesham [7.0-1-36-1] is back into the attack
102.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, angling away outside off, Khawaja lets it go
102.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, bumper on the stumps, Khawaja ducks under it
102.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, 1 run, comes forward to drive this fuller lenght delivery to mid-off, but drags it into the on-side off the inside half of the bat
102.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, bowls this in the channel outside off, left alone
102.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, on a good length and on the stumps, Khawaja turns it through square leg for a single
102.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, that's a lovely delivery from Bracewell, Khawaja comes half-forward and looks to push it through the off-side, the ball shapes back in and beats him on the inside edge. The keeper thought that he had his man, but the umpire knew that there was nothing on it. The bowler didn't show any interest either
101.6 -
Southee to Voges, no run, another one that's well outside off, Voges has nothing to do with it
101.5 -
Southee to Voges, no run, comes across and clips this fullish delivery to mid-wicket
101.4 -
Southee to Voges, no run, angling in on the stumps, Voges turns it towards mid-wicket
101.3 -
Southee to Voges, no run, bowls it slightly wide outside off, Voges lets it go
101.2 -
Southee to Voges, no run, on a good length and shapes away a little around off, Voges defends
101.1 -
Southee to Voges, no run, full and swings away just outside off, Voges comes forward and defends it to mid-on
Tim Southee [23.0-7-70-1] is back into the attack
Drinks are on the field now! New Zealand have been much fuller this morning and the rewards are there for everyone to see. Boult has been swinging it round corners and looked unplayable at times. Bowled an absoulte corker to get rid of Steven Smith. But the question is that isn't it already too late?
100.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, on a good length angling across off, Khawaja moves across and offers the straight bat to defend down the pitch
100.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Khawaja walks across and fends it with soft hands beside the pitch
100.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, slightly loose from Khawaja, angling away on a good length and he pushes away from the body without much feet to short cover. Such is his form that he still finds the middle
100.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no ball, defends this length delivery to mid-on. He overstepped though
100.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, FOUR, oh there is no margin for error at all. Drift slightly on the pads and this lad will pick you away. On a length in line with leg stump, Khawaja whips it very fine, finer than perhaps even he would have intended
100.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, might have nipped back in slightly taking a thick inside edge off Khawaja's defence, rolls away to short mid-wicket
100.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, back of a length delivery around off, meets the ever-solid and looking-very-big willow of Khawaja
99.6 -
Boult to Voges, no run, that late swing back in to the right-hander, nearly dooms Voges who plays around his front pad looking to work it into the on-side from off stump, just about manages an inside edge onto pad
99.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, 3 runs, the confidence of a batsman batting on a hundred. Short of length outside off, he fetches the pull from there and hammers it through mid-wicket. The outfield might have slowed up due to the overnight rain as the ball holds up
99.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, good length delivery closer to off stump, a prod forward to block in front of cover
99.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a length in the channel outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms
99.2 -
Boult to Voges, 1 run, too straight from Boult, he is better off angling it away from the right hander and then swinging back in. This line is no problem whatsoever, easily clipped off the pads behind square
99.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the hips, Khawaja fails to nurdle it around the corner, the ball clips the pad and rolls away into the on-side, the batsmen sneak in a leg bye
98.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, another poor delivery but this time the bowler gets lucky. Voges can't properly get on top of the bounce and chops his cut to gully
98.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, much fuller but not close enough to make the batsman play
98.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, FOUR, for once he has erred in length and has been crashed behind point. Short with ample width on offer, Voges stands tall and slaps it hard
98.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, on a good length outside off, left alone
98.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, FOUR, again a batsman gets squared up by the late movement. Bracewell can count himself unlucky. The thick outside edge rolls away piercing the slip cordon and gully. Back of a length delivery angled in on off before nipping away, Voges' bat comes down at an angle as he looks to defend and is done in
98.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, Bracewell is bowling for those three slips waiting, back of a length outside off, Voges has nothing doing
97.6 -
Boult to Voges, 1 run, drifting too straight on a length, clipped through the mid-wicket region
97.5 -
Boult to Voges, no run, leaving Voges on a fuller length outside off, he makes his mind early and leaves
97.4 -
Boult to Voges, no run, the unorthodox ploy so nearly paid dividends. Straying on middle and leg on a good length, Voges glances it in the air right in the direction of leg-gully but the ball just lands short. The batsman had unintentionally wandered out of his crease but makes it back comfortably before the direct-hit is effected
After a discussion with the bowler, a man has been whisked to leg-gully by McCullum
97.3 -
Boult to Voges, no run, back of a length delivery on middle, turned to one of two fielders at short mid-wicket
97.2 -
Boult to Voges, no run, on a good length on middle and off, Voges offers a vertical bat from the crease
97.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, searches for the swing but the ball just goes straight this time and ends up drifting on the pads, elegantly glanced down to fine leg
96.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Voges, no run, length outside off, Voges shoulders arms
96.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, a bit too straight on this occasion, Khawaja rolls his wrists neatly and clips it through square leg
96.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, just too good! Back of a length delivery, pitches on off and nips away sharply, Khawaja is beaten on the outside edge by a fair distance as he looks to block off the back foo
96.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, similar line and length, angling across off, solidly blocked towards cover
96.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, hitting the pitch hard once more on the same back of a length, Khawaja hops acorss and clips it to short mid-wicket
96.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, we saw this from Bracewell yesterday, the ball rears from a back of a length, surprises Khawaja who is quick to make the adjustment by taking his bottom hand off and fending it in front of cover-point
Doug Bracewell [18.0-2-79-0] is back into the attack
95.6 -
Boult to Voges, no run, that left-armer's angle coming into play leaving Voges, left alone
95.5 -
Boult to Voges, no run, pushed across the right hander, Voges covers his stumps and lets it go
95.4 -
Boult to Voges, no run, the effort ball which lifts nicely from halfway down the pitch, Voges is hurried in his pull and eventually the ball gets too big on him beating the top edge
95.3 -
Boult to Voges, no run, muted appeal as Voges comes lunging forward to defend with bat and pad close together, the nip back in might have just clipped pad first before bat but it was slanting across off and didn't come back enough
95.2 -
Boult to Voges, FOUR, McCullum hurtles across the turf, puts in the dive attempting to flick the ball back but misses it altogether. Crisp forward push from Voges, nothing more. Boult goes full searching for the movement on off and that's the gamble you have to take
95.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, hops in the crease and works this back of a length delivery from outside off stump to wide of mid-on
94.6 -
Southee to Voges, no run, much better lines. The batsman has to play as it's around off, goes straight on this time after pitching on a fuller length tracing the middle of Voges' defensive shot
94.5 -
Southee to Voges, no run, well judged! Around the fifth stump line, goes straight on, good assertive stride forward before raising his arms to let it go
94.4 -
Southee to Voges, no run, Voges would be too happy to keep leaving these deliveries, too far wide of off
94.3 -
Southee to Voges, no run, smidgen fuller compulsing the batsman to offer a defensive prod as the line was off-stumpish
94.2 -
Southee to Voges, no run, swinging away outside off stump, left alone
94.1 -
Southee to Voges, no run, a hint of movement of the seam from a fuller length, Voges gets a good stride in and defends to mid-off
93.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length just around off, Khawaja forces forward and knocks it into the off-side
93.5 -
Boult to Voges, 3 runs, drifting too straight this time with the swing, flicked nicely along the turf through mid-wicket. Long, long chase for the fielder who hounds it down and saves a run for his side
93.4 -
Boult to Voges, no run, another delivery which curls back in late on off stump, Voges is circumspect and watches it all the way to the middle of the bat in defence
Adam Voges, right handed bat, comes to the crease
93.3 -
Boult to Smith, out Bowled!! A ripper, well bowled Boulty! If Smith was befuddled, you can be sure it would have knocked over most of the top-order. Angled away from over the wicket and then swings back in sharply on a good length, Smith was already committed to the extravagant off-drive on the rise, leaves a gaping gap between bat and pad not anticipating the movement, and the ball does enough to kiss the off stump high up. Smith b Boult 48(78) [4s-8]
Boult to Smith, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
93.2 -
Boult to Smith, no run, the left-right combination takes some adjusting. Drifting well down leg again is Boult, so wide that Smith can't even lay bat with his glance
93.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, straying onto the hips, clipped down to fine leg
92.6 -
Southee to Smith, no run, on a back of a length nipping away around the fourth stump line, Smith shuffles across to cover the line and blocks
92.6 -
Southee to Smith, no ball, fuller just outside off, Smith presses forward and pushes to mid-off. Southee has overstepped so will have to bowl another delivery to complete the over
Looks like the ball has gone out of shape. Given to the onfield umpires who put it through the hoop-test. Nope. Indeed it's not right. Out comes the fourth umpire with a briefcase of balls. Meanwhile, Southee had the physio tending to him during hold-up. There was apparent discomfort as he grimaced in pain. Does some stretching and picks himself up to complete the over
92.5 -
Southee to Smith, no run, further up and drilled but picks out mid-off this time with his drive
92.4 -
Southee to Smith, FOUR, oh gorgeous! One of the best sights in our sport. And tell you what, that was no half-volley either. Fraction fuller than a good length with some away shape in the channel outside off, Smith covers for the movement and drives it on the up down the ground. Mid-off is too wide
92.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, 1 run, too easy for the princely southpaw. On the hips, neatly tucked away through the mid-wicket region, gets it wider of that man this time enabling the single
92.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, fuller this time on the same line, once again Khawaja turns it to that man close in at mid-wicket
92.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length around middle and leg, Khawaja stands tall and works it to short mid-wicket
91.6 -
Boult to Smith, no run, erring in line, well down leg, Smith misses with his glance
91.5 -
Boult to Smith, no run, not sure whether the Kiwis would be encouraged by this or completely the opposite. Quite a lot of movement this morning. Fraction fuller than a good length slanted across the right-hander, the ball zips back in sharply cutting Smith in half as he was looking for the booming on-the-up cover drive
91.4 -
Boult to Smith, 2 runs, overpitched just outside off, Smith squeezes the drive straight of mid-off, the timing was not there though due to which the ball holds up in the outfield but not before the batsmen scamper a two
91.3 -
Boult to Smith, no run, in the blockhole with a hint of late movement back in on off stump, hurriedly dug out
91.2 -
Boult to Smith, no run, an interesting way to leave the ball which fascinates the commentators on air, but another leave nonetheless
91.1 -
Boult to Smith, no run, slanted across the right hander on a good length, Smith lets it go
90.6 -
Southee to Smith, 1 run, first runs this morning. Southee is forced to bowl closer at the stumps due to Smith's discipline, and anything near his pads, those wrists come into play. Good length delivery around off, Smith tries to work it on the on-side but gets it off the inside half of the bat down to fine leg
90.5 -
Southee to Smith, no run, the Kiwis seems quite prepared to play the waiting game this morning, and why wouldn't they. Back of a length delivery well wide outside off, Smith sees it through to the keeper
90.4 -
Southee to Smith, no run, the fourth consecutive leave in this over. Fuller this time but the response is the same
90.3 -
Southee to Smith, no run, keeps hitting the corridor trying to entice a loose shot, Smith resists
90.2 -
Southee to Smith, no run, pulls his length back slightly but the line is the same, doesn't get the batsman interested
90.1 -
Southee to Smith, no run, on a good length wide of off, Smith waves it to the keeper
89.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, another cracker to cap off an interesting over. Certainly some swerve in the air this morning. Back of a length delivery which swings away late as Khawaja is once again opened up and beaten on the outside edge
89.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a length outside off, left alone
89.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, a peach from Boult, curls away late after pitching on a good length just outside off, Khawaja is completely squared up in his half-forward defence and beaten on the outside edge as the ball hits the pad. The line was more outside off though rather than being on the stumps
An absolute cracker of a delivery beats Khawaja all ends up. McCullum deliberates with the bowler and then goes for the review for leg-before. First impressions is that the ball is doing too much in the air and missing off. Certainly no bat involved which is confirmed by HotSpot and RTS. Here comes the Hawk-Eye. The impact is outside off stump.
89.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, 3 slips and a gully await as Khawaja lets another widish delivery go through
89.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, much closer to off stump but still not enough to make the batsman play. Khawaja well aware of where his off stump is
89.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, gentle loosener with decent away shape outside off, 124.5kph, Khawaja shoulders arms
88.6 -
Southee to Smith, no run, back of a length delivery which Smith blocks back down the pitch after getting right behind the line
88.5 -
Southee to Smith, no run, mixing it up with the lines. On a length around the sixth stump, Smith has no hesitation in letting it go
88.4 -
Southee to Smith, no run, those Smithy wrists coming into play as Southee strays a bit too straight, turns it to short mid-wicket
88.3 -
Southee to Smith, no run, further up in the same channel, Smith presses forward and defends towards cover
88.2 -
Southee to Smith, no run, pulls the line closer to off stump on a good length, Smith covers for the movement and defends with soft hands
88.1 -
Southee to Smith, no run, swing straight up outside off stump. Too wide though as Smith gets an early sighter
Again a bit of cloud as the Kiwis drag themselves onto the field. Southee is all set at the top of his run-up.
09:40 Local Time, 23:40 GMT, 05:10 IST: Gabba looked flat as the Aussies went hammer and tongs on Day 1 (by Test standards). I highly doubt that will be the case when Mitch Johnson starts revving it up and unleashes his thunderbolts. There was the traditional pace and carry in the pitch but the visitors didn't get it right with the ball. Overdid the short stuff which is like cannon fodder to blokes who have grown up on bounce. And unless you have the out-and-out pace, you aren't going to trouble the batsmen with that length.
09:25 Local Time, 23:25 GMT, 04:55 IST: It's Day 2 and you can't help wondering if New Zealand have already been batted out of this contest. Well, unless their bowlers pull off something miraculous this morning, there is only one answer. The Warner-Burns-Khawaja show has put the hosts in a bullish position. Another couple of sessions like yesterday and the Kiwis may well pack up.
Even though Warner got out after getting to his 150, Steven Smith came out and made sure that Australia don't lose any momentum. The hosts are well on their way towards a big score and unless New Zealand pull off something extraordinary tomorrow, the game could drift away from them. We'll be here nice and early as always to bring you the action from the second day. So, don't forget to join us then. For now, it's time to say goodbye!
He was very well supported by Khawaja, who has taken over the reigns of being the number three batsman from his skipper, Steven Smith. The Aussies kept chipping away with boundaries and New Zealand were unable to put any sort of pressure on the batters. The Kiwi bowlers are to be blamed as well as they went overboard with their short ball ploy. In fact, against Warner and Khawaja, their plan to bowl short and wide completely misfired as they kept getting dispatched to the boundary rope.
Khawaja walks off with the crowd up on their feet, applauding his effort. It has been a forgettable day for the Black Caps. Brendon McCullum's men were completely outplayed on a day where the bowlers have hardly anything to show for. After a watchful start, Australia cut loose with both Burns and Warner going after the bowling. Burns got out after a 161-run opening stand but Warner kept marching on and soon registered his 13th Test ton.
87.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, floated up just outside off, Khawaja comes on the front foot to defend. That'll be stumps on day 1
87.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, flatter outside off, Khawaja punches it towards mid-off
87.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, this one comes in with the arm, Khawaja was playing for the turn, the ball goes straight on and through to the keeper, wasn't too far away from the off stump though. The batsman clearly didn't pick it up
87.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, turning away outside off, Khawaja puts a good stride forward before lifting his bat to leave it for the keeper
87.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, floated up outside off, left alone
87.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, bowls it slightly wide outside off, it spins away even further, Khawaja shoulders arms
Mark Craig [20.0-2-96-0] is back into the attack
Craig to bowl what could be the final over of the day
86.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, FOUR, Smith is also looking in fabulous touch. Looks like he wants to take his number one Test ranking back from Root, who hasn't had a good last Test match in UAE. Well, this was full on the stumps, Smith comes forward, offers the full face of the bat and drives it to the left of mid-on, who had no chance of stopping that. Crashes into the fence in no time
86.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Smith comes across and bunts it down to mid-on
86.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, pitched up outside off, Smith drives it straight to the man at mid-off
86.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, angling in from outside off, Smith shuffles across as he looks to work it away on the leg-side, he misses and the ball hits him on the pad, the impact was well outside off though
86.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, bit too full and on the stumps, Smith drives it to mid-on off the inside half of the bat
86.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, angling in from outside off, not close enough to make the batsman play
Doug Bracewell [17.0-2-75-0] is back into the attack
85.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, teasing line outside off, Khawaja thinks about driving this fuller length delivery but pulls his bat out of the way at the last moment
85.5 -
Boult to Smith, 3 runs, low full toss slightly wide outside off, Smith drives it through the extra cover region, the ball slows down near the rope and the batsmen take three before the fielder gets to it
85.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, comes across and clips this through mid-wicket, calls Smith through for a quick single and makes it easily in the end
85.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, full delivery outside off, Khawaja comes on the front foot to defend
85.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and outside off, left alone
85.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, maiden Test ton for Khawaja! A lot of eyes were on him before this match even started and well, he has not disappointed his fans one bit. Looks a little emotional as he takes his helmet off, leaps high and punches the air in delight. He then looks skywards and Smith hugs him, says a few words of praise. Big achievement this for him. Coming to the ball, it was short and down the leg-side, Khawaja swivels across and pulls it very fine, beats the man at long leg to his left
84.6 -
Southee to Smith, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Smith comes on the front foot and pushes it in front of mid-on, shouts a loud 'No' for the single
84.5 -
Southee to Smith, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty just outside off, Smith hoists his bat and lets it go through to the keeper
84.4 -
Southee to Smith, no run, drags his length back now, Smith taps it into the off-side with soft hands
84.3 -
Southee to Smith, FOUR, those wrists come in use once again. You are making a mistake if you drift onto Smith's pads, he flicks it through square leg and it races away to the fence
84.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, 3 runs, Khawaja threads the gap now. Fullish length outside off, Khawaja comes forward, opens the face of the bat and bunts it through the cover region, the fielder from extra cover hauls the ball near the rope but not before the batsmen take three
84.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and slanting away outside off, Khawaja comes on the front foot and creams the drive, picks out mid-off though. Good shot for no runs
83.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, full toss on the stumps, Khawaja must have been surprised by it, did well to help it on its way behind square on the leg-side, keeps the strike with a single
83.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, lovely shot! Khawaja has been very impressive today. Fuller length delivery swinging away just outside off, Khawaja offers the full face of the bat and drives it past the non-striker, mid-on didn't even try to chase it down. The timing was sublime
83.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, shaping away in the channel outside off, Khawaja lets it go
83.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, fuller in length and outside off, Khawaja comes forward and drives it back to the bowler
83.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and a hint of outswing just outside off, Khawaja comes on the front foot to push, the ball rolls away towards gully off the outside half of the bat
83.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off, Khawaja could very well have left that alone, but he decides to open the face of the bat at the last moment, gets it to the left of backward point, three Kiwi fielders give chase but lose out to the ball
82.6 -
Southee to Smith, no run, fullish delivery just outside off, Smith comes on the front foot and drives it to short extra cover
82.5 -
Southee to Smith, no run, continues to bowl in the channel outside off, this time it's slightly wider as well, Smith doesn't offer a shot
82.4 -
Southee to Smith, no run, touch fuller and gets it to move away even further from outside off, Smith lifts his bat and lets it go
82.3 -
Southee to Smith, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Smith presses across and bunts it to the right of cover-point, who moves across and stops the ball
82.2 -
Southee to Smith, no run, pitched up and swinging away from well outside off, Smith is happy to leave it for the keeper
82.1 -
Southee to Smith, FOUR, short and wide, got the treatment it deserved. Smith rocks back and cuts it fiercely in the gap between backward point and gully, it was in the air for a little while but it rocketed away to the fence
81.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, another one that swings away outside off, Khawaja though comfortably lets it go
81.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, this one shapes away a little from a length just outside off, Khawaja though gets behind the line and blocks
81.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, the outswinging yorker from Boult. That's something that was missing today. Finally, Boult gets one on target, Khawaja too does well to squeeze it out into the off-side
81.3 -
Boult to Smith, 1 run, on a good length and swinging in on middle and leg, Smith turns it through backward square leg, gets off strike with a single
81.2 -
Boult to Smith, no run, swinging in on middle stump line, Smith shuffles across slightly and flicks it towards short mid-wicket
81.1 -
Boult to Smith, no run, short and down the leg-side, Smith looks to pull it away fine but can't lay bat on it
Trent Boult [16.0-2-72-0] is back into the attack
80.6 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and on middle sutmp line, Khawaja turns it towards mid-wicket
80.5 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, full and on the stumps, Khawaja bunts it to mid-on
80.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, 4 runs, elegance at its best! The left-handers always look good when they play the cover drive. Ovepitching outside off, Khawaja drives it through the extra cover region, McCullum from mid-off gives chase and pulls the ball back in just before the rope after sliding across, can't prevent the batsman from running four though. McCullum was in a little discomfort after that fielding effort. He still continues on
80.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, fullish delivery just outside off,
80.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, angling away outside off, Khawaja hoists his bat and lets it go
There are some dark clouds hovering over the ground. It is a little dark and the fourth umpire walks out with the light meter, just in case the onfield umpires want to take a reading.
80.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, a hint of inswing around off, Khawaja presses half-forward and defends
Tim Southee [16.0-5-48-1] is back into the attack
The second new ball is due now. New Zealand take it straightaway. There are three slips and a gully in place
79.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, half-volley on the stumps, Smith comes across and drills the drive to the left of mid-on, who moves across, puts in the dive and saves a few runs for his team
79.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, goes slightly wide of the crease and angles it in from outside off, Smith watchfully covers his stumps and leaves it alone
79.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, pitches this right up there but the line is outside off, not good enough to make Smith play
79.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, angling in from just outside off, Smith comes across and defends it to the left of the bowler
79.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, continues to bowl it in the channel outside off, Smith doesn't offer a shot
79.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, too full outside off, Smith lifts his bat and lets it go through to the keeper
78.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, flighted delivery outside off, the ball turns away even further and Khawaja lets it go
78.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, Craig drags it short and Khawaja quickly gets on the back foot, pulls it in front of square on the on-side,
78.4 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, comes down the track and whips this tossed up delivery past a diving mid-wicket, another single added to the total
78.3 -
Craig to Smith, no run, slower through the air and just outside off, Smith leans across and defends with his bat close to the pad
78.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, bowls it a little too full on the stumps, Khawaja squeezes it out to long-on and the batsmen cross over for a single
78.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, spinning away outside off, left alone
77.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, angling in on a fuller length, Smith drives it to mid-on
77.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, just short of a good length and just outside off, Smith stands tall and pushes it to short cover
77.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, short of length delivery on off, Smith punches it straight to short cover
77.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, FOUR, for the umpteenth time, a short ball has been sent scurrying away to the fence. Completes 1000 runs in Tests in 2015. Short delivery on off, Smith swivels across and pulls it to the deep square leg fence
77.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, pitched up outside off, Smith shoulders arms after shuffling across
77.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, 2 runs, fullish delivery on the stumps, Smith clips it behind square on the leg-side for a couple of runs
The floodlights are taking effect now. It is a little overcast out there
76.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, slower through the air and spinning away outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms
76.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, floated delivery just outside off, Khawaja leans across and blocks
76.4 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps, Smith whips it to long-on for another single. Runs are coming way too easily
76.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, pushed through flatter outside off, Khawaja goes deep in the crease and cuts it to sweeper cover for a single
76.2 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, eases this flighted delivery to long-on to give the strike back to Khawaja
76.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, too full and on the stumps, Smith gently nudges it down to long-on for a single
Mark Craig [18.0-2-86-0] is back into the attack
75.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, continues to tease the batsman in the corridor outside off, Smith though is content with leaving it alone
75.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, length delivery just outside off, Smith presses across and defends it back down the pitch
75.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, beaten! Pitched up and a hint of outswing just outside off, Smith looks to force it through the off-side from the crease, didn't move his feet at all and the ball whizzes past the outside edge
75.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, just short of a good length and outside off, Smith stands tall and punches it to cover-point
75.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, full and in the channel outside off, Smith covers his stumps and lets it go
75.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Smith, no run, poor ball to start your new spell. He gets away with it though. Short and wide outside off, Smith reaches out to cut it but can only chop it towards cover-point
Doug Bracewell [14.0-0-69-0] is back into the attack
74.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Khawaja defends from the crease, the ball rolls away into the off-side
74.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, comes slightly across to this length delivery just outside off, Khawaja turns it towards mid-on
74.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, angling in on off stump line, Khawaja bunts it to mid-off
74.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and around off, Khawaja stays rooted to the crease, gets solidly behind it and defends
74.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Khawaja comes forward and drives it to mid-off
74.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, another one that's slightly short outside off, Khawaja goes hard on the pull but mistimes it towards mid-on, that came off the inside half of the bat
73.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, 3 runs, Craig drags his length back now, Khawaja rocks on the back foot and cuts it past a diving point, the batsmen take three before the ball is hunted down in the deep
73.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, the straighter one outside off, Khawaja lets it go
73.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, drifting down the leg-side, Khawaja can't glance it fine and the keeper collects
73.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, good strike from Khawaja! He uses his feet to get to the pitch of the ball, lifts it over the man at mid-on, no need to run for those
73.2 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, loopy delivery just outside off, Smith takes it on the full and drives it down to long-on for a single
73.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Khawaja comes on the front foot and drives it through extra cover to get off strike
72.6 -
Boult to Smith, no run, fullish on the stumps, Smith pushes it to mid-on
72.5 -
Boult to Smith, FOUR, poor from Boult! He is having a very poor day at the office. Short and outside off, Smith swivels across and drags it through the mid-wicket region for another boundary
72.4 -
Boult to Smith, FOUR, bit of width on offer and Smith latches onto it. He reaches out and cuts it in the gap between gully and backward point, who gives chase, puts in the dive near the rope but to no avail
72.3 -
Boult to Smith, no run, comes from round the wicket and bowls it fuller in length and just outside off, Smith comes across and lets it go
72.2 -
Boult to Smith, no run, slanting away in the channel outside off, Smith doesn't want to play a shot
72.1 -
Boult to Smith, no run, angling away outside off, left alone
Trent Boult [14.0-1-64-0] is back into the attack
71.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, short and slightly wide outside off, Khawaja reaches out and taps it to the right of backward point, who dives across and stops the ball
71.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, flighted delivery around off, Khawaja comes on the front foot and blocks
71.4 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, comes down the track to get to the pitch of the ball, works it past a diving mid-wicket, the batsmen take a single as the ball dribbles away to long-on
71.3 -
Craig to Smith, no run, slower through the air and on the stumps, Smith stays rooted to the crease as he defends
71.2 -
Craig to Smith, no run, turning in on off and middle, Smith wrists it past a diving FSL, the batsmen don't risk a single though
A little delay as Luke Ronchi runs out with the shin pads for the man under the helmet at FSL. There's a slip in place as well
71.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, eases this down to long-off for a single
Mark Craig [16.0-2-75-0] is back into the attack
70.6 -
Neesham to Smith, FOUR, you can't keep bowling short to every batsman that comes out to bat. New Zealand are not learning their lessons. This was short and well outside off, Smith fetches the pull from there and sends it to the deep mid-wicket fence for his first boundary
70.5 -
Neesham to Smith, 2 runs, full on the stumps, Smith whips it through mid-wicket to get off the mark with a brace
Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease
70.4 -
Neesham to Warner, out Caught by Ross Taylor!! You needed something extraordinary to get Warner out and Taylor has provided just that. This was bowled slightly wide outside off, Warner flashes hard at it, gets a thick outside edge that flies towards the lone fielder at slip, Taylor times his jump to perfection, plucks the ball out of thin air with his left hand to take a stunner. The crowd gives a standing ovation to the Aussie vice-captain, who gets a pat on the back by his skipper Steven Smith. A brilliant innings comes to an end. Warner c Ross Taylor b Neesham 163(224) [4s-19 6s-1]
Neesham to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
70.3 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, full toss outside off, Warner drills it straight to extra cover
70.2 -
Neesham to Warner, FOUR, 100 of the partnership comes up with this boundary. Short of length delivery outside off, Warner stays back, opens the face of the bat late and guides it in the gap between slip and gully, races away to the fence
70.1 -
Neesham to Warner, 2 runs, short and wide outside off, Warner reaches out and slaps it through extra cover, Khawaja really had to rush back for the second, he was charging towardds the non-striker's end and Guptill who was standing besides the stumps can't get out of the way, both of them suffer a little collision. Khawaja looks to have jarred his knee, he is hobbling a little but is fine to carry on now
Drinks are on the field now! 305/1 in 70 overs. Need I say more? But I will anyway. Warner continues to motor along rapidly and Khawaja isn't looking out of place either. In fact, he has been a bundle of flamboyance himself. New Zealand's tactics have been bizarre. The lengths have been short. And the bowlers have looked out of their depths. God bless the Kiwis from here!
69.6 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, angling in on middle and off from round the wicket on a good length, Khawaja works it gently to short mid-wicket
69.5 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, further up just outside off, Khawaja clears his front leg and caresses the drive wide of mid-off. "Wait on" is the call which eventually becomes a no as the fielder moves across to make the save
69.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, short and width on offer, the ball skidded on quicker than Khawaja would have thought, ends up being late on the cut and it was past him before the bat came across
69.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a fuller length but again, the line is the culprit. Too wide
69.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, well wide of off, Khawaja lifts his bat and lets it go
69.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a length just outside off, defended into the off-side
68.6 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 1 run, again, the inconsistency in length is puzzling. Half-volley on off, driven nicely but mid-off scampers across and cuts it out with a dive
68.5 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 2 runs, he makes this look so easy. I can tell you, it wasn't. Had to fetch the pull from above his left-shoulder. Doesn't quite get all of it but in the gap through mid-wicket
68.5 -
Neesham to Khawaja, wide, way too high on this occasion. Khawaja ducks and collects the wide
68.4 -
Neesham to Khawaja, 2 runs, all too easy. Can't quite comprehend why NZ have persisted with this shortish length. Especially at Neesham's pace. Doesn't rise more than hip-high, Khawaja shuffles across and pulls it through mid-wicket
68.3 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, slanting away outside off, nowhere near the stumps to concern the stylish left-hander
68.2 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, shuffles across and blocks this back of a length delivery back down the pitch
68.1 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, pitched up and smashed through the vacant point region. Phew, that was traveling but the field is well spread out now
67.6 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, Khawaja survives a run-out scare! Had to put in a full length dive to make it home. Short of length delivery around off, Warner stands tall and guides it wide of backward point. Khawaja calls him through for the single but he wouldn't have anticipated the swiftness with which the fielder moved across. Certainly not the way he would want to get out to
67.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, on a good length, punched to short cover
67.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, 3 runs, he has whipped that from outside off stump, was angled in on a fuller length and Khawaja lets his wrists do the rest, sends it through the mid-wicket region
67.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length just outside off, was angled in from round the wicket forcing a poke, then holds its line to beat the outside edge
67.2 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, pitched up once more just outside off, gently driven wide of cover-point
67.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, Southee comes back and straightaway induces a loose drive from Warner. Has easily been the best bowler on show today. Rare misjudgement on Warner's part though. Way too wide to be chasing. Overbalances and tumbles on the pitch. But luckily doesn't edge it through
Tim Southee [14.0-4-43-1] is back into the attack
66.6 -
Neesham to Khawaja, no run, trying to lure out a drive with a fuller length delivery, Khawaja doesn't bother
66.5 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, anything short and Warner has pounced on it today. Rocks back and pulls it through square leg. Lot of protection in the deep everywhere
66.4 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, back of a length around the fifth stump line, Warner shuffles over to off and punches it back towards the bowler who bends low to get a hand
66.3 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, very full outside off, drilled back towards the bowler
66.2 -
Neesham to Warner, FOUR, and again Warner's bat will be raised. Now for the 150! Neesham will think that he has been thoroughly wronged. A perfectly good delivery has been dispatched. That's Warner for you. Just a trifle fuller than a good length around the fifth stump line from round the wicket, Warner presses towards the ball and punches it through extra-cover
66.1 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, extracts good bounce from a back of a length, line was outside off, Warner is content with letting it go
James Neesham [4.0-1-12-0] is back into the attack
65.6 -
Williamson to Warner, 1 run, fired in on the stumps, Warner flicks it through square leg
65.5 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, big lunge forward, smothers the tossed up delivery into the pitch
65.4 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, Williamson is darting them in now. Real quick length delivery outside off, Warner moves over to off and shoulders arms. Nearly wanted to kick the ball away with his pads, that's how innocuous a delivery it was
65.3 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, quicker through the air, ends up as a full toss on off, Khawaja works it to the deepish mid-on in place
65.2 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, flatter outside off, punched back to the bowler
65.1 -
Williamson to Warner, 1 run, too full to trouble Warner, nudges it wide of mid-on
64.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, pulls the length back in the channel, defended right under the nose
64.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, fullish, slanted away outside off, Khawaja lazes the push into the off-side
64.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, looked like the slower bouncer on the stumps, Warner shuffles to move inside the line and paddles the pull down to fine leg
64.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, just how easy does he make it look. This innings has been a tutorial on the short-arm-jabs. And he's nailed it everytime. Lifts his front leg, swivels on the back, and just helps through the mid-wicket region
64.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, similar back of a length delivery pushed across, jabbed to short cover
64.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, on a back of a length just outside off, another jabby punch from the left-hander, was to the left of cover where a clumsy tumble from the fielder allows the ball to sneak through. Fatigue setting in
63.6 -
Williamson to Warner, 1 run, drifting in on a length on middle, flicked through mid-wicket
63.5 -
Williamson to Warner, 2 runs, is this really not going on loop? Continuously short outside off, Warner makes room and dabs it late. Didn't have much pace on it to carry all the way
63.4 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, shortish again outside off, clearly the part-timer isn't working, Khawaja chops it wide of backward point
63.3 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, fired in quicker and flatter outside off, Khawaja doesn't bother
63.2 -
Williamson to Khawaja, FOUR, hops back, waits for the ball to arrive and back-cuts it nearly out of the keeper's glove. Guptill from backward point gives a hearty chase and puts in a head-first dive near the ropes but all in vain
63.1 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, sliding on after pitching on middle and leg, Khawaja misses with his flick and hit on the pad. Was easily going down
Kane Williamson [2.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack
McCullum trying everything. Williamson back on
62.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, firmly pushed but can't get it past mid-off
62.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, wide, dug in short, the ball loops over Warner's head with the characteristic tennis ball bounce
62.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around the fourth stump line, Warner punches it off the front foot and picks out short cover
62.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, shuffles inside the line to this back of a length delivery and glances it to fine leg
62.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, on the hips, clipped through the square leg region
62.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 4 runs, now some width and it has been carved through the covers. The bat face opened on impact due to which he ended up slicing the drive. Long, long chase for the fielder and another instance where the batsmen have run four. Third time today if my memory serves me right
62.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, the plan looks to be to cramp Warner for room. Back of a length on the body, he can only jab to short mid-wicket
61.6 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, slightly short outside off, chopped through the cover region
61.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, drifting in on the pads on a fullish length, Khawaja flicks it through mid-wicket and gets to his 3rd Test fifty with a single. Raises his bat to the applause from the Gabba crowd
61.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, tossed up outside off, left alone
61.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, did I just see that? Ball beating bat. Rare occurence. Nice revs on this off-break, the dip yanks it on a length and then grips the surface to beat the nervy defensive prod
61.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, SIX, yowza! Magnificent hit! Even better than the previous one. Ventures down the pitch, makes sure he has enough swinging room and nonchalantly lofts it over extra-cover
61.1 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, fullish around off, crunched down to long-off
60.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, short on the body, pulled away fiercely to deep square leg
60.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short of length delivery angling across off, Warner arches back and sort of belatedly looks to ramp it over the slip cordon. The ball was well past him before the bat came across
60.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, short of length on the body, this time Khawaja plays the short arm jab, neatly done to backward square
60.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, lifter on the stumps, Khawaja sees it early and sinks low to get well underneath
60.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, Bracewell does well to bend low and get a hand on this. Was a half-volley which was driven firmly down the ground
60.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, back of a length, on the body, the swivel pull to backward square leg
59.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, another delivery dished up nicely, guarded off the front foot
59.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, teased up on off, forward and defended
59.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, SIX, continues to grow in confidence. Mighty strike down the ground. Khawaja is down the track in a flash with his twinkle feet, reaches close enough to the pitch and meets the ball with a clean swing of the arms to send it over the long-off fence
59.3 -
Craig to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, pushed through the air on middle, skids on after pitching, Warner glances it fine of backward square leg
59.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, tossed up just outside off, knocked in front of short cover with soft hands
59.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, loopy off-break on a length on off, Warner props forward and plays it back
58.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, how many of these short-arm-jabs he has played today. Certainly must be in double digits. Swivels so elegantly on one leg and controls it all along the carpet
58.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, again too close to the pads, nudged to mid-on
58.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, too straight too often is Bracewell, Warner can use those wrists to work it through the on-side all day. Places this through the vacant mid-wicket region and hurtles back for a second
58.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, erring on the pads, tucked through the square leg region
58.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 3 runs, the power in this guy's wrists. Amazing! Just a gentle nudge wide of mid-on. The ball keeps on rolling and rolling as if the outfield is a billiards table top
58.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, Warner was eyeing the huge spaces on the on-side to nudge a single, it was a back of a length delivery slanted across him and he ends up sneaking a soft leading edge rolling down the pitch
57.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, low loopy full toss, Khawaja can't do anything more than push it to mid-off
57.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, floated up around off, nice wristy push into the off-side
57.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, teased up on the stumps, Khawaja is steadfast in defence
57.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, pushed through quicker around off, Khawaja tries to back away looking to make room but it's too close to cut, ends up chopping the ball towards cover-point
57.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, hasn't he looked good too? Scoring ever so freely. Drifting in nice and slow on the stumps, he sinks low and sweeps it behind square. Right off the meat
57.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, well flighted off-break outside off, Khawaja holds his bat aloft
56.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, pitched up just outside off, Warner pushes it to short cover
56.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, fuller length delivery worked towards short mid-wicket
56.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, nice lifter on off, Warner was shaping to pull but thought better of it
56.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no ball, harsh call by the umpire going by the replays. Bracewell just about had something behind the line. Nevertheless, he's human after all. Good length ball blocked after getting half-forward
56.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, good length delivery around off, defended with a high left elbow
56.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, another delivery from Bracewell which rears up disconcertingly from a back of a length, Warner was looking to defend from the crease but is caught by surprise and takes his bottom hand off the handle. The ball catches a thick outside edge and dies away towards cover
56.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, on a back of a length in the outside off corridor, defended from the crease
55.6 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, floated up just outside off, drilled to long-off
55.5 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, poor stuff. Anyway Warner is thrashing good deliveries to the fence and you give him a long-hop. Not on. He jumps back in the crease and pulls it away to the deep mid-wicket fence
55.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flicked with the drift to short mid-wicket
55.3 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, take that! This man never stops. Loopy delivery drifting in on middle, Warner reads length so early, is down on one knee and hammers the slog-sweep over mid-wicket
55.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, sliding down the leg side, Warner fails to connect with his glance and the ball rolls away towards short fine off the pad
55.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, slightly short outside off, bounced extra as Warner was forced to check his cut shot, ends up dabbing it gently to backward point
Craig has a slip and short leg as he bowls from round the wicket..
54.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, a gentle nudge wide of mid-on helps Warner keep strike
54.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, in the blockhole on off stump, Warner gets his bat down in time to dig it back towards the bowler
54.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, back of a length delivery around the fifth stump line, Warner is right behind the line in defence
54.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, 1 run, too straight on this occasion and neatly clipped off the pads through square leg
54.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Khawaja, no run, on a good length in the channel just outside off, Khawaja moves across on the crease towards the ball and blocks
54.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, short of length delivery on the body, Warner pivots on the back foot and swivels to play the short-arm-jab to fine leg
We are back for the final session. Bracewell to begin. Oh dear, what an inauspicious start! His right foot slipped upon landing and he went down in a heap. Could have been nasty with the ankle involved but looks okay to continue. Thank goodness!
After failing to convert his fifties into big scores in the Ashes, Warner made sure that he doesn't miss out on his 13th Test ton at home. Australia are in the driver's seat for now. There's something for the bowlers, but the Black Caps have sprayed the ball around way too much to earn rewards. Probably, they can start with not bowling short balls to Warner, who has smashed them to the fence time and again. Let's see if the Kiwis can make a comeback in the final session of the day. Join us in 10 minutes to find out.
Tea, day 1: So, Australia will be extremely happy with how things have gone in the post-lunch session as well. Warner and Burns continued to dominate the bowlers after lunch, scoring at a brisk pace. Burns though couldn't go on to reach his maiden three-figure score in Test cricket. He lost his wicket to Southee after he edged one to the keeper. Warner though kept playing his shots and was well supported by Khawaja, who has also looked in good touch so far.
53.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, too full, too quick and too wide to make Khawaja play, who lets it go easily.
53.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, shortish and outside off, Khawaja goes on the back foot and cuts it to the left of backward point, who dives across and stops it, saves a few runs for his team
53.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, darted down leg, Khawaja pads it away
53.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, flatter on leg, Khawaja defends it into the leg-side
53.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, pushed through on the stumps, Khawaja stays back and opens the face of the bat on the punch, gets it to the right of backward point but it's not good enough to beat the man who was sliding across the turf there
53.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, flatter and quicker on top of off, Khawaja goes deep in the crease, there was some extra bounce for Craig, the batsman though does well to get on top of the bounce as he punches it towards point
52.6 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, spinning away around off, Warner defends off the front foot
52.5 -
Williamson to Warner, FOUR, Tea is not far away but Warner won't miss out on a scoring opportunity. Williamson bowls a full toss outside off, Warner goes slightly across and drills it in the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, races away to the fence
52.4 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, slower through the air and on off, Warner dead-bats it after leaning forward
52.3 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, bit quicker on middle and leg, Warner comes half-forward and defends it into the on-side
52.2 -
Williamson to Khawaja, 1 run, floaty delivery around off, Khawaja comes on the front foot and drives it down to long-off for a single
52.1 -
Williamson to Khawaja, no run, pushed through around off, Khawaja turns it towards FSL
Kane Williamson [1.0-0-3-0] is back into the attack
51.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, opens the face of the bat and guides this flatter delivery towards point
51.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, tossed up on off, Warner pushes it back to the bowler
51.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flatter and spinning away outside off, Warner lets it go
51.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, extra turn and bounce on this slowish delivery outside off, Warner lets it go
51.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, shortish outside off, Warner goes hard on the cut and hammers it right into the back of Brendon McCullum at silly point. That surely got to hurt, but McCullum doesn't show any pain. In fact, he smiles. Good thing though that Warner walks up to the Kiwi skipper and shakes hands with him
51.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, loopy delivery outside off, Warner kneels down to sweep but can't connect
50.6 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, full and on the pads, Warner flicks it through square leg, keeps the strike with a single
Comes back over the wicket now
50.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, bumper from Southee, Warner ducks under it
50.4 -
Southee to Warner, FOUR, such is the power of the man, even mistimed shots run away to the fence. On a good length and outside off, Warner reaches across and pushes at it, gets it more off the inside half of the bat than anything, the bowler can't stop it and the fielder from mid-on comes second in his chase
50.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, this one comes back in a long way from just outside off, Warner shoulders arms but it wasn't that far away from grazing the off stump
50.2 -
Southee to Warner, 2 runs, fullish delivery outside off, Warner comes on the front foot and drives it past extra cover for a couple of runs. Brings up the 50-run stand as well
50.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, just short of a good length and in the channel just outside off, Warner lets it go
49.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, floated up on off, Khawaja comes on the front foot to block
49.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, 2 runs, shortish and spinning away outside off, Khawaja goes hard on the cut, gets a thick outside edge that runs away to the right of backward point, the batsmen take two before the fielder hunts it down
49.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drags this short and wide outside off, Warner cracks it through the cover region for a single
49.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, comes down the track and works this straight towards mid-on, he wanted the single but it's not available
49.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, once again Warner comes across to defend, wasn't upto the pitch of the ball as it spins away, but managed to block it towards short cover
49.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flatter around off, Warner was slightly squared up as he defends from the crease, adjusts well though and keeps it out
48.6 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, comes across and clips this fullish delivery into the leg-side
48.5 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, loud appeal for caught behind! Umpire Llong is not interested though. Angling down the leg-side, Khawaja fails to glance it fine and the ball flicks the trousers on its way to the keeper, the sound got the Kiwis interested but in the end, the right decision was made
48.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and outside off, Khawaja thinks about offering a shot but pulls his bat out of the way to let it go through to the keeper
48.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, holding its line outside off, Khawaja lets it go
48.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, low full toss angling in around off, Khawaja comes across and clips it towards mid-on, who dives across and stops the ball
48.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, nips back in from outside off but isn't threatening for the off pole, Khawaja shoulders arms
47.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, bit slower through the air and on the stumps, Warner watchfully defends
47.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, now he defends this quicker delivery on the stumps into the leg-side
47.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, floated up outside off, Warner nails the drive but picks out McCullum at short cover. That was hit really hard
47.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flatter on off, Warner pushes it to short cover
47.2 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, The Gabba crowd are on their feet as Warner reaches his hundred! He roars in delight as he takes off his helmet and pumps his bat in the air. The Aussie vice-captain drew some flak for not scoring even a single hundred in the Ashes, but he has responded really well today. Coming to the delivery, it was short and wide outside off, Warner slaps it past a diving cover-point, comes back for the second as well
47.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, tossed up around off, Warner comes forward and turns it towards mid-on
46.6 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, in the channel outside off, left alone
46.5 -
Southee to Khawaja, FOUR, Khawaja is also getting in the groove now. Half-volley just outside off from round the wicket, Khawaja comes forward and laces the drive to the left of mid-off, who dives chase but the ball beats him to the fence. The elegance of a left-hander also added to the beauty of the shot
46.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, length delivery slanting away from the channel outside off, Khawaja easily lets it go
46.3 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and outside off, Khawaja looks to drive it through the off-side, drags it towards the bowler off the inside half of the bat
46.2 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, angling away outside off, left alone
46.1 -
Southee to Khawaja, 4 runs, terrific running between the wickets. Slightly short and outside off, Khawaja goes hard on the pull, doesn't get all of it, but it goes in the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, two fielders give chase but they can't prevent the batsmen from coming back for the fourth run
45.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, woahh! Warner has a wry smile on his face. Craig bowls it short and slightly wide outside off, the ball spins away even further. Warner's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the width on offer, he reaches out for the cut but the ball spins past the blade. The Gabba crowd is also getting involved now
45.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, 3 runs, kneels down and sweeps this flighted delivery through square leg, good running ensures that the batsmen come back for the third. Warner is on strike now
45.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, slightly quicker and a hint of spin away just outside off, Khawaja lets it go but it was very close to shaving the off stump
45.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, like an action replay of the previous ball. Khawaja defends this slowish delivery on the stumps off the front foot
45.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, on middle and leg stump line, Khawaja gets his bat in front of the pad and blocks
45.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, loopy delivery around off, Khawaja comes forward and dead-bats it
44.6 -
Southee to Warner, 2 runs, short of length delivery on the pads, Warner tucks it away behind square on the leg-side and comes back for the second. He's on 99 now
44.5 -
Southee to Khawaja, 1 run, on a good length and around off, Khawaja pushes it past the non-striker, calls for a quick single even as the fielder from mid-on quickly runs to his right, the fielder tries to flick the ball towards the stumps at the non-striker's end but misses
44.4 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, short of length delivery angling away outside off, Khawaja defends from the crease
44.3 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, touch straighter in line now, Warner jumps inside the crease and works it away through mid-wicket for a single
44.2 -
Southee to Warner, no run, slanting away outside off, Warner shoulders arms
44.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, short of length delivery angled across off, Warner hops inside the crease and defends
Tim Southee [10.0-3-24-1] is back into the attack
43.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, touch flatter and spinning away outside off, Khawaja covers his stumps and lets it go
43.5 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drives this tossed up delivery down to long-off for a single
43.4 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off, Khawaja punches it through the cover region for a single
43.3 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, run-out chance! Warner survives though. Flatter delivery outside off, Warner goes back, opens the face of the bat and guides it to the right of backward point where Guptill dives across and stops the ball. Khawaja wanted the single and sets off, Warner was a little late to get off the block as he was ball watching, he then decided to go through with it and Guptill fires the throw at the non-striker's end, where the throw hits Warner who was sprinting across
43.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, gives the charge yet again and drives this tossed up delivery straight to the bowler
43.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, comes down the track and almost yorks himself, squeezes it out into the off-side
42.6 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, puts his front foot forward and leaves this back of a length delivery outside off alone
42.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, FOUR, in the air and safe! Another one that's short outside off, Khawaja goes on the back foot and pulls it in the air to the left of short mid-wicket, who dives across but can't get a hand on it, the fielder gives chase but the ball trickles away to the fence
42.4 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, banged in short and outside off, Warner swivels on the pull, rolls his wrists on it to send it along the ground through square leg, there's protection in the deep though and it will only be a single
42.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, fullish delivery on off, Warner defends it into the leg-side
42.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, length delivery that comes back in a little from outside off, Warner though lets it go as it was never coming back enough to trouble him
42.1 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off, Warner quickly moves across, gets into position and hacks the pull through the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, no need to run for those
41.6 -
Craig to Warner, 3 runs, tossed up outside off, Warner drives it through the cover region, the ball slows down near the rope and the batsmen take three before the fielder gets to it
41.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, Warner will say that was a good leave. This kept on going with the angle, Warner thought that it will turn and leaves it alone after putting his front foot across, the ball goes past his pad and his off stump, wasn't too far away though
41.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, lunges forward in defence to this floaty delivery on off
41.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, slower through the air and spinning away outside off, left alone
41.2 -
Craig to Khawaja, 3 runs, Craig is not learning his lessons. Bowls another one that's short, Khawaja cuts it towards backward point, where Guptill dives across but fails to stop the ball, another three taken before the ball is stopped before the fence
41.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, FOUR, cracked off the back foot! This is poor bowling from Craig, keeps bowling it short and keeps getting hit for a boundary. Now, Khawaja goes deep in the crease and cuts it through the cover region, runs away to the fence
40.6 -
Boult to Warner, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty just outside off, Warner thinks about playing it at first but leaves it alone at the last moment
40.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, 3 runs, pitched up outside off, Khawaja presses forward to drive, the ball takes a thickish outside edge and flies past the man at gully, the batsmen take three before it is hunted down in the deep
40.4 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, a bit of extra bounce on this good length delivery just outside off, Khawaja comes across to defend, the ball hits the splice and rolls away to his left
40.3 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, on a good length and angling in around off, Khawaja goes back and across, wrists it towards short mid-wicket and shouts a loud 'Wait' for the single
40.2 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, touch fuller and in the channel outside off, left alone
40.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, no run, a hint on inswing on a length just outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms. Can Boult nip Khawaja out? Only time will tell
Trent Boult [12.0-1-52-0] is back into the attack
39.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Warner comes on the front foot and pushes it back to the bowler
39.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, drifting on the pads now, Warner works it towards FSL, who dives across and stops the ball
39.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, darted quicker on off, Warner comes half-forwards and keeps it out
39.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, floated up just outside off, Warner comes forward to defend
39.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, takes a step forward and squeezes this fullish delivery past FSL off the inside half of the bat
39.1 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, a very poor start to the new spell for Craig. Bowls a rank long hop outside off, Warner wouldn't miss out on it, he rocks back and pulls it to the wide long-on fence
Mark Craig [4.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack
Time for some spin, Craig replaces Neesham. A slip and a FSL in place
38.6 -
Southee to Khawaja, no run, very full but well wide of off, Khawaja doesn't bother with it
Usman Khawaja, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Drinks are on the field now! At last a breakthrough. Kiwis can certainly take heart from this. Might have gone awry and the wicket came just at the right time at the stroke of the break
38.5 -
Southee to Burns, out Caught by Watling!! And just when the Kiwi bowlers looked to be completely at the mercy of this duo, Southee gets one to move away and induces the outside edge. Looking at the replays, wasn't a delivery which Burns needed to play at. Fraction fuller than a good length around the fifth stump line, Burns wants to have a feel for the ball and offers a flirtatious poke but is done in by the late movement. Boy, didn't New Zealand need this! Burns c Watling b Southee 71(120) [4s-12]
Southee to Burns, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
38.4 -
Southee to Burns, no run, holds its line after pitching on a back of a length outside off, Burns is drawn into a needless poke which he plays with soft hands
38.4 -
Southee to Warner, no ball, 1 run, very tight on the no-ball call, but yeah his heel was on the line. Fair decision. It was banged in on a short of length, another one of those short-arm-jab pulls from Warner which he controls so well to deep square leg
38.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, pushed across the leftie on a fuller length, Warner lifts his bat and lets it go
38.2 -
Southee to Warner, no run, now Warner looks to smoke a good length delivery down the ground with a flat-bat, utter disrespect. Doesn't time it all that well and it rolls away to mid-on
38.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, trying to lure the drive with a wide one, Warner resists the temptation
Tim Southee [9.0-3-22-0] is back into the attack
37.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, good length around the fifth stump channel, Burns covers his poles and holds his bat aloft
37.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, fraction fuller than a good length just outside off, watertight on the front foot defence
37.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, what's going on? Short and way too wide, might have been given a wide had Burns not been so anxious to lay bat on it. Only manages a toe end towards cover
37.3 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, on a good length angling in on middle, turned to short mid-wicket
37.2 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, filthy delivery gets what it deserved. Short and wide, Burns rolls his wrists to get on top of the bounce and cracks the cut square of the wicket
37.1 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, another one thuds into the pads, this time it's snaking down leg side. Burns won't be happy that he missed a boundary opportunity in the first place as he missed what should have been an easy flick
James Neesham [3.0-1-8-0] is back into the attack
36.6 -
Boult to Warner, no run, Warner chooses to leave a good length delivery which nips back in, wears it high on the back pad but the ball didn't do enough to take off stump. Was too high as well. Boult was on his knees begging the umpire to raise the finger. Try again please
36.5 -
Boult to Warner, no run, way down leg, Warner almost pities it as he leaves the ball alone
36.4 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, on a back of a length outside off, jabbed through the covers after a hop on the crease. The fielders give chase and the batsmen jog back for a second
36.3 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, Boult might have run his fingers across the ball, was delivered on a fuller length wide of off, Burns reaches it with the drive to sweeper cover
36.2 -
Boult to Burns, no run, further up just outside off, driven firmly to mid-off
36.1 -
Boult to Burns, no run, on a fuller length angled across, left untouched
35.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, the leather hunt is on. And we are not even halfway through the first day. Width on offer and Warner woofs it over the backward point region. The man in the deep sprints across the circumference and slides a yard inside the ropes to keep it out
35.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, fraction fuller than a good length just outside off, firmly pushed to cover off the front foot
35.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, on a back of a length around the fifth stump line, poked to cover
35.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, angling away outside off, left alone
35.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, typical Warner riposte. Knew nothing about the previous delivery but has put it behind. This one is full in his half and it's crashed through extra-cover
35.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, edged and wide of second slip. Was over the cordon anyway. This delivery rears up from a back of a length and startles Warner, he takes his bottom hand off while fending at it but the ball catches the left shoulder of the bat and balloons away
A man has been yanked to deep point..
34.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, this has been the problem with the Kiwi pacers. Either too short or too full. Erred on the full side this time. Burns mistimes his drive to mid-off
34.5 -
Boult to Burns, no run, on a back of a length leaving the right-hander, not enough to make him play
34.4 -
Boult to Burns, no run, slanting away from Burns, he holds his bat aloft
34.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, pitched up outside off, Burns jars the drive to mid-off
Back to over the wicket..
34.2 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, now Burns is starting to take liberties. Fuller length delivery wide of off, he deliberately slices the drive behind point after a big stride forward
34.1 -
Boult to Burns, no run, slightly back of a length delivery angled in from round the wicket, half-forward and defended
33.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, Bracewell is all over the mat. Gets away with it on this occasion. Short, wide, normally four. But this time Warner slaps it to point who makes a good stop
33.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, solid as ever on the front foot. What do you do if you are McCullum?
33.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, backward point slides across and prevents the boundary. Warner had run that with an open bat face but cannot find the gap
33.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, back of a length delivery angling away, defended back down the pitch from the crease
33.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, slanting away on a teasing length outside off, Warner leaves it untouched
33.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, this is soul-shattering for the bowler. Just the sound it made off the willow will make you cringe in pain. Bangs it in short, Warner rocks back and pummels the pull over mid-wicket. Wow! Don't bowl short to this man
Doug Bracewell [6.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack
32.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, hitting away on a back of a length, defended with a broad bat
32.5 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, pure timing, nothing else! On a back of a length outside off, Burns waits on the back foot and punches it right under his nose behind square on the off-side. Once it found the gap, was always four
Boult switches to round the wicket for the right-hander..
32.4 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, drifting too straight, clipped down to fine leg
32.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, anticipated a bit more bounce out of this back of a length delivery, ends up getting his defence off the toe-end towards second slip
32.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, pitched up just outside off, Warner makes a conscious effort to get a stride in and gently drives to mid-off
32.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, a back of a length delivery on off stump, Warner hops on the crease before meeting it with a block
31.6 -
Southee to Burns, no run, angling into the pads, turned away to short mid-wicket
31.5 -
Southee to Burns, no run, the line is outside off, Burns shoulders arms
31.4 -
Southee to Burns, leg byes, FOUR, just not able to build the pressure. Too loose too often. Straying on leg stump with a back of a length delivery, Burns fails to connect with his glance and the ball flies to the left of the diving keeper into the fence
31.3 -
Southee to Burns, no run, more effort into the bouncer from Southee, lifts nicely off the pitch, Burns crouches low and evades
31.2 -
Southee to Burns, FOUR, he has smashed that! Short delivery on the stumps, Burns transfers his weight on the back foot after his initial movement forward and plonks the pull behind square. Didn't bother to keep it along the ground either
31.1 -
Southee to Burns, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, defended firmly from the crease
30.6 -
Boult to Warner, no run, superb over. Beats the outside edge to cap it off. Again finding movement from a fuller length outside off, Warner nearly falls over looking for the drive with his feet stuck in a blob and is beaten on the outside edge
30.5 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a back of a length around off, Warner is rock-solid in his back foot defence
30.4 -
Boult to Warner, no run, much lighter on his feet this time, picks out short cover with his drive
30.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, loose from Warner. Goes chasing for the drive to a delivery swinging away outside off with no feet. Doesn't even get close
30.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, much closer to off, firmly punched off the front foot to mid-off
30.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, swinging away but too far away from the body to draw a stroke
The physio comes out to have a look at Southee's foot. Doesn't seem to be much wrong
29.6 -
Southee to Burns, no run, bowled from wider of the crease, the ball holds its line after pitching just outside off, steered to the left of cover-point who makes a diving stop to rule out the thought of a single
29.5 -
Southee to Burns, no run, curling away on a fuller length just outside off, Burns covers for the swing and gently pushes it to short cover
29.4 -
Southee to Burns, no run, forces forward to this good length delivery and taps it in front of short cover
29.3 -
Southee to Burns, no run, on a length outside off, Burns lets it go through to the keeper
29.2 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, all this looks too easy. On the hips and gently clipped away through mid-wicket
29.1 -
Southee to Warner, 2 runs, short and width on offer, Warner slashes and chops it through the cover region. Might have been off the toe end but enough to fetch a couple
28.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, pushed across the right-hander, left alone
28.5 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, ordinary stuff from Boult. Attempts a bumper without much purpose and ends up fluffling in direction too. It's down the leg-side and Burns helps the pull very fine beating fine leg to the ropes
28.4 -
Boult to Burns, no run, dangled up even wider this time, nothing doing
28.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, angling away in the channel outside off, Burns is well aware where his off stump is and makes an assertive leave
28.2 -
Boult to Burns, no run, a good stride forward and meets this slightly fuller length delivery with an obdurate defence
28.1 -
Boult to Burns, 2 runs, that's fifty for Joe Burns! Gets a good ol' handshake from his partner. 3rd half-century in Tests. Reaches the landmark with a solid push off the front foot through the cover region
27.6 -
Southee to Warner, no run, driven firmly down the ground, Southee does well to tumble down and make a half-stop
27.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, slanted across the left-hander, Warner covers his stumps and leaves
27.4 -
Southee to Burns, 1 run, fraction fuller than a good length around the fourth stump line, Burns defends with soft hands wide of gully
27.3 -
Southee to Burns, 2 runs, too straight on this occasion, clipped away off the pads behind square
27.2 -
Southee to Burns, no run, Southee keeps producing these rippers. Woosh. You've got to be really good to get bat on it. Angled in on a length around off, Burns looks to work it through the on-side but the ball holds its line and deviates a fair degree beating the outside edge. There was a sound as the ball passed but that was the bat crashing into pad
27.1 -
Southee to Burns, no run, on a length and holds its line outside off, Burns covers for it and knocks it with soft hands into the off-side
Tim Southee [6.0-3-12-0] is back into the attack
26.6 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, erring in line, pitched up on Warner's pads, he hurries to get the bat down and flick it through the square leg region
26.5 -
Boult to Warner, no run, solidly pushed towards mid-on from the front foot
26.4 -
Boult to Warner, no run, huge appeal from Watling from behind the stumps, almost begging for a wicket. Would have been a terrible way to get out with a strangle down leg. But there was no bat involved
26.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a fuller length just outside off, Warner's feet go nowhere while attempting a drive, mistimes it to short cover
26.2 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, the bowler lets out a grunt in frustration. Not much going their way. Hint of away-shape squared Warner up on his defence and took a thick outside edge. Went straight down though and pierced the gap between the slip cordon and gully to run away
26.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, back of a length delivery way too wide, left untouched
Trent Boult [6.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack
Boult to steam in with 3 slips, a gully and a catching cover
25.6 -
Williamson to Burns, no run, no trouble whatsoever. Hardly any turn off the pitch and Burns keeps it out on the front foot
25.5 -
Williamson to Burns, no run, gives this more air on off, forward and blocked
25.4 -
Williamson to Burns, no run, pushed through quicker outside off, left alone
25.3 -
Williamson to Burns, 2 runs, floaty delivery outside off, Burns gets a big stride across to take it on the full, drives through the cover region. Didn't time that particularly well
25.2 -
Williamson to Warner, 1 run, flatter on the stumps, nudged wide of mid-on off the back foot
A very eager photographer catches Warner's eye as he pulls out
25.1 -
Williamson to Warner, no run, slowish and skidding on off stump from a good length, Warner lunges forward and blocks it back
The players are ambling out, the sun is in full pomp and it will be spin to start proceedings. Not Mark Craig, but Kane Williamson. A slip and a short leg. Field well spread out
Burns must have been twitchy at the start. This is a big series for him - an opportunity to book his place in the team. And it showed in the way he played, showed even more in the way he ran. But Warner's confidence has rubbed onto him. That was on sight with him using his feet to the offie and lofting him down the ground. All in all, Australia's session by a countrymile.
12:00 Local Time, 02:00 GMT, 07:30 IST:Some things never change. Australia's dominance at the Gabba is one of those. Too early to say this but the signs are ominous. Hell, Warner is already clearing his front leg and whacking the pacers down the ground. The Kiwis should be afraid. Very afraid. They started off reasonably well with Boult and Southee hitting tight lines and extracting some movement. But once that was out of the way and the openers started opening their shoulders, runs haven't stopped flowing.
24.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Burns waves it goodbye and will walk back for a sumptuous lunch
24.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, on a good length but too far away from the body to draw a shot
24.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, full and wide of off, left alone
24.3 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, on a back of a length just outside off, Burns offers a flat-footed defence towards gully
24.2 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, straying on the hips, Warner hops back and nurdles it round the corner
24.2 -
Neesham to Warner, no ball, Neesham is losing the plot. Another bumper down the leg-side. The square leg umpire adjudges it too high
24.2 -
Neesham to Warner, wide, another bumper from Neesham but this time it's a little too high and way down the leg-side, Warner doesn't have anything to do with it and the umpire signals a wide
24.1 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, good bumper from Neesham, right at thebatsman. Warner though quickly sways away, drops his wrists and lets it go
23.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, angling away outside off, Burns lets it go
23.5 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, full toss just outside off, Burns doesn't miss out on the freebie, he places it to perfection as he opens the face of the bat and guides it in the gap between second slip and gully, who dives across to his left but the ball was far away from his reach
23.4 -
Boult to Burns, no run, on a good length and on off and middle, Burns defends it back to the bowler
23.3 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, short and angling away outside off, Burns goes on the back foot and pulls it past a leaping mid-wicket, he couldn't quite get the elevation he wanted but it's good enough to beat the man there, races away to the fence in a hurry
23.2 -
Boult to Burns, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Burns gets behind the line and defends it back down the track
23.1 -
Boult to Burns, no run, on a good length and on off, Burns calmly defends it into the off-side
22.6 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, on a good length and on off, Warner pushes it to the bowler
22.5 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, banged in short and outside off, Warner looks to pull it away, gets a bottom edge that rolls away behind the stumps. Could easily have dragged it back on but no harm done
22.4 -
Neesham to Warner, 4 runs, slightly uppish but in the gap. Brilliant running from these two, Warner especially. Raises his bat to acknowledge the applause for his fifty. This was on a good length and just outside off, Warner drives it in the air but gets it in the gap through the cover region, the fielder gives it chase, can only haul the ball just before the rope and that gave the batsmen (or Warner) enough time to come back for the fourth run as well
22.3 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Warner hops inside the crease and drops it back down the pitch with soft hands
22.2 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, angling away in the channel outside off, Warner lets it go
22.1 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, angling in on middle stump line, Burns wrists it through mid-wicket for an easy single
21.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short and angling away outside off, Warner sways away from the line of fire, the keeper collects. He thought about ramping it at first but decided against it in the end
21.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, pitched up outside off, Warner comes forward and pushes it towards cover
21.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, SIX, smoked it! That's been smashed by Warner. What power this little dynamite packs! Just a length delivery from Bracewell, Warner plants his front foot across and hammers it straight over the sightscreen. Poses for the photographers with the followthrough. Clean striking that!
21.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short of length delivery angled across off, Warner stays back and defends it towards point
21.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, you bowl it short and Warner will latch onto it in a flash. He quickly transfers his weight on the back foot and pulls this short delivery through mid-wicket, races away to the fence in no time
21.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, on a good length and on off, Warner comes forward to drive, drags it towards the bowler off the inside half of the bat
20.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, fullish and shapes away slightly outside off, Burns is not interested. Just the one ball Burns had to put his bat to. Neesham needs to make him play more deliveries if he wants results
20.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, just short of a good length and on the stumps, Burns hangs back and gently pushes it to the right of the bowler
20.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, a hint of shape back in on this fuller length delivery outside off, Burns knows where his off stump is and shoulders arms yet again
20.3 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, bowls it closer to the off stump but it's still not good enough to make the batsman play, who comfortably leaves it for the keeper
20.2 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, pitched up slightly wide outside off, Burns once again ignores it
20.1 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, starts off with one that's well outside off, Burns is happy to let that go
James Neesham, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Time for the all-rounder Neesham to chance his arm. Remember, he is in the side because Corey Anderson is still not fit. Let's see how he goes
19.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, once again Bracewell continues to bowl in the region in and around off, Warner defends after getting across slightly, the ball rolls away towards the bowler
19.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short of length delivery on off, Warner goes on the back foot and gently punches it towards short cover
19.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, on a good length and around off, Warner bunts it to mid-off
19.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, fullish delivery on the pads, Warner fails to work it away and wears it on the pad. The Kiwis thought that it was close to hitting the stumps, but they didn't realise that it pitched well outside leg. Waste of a review from New Zealand
McCullum has decided to review an lbw call. 'Waiting for the front foot to come. Fair delivery. Can you move on to the front vision please? Could you give me HotSpot leg-side please? Rock and roll it. Can you give me RTS? Freeze when the ball is adjacent to the bat. There's no bat involved. You can go for ball tracking whenever it's ready. The ball pitched outside leg Richards, you can stay with your decision', says third umpire S. Ravi
19.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, edged and safe! Angled across off on a fuller length, Warner gets lured to go hard on the drive, gets a thick outside edge that flies away in the gap between gully and backward point, who gives chase but the ball beats him to the fence
19.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, fullish and on off, Warner comes half-forward and blocks it towards the bowler
18.6 -
Craig to Burns, no run, drifting in on middle and leg, Burns wrists it towards backward square leg
18.5 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, flatter outside off, Warner stays deep in the crease, opens the face of the bat at the last moment and guides it to the right of point, where Guptill dives across and saves a few runs for his team
18.4 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, Burns once again gives the charge and Craig darts it on the pads, Burns flicks it through mid-wicket, gets off strike with a single
18.3 -
Craig to Burns, no run, now he advances and blocks this flatter delivery towards short cover
18.2 -
Craig to Burns, no run, comes down the track but doesn't get to the pitch of this tossed up delivery, adjusts and defends it back to the bowler
18.1 -
Craig to Burns, no run, leans forward and gently pushes this flighted delivery around off
17.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, gently turns this length delivery on the stumps through mid-wicket, keeps the strike with a run
17.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, FOUR, in the air and safe! A bumper from Bracewell, Burns goes hard on the pull and gets a top-edge that balloons over the infield on the on-side but splits the two fielder in the deep - long leg and deep square leg, the fielder from long leg runs across to his left, puts in the dive near the rope, gets a hand on it as well but can't stop the ball from trickling away to the fence
17.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, pitched up and angled across off, Warner comes forward and times the drive well, the fielder from mid-off runs across to his right, puts in the dive and saves a few runs for his team. He was quick to throw the ball towards the non-striker's end as well
17.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, bowls this fuller and on the stumps, Warner comes half-forward and drives it back to the bowler
17.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, slightly back of a length and angled across off, Warner stands tall and defends it to short cover
17.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short of length delivery that cramps Warner for room around off, he hops across and tucks it away into the on-side
16.6 -
Craig to Burns, no run, advances and whips this tossed up delivery straight towards the bowler
16.5 -
Craig to Burns, FOUR, once again Burns steps out of the crease. Goes for the inside-out loft yet again and he gets the better off the bowler one more time, middles it to perfection and it bounces once before hitting the fence
16.4 -
Craig to Burns, no run, bit quicker from Craig, Burns kneels down and sweeps it straight to backward square leg
16.3 -
Craig to Burns, no run, now he punches this flatter delivery to the right of the bowler, who comes across and looks to field, the ball deflects off his boot and rolls towards mid-on
16.2 -
Craig to Burns, FOUR, drilled! Burns uses his feet to get to the pitch of this tossed up delivery outside off, he goes hard on the drive and nails it in the gap between extra cover and mid-off
16.1 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, flatter outside off, Warner hangs back and nudges it through square leg, calls through for a quick single and gets it easily in the end
15.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, a hint of nip back in from outside off, Burns though presses across and blocks it into the short cover without any fuss
15.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, just short of a good length and outside off, Burns lifts his bat and lets it go
15.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, a front foot defence of assurance. Burns comes forward to this length delivery around off and solidly defends it into the off-side
15.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, bowls this slightly wide outside off, Burns is happy to leave it for the keeper. Slowly, Burns is starting to look comfortable at the crease. The nerves are settling down now
15.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, FOUR, good shot from Burns! Brings up the 50 for Australia. On a back of a length and outside off, Burns stands tall and punches it in the gap between backward point and gully, no need to run for those
15.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, fullish delivery holding its line in the channel just outside off, Burns shoulders arms
14.6 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, Craig once again pays the price for bowling it down leg, Warner kneels down and sweeps it very fine, the ball hurries across the turf and crashes into the fence in no time. That came right off the meat
14.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, drags his length back even further, Warner goes hard on the cut but can't beat the man at backward point
14.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flatter and quicker on off, Warner opens the face of the bat as he pushes it into the off-side
14.3 -
Craig to Burns, 3 runs, comes dancing down the track and goes for the inside-out loft, doesn't get hold of it but it clears the man running back from extra cover, who slides near the rope and saves a single for the team
14.2 -
Craig to Burns, 2 runs, poor delivery from Craig. Drifts down the leg-side, Burns pulls it fine, the fielder from backward square leg gives chase and keeps them down to a couple
14.1 -
Craig to Burns, no run, comes down the track but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball of this fullish delivery, pushes it towards short cover
13.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, overpitching around off, Burns squeezes out the drive to the left of short cover, he'll keep the strike with a single
13.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, gets a good stride forward and solidly defends this length delivery around off
13.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, banged in short and at the batsman, who goes for the pull. The ball though hurried onto him to an extent, it catches the splice of the bat and goes over square leg, good enough for a couple of runs
13.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, beaten! That's the best ball Bracewell has bowled now. Bowls this in the corridor of uncertainty and swings away just a little, Burns comes on the front foot to drive, the ball whizzes past the outside edge
13.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, fuller in length and just outside off, Burns presses forward and blocks it towards short cover
13.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, pitched up and just outside off, Burns comes forward, opens the face of the bat and gently drives it to the left of backward point
Time for the players to have a drink! Typical Gabba deck this. There was something early on for the pacers but the sun has now peeked out and put paid to that. The nerves were pretty evident from both sides to begin with but things are settling down. I'll tell you one man who is settling down and that's David Warner. Watch out Kiwis!
12.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, and again. Teasing Warner to go after it. He ain't doing that son. Defends it down to mid-on off the front foot
12.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, well flighted delivery solidly blocked
12.4 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, pushed through flat, turning in on the stumps from a length, Burns pulls it gently off the front foot towards square leg. Strange shot that. Kind of paddled it
12.3 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, another half-tracker outside off, there is protection in the deep though. Slapped straight to deep point
12.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, Warner must be admonishing himself for missing out. Short outside off, he jumps back but can't beat short cover with his slap
12.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, well looped up and drifting in on off, Warner lunges forward and defends it back down the pitch
Mark Craig, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Time for a twirl for Mark Craig before the drinks break..Can't see more than one over for the offie. Starts from round the wicket with a slip and FSL..
11.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, nice and full in that outside off channel, defended off the front foot to point
11.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the hips, neatly clipped through the vacant square leg region. The mid-wicket fielder does well to hurry across and keep the batsmen to a single
11.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, taps this good length delivery wide of short cover and hustles across to the other end
11.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a back of a length around the sixth stump line, left alone
11.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, Burns must have hit that and thought four. Made a musical sound off the willow. Teased up outside off, Burns gets a nice stride across and nails the square drive, only to find the fielder
11.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, too wide to entice a shot
Doug Bracewell, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
The first bowling change of the morning.. Bracewell will start with 3 slips and a gully
10.6 -
Southee to Warner, 2 runs, Warner is absolutely unconcerned here. It was a good length delivery slanting away, he leans forward without much feet movement and punches it through the now vacant off-side. The batsmen are back fora second before mid-off hounds it down
McCullum has just whisked almost everyone on the off-side to the leg-side. Talk about mind games..
10.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, in the outside off corridor on a good length, left alone
10.4 -
Southee to Warner, no run, didn't quite time the drive on thisoccasion, the ball rolls away to McCullum at short cover
10.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, there's now an umbrella of fielders on the drive. This was pitched up wide of off, Warner goes chasing after it with a thunderous drive but finds one of those men
10.2 -
Southee to Burns, 1 run, that's what you do with Warner going great guns. Hand it over to him. Another nice stride to get beside this fuller length delivery, opens the bat face in defence to direct the ball wide of gully
10.1 -
Southee to Burns, no run, smidgen fuller just outside off, defended with a nice big stride
9.6 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, on the pads of Warner who only manages a thick inside edge on his attempted flick, the ball rolls away behind square allowing the batsmen enough time for a second
9.5 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, short of length delivery around the midriff, short-arm-jabbed through square leg. Look at Warner take off for the second. Scanters across
9.4 -
Boult to Warner, no run, the woodwork has saved a boundary. Half-volley on the stumps, Warner punches it hard straight down. Bit too straight
9.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, a firm defensive push to mid-off to a fuller length delivery
9.2 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, crashed through extra cover, Warner is officially done with leaving outside off. Was a half-volley and he murders it off the front foot. In the air but screaming away
9.1 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, young Burns has a death wish! Why on Earth would you take McCullum on? The tip-and-run nearly goes wrong. McCullum at short cover rushes forward, pirouettes and slings it at the non-striker's end where Burns would have struggled to make it even with a dive
8.6 -
Southee to Warner, FOUR, woah, ominous signs! Wasn't a bad delivery at all unlike the previous boundary in this over. Just a tad full and angling away around the fourth stump line, driven on the up down the ground. No chance for mid-off who is too wide
8.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, nearly in the blockhole outside off, Warner squeezes the drive to cover-point
8.4 -
Southee to Warner, FOUR, that famous crunch off the front foot through the covers. Leans towards the full pitched delivery outside off and packs a punch through the gap. The fielder gives chase. Don't ask me why
8.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, pitched up and angling away just outside off, Warner drives it with hard hands to the left of mid-off, the fielder hurries across and dives to stop
8.2 -
Southee to Warner, no run, forces the bowler to bowl in his area - on the pads. Missed out on this occasion though. Nudges it straight to mid-on
8.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, slanting away from Warner on a good length, he holds his bat aloft
7.6 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, well-judged single. Solid back foot block to a back of a length delivery, before short cover could move across, the batsmen are through
7.5 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a length wide of off, left alone
7.4 -
Boult to Warner, no run, Warner is on all fours. What a yorker! Digs it out and then loses balance to collapse. Manages a wry smile
7.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a length just outside off, 'should I play, should I leave'. In the end does neither, or both, depends on how you look at it. The ball catches the bat which was hung around outside off and dribbles away to the keeper
7.2 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, streaky, streaky! The ball woofs past the outstretched left hand of a diving Williamson at gully. A back of a length delivery just outside off, Warner is cramped for room in his punch but he goes through with the shot. In the air and Warner survives
7.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a back of a length around off, the ball just about holds its line, Warner covers it and defends from the crease
6.6 -
Southee to Burns, no run, good grief! He's left it on length and the ball almost kisses the off bail. Burns can now say that he always had it covered. Umm, not quite
6.5 -
Southee to Burns, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around middle, turned to short mid-wicket
6.4 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, no problems with anything around his nose, rocks back in the crease and controls the pull all the way down to fine leg
Now back to over the wicket..Warner has got em thinking
6.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, full and angling in on middle, driven to mid-on
6.2 -
Southee to Warner, no run, still can't force a shot out of the burly opener, on a length around the fifth stump line. Warner is seeing it well
Southee now changes the angle, switches to round the wicket.. Further indication that the movement is minuscule if at all
6.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, pushed across the left-hander, the swing has quickly disappeared and the ball is going with the angle now, Warner is at his circumspect best as he lets another go through
5.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, too close to the pads on a fuller length, worked away wristily to mid-on
5.5 -
Boult to Burns, no run, FSL saved a couple here. Burns had got his front foot defence off a thick inside edge and the fielder showed sharp reflexes
5.4 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, that's how you do it. Nothing half-hearted about this one. Lunges forward to a delivery teased up outside off, makes a brilliant connection with the drive behind point and the ball skims away on this pristine turf
5.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, a firm front foot defence this time into the off-side
5.2 -
Boult to Burns, no run, you can almost feel the hesitation in Burns' mind here. Wasn't sure whether to play or leave, it was nicely angled across in the corridor of uncertainty, in the end he decides to leave but is too late to get his bat out of the way. Luckily the ball dies after catching the outside edge to first slip
5.1 -
Boult to Burns, no run, on a back of a length around off, Burns defends from the crease
4.6 -
Southee to Warner, no run, it's short but way too wide outside off, nothing doing. Tight stuff from the quickies so far. Three consecutive maidens for Southee now..
4.5 -
Southee to Warner, no run, on a length and that famous Gabba bounce through to the keeper's mitts
4.4 -
Southee to Warner, no run, can't resist on this occasion. Enough of leaving, Warner goes chasing after this half-volley outside off, might have got it more off the bottom of the bat which messed up the timing, straight to a cover-point fielder close in
4.3 -
Southee to Warner, no run, slanting across the left-hander, Warner counts away another leave
4.2 -
Southee to Warner, no run, "wait on" is the yelp as this firm off-drive hurries to mid-off. That's the length though from Southee's perpective, full and targeting off
4.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, here come the first one. The bumper I mean. Lifts nicely from the pitch, the line was just outside off though and Warner drops his wrists to sway out of the way
3.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, teased up outside off, Burns isn't interested
3.5 -
Boult to Burns, no run, good stride forward as Burns defends this comprehensively into the off-side
3.4 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, gently clipped with the angle through the square leg region, another case of the bowler flirting with the pads
3.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, leading edge which safely rolls to mid-off. Very full delivery on middle, Warner closes the bat face too early looking for the flick but can breathe a sigh of relief
3.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, Warner is showing appreciable restrain in not chasing deliveries well wide outside off, he spoke about it in the pre-match presser as well. Not going for the drives in the morning session
3.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, too wide to entice a shot
2.6 -
Southee to Burns, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around the fifth stump line, Burns prods forward and pushes it to short cover
2.5 -
Southee to Burns, no run, what a jaffa! Angled in on middle and off on a length, pitches and straightens, beats the outside edge of Burns' blade as he offers a front foot defence. Left him looking like a novice there
2.4 -
Southee to Burns, no run, tight leave, didn't look to be too far away from the off pole and on top of that Burns had not covered his off stick either. He is still there though
2.3 -
Southee to Burns, no run, good length delivery just outside off, Burns covers his off stump and shoulders arms
2.2 -
Southee to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, another missed clip off the hips, the ball rolls away behind square off the thigh pad
2.1 -
Southee to Warner, no run, in the channel on a length, good carry through to the keeper as Warner lets it go
1.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, way down leg, Burns misses with his glance
1.5 -
Boult to Burns, no run, has been a nervy start this from both teams. The bowling has been far from accurate, pitched up outside off, Burns once again can only eke out an inside edge onto pad with his drive
1.4 -
Boult to Burns, no run, jittery wittery is Burns at the moment. On a good length and on the stumps, Burns stays rooted to the crease as he pushes at it, can't do more than a thick inside edge back onto pad, the ball drops in front of him
1.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, was there an edge? Doesn't matter anyway now as the ball pops wide of Latham at FSL. Strayed on the hips, Burns seemed to have missed with his tuck and the ball spoons up off the thigh pad as far as I can make out
1.2 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, he is just on the lookout for anything slightly short. This wasn't that much but still Warner is in position so quickly, short-arm-jabs the pull wide of fine leg who does well to keep the batsmen to a single
1.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a back of a length just outside off, Warner covers for the movement and defends it down the pitch
Three slips and a gully in place
Trent Boult, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Southee to Burns, no run, looking for the swing is Southee. Floating it up there, didn't move a lot on this occasion and strayed on the pads, Burns turns it to short mid-wicket
0.5 -
Southee to Burns, no run, fuller length delivery wide of off, left alone
0.4 -
Southee to Burns, no run, pretty much similar to the previous delivery, fuller and enticing a front foot poke, Burns needs to be a touch careful here, he is quite willing to play with an open bat face, gully dives across to make the stop. Burns was looking for the single and had to rush back in as Williamson had a shy at the striker's end
0.3 -
Southee to Burns, no run, trifle fuller this time around the fourth stump line, Burns presses forward and kindly taps it with an open bat face towards gully
Four slips and a gully now
0.2 -
Southee to Burns, no run, you just can't play that! Put your head down Burns and prepare for the next ball. Veering away in the corridor just outside off, Burns had to play at it due to the initial angle in but is completely opened up beaten on the edge by the away movement off the pitch
0.1 -
Southee to Burns, no run, a hint of away swing, pitches on and around off on a back of a length, Burns drops it with soft hands beside the pitch flat-footed
Burns and Warner are at the crease. Burns is on strike. Southee will open the attack
The light roller has done its job and out come the Aussie openers..We are all set for the second essay with Boult hurtling in
Doesn't look as though Australia will be enforcing the follow on. Yeah, indeed they haven't. So brace up for some more of Warner. But before I go there, let's take a glimpse back into the New Zealand innings. Started off well with Guptill and Latham. But then came the Mitch show. Both the Mitch's for that matter. Bowled a hostile spell in tandem last evening and in a span of 20-odd minutes, broke the back of the Kiwi middle order. The money would have been on the visitors being knocked over early this morning. But a certain man named Kane Williamson stood tall and further ascertained himself as one of the best batsmen going around currently. Hardly put a foot wrong. Still, the bottom line is that the hosts have a massive 239-run lead and hold the aces
82.2 -
Starc to Williamson, out Caught by Nevill!! That's the end of that. But hang on a minute and stand for Kane Williamson. It's what the Gabba is doing right now as he makes his way off the field. What a sublime knock, a chanceless one at that. Has taken the Kiwis to a score of respectibility, much more than they could have bargained at 118/5. Coming to the wicket, a fuller length delivery swinging back in from just outside off, Williamson goes for the booming drive down the ground but is undone by the late movement and finds only a feather of an inside edge through to the keeper. Williamson c Nevill b Starc 140(178) [4s-24]
Starc to Williamson, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
82.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, swerving into the pads on a fuller length, clipped to short mid-wicket
81.6 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, an awkward looking defence with feet rooted to the crease, one good thing was that the bat came down gun-barrel straight
81.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 1 run, not a shot you associate with an elegant player like Williamson. But this is what the team requires him to do. On a good length around off, Williamson aims a might heave but can only mistime it off the inside half of the bat wide of mid-on
81.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, drifting onto the pads, Williamson glances it down to fine leg but refuses the run
81.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a length wide of off, left alone
81.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, too easy these. Back of a length outside off, Williamson punches it behind point with a roll of the wrists
81.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 2 runs, swinging away on a fuller length wide of off, Williamson has to go for the big shots, chases after the ball but it's too wide. Only manages to slice it off the toe end. Luckily lands wide of a chasing mid-off
Josh Hazlewood [20.0-4-63-1] is back into the attack
80.6 -
Starc to Boult, no run, "Boult is not special with bat in hand," an apt description from Mark Nicholas. Yorker swinging back in from just outside off, Boult looks like he never saw the ball and lets it go
Trent Boult, right handed bat, comes to the crease
80.5 -
Starc to Southee, out Bowled!! I told ya! It was only a matter of time. Even more so with a bowler like Starc who keeps it stump-to-stump. Big swing back into the right hander from a good length, Southee tries an encore, yanks his front leg away and aims a wild heave, beaten completely on the inside edge with the bat nowhere near and the off stump is uprooted. Nothing from Starc who is expressionless. Cool as you like. Southee b Starc 14(14) [4s-2]
Starc to Southee, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
80.4 -
Starc to Southee, no run, just a matter of time before Southee misses one. Good length delivery curling back in from just outside off, clears the front leg looking to whack it across the line, just about manages an inside edge onto pad
80.3 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, the swing ends up taking it a bit too straight, clipped neatly off the pads through square leg
80.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, on a length around off, a hint of shape back in, Williamson covers for it and defends
80.1 -
Starc to Southee, leg byes, 1 run, woah, that swung a long way in the air. Slung in on leg aiming for the blockhole, the ball tails back in sharply, cramps Southee who was backing away and beats his attempted flick. Dribbles away off the pads towards square leg
The second new ball has been taken. Firmly gripped in Starc's palm
79.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, good length delivery in the channel, nothing off the pitch, cannot trouble Williamson in defence
79.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, switches to round the wicket. On a back of a length outside off, defended firmly into the off-side
79.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, full just outside off and driven crisply to the right of mid-off, the fielder sprints across and cut it off
79.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, pushed across Williamson on a length from over the wicket, he goes feeling for it with an angled bat and is beaten on the outside edge
79.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, now this one is over him. Williamson the batsman this time and he nails the pull. Didn't bother to keep it along the ground and gets it just over Starc's head at fine leg. The ball strikes the ad cushions on the half-volley
79.1 -
Johnson to Southee, 1 run, could Starc have done better at fine leg? Maybe. He went chasing in an arc rather than moving in to cut the angle and the ball drops just short. Short of length delivery on middle, Southee commits to the pull but the ball bounces a bit more due to which he is never in control. Flies in the direction of fine leg where a better effort and NZ could have been 9 down
78.6 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, and again. On a back of a length angling in, knocked beside the pitch in defence
78.5 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, watches it till the last moment and defends right under his eyes
78.4 -
Starc to Williamson, 2 runs, soft hands from Williamson, even when he is opening the face the ball is tracing the middle. Back of a length, on and around off, runs it wide of gully
78.3 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, much better option on this occasion as he leaves a similar delivery
78.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, keeps it on a length around the fourth-fifth stump, Williamson stabs it towards gully
78.1 -
Starc to Southee, 1 run, slung in on a fuller length on middle, Southee nonchalantly whips it down to fine leg. Impressive wrists Tim
Mitchell Starc [15.0-4-53-2] is back into the attack
77.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, sumptuous! No where near a half volley. Good length ball just outside off, Williamson leans forward maintaining a solid base, and nails the drive behind point. Musical stuff
77.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, pulls his length back a touch in the channel, defended carefully into the off-side
77.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, angling in on off stump on a length, half-forward and blocked
77.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, round the wicket now. A lot more shoulder. Good length delivery kicks off the surface and angling in from outside off, Williamson goes for another of those cute little dabs, trying to run it down once more, surprised by the extra bounce and beaten on the outside edge
77.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, the off-cutter which angles across off, Williamson is watching it like a hawk, waits on the crease and runs it with an open face between second slip and gully
77.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, so composed. Back of a length around off from over the wicket, stonewalled off the back foot
76.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, 2 runs, clipped in the air to exactly where a short mid-wicket would have been, but wait a minute, everyone on the on-side has been whisked to the boundary. An easy two results
76.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, no run, right behind to fend this short of length delivery
76.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, 2 runs, woho, wild heave to a good length delivery, doesn't get a hold of it though and mistimes the ball off the inside half. Wide of deep mid-wicket and back for a couple
76.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, FOUR, we are in for some fun here. Fasten your belts. Fraction full, and Southee has decided that anything in his half has to go. Clears his front leg and meets it with a swipe down the ground. Enough to clear mid-on
76.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, no ball, very tight call going by the replay. Might have just had a nanometer behind the popping crease. Good length ball on middle, Southee answers with a straight bat
76.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, 1 run, might be a deliberate ploy this to get Williamson off strike. He is happy to take the single as well. Short with ample width, chopped to deep point
76.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length and angling into middle, nudged to mid-on
75.6 -
Johnson to Southee, no run, and again, not going to last long playing this way. Backs away to a pitched up delivery angling away outside off, slashes at it but beaten on the outside edge
75.5 -
Johnson to Southee, no run, Southee ain't hanging around. Shows all three stumps by going leg-side, Johnson bowls it fuller just outside off, a huge swing of the arms follows but bat was nowhere near the ball. Wasn't too far away from the off-pole
75.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, short and wide, cut away to the man sweeping at deep point
75.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, on a short of length around off, Williamson fends it into the off-side with soft hands
75.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, enough of the crap, Johnson means business now. And what a ball. Angled in on a back of a length from round the wicket, pitches and holds its line a touch to beat the outside edge of Williamson's back foot prod
75.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, so effortless. Here's the intimidating Johnson steaming in and he simple dabs it right off the meat behind square. Admittedly, wasn't one of his quickest deliveries. Back of a length outside off, loosener, Williamson simply "taps it on its head" as Ian Chappell says
Mitchell Johnson [18.0-3-87-3] is back into the attack
Johnson from round the wicket..
74.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, FOUR, poor ball. Straying on the hips, all Southee needed to do was get a tickle and it skims away
74.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Southee shapes to dab but ends up chopping it towards the slip cordon off a thick inside edge
Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease
74.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, out Bowled!! And it's a gentle medium pace delivery which sneaks through to the stumps. Why do you need to bowl quick when you can get the job done at 125 clicks. On a good length around the fourth stump line, Bracewell presses forward to defend, seemed to have it covered with bat and pad close but somehow the ball takes the inside edge onto pad and deflects into the timber. Doug Bracewell b Mitchell Marsh 16(46) [4s-1]
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
74.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, no run, yet to get loose is Marsh, 129ks, surely not at full tilt. Back of a length just outside off, Bracewell moves across to get behind the line and blocks
74.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, no run, overpitched outside off stump, jammed to mid-off
74.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, no run, bull's eye, right on the money first up. In the blockhole on the stumps, Bracewell hurries to get his bat down in time and dig it out
Players are ambling out to the middle for the start of the post lunch session. Mitchell Marsh is at the top of his mark with two slips and a gully waiting. How long can the lower order hang on? Here's Marsh..
Mark Craig came out and looked comfortable before he decided to play an ugly stroke against Lyon. He went after adding a 46-run stand with Williamson. Bracewell has stonewalled all the things that have been thrown at him. But how long can he survive? New Zealand's first target would be to avoid the follow-on which is still 84 runs away. Can the lower-order help Williamson achieve that? We will just have to wait for things to unfold. Join us back at 12:40 local to find out....
Lunch, Day 3: 116 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the session. Most sides would have been happy with those kind of numbers, but New Zealand still trail by 283 and have only 3 wickets in the bag. The session belonged to Kane Williamson. The Kiwi No. 3 put on a masterpiece for the decent crowd present at The Gabba. Watling and Williamson started off in a positive manner, scoring runs freely and rotating the strike. However, the introduction of Johnson brought the downfall of Watling as he nicked one to the keeper.
73.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, fraction short and outside off, Williamson chops the cut to backward point
73.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, shortens the length on off, Williamson camps back and taps it to FSL
73.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, tossed up on off, Williamson crouches low and turns it to the on-side
Over the wicket now..
73.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, FOUR, another boundary and it is in the same region as the first one in the over. Lyon drags the length short and outside off, Williamson goes back and cuts it behind square on the off-side
73.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, slower and on off, blocked off the front foot
73.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, FOUR, lovely shot! Great use of the crease, Williamson went right back and made a bit of room as well, cuts it to deep backward point. No one in the deep to stop that. Williamson still searching for runs even though it is the last over before lunch
72.6 -
Voges to Williamson, 1 run, drops it short and outside off, Williamson cuts it square of the wicket and retains strike
72.5 -
Voges to Williamson, no run, flighted on off, Williamson turns it to mid-wicket
72.4 -
Voges to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, drifting into the legs, Bracewell eases it to mid-wicket and gets to the other end
72.3 -
Voges to Doug Bracewell, no run, the arm-ball that skids on, Bracewell was hurried into the shot, he exposed his sticks and chopped it to backward point
72.2 -
Voges to Doug Bracewell, no run, tossed up on off, pushed back to the bowler
72.1 -
Voges to Williamson, 1 run, short and outside off, Williamson cracks it to sweeper cover
Adam Voges, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
71.6 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, another one on leg-stump, Bracewell doesn't meet with the glance, wears it once again on the thigh pad
71.5 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, the crowd get excited. But it came off the thigh pad, the faster one on middle and leg, Bracewell fails to flick it and the ball lobs up and evades the dive from the FSL fielder
71.4 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, flatter and on the stumps, Bracewell goes right back and turns it to FSL
71.3 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, Bracewell comes down the track and pushes it back to Lyon. Didn't get to the pitch and hence took the defensive route
71.2 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, bit of extra bounce, Bracewell does well to ride it and tap it to backward square, who has been brought in for Bracewell
71.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, milked away with the turn to backward square leg
70.6 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, short of length on off, Bracewell gets up on his toes and defends
70.5 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, full, full, full and short, Johnson was setting him up for this, but doesn't get the line right, it is on leg-stump, Bracewell shuffles across, gets inside the line and fails to tickle it away
70.4 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, it might have been the sucker delivery as it was pushed well wide of off, Bracewell doesn't bite the bait, lifts his bat and lets it go
70.3 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, pitched up just outside off, Bracewell drives and picks out mid-off
70.2 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, FOUR, where did that come from? Until now, Bracewell was happy blocking and suddenly out of nowhere he tonks one over mid-off. The length also helped him as it was full and allowed him to get underneath it, one bounce and four
70.1 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, lifter from Johnson. Right on the stumps, Bracewell ducks and allows it to sail over him
69.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, flatter and on off, Williamson makes a bit of room and punches to cover
69.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, trifle short and spinning in, Williamson tucks it to short fine leg, no chance of a single
69.4 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, "catch" was the shout from some of the Aussies. But it drops well in front of the fielder, Bracewell shimmies down and mishits the heave. Luckily for him, the ball lands short of the deep mid-wicket fielder
69.3 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, Bracewell uses the depth of the crease and keeps out the tossed up delivery
69.2 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, 2 runs, once more Bracewell jumps out of the crease, flicks it with the turn through square leg, was in the air but there was no one there. Two more added to his tally
69.1 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, comes down the track and works it towards mid-wicket, where the fielder dives and prevents the single
68.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, good length ball on off, Williamson is half-forward and defending
68.5 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, 3 runs, no one at mid-on and Bracewell picks up three. It was fraction full and on off, Bracewell somehow manages to wrist it through the vacant region and another three taken
68.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, banged in halfway down, Williamson plays a controlled pull to deep square leg, Hazlewood moves to his left, dives and makes a good stop, saved a few runs there
68.3 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, again Johnson tests the middle part of the pitch, Bracewell swivels across, rolls his wrists and pulls it behind square. Fine leg runs to his left and cleans up
68.2 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, back of a length on off, Bracewell gets behind the line and defends
68.1 -
Johnson to Doug Bracewell, no run, dropped! Voges is the culprit. He has a few attempts before shelling it. Short of a length in the channel around off, Bracewell has a poke at it, the outside edge flies straight to first slip, went at a nice height, Voges tried to grab it, hence couldn't control it. He juggled a couple of times before the ball went to ground
67.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, shortens the length on off, Williamson goes deep in the crease and turns it to short mid-wicket
67.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, floated up on off and middle, Williamson presses forward and blocks
67.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, once again the solid forward defence from the Kiwi No. 3
67.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, slower through the air and on off, Williamson goes forward and defends
67.2 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, drifted across the batsman, Bracewell was playing the turn, the ball goes straight on and takes the outside edge, dribbles wide of the slip fielder, who does the tidying up
67.1 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, tossed up on off, defended to short mid-wicket
66.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, 2 runs, "take a bow," says Mark Nicholas. It has been a terrific knock. He has a fought a lone battle. Not much of a celebration from Williamson. Takes off his helmet, waves the bat around and shakes hands with his partner. This is his 11th Test hundred. Coming to the ball, short and on the hips, tucked away square on the leg-side, Williamson pushed Bracewell for the second and got it with ease
66.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, ufff! That would have been heart breaking. Well directed short delivery - on middle and leg, Williamson takes it on even though it was over his shoulder, the ball misses the top-edge and glove by a whisker
66.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, angled across the right-hander, Williamson watches it closely, decides to let it pass
After two boundaries, the fielder at point has been sent back...
66.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, second four and he moves close to his hundred. It was tad overpitched and outside off, Williamson leans forward, in fact gets a good stride and creams the drive through cover, he had to reach out as it was too wide, but gets there with ease. The timing also was impeccable
66.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, cut and cut hard. Shortish and hint of width on offer, Williamson transfers his weight on the back foot and cuts it behind square, past the diving gully and into the third man fence
66.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, full and sprayed well wide of off, Williamson is not going to play at those. It looked like a gentle loosener from Mitch
Mitchell Johnson [15.0-3-68-3] is back into the attack
65.6 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, consecutive maidens for Lyon. Flatter trajectory around off, Bracewell prefers to hang back and block
65.5 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, once again takes couple of steps out of the crease and pushes it back to Lyon
65.4 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, slides on with the arm, Bracewell stabs it towards cover
65.3 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, Bracewell shuffles across to the off-side, turns it to the on-side
Johnson is warming up. He might have one final burst before lunch..
65.2 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, flighted close to off, Bracewell takes a step out and knocks it to the left of Lyon
65.1 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, tossed up on off, Bracewell moves forward and dead-bats
64.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, seemed like a slower one, bowled at 129.1kph. Williamson was touch early into the push, checks his shot at the last instant and sends it to mid-off
64.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a length outside off, Williamson presents the full face of the bat and the high elbow, drives it straight to mid-off
64.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, teases the well-set batsman with a full and wide one outside off, Williamson isn't one of those who would go chasing after that, left alone
64.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a length just outside off, Williamson covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
64.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, Hazlewood shortens the length around off, Williamson stands high and tall, punched to cover
64.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, curls back in ever so slightly, for once Williamson's feet don't move forward, he mistimes the drive to mid-on. Got it off the inner part and was basically undone by the movement
63.6 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, nice loopy off-break, Bracewell doesn't get tempted into going for a big hit, brings his bat and pad close together and blocks
63.5 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, pushed through around off, Bracewell stays back and eases it to cover
63.4 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, teased up on the stumps, Bracewell doesn't do anything fancy, comes forward and blocks
63.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, spinning into the pads, Williamson nurdles it with the turn to backward square leg
63.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, Williamson comes down the track, isn't to the pitch of the ball, dead-bats it to the on-side
63.1 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, Bracewell leans forward and works it to the right of mid-wicket
62.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 2 runs, excellent work from Lyon. He prevents the batsmen from taking three and more importantly keeps Bracewell on strike. Shortish and outside off, Williamson rides on top of the bounce and cuts it square of the wicket, he was looking for three but Lyon gives chase from point and doesn't allow it
62.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, short of length close to off, Williamson goes on his toes and punches to point
62.4 -
Hazlewood to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, there is the surprise bumper from Hazlewood. He really gets them on target. Bracewell was hurried by the pace, he was moving forward to defend, goes for the pull and the top-edge drops in front of Johnson at fine leg
62.3 -
Hazlewood to Doug Bracewell, no run, on a length close to off, Bracewell is not fully forward or back, stays in the crease and blunts it to the off-side
62.2 -
Hazlewood to Doug Bracewell, no run, optimistic shout for lbw, but nothing from umpire Illingworth. Bracewell got a big stride forward and is rapped on the pads. This one nipped back in off the seam, the thing that saved Bracewell was the impact - outside off
62.1 -
Hazlewood to Doug Bracewell, no run, just short of good length on off, Bracewell comes half-forward and keeps it out
61.6 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, 1 run, Lyon almost went through Bracewell. The batsman advanced down the wicket, he was playing for the turn, the ball goes straight on, takes the outer half of the bat and rolls to backward point
61.5 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, shortens the length on off, Bracewell stays back and defends
61.4 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, goes on with the round the stump angle, Bracewell goes back and across, defends down the wicket
61.3 -
Lyon to Doug Bracewell, no run, straightaway Bracewell uses his feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and wrists it to mid-on
61.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, continues round the wicket, tosses it up on off and middle, nudged in front of square on the leg-side, for a single
Doug Bracewell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
61.1 -
Lyon to Craig, out Caught by Mitchell Marsh!! Ordinary cricket from Craig. A needless shot. He was batting so well before his No. 8 instincts took over. Sees the flight on this one, shimmies down the wicket to go big, doesn't get to the pitch and ends up having a swing at that, the ball takes the thickish outside edge and flies towards cover-point, Marsh steadies under it and takes it comfortably. Craig c Mitchell Marsh b Lyon 24(31) [4s-2]
Lyon to Craig, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
60.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, tight stuff from Hazlewood. In and around the off-stump line, Williamson offers a solid forward defence
60.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, another crisp drive on the up. On a length just outside off, Williamson gets a good stride forward and drives, but fails to pick out the gap and finds the man at cover
60.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, good length ball on off, Williamson wrists it to mid-on
60.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, dug in short, but the line is not too troublesome, way outside off, Williamson stays away from the line of the delivery, an easy leave
60.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, nips back in from short of length, Williamson gets rooted to the crease and ekes out an inside edge onto the pad. The ball gets stuck in the flap. Williamson picks it up and throws it back to Hazlewood
60.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, Hazlewood starts the over by testing the bounce on the wicket, Williamson is not too fazed by that, sways away from the line of the delivery while dropping his wrists
59.6 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, floated up around off, Craig presses forward, opens the bat face and blocks
59.5 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, slower and attacking the stumps, defended down the wicket
59.4 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, the slider from Lyon, Craig plonked his foot forward to defend, he missed it and the ball hit the pad first. The Aussies were confident and went up straightaway, umpire Nigel Llong wasn't convinced. The review was taken and the impact was outside off
Loud shout for LBW and Australia have reviewed it. Craig the man in question. "Fair delivery. Can we move on to front on vision? Could you give me HotSpot from front on? HotSpot from off-side please? Pitching outside, impact outside off. You can stay with your onfield call Nigel," says umpire Ravi
59.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, tossed up on off, Williamson eases it to deepish mid-on and scampers across for a single
59.2 -
Lyon to Craig, 3 runs, Craig decides to take the aerial route, he clears his front leg to take on the flighted delivery, ends up slicing it as there was a bit of turn. Just about clears mid-off and doesn't have the timing to collect four
59.1 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, drifting in on middle, Craig waits back and turns it to the on-side, FSL gets a hand and parries it to mid-wicket
Drinks are on the field now! An hour which Australia will take after getting rid of a plucky Watling. The extra pace of Johnson doing the trick. All depends on Williamson from the visitors' perspective though. The bloke can't put a foot wrong at the moment. How longer can the lower-order rally?
58.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length just outside off, Williamson waits on the back foot and dabs to gully
58.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, wow! I can watch him bat all day long. Keep em coming Kane. This was no half-volley let me tell you, just a fraction full, that's enough for Williamson though. Leans forward and nails the extra-cover drive on the rise
58.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, straying on the hips on this occasion, Williamson rolls the wrists and nudges to mid-on
58.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length just outside off, cramps Williamson for room on the cut, ends up chopping it to point
58.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, overpitched around off, squeezed out back towards the bowler
58.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, probing stuff. On a good length around the fourth stump line, Williamson defends with bat and pad close
57.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, ventures down, gets very close to the pitch of this tossed up delivery, jams the drive straight to Johnson at mid-off and sets off. The lack of indecision meant that he would have made it easily even with a direct hit
57.5 -
Lyon to Craig, 1 run, shortish just outside off, chopped through the cover region
57.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, leg byes, 1 run, was there an edge? Doesn't matter now as the ball evades leg-slip. Apparently, just the thigh pad. Pushed through flat on middle and leg, Williamson misses his attempted tuck
57.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, slightly shorter on the same line, worked to that man again at short mid-wicket
57.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, nice loop and drift, pitches on a length in line of middle before straightening a touch, Williamson turns it to short mid-wicket
57.1 -
Lyon to Craig, 1 run, sliding into the pads after pitching on off, clipped away behind square
Nathan Lyon [8.0-2-22-0] is back into the attack
56.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, nothing length this one. Bread and butter for a man of the class of Williamson, transfers his weight on the back foot and crunches the pull through mid-wicket
56.5 -
Hazlewood to Craig, 1 run, came at the batsman much quicker than he would have anticipated. Banged in halfway, gets big on him, Craig's hands unconsciously go after the ball even as he swerves his head away, gets it high on the splice of the bat before spooning it up, luckily it's behind square on the on-side and not to the FSL waiting
56.4 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, just back of a good length, straight lines, Craig is growing in confidence in defence
56.3 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, on a good length around middle, offers a defensive push to mid-on
56.2 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, much at ease with this back of a length delivery, solidly blocked
56.1 -
Hazlewood to Craig, FOUR, "catch" is the cry for a fleeting moment, dies down soon enough as the ball roars past short mid-off. Fullish and angling across off, Craig stays leg-side of the ball and meets it with a flowy drive. Was in the air but not close enough to the fielder
Josh Hazlewood [15.0-2-47-1] is back into the attack
55.6 -
Johnson to Craig, 1 run, round the wicket, leg-gully, FSL. We all know what's coming. Nasty line on this short of length delivery, right at the body, Craig jumps on the crease, takes his bottom hand off and clips it awkwardly in the air but wide of the man
55.5 -
Johnson to Craig, FOUR, Johnson goes for the two-card trick. A bumper followed by one right up. The batsman isn't to be fooled. Manages a decent stride forward and creams the on-drive
55.4 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, some leather-sniffing stuff aiming the nose, Craig is well aware of what's coming, was down on his hanches very early to evade
55.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, on a length around the fourth stump, Williamson gets half-forward and offers a push through the cover region
55.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, and I nearly put the coffers on him. Showered praise regarding Williamson's discipline previous ball, and he gets drawn into a needless poke to a back of a length delivery angled away. Luckily, unlike Watling, he misses the outside edge
55.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, a study of calmness and discipline as he lets another one go through to the keeper
54.6 -
Starc to Craig, no run, an ugly swish to a fuller length delivery outside off, threw his hands chasing the ball with no feet, only connects with thin air
54.5 -
Starc to Craig, no run, short of length, zoots nicely off the deck around off stump, Craig evades nicely by dropping the wrists and arching his back
54.4 -
Starc to Craig, no run, another on-the-up drive, slices it to the right of point, the fielder makes a tumbling stop
54.3 -
Starc to Craig, no run, fraction fuller than a good length just outside off, Craig forces himself forward, his feet not listening, and mistimes the drive to mid-off
54.2 -
Starc to Craig, 2 runs, hitting away on a back of a length in the channel outside off, gently punched through the vacant cover region
54.1 -
Starc to Craig, no run, on a back of a length around the fourth stump line, Craig is on his toes to ride the bounce and defends
53.6 -
Johnson to Craig, 1 run, plays this well. Takes his bottom hand off the handle to keep the ball along the ground while fending it into the off-side
53.5 -
Johnson to Craig, 4 runs, woosh, the feet went nowhere but Craig gets the drive right off the meat, pitched up and he threw his hands at the ball, sends it racing through the covers. A marathon chase for the fielder and to his dismay, despite all the effort the batsmen are back for four
53.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, right up around a yard from the popping crease, Williamson drives it with nice timing to the left of mid-off, close enough for the fielder to stop
53.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, is he batting on a different pitch or what! A class apart. Not to be trouble or rushed by the pace. On a back of a length around the fifth-sixth stump, he waits on the back foot and cuts it as late as possible. The ball whistles away behind point
53.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, chooses not to fiddle with a similar delivery on this occasion, smartly so
53.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length, angling away, chopped towards point
52.6 -
Starc to Craig, no run, the line is well wide of off this time, Craig lets it pass
52.5 -
Starc to Craig, 2 runs, tailing into the blockhole on off, nearly proves to be too good for Craig who was committed to the off-drive, just about ekes out a thickish inside edge and the ball rolls away well wide of leg-stump towards fine leg. Hands on head stuff
52.4 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, straightish delivery, on a back of a length, clipped off the hips through square leg
52.3 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, swift lifter on the stumps, Williamson sinks low and drops his wrists to sway out of the way
52.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, low full toss driven crisply back down the pitch, the ball was rocketing and Starc does well to bend low and get a hand to make a half-stop
52.1 -
Starc to Williamson, FOUR, the first loose shot Williamson has played this morning. This innings for that matter. Must be careful not to get flustered by the goings-on at the other end. Invitingly full and angling wide of off, draws the batsman into a loose drive with chained feet, only manages to slice it off a thick outside edge. Flies away through the vacant backward point region
51.6 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, again errs in line, pitched full alright but down the leg-side, Craig can't even connect with his attempted glance
51.5 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, Johnson goes up, the Gabba goes up, not this time Mitch. Pitched further up and slanting in on leg, Craig looks to get forward in defence but the angle beats him on the inside edge and the ball strikes low down on the pad, easily going down leg
51.4 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, right up there but snaking down the leg-side, Craig is late on his flick, beaten by the extra pace of Johnson, the ball rolls away behind square off the pad
51.3 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, vicious stuff. Zooms up from a short of length, the line is just around off allowing the batsman to drop his wrists and sway out of the line
51.2 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, angling into the left-hander on a back of a length, rears up from the pitch forcing a little hop-and-tuck from Craig. Falls short of the man at FSL
Mark Craig, left handed bat, comes to the crease
51.1 -
Johnson to Watling, out Caught by Nevill!! Talk about having a dream start, first ball into the attack from Johnson and he nicks out Watling. Easy as you like. On replays, certainly a delivery which could have been left alone. But it's the pace. The extra pace as always which makes the difference. Makes the batsman do things which he otherwise won't. Slingy back of a length delivery slanted across the left-hander, the line is around the fifth-sixth stump, Watling is drawn into a flirtatious poke. Hangs his bat out there to have a feel for the ball. Only manages a feather through to the keeper. Watling c Nevill b Johnson 32(59) [4s-4]
Johnson to Watling, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Mitchell Johnson [12.0-2-52-2] is back into the attack
50.6 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, low slingy full toss, Williamson so nearly hits it straight to the man just brought in beside the pitch, the drive lands just short of the fielder
Starc has whisked in a man at silly mid-off
50.5 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, shorter still around middle and off, Williamson stockades it into the pitch after standing tall
50.4 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, pulls his length back around off, stonewalled from the crease
50.3 -
Starc to Williamson, FOUR, risk and reward! Don't blame the Aussie bowler for erring a bit too full this morning. That's where the edges can be found. Not on this occasion though, Williamson just too good. Pristine off-drive straight of mid-off
50.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, too straightish this time, worked off the hips to short mid-wicket
50.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, slanted across on a back of a length, Williamson moves across to off on the back foot and presents the full face of the bat
49.6 -
Hazlewood to Watling, 2 runs, his short stature allows him to get low and pull this one, wasn't all that short in length, and Watling got it away on the front foot it seems. All along the ground behind square, fine leg tidies
49.5 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, solidly behind another back of a length delivery
49.4 -
Hazlewood to Watling, FOUR, width on offer and this is crunched off the back foot. Back and across goes Watling and slaps it in front of square. The ball teases Lyon all the way and just sneaks over the ad cushions beating his valiant dive
49.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 1 run, Hazlewood is done pitching em up for now, back of a length once more just outside off, punched nicely towards extra-cover, the batsmen get across for a single before mid-off tidies up
49.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, now the ominous back foot defence to keep out this back of a length delivery
49.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, woah! Liquid batting this. It was there to be put away, pitched right up and Williamson flows into the on-drive. Mid-on is too wide
48.6 -
Starc to Watling, no run, bumper, first of the day. Fluffs the line though. Well down leg and Watling evades with a half-crouch
48.5 -
Starc to Watling, 2 runs, this is a trifle too full, allows Watling to meet the pitch with a good stride across and drive through the covers, wasn't a lot of power behind the shot. Mid-off runs around to cut it off
48.4 -
Starc to Watling, FOUR, edgy but rolls along the carpet! Watling is drawn forward and forced to plat at this delivery which is pretty close to off, the left-armer's angle comes into play inducing a thickish outside edge which threads the slip cordon and gully to perfection
48.3 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, pitched up and driven nicely to the left of mid-off, another hearty effort from Khawaja. He must be all upbeat after the kind of match he's had. Throwing himself around on the outfield. Saves a certain boundary but the batsmen have enough time to rotate strike
48.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, on a good length around middle, neatly tucked to short mid-wicket
48.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, pushed across Williamson on a length, Williamson would be mad to go chasing after that
47.6 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, Hazlewood appeals but he would have known that its sliding down. More of a customary one. Pitched up and angling in on the pads, was there to be put away, just that Watling's head falls over on the flick due to which he fails to connect and is struck on the pads
47.5 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, hits the pitch on a back of a length around middle and off, Watling is on his toes to block
47.4 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, appreciable bounce from a back of a length, might have nipped back in a touch cramping the batsman for room while he was shaping to cut, ends up chopping it towards cover
47.3 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, nagging line, good length, Watling circumspectly sees it through to the keeper
47.2 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, short of length angling into the body, Watling rolls his wrists on the ball to work it into the leg-side in defence
47.1 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, on a length outside off, nice carry through to the keeper after it's left untouched
46.6 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, well wide of off, Williamson shoulders arms
46.5 -
Starc to Watling, 3 runs, that's much better. Good stride forward, bat and pad close together and the focus purely on timing. Caresses the push straight of mid-off, Khawaja does well to get across and get a hand with the dive. Takes the pace off the ball due to which it holds up inside the ropes
46.4 -
Starc to Watling, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around the fourth stump line, Watling presses forward and ekes out an inside edge onto pad while looking to defend
46.3 -
Starc to Watling, no run, no, no, no! Too early to be going after those. Dished up very full and angling away well wide of off, Watling's feet are chained as he throws his hands after it, beaten on the outside edge by quite a bit
46.2 -
Starc to Watling, no run, pulls his length back, line remains the same, another nice early sighter for Watling
46.1 -
Starc to Watling, no run, slingy good length delivery slanted across the right-hander, nothing doing
Mitchell Starc [10.0-4-30-2] is back into the attack
45.6 -
Hazlewood to Watling, 3 runs, New Zealand are away. Nice stride across to get beside this fullish delivery outside off, leans into the drive through the vacant cover region. Another 3 in the match. The threes have still not gone out of the game. Nice to see
45.5 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, tight stuff from the lanky pacer. Kisses the surface, back of a length, just outside off, Watling pats it from the crease to point
45.4 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, now the full one around the fourth stump line, the front foot hardly moved from Watling as he pushed at it, sends it to mid-on
45.3 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, hitting the pitch on a short of length in the channel just outside off, Watling dabs it with an open face towards gully
45.2 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, a similar length delivery which jagged back in a touch, Watling can only chop it down at his feet off a thick inside edge. Gets both legs behind to ensure that the ball doesn't roll back due to the back spin
45.1 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, ushers in Day 3 with a short of length delivery on the stumps, Watling stands tall, gets right behind the line and blocks
The players walk out to the sun in its full pomp. Hazlewood to start things off. 3 slips and a gully await
And things are certainly not going to get easier for Williamson and the rest to follow. There has been some cloud cover on both days previously. If it stays the same, expect the ball to zip around early on before the sun makes its presence felt. Just about 10 minutes to the start now..
09:30 Local Time, 23:30 GMT, 05:00 IST: Morning folks - to all the Aussies and Kiwis following this. And to the 50-odd Indians who have braved an early winter morning, an early winter Saturday morning, 3 of whom are right here beside me. Coming to the cricket, it's been all Australia. The hosts haven't lost a single Test at the Gabba in over 20 years. Looking at their sheer dominance over the past two days gives you an idea as to why. The pace and bounce offered here is something that the hosts' speedsters thoroughly enjoy. Watching the two Mitchells bowl in tandem last evening, wow, wasn't that a sight!
Earlier, Australia declared on a mammoth 556/4 when even they got bored with piling 'em up. Voges was left stranded on 83 in his maiden Test innings at home as declaration came when Khawaja perished. All three players who would have been under the microscope at the start i.e. Burns, Khawaja and Voges, came good. New Zealand started off well with Latham and Guptill looking assured at the crease. But once they were back in the pavilion and the clouds gathered over the Gabba, all hell broke loose. Will take some doing for the Kiwis to save the game from here. However, if you're a fan of intriguing Test cricket as I'm sure you are, Mohali is where the action is. Don't miss that. That's a wrap of Day 2 from the Gabba though, cheerio!
Wow, what a treat for the neutral fan! A thrilling final session where the Mitchells cranked it up. Starc and Johnson bowled in tandem for not more than half an hour but they kept us on the edge for the whole while. Hostile, rip-snorting stuff simply blowing the Kiwis away. The visitors went from 102/1 to 118/5. Williamson has rallied on since then with Watling to see them without any more damage through to the close of play, registering a classy half-century in the process. Really does look a class apart and in control of his game.
44.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, floated up just outside off, Williamson leans forward to smother the spin
Lyon will come from over the wicket for the last ball of the day
44.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, turning in on middle stump line, Williamson wrists it to backward square leg, shouts a loud 'No' for the single
44.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, skids on with the angle just outside off, Williamson goes deep in the crease to defend
44.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, flatter and on the stumps, Williamson goes deep in the crease and whips it to backward square leg
44.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, slower through the air and on off and middle, Williamson gets his bat in front of the pad and turns it to short leg
44.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, tossed up on the stumps, Williamson clips it to short mid-wicket
Final over of the day coming up. Lyon will continue with a slip, a short leg and a leg slip
43.6 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, a hint of shape away on this fuller length delivery on the stumps, Watling was slightly opened up as he comes forward to defend, the ball takes the outside half of the bat and rolls away into the off-side
43.5 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, good pacy bumper on the stumps, Watling is up to the challenge as he ducks under it with ease
43.4 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, goes fuller now and angles it across off, Watling lets it go
43.3 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Watling stays on the back foot and defends
43.2 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, slanting away outside off, left alone
43.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, 3 runs, fuller in length and just outside off, Williamson comes on the front foot and drives it in the gap between mid-off and extra cover, three runs is the end result as the ball is chased down near the rope
42.6 -
Lyon to Watling, FOUR, 'Catch' was the cry but it was wide of the fielder. Tossed up on the stumps, Watling takes a step forward and whips it uppishly to the left of a diving short mid-wicket, who can't get a hand on it, trickles away to the fence
42.5 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, prods forward to block this floaty delivery to the left of the bowler
42.4 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, quicker and goes on with the arm outside off, Watling goes across to cover his stumps and shoulders arms, good leave that from the Kiwi wicket-keeper
42.3 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, leans forward and defends this slowish delivery on off and middle
42.2 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, flatter and on the stumps, Watling goes deep in the crease and punches it to short mid-wicket
42.1 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, flighted delivery around off, Watling comes on the front foot to defend
41.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, just short of a good length and outside off, Williamson punches it square of the wicket for a boundary. Raises his 15th Test fifty with that boundary. He has been the best Kiwi batsman today. Looked way more comfortable at the crease than the others
41.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, this one hurried onto Williamson who was on the back foot to defend this short of a length delivery, does well to bunt it into the off-side
41.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery around off, Williamson goes deep in the crease to defend
41.3 -
Johnson to Watling, 1 run, another short one that rears onto the batsman on the off stump line, Watling drops it in front of cover, calls for a quick single and gets to the other end with ease
41.2 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, a bumper on the stumps, Watling ducks under it
41.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, 3 runs, short of length delivery outside off, Williamson hops on the back foot and punches it through the extra cover region, another three taken before the ball is hunted down
Mitchell Johnson [10.0-2-41-2] is back into the attack
Johnson will have a final burst before stumps
40.6 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, a bit slower through the air and on the stumps, Watling defends off the front foot
40.5 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, quicker and on the stumps, Watling goes on the back foot and wrists it towards backward square leg
40.4 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, floated up on off and middle, Watling turns it towards short leg
40.3 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, drifting in on the pads, Watling bunts it into the on-side
40.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, flatter and turning in on off and middle, Williamson goes deep in the crease and works it through backward square leg for a single
40.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, tossed up outside off, Williamson comes on the front foot and dead-bats it
Nathan Lyon [5.0-1-17-0] is back into the attack
Time for some spin as Lyon replaces Starc in the attack. A slip, a short leg and a leg slip in place
39.6 -
Hazlewood to Watling, 2 runs, pitched up and swinging in on off and middle, Watling drives it through extra cover for a couple of runs
39.5 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Watling hops in the crease and blocks
39.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 3 runs, short of length delivery, there was some width on offer, Williamson jumps on the back foot and slaps it through the cover region for three runs
39.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, fulelr length delivery outside off, Williamson lets it go
39.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, just short of a good length and on off, Williamson defends off the back foot
39.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a good length and on off, Williamson looks to dead-bat it with soft hands, the ball rolls away towards gully
38.6 -
Starc to Watling, no run, close! On a good length and angled across off, there was some extra lift on this ball as Watling looks to defend, the ball zooms past the outside edge. Wasn't far away though
38.5 -
Starc to Watling, no run, angling away outside off on a widish line, Watling is happy to let it go
38.4 -
Starc to Watling, no run, bumper on the stumps, Watling sinks under it
38.3 -
Starc to Watling, no run, fullish delivery on off, Watling defends it with his bat close to the pad
38.2 -
Starc to Watling, no run, another one that's angled across off, Watling comes forward to defend, the ball takes the inside half of the bat and rolls towards FSL
38.1 -
Starc to Watling, no run, length delivery on off, Watling defends it off the front foot
37.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, length delivery angling in on off and middle. Williamson defends it into the on-side with ease
37.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, length delivery that straightens a touch after pitching, Williamson once again looks to defend with soft hands, the ball takes a thickish outside edge and rolls away towards the slip cordon
37.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, banged in short just outside off, Williamson swivels on the pull but picks out square leg, shouts 'wait' for the single
37.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, pitched up just outside off, left alone
37.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, was that intentional? Don't think so but it was controlled well by Williamson. On a good length and just outside off, Williamson comes forward to push at it, plays it with soft hands, the ball takes a thick outside edge and rolls away in the gap between gully and the slip cordon, collects a boundary
37.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, in the corridor just outside off, Williamson lets it go
36.6 -
Starc to Watling, no run, fuller in length and angling away outside off, Watling drives it down to mid-off, didn't time it well though
36.5 -
Starc to Watling, no run, bit of width on offer and was short in length, lured the batsman to go hard on the cut, the ball though whizzes past the blade
36.4 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, once again Starc drifts onto the pads, Williamson jumps inside the crease and nurdles it behind square leg for a single
36.3 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, overpitching outside off, Williamson mistimes the drive towards mid-off
36.2 -
Starc to Williamson, 2 runs, just short of a good length and on middle and leg stump line, Williamson hops and tucks it away through mid-wicket, comes back for the second with ease
36.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, fuller in length and angled across off, Williamson lifts his bat and lets it go
35.6 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, bowls this in the channel outside off and gets it to hold its line, Watling leaves it alone after covering his stumps
35.5 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, slightly back of a length and around off, Watling defends off the back foot
35.4 -
Hazlewood to Watling, FOUR, short and slightly wide outside off, Watling rocks on the back foot and cuts it uppishly past backward point, races away to the fence
35.3 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Watling defends it to mid-on
35.2 -
Hazlewood to Watling, no run, fuller length delivery shaping away well outside off, Watling lets it go
35.1 -
Hazlewood to Watling, 2 runs, on a fuller length and angling in on middle stump line, Watling works it backward of square leg for a brace
Josh Hazlewood [9.0-1-18-1] is back into the attack
34.6 -
Starc to Williamson, FOUR, very full and on off, Williamson leans forward and clips it the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket, the ball crashes into the fence in no time. That was timed superbly
34.5 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, tries to bowl the toe-crusher now but ends up bowling a low full toss on middle stump line, Williamson works it into the on-side
34.4 -
Starc to Watling, 1 run, short of length delivery just outside off, Watling gently punches it to the left of mid-off, gets off the mark with a single
34.3 -
Starc to Watling, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Watling defends it back down the pitch from the crease
BJ Watling, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Switches to round the wicket for the new man
34.2 -
Starc to Neesham, out Bowled!! The Aussies are on fire now! The Kiwis are falling like nine pins. Beaten for pace there. Starc bowls a full pacy delivery on the pads, Neesham fails to work it away and the ball ricochets off his pads and cannons into the stumps. Starc is pumped as he punches the air in delight. New Zealand have lost half their side now. Neesham b Starc 3(7)
Starc to Neesham, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
34.1 -
Starc to Neesham, no run, short of length delivery on off, Neesham hops inside the crease and defends it into the off-side
Johnson gets a big applause as he goes back to his fielding position at fine leg
33.6 -
Johnson to Neesham, 3 runs, bowls it slightly wide outside off, Neesham stays back and cracks it square of the wicket, didn't time it too well but it's good enough for three runs
33.6 -
Johnson to Neesham, no ball, Johnson oversteps on this occasion and the umpire calls it a no-ball. It was a short delivery around off, Neesham sways away from the line and lets it go
33.5 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short delivery angling in on the stumps, Neesham defends it to FSL with soft hands
33.4 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, another one that rears onto the batsman from a short of length, Neesham fends it away past short leg, was in the air for a little while but well away from the fielder
33.3 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short of length delivery on off, Neesham defends it into the off-side
James Neesham, left handed bat, comes to the crease
33.2 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by Voges!! Oh dear! New Zealand are losing the plot here. From 102/1, they have slumped to 114/4. Nothing but a length delivery slanting away outside off, McCullum looks to punch it through the off-side, he doesn't move his feet much as he goes hard at it and ends up edging it to first slip, where Voges hangs onto the catch and tumbles afterwards. Brendon McCullum c Voges b Johnson 6(6) [4s-1]
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
33.1 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, ohh! That's a strange shot from the Kiwi skipper. A shortish delivery just outside off, McCullum hops in the crease, opens the face of the bat at the last moment to ramp it over the gap between the slip cordon and gully
32.6 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, another one that's angled across off, on a fuller length and Williamson lifts his bat to let it go
32.5 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, on a good length and on off, McCullum was slightly squared up at first, adjusted well to push it in the gap at cover for a single
32.5 -
Starc to Williamson, no ball, 1 run, down the leg-side, Williamson tucks it away behind square on the leg-side for a single. The umpire signals a no-ball for overstepping
32.4 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, on a good length around the off stump line, Williamson pushes it to short cover
32.3 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Williamson watches if carefully and lets it go
32.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery angling away outside off, left alone
32.1 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, leg byes, 1 run, banged in short and at the batsman, McCullum can't get out of the way as he looks to duck, the ball hits him on the back and rolls away to long leg, the batsmen take a leg bye. He got hit on the back yesterday, got hit on the back today. Has not even rubbed it even once. Didn't do it yesterday and didn't do it now also. He surely is a tough character
31.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Williamson stands tall and punches it to cover-point, timed it well but straight to the fielder
31.5 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, almost a catch! Short delivery at the batsman, McCullum looks to tuck it away into the on-side, the ball pops in the air off a leading edge as McCullum closes the bat face a little too early, Burns at short leg dives to his left but can't reach it, the Kiwi skipper gets off the mark with a single
31.4 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, just short of a good length and on the stumps, McCullum jumps and defends it back down the pitch, his bottom hand came off the bat as he made contact
Brendon McCullum, right handed bat, comes to the crease
It will be interesting to see how McCullum goes here.
31.3 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, out Caught by Smith!! This is a team wicket. First, Starc and now Johnson, Taylor never looked comfortable at the crease during his short stay and Johnson has nipped him out. This one was angled across off on a short of length, Taylor pokes at it away from his body, gets an outside edge and Smith at second slip pouches it with ease. Two wickets in two overs for Australia and suddenly, New Zealand are on the back foot. Ross Taylor c Smith b Johnson 0(7)
Johnson to Ross Taylor, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
31.2 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, no run, that got big on Taylor! Short and rearing onto the batsman, Taylor was surprised by the bounce and tries to fend it away at the last moment, the ball goes in the air behind square, where Lyon at leg gully dives to his right and stops the ball
31.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, 3 runs, nicely driven! On a fuller length and outside off, Williamson leans into the drive, caresses it through the cover region, another three taken before the ball is hauled in before the rope
30.6 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, down the leg-side now, Taylor can't tickle it fine and the keeper collects
30.5 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, on a good length and on off stump line, Taylor comes slightly across, gets his bat in front of the pad and blocks it back down the pitch
A fourth slip has been put in place now
30.4 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, Starc is bowling a great over. He is troubling Taylor. Now he bowls one that's angled across off, Taylor presses across to defend, the ball zooms past the outside edge. Wasn't far away though
30.3 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, Taylor is living dangerously here. On a fuller length and just outside off, Taylor comes forward and drives uppishly, just falls short of the man at short cover
30.2 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, pitched up on a fuller length, Taylor comes forward to squeeze it out, the ball catches the outside edge and falls just short of Smith at second slip
Three slips and a gully in place for Taylor as well
Ross Taylor, right handed bat, comes to the crease
30.1 -
Starc to Latham, out Caught by Lyon!! And he gets a wicket straightaway. Latham departs after a good knock, he will be very disappointed that he didn't get a big one as he was looking in good touch. This was a length delivery just outside off, Latham misjudged the length as he comes forward to drive, the bat turns in his hands and he ends up slicing it, Lyon at point moves to his right and takes the simplest of catches. Latham c Lyon b Starc 47(93) [4s-3]
Starc to Latham, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Starc replaces Marsh. Three slips and a gully in place.
Mitchell Starc [5.0-2-19-0] is back into the attack
29.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, angling away outside off, Williamson lets it go
29.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, that's a beautiful shot! Deserves the boundary. Pitched up just outside off, Williamson leans forward and punch-drives it back past the non-striker, the bowler can't stop it in his followthrough and the timing was perfect for it to run away to the fence
29.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, on a good length and just outside off, Williamson stays back and taps it towards cover-point with soft hands
29.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery slanting away outside off, Williamson bunts it towards point off the back foot
29.2 -
Johnson to Latham, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Latham gently tucks it away in the gap at mid-wicket for a single
29.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, slightly back of a length and around off, Latham defends it into the off-side
Three slips, gully and a leg gully in place for Latham
28.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, just short of a good length and outside off, Williamson goes on the back foot and punches well, picks out cover-point though
28.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, length delivery on the fourth stump line, Williamson stays rooted to the crease and defends solidly
28.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, 3 runs, lovely use of the wrists! Bit too straight in line on a fuller length, Latham flicks it in the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, the batsmen take three before the ball is chased down
28.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, another shortish delivery outside off, Latham leaves it alone
28.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, FOUR, drifts onto the pads and pays the price for it. It was on a back of a length, Latham glances it fine, Johnson from long leg runs to his left, slides near the rope, gets a hand on it but can't stop the ball from trickling away to the fence
28.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, on a good length and just around off, Latham prods half-forward and defends
Drinks are on the field now! An acceptable hour of play from the visitors' point of view. Though they lost Guptill early on in the piece, courtesy some probing stuff from Hazlewood, this pair has motored along without looking in too much discomfort. The pitch has no demons fer sure. Keep going!
27.6 -
Johnson to Latham, 1 run, nasty line on the short ball, targeting the right shoulder from round the wicket, Latham attempts a makeshift pull, took his bottom hand off the handle on seeing the delivery getting big and mistimes it along the ground behind square
27.5 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, switches to round the wicket now. We all know what's coming. Latham does too. Stays back in the crease. Gets what he expected, a short of length angled across just outside off, fends it safely towards gully
27.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery in the channel just outside off, Latham aims for a punch down the ground but doesn't get hold of it. Mistimes towards short cover
27.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, too straight on a fuller length, clipped to square leg
27.2 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, lifts higher on this occasion from the same length, more shoulder, 147ks, jars the splice of Latham's bat. Right on the sticker but straight down into the pitch
27.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, hitting the pitch continuously on a back of a length, Latham is untroubled on the back foot in defence
26.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, hops on the crease against this short of length delivery and awkwardly fends it towards mid-on with a cross bat
26.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, much better length and line, fuller and closer to off, Williamson has to play. And does so stoically
26.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery well wide of off, Williamson drags his bat behind his back to leave
26.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, angling into middle and leg, Williamson closes the bat face on impact to send the ball to short mid-wicket
26.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, fuller and Williamson is right forward to defend
26.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no ball, nice punch but straight to cover-point. Marsh has overstepped here. Was on a back of a length just outside off and Williamson shows no repercussions of the previous delivery
26.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, ouch! Flush on the box. The ball jags back in from just outside off on a good length cramping Williamson for room in his back foot defence. Beats the inside edge to ping the sensitive area. Takes some time to gather himself
25.6 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, short of length delivery 2-3 stumps away from off, no chance Latham is going to fiddle with that
25.5 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, Latham is that good old-fashioned opener, another plucky leave
25.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, bouncer on the stumps, too high, Latham didn't need to crouch to evade but does so anyway
25.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, much closer this time on a length, forces a front foot defence
25.2 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, slingy good length delivery just outside off, Latham displays good knowledge of his off stick and lets it pass
25.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, short of length delivery around the fifth stump line, Latham jumps and defends from the splice towards second slip
24.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length around off, blocked back down the pitch
24.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, FOUR, short again and pummeled again. This time on the on-side with the pull. Doesn't get it high enough to cause any sort of discomfort. And given the true nature of this pitch and a batsman of the class of Williamson, the end result was a given
24.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, hint of away shape but the line doesn't get interested
24.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery around off, Williamson traces the middle of the bat in his back foot defence
24.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, FOUR, short and crunched. Just don't do that again Mitch, unless you enjoy getting smashed to the fence. Slapped in front of square
24.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no ball, 1 run, oversteps in putting some more effort for this bouncer, got it head high, Latham is quickly into position, rolls his wrists on the ball to control the pull to fine leg
24.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, good length delivery around the fifth stump line, left alone
Mitchell Marsh, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
23.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, pushed across the right-hander on a length, Williamson is a study in concentration letting it go
23.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, a sight to behold! Williamson leaning into the off-drive. The length was there from Johnson and he shouldn't be too disappointed with the result either. Gets a good stride forward and punches it firmly down the ground. Mid-off was too wide
23.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery on middle, blocked obdurately back down the pitch
23.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery angled across Williamson just outside off, he rises to get on top of the bounce and taps it in front of point
23.2 -
Johnson to Latham, 1 run, again a bit too straight for his liking, Latham makes sure his head doesn't fall over before glancing it to fine leg
23.1 -
Johnson to Latham, 2 runs, no, not the line to bowl. Full on the pads, Latham is unflustered while clipping it behind square. Starc moves across from fine leg, puts in the slide taking out some turf with his knee and does well to save a couple
Mitchell Johnson [4.0-1-16-0] is back into the attack
Now Johnson to crank it up..
22.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, FOUR, down the track comes Williamson and tonks it with the turn over mid-wicket. A well calculated risk
22.5 -
Lyon to Latham, 1 run, tossed up and turning away slightly from a length in line of off, Latham steers it wide of the man at cover-point and rushes across
22.4 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, floated right up on off, driven well but straight to mid-off
22.3 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, loud shout from the keeper for LBW as Latham misses his tuck and is hit high on the pad. It was the straight roller sliding on middle. Too high though
22.2 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, well flighted on off stump, draws the batsman forward in defence
22.1 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, pushed through flatter on off, defended off the back foot
21.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, leg byes, 1 run, on the pads now, Latham fails to flick it away and the ball rolls away into the on-side off the pad, it pitched outside leg. The batsmen sneak in a leg bye
21.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, on a good length and on the off stump line, Latham comes on the front foot and blocks it to mid-off
21.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, bumper from Hazlewood, Latham ducks under it
21.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, pitched up outside off, Latham comes forward to push, the ball takes the outside half of the bat and rolls away towards gully
21.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, short of a length delivery outside off, Latham goes deep in the crease and then lets it go
21.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, full delivery outside off, Latham lets it go
20.6 -
Lyon to Latham, 1 run, again the slider down leg, Latham cannot lay bat on his attempted clip and the ball rolls away behind square. The umpire gives runs though guessing an inside edge
20.5 -
Lyon to Latham, 2 runs, drifting down leg side from round the wicket, Latham sinks low and sweeps it fine. The fielder behind square sprints it down
20.4 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, fuller and more air on this off-break, Latham drives it back to the bowler
20.3 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, quick speeds from Lyon, 90.5ks on this one, another solid thump into the pitch
20.2 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, sliding onto middle after pitching on off, Latham has looked at ease so far on the back foot
20.1 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, flatter trajectory once more, quicker as well on off, turns away slightly. Latham watches it all the way on the back foot
19.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, slightly back of a length around the fourth stump line, rides the bounce by getting on his toes and chops it towards cover
19.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, fraction fuller than a good length probing away in the channel, half-forward to defend into the off-side
19.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, the first real loose one from Hazlewood. Half-volley on the pads, bread and butter for Williamson, flicks it away through the mid-wicket region
19.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, zoot! Zooms up from a short of length, Williamson was shaping to dab, sees the lift on the ball, adjusts by dropping his wrists and arching his back to evade
19.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, technically so pleasing. Plays it ever so late to meet the ball right under the eye
19.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, on a back of a length on middle, Williamson turns it gently into the on-side
18.6 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, one more delivery skidding on after pitching on off, again kept out on the back foot
18.5 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, flatter and quicker on the stumps, knocked off the back foot into the off-side
18.4 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, turns this away towards FSL with the angle, not much on offer for the offie so far
18.3 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, slider on the stumps from round the wicket, right back in the crease to block
18.2 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, pushed through the air once more, solidly behind is Latham
18.1 -
Lyon to Latham, no run, flatter delivery drifting in on middle, Latham ekes out a thick inside edge on the back foot
17.6 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, pitched up and angling in on off, whipped to mid-on
17.5 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, tapped to short cover
17.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, well wide of off stump on a length, left alone
17.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 2 runs, this time no mistake. Too good to miss out on two consecutive straight ones is Williamson. Clips this one neatly through square leg
17.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, huge appeal first ball. The Gabba is well awake now and right behind the Aussies. Snaking down leg side though. Angling into the pads on a good length, Williamson misses the flick and gets struck high up on the knee-roll. No way Hazlewood is getting that
Kane Williamson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, out Caught by Warner!! That nagging line from Hazlewood has priced out Gutpill. Kept probing in the channel outside off, waits and waits for the mistake and here it is. On a good length around the fourth stump line, Guptill is forced to play at it, the ball nips away just a touch and catches the outside edge. The ball flies low to the right of third slip where Warner dives across to cling on to a goodie. Guptill c Warner b Hazlewood 23(58) [4s-2]
Hazlewood to Guptill, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
16.6 -
Lyon to Guptill, 3 runs, so uncharacteristic from Lyon, another delivery which is misdirected down leg, glanced away fine, Warner hunts it down
16.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, darted down the leg side, Guptill misses with his flick
16.4 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, flighted on the stumps, another immaculate forward defence
16.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, drifting across off, not much turn off this Day 2 Gabba deck, defended without any hassles
16.2 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, fuller on the stumps, forward and blocked
16.1 -
Lyon to Latham, 3 runs, first crack at the left-hander and Lyon immediately induces the edge. Pushed through the air, turns ever so slightly but enough to draw an error on the back foot defence. The ball goes to ground though and wide of slip
15.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, a similar line looking to lure a loose shot away from the body, not this time
15.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, wider outside off on a good length, no chance Guptill is playing at that
15.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, FOUR, Guptill holds the pose on the drive, just that it came off a thick outside edge. Pitched up just outside off, Guptill leans towards the ball looking for the off-drive but only manages an outside edge which dies down immediately and pierces the slip cordon and gully
15.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, lifter on the stumps, more shoulder on it, Guptill sinks underneath
15.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, Guptill was looking to work this similar delivery through the on-side, closed the bat face too early and the leading edge rolls down the pitch back to the bowler
15.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, head right on top, high left shoulder to defend this short of length delivery on the stumps
14.6 -
Lyon to Guptill, 3 runs, pushed through quicker this time, slides on after pitching on off, Guptill moves leg-side to manufacture room and punches it crisply through the vacant cover region. Big boundaries here at the Gabba. Lots of threes on offer
14.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, looped up nicely on the stumps, another prop forward to defend
14.4 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, on the middle stump line, turned away towards short-leg
14.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, prod forwards to keep meet the pitch and smother the turn
14.2 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, flatter this time on off, Guptill goes deep in the crease and punches back to the bowler
14.1 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, well flighted delivery drifting across off from round the wicket, not much turn, Guptill gets a stride across to defend
Nathan Lyon, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
13.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, pushed across Latham on a good length, happily left alone
13.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, goes fuller in length, Latham pushes forward to defend into the on-side
13.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, three consecutive deliveries landing right in the same spot, this time Latham opens the bat face a touch on impact to guide the ball towards cover-point
13.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, a much similar patented back of a length from Hazlewood, Latham is well organized on the crease as he guards it comfortably
13.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, ushers in the final session with a back of a length delivery around off, Latham solidly defends off the back foot
13.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run
A good hour before the Tea break but now time to switch back on if you are a Kiwi opener.
Tea, day 2: They say never judge the performance of a team based on just one innings. Australia thrashed New Zealand while they were batting but the Kiwis have responded really well too. Going into tea at 43/0, the Black Caps openers will be reasonaly happy with their progress. There's hardly any movement on offer and Johnson hasn't really hit his stride to trouble the batsmen with the extra bounce off the surface. The final session though promises an interesting battle between the Aussie bowlers and the Kiwi batsmen. Join us for the post-tea proceedings in another 15 minutes.
12.6 -
Johnson to Latham, 3 runs, drifting on the pads now, Latham flicks it through backward square leg, comes back for the third with ease
12.5 -
Johnson to Latham, 2 runs, fullish and angling in on off, Latham comes across and works it to the right of mid-on, the batsmen take two before Starc slides near the rope and hauls it back in
12.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, just short of a good length and around off, Latham defends it back down the pitch from the crease
12.3 -
Johnson to Latham, 2 runs, fuller length and just outside off, Latham comes forward to drive, doesn't time it too well as he gets it off the inside half of the bat, it rolls back past the stumps at the non-striker's end and the batsmen take two before the fielder from mid-on gets to it
12.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, 1 run, back of a length delivery angled across off, Guptill punches it towards cover off the back foot, for a single
12.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, dropped! It was a very difficult chance though. A short of length delivery on the stumps, Guptill goes on the back foot and turns it straight towards FSL, where Burns was crouching low under the helmet. The ball though went quickly off the face of the bat, he didn't have any time to react and it hits his wrists before rolling away to his left
11.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, this one keeps a touch low. On a good length and angled across off, Latham probably was expecting a little more bounce as he looks to defend it off the back foot, the ball goes past his blade and goes on the bounce to the keeper
11.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, on a good length and on off stump line, Latham defends it in front of mid-off with soft hands
11.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Latham stays on the back foot and gently taps it into the off-side. Calls a loud 'No' for the single
11.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, on a good length and angled across off, Latham presses across and defends it to mid-off
11.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, 3 runs, nice shot off the back foot! Short of length delivery just outside off, Guptill hops inside the crease and punches it through the extra cover region, the batsmen take three before the fielder chases it down
11.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, on a driving length and just outside off, Guptill obliges but can't beat the man at point
10.6 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, on a length and on off, Latham is solid in defence
10.5 -
Johnson to Latham, FOUR, poor ball from Johnson and Latham latches onto it in a flash. Short and well wide outside off, Latham hops, reaches out and cuts it up and over backward point, there was no stopping that from reaching the fence
10.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, angling in on off and middle, Latham wrists it to mid-on from the crease
10.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, a hint of shape back in on this fullish delivery in the channel outside off, Latham though is happy to let it go
10.2 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery on off, Latham defends it into the on-side off the back foot
10.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, short of length delivery around off, Latham jumps back and blocks
Mitchell Johnson [2.0-1-4-0] is back into the attack
Time for some short pitched stuff. Johnson replaces Starc, a change of ends for him
9.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, fullish delivery on off, Guptill drives it to the left of extra cover, who moves across and stops the ball
9.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery that rears onto Guptill, who couldn't get out of the way. Does well to hop across and drops it in front of short leg with soft hands
9.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, pitched up right in the slot, Guptill presses forward and drills the drive towards the bowler, who make half a stop after stretching his right hand in his followthrough, the batsmen don't risk the single as it rolls way into the on-side
9.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, 3 runs, too straight from Hazlewood, was full as well. Latham comes slightly across and clips it through the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on, comes back for the third before the ball is hunted down
9.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, on a good length and on off, Latham comes forward and pushes it towards mid-off
9.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, angling away outside off, on a back of a length, Latham jumps inside the crease and defends it into the off-side
8.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, Guptill slashes but the ball had gone past his bat by then. Short of length delivery slightly wide outside off, it was bowled at 149 clicks. Got too pacy for Guptill who was a little late to play the shot, the keeper collects
8.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, bumper just outside off, Guptill easily moves away from the line
8.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, just short of a good length and angled across off, Guptill pushes at it with laden feet, the ball catches the outside edge and goes on the bounce towards gully, who dives to his left and stops the ball
Umpire Illingworth has asked Starc to get off the danger area. No official warning though
8.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, now he bowls this slightly wide outside off, Guptill is happy to let it go by
8.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Guptill was in two minds whether to leave it or play, decides to defend it into the off-side at the last instant
8.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone
7.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, slanting away from the left-hander, who hoists his bat and shoulders arms
7.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, sharp reflexes by Burns at short leg. Latham turns this length delivery to his left, Burns just extends his left hand out and plucks it out of thin air. At least saved a single there
7.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, 1 run, veering into the pads, Guptill nurdles it behind square on the leg-side for a single
7.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, holding its line outside off, left alone
7.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, that was mighty close to the off stump. Guptill once again shoulders arms to his length delivery in the channel outside off, the ball shapes back in a touch and was very close to shaving to the off pole. Hazlewood got a little excited too
7.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, almost squared him up! Just short of a good length and straightens a touch after pitching, Guptill was looking to turn it into the on-side, the ball takes the outside half of the splice and rolls away into the off-side
6.6 -
Starc to Latham, no run, fuller in length and angling in on middle stump line at 148.2kph. Good pace from Starc but Latham is up to the task as he drives it to mid-on off the front foot
6.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, short and just outside off, Latham arches back to get out of the way
6.4 -
Starc to Latham, no run, Starc bowls the yorker now, it was bowled at 144.2kph just outside off, Latham does well to squeeze it out into the off-side
6.3 -
Starc to Latham, no run, touch fuller now. Bowls it in the corridot outside off, Latham is not interested in playing that
6.2 -
Starc to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery angling in on leg, Latham fails to tuck it away off his hips, wears it on the thigh pad and the ball drops to his right
6.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Latham shoulders arms
5.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, on middle and leg stump line, Guptill works it to mid-on
5.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, that's a good ball from Hazlewood. In the channel just outside off, Guptill lets it go but it wasn't that far away from the off stump
5.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Guptill goes on the back foot to defend
5.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Guptill defends off the front foot
5.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Guptill hops inside the crease and punches it towards cover
5.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, goes fuller and bowls it closer to the off stump, but it's still not close enough to make Guptill play
5.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no ball, on a good length and in the channel just outside off, Guptill lifts his bat and lets it go. The umpire signals a no-ball because Hazlewood has overstepped
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
4.6 -
Starc to Latham, 4 runs, glorious drive! Even though it doesn't reach the fence, the batsmen have ample time to run four. This was pitched up outside off, Latham leans into the drive and caresses it past a diving point, the ball slows down near the rope but the batsman still gets the desired number of runs
4.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, another short delivery just outside off, Latham sways away from the line of fire
4.5 -
Starc to Latham, wide, bumper on the stumps, it's a little too high for the diminutive Latham, who easily hides under it. The umpire signals a wide
4.4 -
Starc to Latham, no run, in the channel outside off, Latham happily lets it go
4.3 -
Starc to Latham, no run, good delivery from Starc. Bowls a pacy full delivery, but the line is on leg. Latham fails to clip it and the ball rolls away towards FSL off the pad. No real appeal for lbw as the angle was taking it down leg
4.2 -
Starc to Latham, 2 runs, full on the pads, Latham works it away behind square on the leg-side, comes back for the second before Johnson from long leg runs to his right and stops the ball
4.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, short of length delivery that rears onto Latham, who does well to quickly drop his wrists on it. Played it with soft hands as well. The ball hits him on the glove but immediately drops next to his feet
3.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, slanting away in the channel outside off, Guptill for the fifth time in this over, doesn't offer a shot
3.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, overpitching slightly wide outside off, Guptill still doesn't go for it, leaves it for the keeper
3.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, angling away outside off, left alone
3.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, length delivery on the stumps, defended into the on-side off the front foot
3.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, goes fuller now and bowls it on a driving line outside off, Guptill though resists the temptation and shoulders arms once again
3.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery angled across off, Guptill drags his bat inside the line of the ball, the keeper collects
2.6 -
Starc to Latham, no run, shortens his length in the channel outside off, Latham hops in the crease, pulls his bat out of the way and lets it through to the keeper
2.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, fuller and around off, Latham comes half-forward and blocks it back to the bowler
2.4 -
Starc to Guptill, 3 runs, bit too straight in line, Guptill clips it off his pads and sends it through the mid-wicket region, the ball slows down near the rope and the batsmen take three
2.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, bowls it slightly wide outside off now, good carry through to the keeper, that's what you exactly expect from the Gabba surface. Guptill ignores once again
2.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, continues to angle it across the right-handers, who is content with letting it go for the time being
2.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, in the corridor just outside off and holding its line, Guptill shoulders arms
1.6 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, good short ball from Johnson, but it was once again down leg. Latham just about gets his bat out of the way and lets it go through to the keeper. His line needs to change a bit if he wants to trouble the batsmen
1.5 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, length delivery with a hint of shape away on off, Latham solidly defends it to mid-on from the crease
1.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, now he bowls it well wide outside off, Latham is happy to let that go
1.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, better from Johnson! On a length and on leg stump line, Latham fails to work it away and wears it on the pad, just above the knee-roll. The Australians went up in appeal but the umpire wasn't interested. Was a little high for sure
1.2 -
Johnson to Latham, FOUR, Johnson needs to change his line. Once again he splays it on the pads, now Latham connects well with the flance, the short straight boundaries does the rest, races away
1.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, starts off with one down the leg-side, Latham can't glance it fine and the keeper collects after moving across to his right
Mitchell Johnson, comes into the attack
Johnson will come from the other end
0.6 -
Starc to Guptill, FOUR, that's beautifully done by Guptill! He presents the full face of the bat and pushes this length delivery past the non-striker, the timing was great and mid-off can't chase it down
0.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, a bit of swing back in on this length delivery on middle stump line, Guptill blocks it back to the bowler
0.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery around off, Guptill stays on the back foot and gently taps it to the right of gully, shouts a loud 'No' for the single
0.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, just short of a good length and angled across the right-hander, who lifts his bat and lets it go
0.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, angling away outside off, left alone
A short leg is in place as well
0.2 -
Starc to Latham, no ball, 3 runs, angling in on the pads now, the umpire also signals a no-ball for overstepping, Latham clips it behind square on the on-side, the batsmen take three before the ball is chased down
0.1 -
Starc to Guptill, 1 run, Starc aims for the inswinging yorker first up, misses his length a little, ends up as a full toss just outside off, Guptill squeezes it out towards the point region and gets off the mark with a single
Guptill and Latham are at the crease. Guptill is on strike. Starc will open the attack
Well! We're all set to begin day 4 and Kiwis batters certainly have a big task in their hand. Slingy Starc to start the proceedings...
09:45 Local Time, 23:45 GMT, 05:15 IST: Will all come down to how New Zealand bat in the second innings. Their middle order wasn't able to withstand the combined Mitch fury the first time round and was blown away in a span of 20 minutes. Gotta dig deep. Hearing that the weather isn't the greatest right now in Brisbane with gloomy skies and a promise of rain. The visitors can surely use some of the divine intervention.. Okay, so I can confirm that Australia have declared overnight. Weather might have played its part in the decision
09:31 Local Time, 23:31 GMT, 05:01 IST: 'Back to school', weren't we all? An entire generation which took up to cricket during a great era... everyone we must have ever idolized was out there in New York putting on a show a few hours ago. Talk about rolling the clock back. And for once, Shane Warne got the better of Sachin Tendulkar - now did he really? Too early in the morning here, I might have just had an illusion. Meanwhile, it's Day 4 back at the Gabba and the Kiwis are up against it. Australia already ahead by 503 thanks to a crazy final session yesterday evening, Smith might actually think he has enough on the board and declare overnight. No news on that yet. Will be an early start as bad light forced an early stumps yesterday. 15 minutes to go..
So, that's a wrap of Day 3 at the Gabba. The Kiwis are expected to go down here and the question is when and not if. Will they prove otherwise? We'll find out soon enough. See you guys tomorrow. Cheers!
Don't think the Kiwis have ever been happier getting off the field. Carnage, total carnage at the Gabba. An astonishing 178 runs came in a rain-affected final session in which 28 overs were managed. That's convincingly more than 6 runs an over. This show of aggression means that the hosts are now 503 ahead. Safe enough to declare overnight I would assume. Starting with a lead of 239, the Aussies were in fifth gear from ball one. Right in Warner's territory one would think and indeed it proved so. Back to back tons in the Test and continues to go from strength to strength. You could say that we kind of expect this from Warner. It was his opening partner however who would leave with cherished memories. Maiden ton in front of your home crowd. Doesn't get better from Joe Burns' point of view.
The umpires come together once more as they see the light fading. They decide that play cannot continue and take the players off the field. The Aussie batsmen trudge off the field followed by the Kiwis. So, that will be stumps on day 3..
41.6 -
Craig to Voges, 1 run, flatter and on the stumps, Voges stays inside the line and nudges it behind square on the leg-side
Adam Voges, right handed bat, comes to the crease
41.5 -
Craig to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Brendon McCullum!! Another one for Craig. He has three now. It was a very soft dismissal. Tosses it up generously around off, Marsh leans forward to work it to the on-side, he is deceived in flight, checks his shot and chips it to Baz at short mid-wicket. The New Zealand skipper takes the simplest of catches. Mitchell Marsh c Brendon McCullum b Craig 2(6)
Craig to Mitchell Marsh, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
41.4 -
Craig to Mitchell Marsh, no run, works it with turn to short mid-wicket
41.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, Khawaja comes down the track, takes it on the full and drives to sweeper cover
41.2 -
Craig to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, stays round the wicket for Marsh, drifts onto leg-stump, nurdled away to backward square leg
41.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, leg byes, 1 run, appeal for lbw, but umpire Richard Illingworth says not out. Slower through the air, Khawaja kneels down and misses the sweep, is hit high on the pad, the ball brushes the shirt on the way to short fine. Height was an issue there and hence New Zealand don't review it
40.6 -
Boult to Mitchell Marsh, no run, angled across the right-hander, Marsh has nothing to do with it
40.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, fuller and angling into the batsman, Khawaja eases it to long-on
40.4 -
Boult to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, banged in halfway down, Marsh pulls it to deep square leg
40.3 -
Boult to Mitchell Marsh, no run, bumper on the stumps, Marsh ducks and lets it go through to the keeper
Mitchell Marsh, right handed bat, comes to the crease
40.2 -
Boult to Smith, out Caught by Williamson!! Superb catch by Williamson. Smith charges down the wicket whilst making room, he converts it into a full length delivery, slices it off the face of the bat to backward point, since it was very full, he thought it was a bump ball, but it wasn't and Williamson took a low catch diving to his right. Smith first took Williamson's word and began to walk, but waited for the umpires to make the decision. Replays suggested that Williamson had some part of his fingers under the ball. Smith c Williamson b Boult 1(2)
Boult to Smith, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Williamson is not sure if he has taken the catch. The umpires come together. Smith thinks it went on the bounce. It has been sent upstairs. It is a legal delivery. Goes off the bat, but did it carry? From the first replay, looks like it has carried. Smith was walking after he saw it wasn't a bump ball, he took Williamson's word. But now, he stops to check if it was a clean catch. Umpire Ravi is having plenty of looks, he has made his decision. OUT!
40.1 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, fullish and on off, Khawaja shuffles across, leans forward and flicks it to deep square leg
39.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, fraction short and just outside off, Khawaja chops the cut towards cover, crosses over and keeps strike
39.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, slower through the air and bit more bounce, Khawaja goes down to play the sweep, is undone by the bounce and takes a blow on the left shoulder
39.4 -
Craig to Smith, 1 run, Smith immediately brings out his dancing shoes, gets to the pitch and flicks it wide of mid-wicket to get off the mark
39.3 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, quicker, fuller and on off, Khawaja whips it to long-on
Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease
39.2 -
Craig to Burns, out Caught by Ross Taylor!! Another exceptional innings comes to an end. The hometown boy has provided plenty of entertainment to the crowd. He goes in pursuit of quick runs. Craig picks up his second, but it has come at a price. Flighted on off, Burns steps out of the crease and mistimes the loft to long-on, Taylor runs forward and takes it with ease. Burns c Ross Taylor b Craig 129(123) [4s-13 6s-4]
Craig to Burns, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
39.1 -
Craig to Khawaja, 1 run, tossed up on off, Khawaja kneels down and nails the sweep to deep mid-wicket, picks out the fielder there
38.6 -
Boult to Burns, 2 runs, length ball once again, Burns doesn't get it off the meat, swipes it across the line, sends it rolling towards deep mid-wicket, where the substitute puts in the dive and saves a couple
38.5 -
Boult to Khawaja, 1 run, fuller and outside off, Khawaja drives to sweeper cover and ambles across to the other end
38.4 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, too full and outside off, almost a yorker, Burns opens the bat face and squeezes it to third man
38.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, slower delivery just outside off, Burns chops the cut to backward point
Back over the wicket..
38.2 -
Boult to Burns, SIX, gosh! That is some hit from Burns. It was a length delivery just outside off, Burns clears his front leg and hammers it across the line, even better connection this time and it clears long-on comfortably
38.1 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, Boult starts from round the wicket. It doesn't matter to Burns as he keeps swinging. Full and in the arc, Burns lofts it up and over mid-off, made a good connection and earned four more
Trent Boult [6.0-0-44-0] is back into the attack
37.6 -
Craig to Khawaja, 2 runs, floated up on off and middle, Khawaja goes low and paddles it fine, good enough for two. He is up and running as well
37.5 -
Craig to Khawaja, no run, slower and around off, Khawaja pushes it gently to cover
Usman Khawaja, left handed bat, comes to the crease
37.4 -
Craig to Warner, out Caught by Boult!! Warner goes. He gets a standing ovation from the Gabba crowd. What a knock it has been. Tossed up on middle and leg, Warner kneels down and goes for the switch-hit, doesn't quite get it off the middle of the bat, skies it towards deep extra cover, Boult runs to his right and pouches it comfortably. Warner waves his bat to all parts of the ground as he makes his way back to the pavilion. Warner c Boult b Craig 116(113) [4s-8 6s-2]
Craig to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
37.3 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, wow! He is leaving no stones unturned to jump on a scoring opportunity. Quicker and on the stumps, Warner backs away and flat-bats it over the bowler, got plenty of power to beat the two boundary riders
37.2 -
Craig to Warner, FOUR, terrific batting. Now uses his feet to get to the pitch of the ball and smokes it straight back over the bowler's head. Long-on and long-off were there, but he split them to perfection
37.1 -
Craig to Warner, SIX, mighty blow! Warner is turning it on at the Gabba. Flighted on the stumps, he goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket. He got plenty of height and the required distance
36.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, fullish and width on offer, Burns reaches out for it and slices it over backward point, third man tidies up
36.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 3 runs, there it is! Warner brings up his 14th Test ton. This is also the second time he has notched up two hundreds in a single Test. The customary jump after reaching the ton follows. Burns comes across and embraces his partner. It has been another top innings from Australia's vice-captain. Coming to the ball, on a length just outside off, Warner drives it on the up through extra cover, hares across for the third
36.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, the wait continues. Bit of extra bounce on this occasion, back of a length delivery, Warner does well to play it with soft hands, fends it to the off-side
36.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, again. No room for Warner to work with, he taps it gently to backward point
36.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, shortens the length around off, Warner bunts it in front of cover
36.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, a run-out chance missed! Back of a length and following Warner, he tucks it in front of square on the leg-side, pushes Burns for the second and a direct hit or a better throw would have consumed Burns at the bowler's end
35.6 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, flighted on off, Warner eases it to long-on and retains strike
35.5 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, high full toss and Burns was surprised, he still managed to nurdle it to backward square leg
35.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drops it short and around off, Warner makes room and cuts it to sweeper cover
35.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, Warner also uses his feet to go big, he ekes out an inside edge onto pad, the ball rolls beside the pitch
35.2 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, Burns gives the charge and drills it to long-on
35.1 -
Craig to Burns, FOUR, tossed up from round the wicket, right in the zone for Burns, who kneels down and nails the slog sweep, there was a fielder in the deep, but he had no chance of stopping, four more to Burns
34.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, SIX, what a shot! That looked like a mishit but it has cleared the rope. Good length ball on off, Warner swings through the line towards long-off, Baz circles around it, but it is just of his reach
34.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, almost yorker length on off, Burns digs it to long-on
34.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, banged in halfway down, Warner pulls it along the ground to deep square leg, for a single
34.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, short and outside off, Warner slaps it straight to cover
34.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, too full and on off, Burns squeezes the drive to long-on and brings up the 200-run stand
34.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, fuller and on off, Burns drives it back to the bowler
33.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, Warner comes down the track and pushes it to short mid-wicket, no chance of a single
33.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, goes for the switch-hit and Craig fires it down the leg-side, Warner can't connect and Watling fails to gather the ball, he misses a stumping chance as Warner had come out of the crease
33.4 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, flighted from round the wicket, Burns kneels down and sweeps it to deep square leg
33.3 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, moves around in the crease and gets in line to nurdle this to backward square leg
33.2 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, Warner shimmies after making room and lofts it inside out, placed it between deep extra cover and long-off
33.1 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, comes down the track and drives to long-off
32.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, splays it down the leg-side, Warner can't meet with the glance
32.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, shortens the length on off, Warner hangs back and knocks it to mid-off
32.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, short and outside off, Warner cracks the cut square of the wicket and picks up another two
32.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, on a length outside off, Warner square drives with an angled bat, places it behind square on the off-side and comes back for the second
32.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, short delivery and just outside off, Warner opens the bat face and ramps it over the slip cordon, no chance for the fielder at third man
32.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, good length delivery on off, Burns tries to heave it powerfully, gets it off the inside half of the bat wide of long-on
31.6 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, floated up very full just outside off, Burns shimmies down and looks to work it on the on-side, might have got a leading edge closing the bat face too early, rolls away to long-off
31.5 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, nicely flighted delivery drifting in on middle, Warner eases it down to long-off
31.4 -
Craig to Warner, no run, pushed through a bit quicker just outside off, dabbed to backward point
31.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, woosh! There's the switch hit. Turns himself into a right hander, the ball was tossed up outside off, misses his heave
31.2 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, drops it slightly short, slapped behind square on the off-side, puts his head down and hares back for a second beating deep point's throw
31.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, woah! Craig once again generates extravagant turn bowling slower through the air, rips and kicks off the pitch from a back of a length, Warner is startled completely and hit on the left arm while trying to defend
30.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, too full and around off, Burns toe-ends the drive to cover
30.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, pitched up just outside off, Burns presents the full face of the bat drives it back to Bracewell
30.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, not where he intended, but Burns will take that. Good length ball on off, Burns goes for the on-drive, the bat turns on impact and dribbles away to deep mid-wicket
30.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, fuller and attacking stumps, Warner pushes it past mid-wicket, waits for the ball to pass the fielder and then calls for the single
30.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, bouncer slanted across the left-hander, Warner sways away from the line of the delivery
30.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, FOUR, no slip and Warner plays a cheeky shot. Shortish and outside off, Warner waits and steers it wide of Watling, who dives to his left and still can't reach the ball
30.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no ball, Warner making his intentions quite clear straightaway. He charges down and looks to mow it over the off-side, the angled across him beat the outside edge
The players are back on the field. Warner does some gardening on the pitch. The sun is out as well. Looks perfect at the moment. Bracewell to resume proceedings. No fielders close-in. Here we go...
16:31 Local Time, 06:31 GMT, 12:01 IST: The latest we are getting is that the rain has nearly ceased. Still quite dark though. Fingers crossed. Yes indeed, the covers are being stripped off. Resumption at 16.50 local.
16:00 Local Time, 06:00 GMT, 11:30 IST: The umpires decide to stop play as the rain has got heavier. The groundstaff have covered the pitch and the square. "The good thing about Brisbane is, it won't stay (rain) for long," reckons Michael Slater. Hopefully, that is true as we sill have 20 overs left in the day. Plenty of blue skies to be seen from where the weather is coming in. Shouldn't be a long delay.
29.6 -
Craig to Burns, no run, flatter delivery outside off, dabbed to backward point
29.5 -
Craig to Burns, SIX, here it is! Well played Joe Burns. A perfect case of opportunity meeting talent. Go son, show your mettle at the top of the order and geez, hasn't he done just that! The arms go up, to soak in the moment. Warner holds him in a warm embrace, enjoying the success of the youngster. Always special to get your maiden Test ton. More so, in front of his home crowd at the Gabba. And he reaches it in style. Similar to the earlier six in the over, twinkle feet to meet the pitch and a clean swipe to deposit the ball into the long-off stands
29.4 -
Craig to Burns, no run, pushed through quicker and flatter just outside off, dabbed to backward point. He is just a hit away actually, on 94
29.3 -
Craig to Burns, SIX, down the track and bang! Makes sure to get close to the pitch and leave enough room to allow a clean swing of his arms. Whacked over long-off
29.2 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, very full on middle, clipped to long-on
29.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, "good length this" yelps Watling. Warner lunges forward to block
28.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, a comprehensive front foot defence this time
28.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a back of a length around off, Burns stands tall and blocks
28.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, FOUR, Burns has played his 50th pull of the Test match. No, not literally. I'm tired though watching it, for some reason the Kiwis aren't. Short of length, not enough pace to trouble him, rolls his wrists to get on top of the bounce and plonks it away behind square
28.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, on a length pushed across the left-hander, gently pushed in front of backward point for a single
28.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no ball, hitting away on a back of a length, poked to backward point. Oopsy, Bracewell has overstepped
28.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, lifter angled across Warner, he resists every instinct and sways out of the line
Gone really dark at the Gabba. Threatening dark clouds upstairs. A light drizzle in the background as well it seems
28.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, this has the feel of the middle overs of an ODI. Back of a length, steered to third man
27.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, teased up on the stumps, BLOCKED
27.5 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, down the track he comes looking to loft back over the bowler's head, the ball grips enough as Burns spoons it off the inside half of the bat down towards long-on
27.4 -
Craig to Burns, no run, pushed through a bit quicker on a length, turns in slightly as Burns gets his front foot defence off a thick inside edge
27.3 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drifting in a bit too full on middle, worked down to long-on
27.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, slightly wider with a similar loop, impregnable forward block
27.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, nice and slow on the stumps, prod forward to block
26.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, on a fuller length, pushed straight down the ground, mid-off sprinsts across to stop
26.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, the Kiwis are not holding back from throwing themselves around. No lack of effort in the field. This time it's short mid-wicket saving a run diving to his right
26.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, straight lines, on a good length, Warner works it in the direction of short mid-wicket
26.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, the landmarks keep getting knocked over. 150 of the partnership now. Feels like only 10 minutes have passed since the century stand was brought up. Rapidly advancing are the hosts. Again testing the pitch on a back of a length, Burns dabs it down to third man
26.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, similar back of a length, steered wide of a diving backward point fielder. Burns hares back for the second beating third man's throw
26.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a back of a length around off, Burns drops it beside the pitch with soft hands
Doug Bracewell [5.0-1-19-0] is back into the attack
25.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, quicker and quicker through the air, Warner blocks it back to the bowler from the stumps
25.5 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, fired very full outside off, Burns was advancing, rushes to squeeze out the drive square of the wicket
25.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, slightly short outside off, cut away hard to sweeper cover
25.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, darted into the pads from round the wicket, lands in the blockhole and Warner is hit on the boot after failing to get the bat down in time
25.2 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, tossed up on a length just outside off, Burns goes down on one knee and sweeps behind square, didn't quite get hold of it and the ball gingerly moves across the turf
25.1 -
Craig to Burns, no run, shimmies down, Craig smartly pulls the length back and bowls it quicker, the only thing Burns can do is block
24.6 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, fraction fuller, a simple push down to long-on off the front foot
24.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, good length delivery, obdurately kept out on the front foot
24.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, back of a length delivery in the outside off channel, nips away a hint beating the outside edge of Burns' back foot defence
24.3 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, pitched right up around off, Warner plays a crisp drive to the right of mid-off, Baz runs around and throws himself to stop the ball. You can't fault this bloke for effort
24.2 -
Neesham to Warner, 2 runs, lifts his front leg, swivels, and helps this back of a length delivery fine with a kind of paddled pull. Some ground to cover for the fielder before which the batsmen are back
24.1 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, back of a length, wide of off, Burns guides it behind point with an open bat face
23.6 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, just so easy. No threat to the batsmen whatsoever, all about checking the run-flow. Teased up just outside off, Warner lazes into the drive through extra-cover, the ball is in the gap allowing a comfortable two
23.5 -
Craig to Warner, no run, well flighted delivery which lands on a length in line of off, Warner presses forward and gently drives back to the bowler
23.4 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, loopy delivery on an attacking outside off line, might have been a tad too full to trouble Burns, he gets a big stride and steers it through the cover-point region
23.3 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, nicely tossed up and drifting in on middle and leg from round the wicket, nudged down to long-on
23.2 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, fullish just outside off, lot slower through the air, 82ks, Burns squeezes it just wide of short cover and sets off
23.1 -
Craig to Burns, no run, another full toss, it was fired in quick, Burns shimmies down and drills it hard back towards the bowler. Craig reacts quickly to get his hands close to his chest and make a half-stop
22.6 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, the bat slightly turns in his hand while going for the drive due to which the ball dribbles away limply down to long-on
22.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, pitched right up on middle, driven down the pitch firmly, Neesham bends low to stop
22.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, good length delivery into middle and leg, clipped to short mid-wicket
22.3 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, angled in on a length around off, pitches and nips away whizzing past the outside edge of the forward defence
22.2 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, angling down the leg side, Burns fails to connect with his glance
22.1 -
Neesham to Burns, 2 runs, crashed off the front foot. There are fielders in the deep everywhere due to which he won't get a boundary. Fraction full and Burns thunders the drive through extra-cover. The fielder sprints across and stops
21.6 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, flatter on this occasion, turning in on the pads, clipped through square leg
21.5 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drifting in with a nice loop around middle, Warner works it down to long-on
21.4 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, takes a couple of strides down again, gets beside the line of the ball and steers it through the vacant point region
21.3 -
Craig to Burns, no run, advances down, Craig must have seen him and pulled the length back, Burns adjusts and tries to smother with bat and pad close, ekes out an inside edge onto pad towards short mid-wicket
21.2 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, drops it slightly short, cut away to deep cover
21.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, tossed up around off, gently pushed to short cover
20.6 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, short again, pulled again, four again. When will they learn? Haven't they watched this guy pull enough already. So in his zone while playing the shot. Short of length on the body, rocks back and pulls it hard behind square all along the carpet
20.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, runs his fingers across the ball on this occasion, was delivered on a length around the fifth stump line, poked to point
20.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, slightly back of a length delivery just outside off, Burns looks to dab with an angled bat, only manages a thick inside edge onto pad
20.3 -
Neesham to Burns, SIX, now he plonks his front foot and launches it into orbit straight back down the ground. This innings is in overdrive. In the slot right up, swiped hard and all the way
20.2 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, pitched up on off, 126ks, driven hard into the pitch to the right of the bowler, Neesham sticks his hand out to stop
20.1 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, length ball, hardly anything off the deck, Neesham guards it on the front foot
19.6 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, friendly full toss, Burns is content with milking a single down to long-off
19.5 -
Craig to Burns, no run, takes a couple of strides down, gets close enough to this flighted delivery and smothers it to short cover
19.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, too full this time to cause much trouble, eased down to long-off
19.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, gosh, where did this come from? Turn and bounce. A lot more revs, looped up in the air, the dip yanks it on a length. Warner played back to it, the ball grips and kicks past the outside edge. Hmm..
19.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, fullish, bit more loop at 86ks, Warner nudges it towards short mid-wicket
19.1 -
Craig to Warner, no run, flatter trajectory, on a length just outside off, chopped to backward point
18.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, overpitched on middle, Burns wrists it to mid-on
18.5 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, short of length delivery angled across the leftie, Warner rolls his wrists on the ball and dabs it to third man. Ah, a third man
18.4 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, "wait on" is the shout from Warner after jabbing this fuller length delivery straight to cover
18.3 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, on a length on the pads, nurdled round the corner for an easy single
18.2 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, low full toss on off, Burns gets his front pad out of the way and creams the drive straight of mid-on. Is this a benefit match going on?
18.1 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, fullish just outside off, tapped to point with an open bat face
17.6 -
Craig to Warner, no run, full toss, quicker on the stumps, Warner would be disappointed as he hits it straight back at Craig
17.5 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, skips down, meets the pitch and pushes to long-on
17.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, sliding onto the pads, Warner clips it behind square
17.3 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, a lot more air on this one, driven through the extra-cover region
17.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, pushed through a bit quicker just outside off, Warner makes room and dabs to short third man
17.1 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, he's missed a loopy full toss. Well, he did manage a bottom edge but it was begging to be put away. Astonishing really. Aims for an expansive cover drive but the ball maybe dipped on him. Anyway, deflects off the keeper's pad allowing a run
16.6 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, fifty in both innings for Burns. Would have been under a lot of pressure to deliver ahead of the Test, vindicates the selectors' faith to put him at the top of the order. A nice little nudge down to third man with an open face helps him get there
16.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, hangs back in the crease to another one which is back of a length, pats it towards cover
16.4 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, why isn't there a third man yet? So many boundaries have leaked in that region in this innings itself. Still left open though. Back of a length delivery wide of off, Burns dabs it late to run the ball fine. Hundred of the partnership comes up and a nice firm handshake between the two openers
16.3 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, much more assertive footwork this time, forward to a length ball and blocked
16.2 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, rare occurence in this innings. The ball going past bat. Back of a length around the fifth stump line, Burns hangs his bat out in a nervous poke but is beaten on the outside edge
16.1 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, very full on off, lots of bottom-hand on the push from Burns but picks out mid-on
15.6 -
Craig to Burns, 1 run, shimmies down getting close to the pitch of this loopy delivery outside off, drives to sweeper cover
15.5 -
Craig to Burns, no run, turning into the pads, gently nudged to short mid-wicket
15.4 -
Craig to Warner, 1 run, well tossed up delivery turning away slightly from a length on off, Warner eases into the push down to long-off
15.3 -
Craig to Warner, no run, once again, almost a carbon copy of the previous ball, chopped down to slip
15.2 -
Craig to Warner, no run, slowish and turning away just outside off, length is slightly short again, Warner dabs it late but cannot get it past slip
15.1 -
Craig to Warner, 2 runs, ugh, Craig comes in and bowls a half-tracker. Come on Kiwis, you are better than this. Neverthelss, brings up fifty for Warner. Waits on the back foot and cuts late to send it behind backward point, didn't emphasise on power though and is tracked down
Mark Craig, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
14.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, nearly in the blockhole around the fourth stump line - missed by an inch or so, drilled to short cover
14.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, back of a length wide of off, patted away to point
14.4 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, now errs on the other side. The variance in lines has been alarmingly shocking. Short outside off, Burns chops it off a bottom edge while looking to cut, runs away to the right of a diving keeper
14.3 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, "control is non-existent from the Kiwi bowlers" regrets Ian Healy on air. The lead continues to swell as the filth is being put away. Straying on the hips of Burns, who moves inside the line and tickles it fine
14.2 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, fuller and close to off, Burns answers with a nice straight bat in defence
14.1 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, short and wide, bowling to his field I would imagine, cut away to deep point
We are back for the final session. New Zealand must already be sick of walking out to the sight of Warner. The slips have disappeared and just a gully in place as Neesham trundles in..
Burns set the tone early on as he pulled Boult off the second delivery of the innings. Since then New Zealand were put on the back foot. Bracewell tried to keep it quiet, but had no support at the other end as Boult and Neesham leaked runs. The lead is already 325. How much more Australia would want? Will they declare today itself and have a crack at the Kiwis? There were some dark clouds building up as well. So, it is up to Smith now. Join us back in 10 minutes for the final session...
Tea, Day 3: Australia are in complete control of the game. First, they wrapped up the New Zealand innings and took a lead of 239, then their openers came out with an attacking mindset and have scored at more than 6 runs-per-over. Mitchell Marsh got rid of Bracewell in the first over after lunch. Southee had a few swings before being cleaned up by Starc. Williamson then tried to take it upon himself to score some quick runs but perished in the process.
13.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, back of a length around off, Burns gets right behind the line and defends solidly
13.5 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, fuller and angling into the batsman, Warner shuffles across and nudges it to mid-wicket. There are acres of space on that side of the field
13.4 -
Boult to Warner, no run, back of a length on off, Warner drops it down the pitch with soft hands
13.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, curls away outside off, the length was short and Warner was looking to run it down to third man, his feet went nowhere and he had a poke at that, is lucky not to have edged it
13.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, back of a length close to off, Warner bunts it in front of short cover
13.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, on a length just outside off, Warner presses forward and defends to mid-off
12.6 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, slower delivery might have been back of the hand, Warner didn't pick it and was early into the tuck, the ball takes the inside edge and rolls to fine leg
12.5 -
Neesham to Warner, FOUR, third boundary of the over and Neesham has dished out some horrible deliveries. Short and outside off, Warner waits and back cuts it to the right of gully, no third man and it is four more
12.4 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, full toss outside off, Warner is generous is enough to drill it straight to mid-off
12.3 -
Neesham to Burns, 1 run, on a length just outside off, Burns opens the bat face and eases it square of the wicket on the off-side
12.2 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, repeat of the previous ball. Nothing much different to the ball or shot, the only thing that changed was the ball travelling to the fence much quicker. Neesham is not going to trouble Burns with short of length deliveries at 128kph
12.1 -
Neesham to Burns, FOUR, smashed! Can't bowl half-trackers at hip height and expect to get away with it, Burns was into position quickly, he plays the short-arm pull in front of mid-wicket, the ball runs away to the fence in a jiffy
11.6 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, not a single delivery in this over was pitched up and it remains that way, short and outside off, Warner rides the bounce and glides it behind square on the off-side for another two
11.5 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, the change of end isn't working for Boult, continues to leak runs. Short and outside off, Warner chops the cut past the diving gully fielder, the ball had travelled past Williamson before he could react
11.4 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, again the length is short from Boult, steered away to deep backward point
11.3 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, back of a length on off, Warner wrists it wide of mid-on, quick single taken
11.2 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, wide full delivery, Burns strides forward and eases the drive to sweeper cover
11.1 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, short of length just outside off, dabbed away behind square on the off-side, Warner's first instinct is to look for two, it is not there and he settles with one
Trent Boult [4.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack
10.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, back of a length on the fourth stump line, Burns gets right behind that and defends
10.5 -
Neesham to Burns, 2 runs, short and outside off, Burns cracks the cut in front of square, the batsmen push for the second and Warner had to put in the long yards as the throw came to his end. He gets in without much trouble
10.5 -
Neesham to Burns, wide, loopy bouncer that sails over Burns, who has nothing to do with it, another extra added to the total
10.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, back of a length just outside off, Burns shoulders arms
10.3 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, McCullum saves three more. Pitched up outside off, Warner drives it straight down the ground, Baz hares across from mid-off to his left, dives full length and stops the ball
10.2 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, short and wide and Warner's eyes lit up, he goes hard on the cut and under edges it to Watling on the bounce. He tried to hit the leather off the ball, hence didn't get the timing right
10.1 -
Neesham to Warner, no run, Warner wanted to steer it between slip and gully, but ends up finding the latter
9.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a length just outside off, Burns opens the bat face and stabs it to gully
9.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no ball, effort delivery and Bracewell has overstepped. Banged in short and down leg, Burns has no problems dealing with it
9.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, jags back in from short of length, hit the seam, Burns was stuck in the crease to work it to the on-side, he missed and is struck on the front thigh
9.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, fraction fuller and outside off, Burns presents the straight bat and drives through extra cover, Baz chases and keeps it to a brace, he even affords a smile after fielding the ball
9.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, FOUR, there comes the boundary ball for the over. Burns says thank you very much and puts it away. Sliding onto the pads, Burns stays inside the line and tickles it fine, no chance for Neesham in the deep
9.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, mid-off is slightly deep and Warner is too quick. He push-drives it and sets off immediately, takes on the fielder and makes it comfortably even though the throw is off target
9.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, back of a length just outside off, Warner pulls and misses. He misread the length and the ball didn't bounce as much as he expected, beaten on the inside edge
8.6 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, on a length outside off, Burns covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
8.5 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, back of a length outside off, Burns watches it closely, thinks about the cut, but allows it to pass. Neesham is walking gingerly, he might be carrying a niggle. That is not a good sign for the Kiwis
8.4 -
Neesham to Burns, no run, short and outside off, Burns cuts and misses. The shot was on as there was width on offer, but he was undone by the extra bounce. Nice carry through to Watling as well
8.3 -
Neesham to Warner, 1 run, full toss just outside off, Warner was surprised and could not take full advantage of that, pushes to mid-off and sprints across for a quick single
8.2 -
Neesham to Warner, 2 runs, this is just far too easy for Australia and Warner. I have lost count of the number of twos these two have taken. Another one on the pads, Warner nonchalantly clips it past mid-wicket for a couple
8.1 -
Neesham to Warner, 2 runs, fuller on the pads, flicked through mid-wicket for an easy two
James Neesham, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
7.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, Bracewell goes wide and slants it in on a fuller length, Burns squeezes the drive to mid-on
7.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a length just outside off, left alone
7.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 2 runs, poor from Neesham, dives and lets the ball escape. Full and angling in on the stumps, Burns wrists it towards mid-on, Neesham moves to his left and allows the ball to go through, Baz gives chase from mid-off and keeps it to two
7.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, "two, two, two" was the call for Warner, but Burns sends him back. Short of a length on off, tucked in front of square on the on-side, Neesham runs across from mid-on and keeps it to a single
7.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, another drive this time Warner finds the fielder at mid-off. Hasn't got the timing right on both the shots
7.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, pitched up just outside off, Warner goes for the drive, the bottom hand takes over and he ends up dragging it to mid-on
6.6 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, some inward movement for Boult and it was late, Warner brings his bat down just in the nick of time and blunts it to the left of mid-on, retains strike with that run
6.5 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, once again Boult drifts onto the pads, glanced to fine leg, for a single
6.4 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, Burns looks good when playing the pull/hook. It was a poor delivery from Boult, the field is set on the off-side and he drops it short, Burns rocks back and pulls it in the air over square leg, couple of bounces and into the fence
6.3 -
Boult to Warner, 1 run, the line remains outside off, but the length is short, cracked in front of square on the off-side, there is protection in the deep and Warner gets only a single
6.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, bit closer than the previous one, but not close enough to make Warner play, he waves it through to the keeper
6.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, and there goes Boult wide outside off, Warner lifts his bat and lets it go. Too far for Warner to go chasing after it
McCullum and Boult in the middle of a discussion. The main thing would be to stop the run flow. There are a slight changes in the field. It is now a 7-2 field, with seven on the off-side. So, the line is going to be outside off
5.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, too full and almost into the blockhole, jammed to mid-on
5.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, slanted into the batsman, Burns defends off the inside half to mid-on
5.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 3 runs, there goes Baz. Once again full committment from the New Zealand skipper, saves a run for the team. On a length just outside off, Warner checks his drive and hits it uppishly to the left of mid-off, McCullum runs back, slides and hauls it in before the rope
5.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, 1 run, banged in halfway down, Burns pivots on his front leg, rolls his wrists and pulls it along the carpet to fine leg
5.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, good length ball that held its line, Burns is opened up as he prods forward to defend, does well to block it with soft hands
5.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a length and on off, Burns defends off the outer half of the bat
4.6 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, Boult is leaking runs here. And Australia are off to a flier. Angling in on off and middle, Warner wrists it wide of mid-on, once more ambles across easily for the second. Third consecutive two for Warner
4.5 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, Boult goes searching for the yorker, ends up bowling a low full toss, Warner flicks it through mid-wicket, puts pressure on Latham in the deep, the fumble allows the batsmen to come back for the second
4.4 -
Boult to Warner, 2 runs, that is excellent running. How quick is this guy? Drifted onto leg-stump, Warner clips it fine and hares back for the second before Neesham tidies up in the deep
4.3 -
Boult to Warner, no run, Boult still finding it difficult to get his line and length right - sprayed down leg, Warner can't connect with the glance
4.2 -
Boult to Warner, no run, good length ball on off, Warner presses it to mid-on after coming, shouts "NO" for the single
4.1 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, four for Warner but not the most convincing of shots. The short delivery that reared up on him, Warner got into a tangle as he whipped it behind square on the leg-side, his head fell back and he looked in discomfort while playing the shot
3.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, fullish and angling in, Burns presses forward and defends to mid-on
3.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, in the channel around off, the length was tad short and that allowed Burns to wave it through to the keeper
3.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no ball, Burns is squared up slightly, good length ball that straightens a touch, Burns stays in the crease and blocks it with a straightish bat. Bracewell has overstepped
3.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, bit too full and just outside off, Burns squeezes the drive to cover
3.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 1 run, back of a length on the fourth stump line, Warner drops it with soft hands to the unmanned cover region
3.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, no run, bumper on off, Warner sinks to his knees and allows the ball to sail over him
3.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Warner, 2 runs, slightly short of good length, Warner had the width to free his arms, punched through extra cover for a brace
2.6 -
Boult to Burns, no run, fraction fuller than a good length with a semblance of inward movement, defended back down the pitch
2.5 -
Boult to Burns, 4 runs, oh dear, you give chase all the way to the fence, haul the ball back in with a dive and find out that the batsmen have run four anyway. Soul shattering. Pitched up outside off, square driven with a good stride across, Neesham chases from point but saves nothing
2.4 -
Boult to Burns, no run, solid on the front foot, defensively pushes to mid-on
2.3 -
Boult to Burns, no run, slanted across the right-hander looking to lure him in a drive, not this time
2.2 -
Boult to Warner, 3 runs, nothing is half-hearted with McCullum, gives a hearty chase right down to the fence and puts in a taxing dive to flick the ball back in just inside the ropes. That jabby punch off the front foot again from Warner to a fuller length delivery outside off, creams the gap through the covers
2.1 -
Boult to Warner, no run, short of length around off, stonewalled off the back foot
Really hard on New Zealand. Tim Southee has been ruled out and won't be bowling due to a back injury. Some disc trouble if I can remember. Leaves them handicapped
1.6 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, again a bit too wide to make Burns think about a poke
1.5 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, knows exactly where his off stump is and shoulders arms to this length delivery
1.4 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, on a similar fuller length wider of off, makes Burns defend away from the body towards cover
1.3 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, much fuller and closer to off, Burns gets a good stride in looking to defend with bat and pad close, slightly plays outside the line anticipating movement, ends up sneaking out a big inside edge onto pad
1.2 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, nips away off the pitch from a back of a length, the line doesn't necessitate a stroke
1.1 -
Doug Bracewell to Burns, no run, forcing the batsman back with a short of length, Burns is unfazed on the back foot, very comfortable in defence
Doug Bracewell, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Boult to Warner, no run, slight away-shape on a length around off, Warner covers for the movement and pushes to the right of the bowler, Boult bends down low to stop
0.5 -
Boult to Warner, no run, nice lines, hint of movement in the corridor of uncertainty, no shred of uncertainty in Warner's mind though as he covers his off stump and holds the bat aloft
0.4 -
Boult to Warner, FOUR, does this man not even need a sighter? Slightly short outside off and he pounces, that wristy cut off the back foot, murders it through the cover region
0.3 -
Boult to Burns, 1 run, now some luck. Swinging back in on a fuller length around off, Burns is beaten by the movement on his front foot defence and sneaks out a thick inside edge, rolls away down to fine leg
0.2 -
Boult to Burns, FOUR, boy, hasn't this lad grown in confidence after his first innings! Slightly short on the body, Burns transfers his weight back after a stride forward and pulverizes the pull behind square. Deliberately lifted it in the air and over the infield
0.1 -
Boult to Burns, no run, back of a length around middle, Burns stands tall to get behind the line and meets with a dead-bat
Burns and Warner are at the crease. Burns is on strike. Boult will open the attack
A real humbling for the visitors then here in Brisbane. Panic stations already? Shouldn't be the case. Their best chance, I reckon, will come in the second Test at Perth where the swing should be much more pronounced and suit their pacers who like to kiss the surface. That's all we have from this game. See you all at the WACA on the 13th. Cheers!
Smith: "Satisfying performance, nice to start the summer on a high. Davey Warner and Burns set us up for the rest of the day. Conditions were a bit tacky early on. Long time since we played a Test match and the guys were up for the challenge. This is a big responsibility and something I'm really looking forward to. The guys have been brilliant since I have been named captain. To be up 1-0 in the 3-match series is really crucial. Our new ball bowling, I think we let ourselves down a bit. Didn't quite hit our lengths so still some areas to work on. He's (Warner) been batting superbly getting runs at the top of the order."
Warner: "It was good to put a nice performance on the board. Loved the pitch they dished up, didn't have much for the bowlers. Always nice to be in form, I look back to England which was disappointing where I got a couple of fifties but wasn't able to contribute a lot. Back of my mind was to keep playing my natural game."
David Warner is adjudged Man of the Match for scoring two tons in the game.
McCullum: "Yeah it was a difficult game. Australia were outstanding. We didn't hit our lengths on Day 1 and were always playing catch up from there. Don't think we were undercooked, were very excited to pouch the opportunity on Australian shores but Day 1 cost us as those were the best bowling conditions on offer. It's a game. Nigel Llong and Richard Illingworth are two of the best umpires in the world of cricket (referring to his dismissal which was a rough one). Just have to cop it sweet. I thought Tim (Southee) bowled really well on the first day and batted through a back injury as well. We have bounced back before in the past and will take something special to do that in Perth."
Will Australia enforce the follow-on? No. Smith wanted to rub it in further. And boy didn't his batsmen do that. Day 3 was as forgettable as it gets from New Zealand's point of view. They bled at more than 6 runs an over. Warner helped himself to hundreds in both innings (thrice he has done that) and his new opening partner Joe Burns engraved this match forever into his memory with a ton. This is home for the Queensland lad and a ton on your Gabba debut is as good as it gets. The Aussies left themselves with two days and a security of 504 on the board to force the issue. New Zealand just weren't good enough.
A match which Australia have dominated right from the onset. Day 1 dished up a massive reality check for the visitors. Runs were scored left, right and centre of the Gabba with Dave Warner blasting away. When he was done, it was Usman Khawaja's turn to shine. On his third return to the team, he vindicated the selectors' faith with a princely ton. The declaration came with a massive 556/4 on the board. Two words are enough to explain the Kiwi response. Kane Williamson. What a player! Continues to grow in stature. Cruised to a chanceless ton while the rest were blown away by the combined Mitch fury.
The hosts came into the final day needing 7 wickets for a much deserving win. And they have made light work of it. The extended two and a half hour first session proving more than enough to do the job. This wasn't very unexpected though. The only real danger came from the weather. And once that held up fine, the result was a given. Especially after Williamson's threat was negated yesterday. McCullum entertained this morning batting in a manner only he can. Was denied a ton by a rough decision, and that was that.
88.3 -
Starc to Boult, out Caught by Nevill!! That's it! All over. Australia have wrapped up the first Test. Some relieved faces in the Aussie camp as the last wicket stand was starting to frustrate them. Fullish and close to off, Boult drives and the outside edge is found, Nevill does the rest behind the stumps. Boult c Nevill b Starc 15(26) [4s-3]
Starc to Boult, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
88.2 -
Starc to Boult, no run, bouncer on leg-stump, Boult ducks underneath it and eludes it comfortably
88.1 -
Starc to Craig, leg byes, 1 run, full toss on the pads, Craig doesn't connect with the flick, the ball goes off the pads to backward square
Mitchell Starc [20.0-5-69-1] is back into the attack
87.6 -
Johnson to Boult, no run, banged in short and on the stumps, Boult moves away and swings, he misses and Johnson has a few words for him
87.5 -
Johnson to Craig, 1 run, short of length on off, Craig stands tall and drops it to cover, calls for a quick single
87.4 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, Craig tried to send this out of Brisbane. Back of a length, Craig backs away and swings through the line, he is miles away from connecting with the ball
87.3 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, bumper on the stumps, Craig sinks under it and evades it comfortably
87.2 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, flicked straight to mid-wicket
87.1 -
Johnson to Craig, no run, full and angling into the batsman, Craig fails to meet with the flick and is rapped on the pads. The ball was snaking down leg and hence no appeal from the Aussies
Mitchell Johnson [18.0-6-57-1] is back into the attack
86.6 -
Hazlewood to Boult, FOUR, the boundaries continue to flow. Fuller and in the zone for Boult, who plays a nice looking loft over the mid-off fielder, got it off the middle and collected four more
86.5 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, shortish and just outside off, Boult tries to play a cheeky little dab to third man, but is beaten on the outside edge
86.4 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, "the flamingo defence" calls it Mark Nicholas. Back of a length and on off, Boult gets behind the line, lifts his front leg up and blocks it to mid-on
86.3 -
Hazlewood to Boult, FOUR, repeat of the previous delivery, but this time Boult got some wood on that, the ball misses the leg-pole and runs away to the fine leg fence
86.2 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, Hazlewood tries to follow the batsman, Boult makes room, clears his front leg and swings across the line, doesn't get anything on the ball as it whizzes past the leg-stump
It should have been lunch by now. But since it is the last wicket, the break has been pushed.
86.1 -
Hazlewood to Craig, 1 run, short of length around off, pulled along the ground to deep mid-wicket
85.6 -
Starc to Boult, FOUR, geez! That is a terrific hit. It was pitched up and in the swinging arc, Boult makes room and smashes it over mid-off, couple of bounces and into the fence. That made a good sound as ball made contact with the bat
85.5 -
Starc to Boult, no run, bouncer following the yorker, but not on target - on leg-stump, Boult gets inside the line and allows it to sail past him
85.4 -
Starc to Boult, no run, yorker just outside off, Boult tries to squeeze it out, but in vain
85.3 -
Starc to Boult, no run, fuller and close to off, Boult stays leg-side of the ball and pushes it to cover
85.2 -
Starc to Boult, no run, back of a length on the fourth stump line, Boult shuffles across and taps it in front of mid-on. He has his own way of playing, his back leg was in the air when he played that
85.1 -
Starc to Boult, no run, round the wicket comes Starc, on a length just outside off, Boult lets it pass
84.6 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, back of a length just outside off, Craig pulls and the ball goes under his bat. This one goes on the bounce to Nevill
84.5 -
Hazlewood to Craig, byes, FOUR, what happened there? Short and outside off, Craig flashes a cut, is beaten by the extra bounce and so to is Nevill, he can't reach it even with a leap
84.4 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, angled across the left-hander, Craig clears his front leg has a wild swing at that and is beaten
84.3 -
Hazlewood to Craig, FOUR, hammered! Banged in short and Craig was into position quickly, he rocks back and nails the pull in front of square on the leg-side, no need to run for those as it was heading in only one direction
84.2 -
Hazlewood to Craig, SIX, what a shot! Craig providing some late entertainment. Length delivery around off, Craig gets his front leg out of the way and tonks it over mid-off, got it off the meaty part as the ball sailed over the ropes
84.1 -
Hazlewood to Craig, no run, good length ball just outside off, Craig drives on the up and finds the mid-off fielder
83.6 -
Starc to Craig, 1 run, inswinging yorker on the stumps, Craig digs it to the on-side, scampers to the other end and keeps the strike
83.5 -
Starc to Craig, no run, fuller and just outside off, Craig eases it off the front foot to cover
83.4 -
Starc to Craig, no run, on a length close to off, Craig pokes and is beaten
83.3 -
Starc to Craig, FOUR, needless from Starc. That might be out of frustration. Craig pushes the full delivery back to Starc, who fires a wild throw at the striker's end, nearly takes out the batsman, Nevill had no chance behind the stumps
83.2 -
Starc to Craig, FOUR, edged and four! On a length close to off, Craig stays back to defend, the ball straightens and takes the outside edge, goes between third slip and gully, Craig is adding some runs to his Test tally
83.1 -
Starc to Craig, FOUR, Craig is not going to die prodding around, length delivery on off, clears his front leg and hammers it straight back over the bowler's head. Made a good connection and picked up four
82.6 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, beauty! That is too good for a No. 11. In the corridor of uncertainty and shaping away, Boult had to play at that and all he can do is get beaten
82.5 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, good length ball attacking the stumps, Boult backs away and mistimes the swipe across the line, finds the mid-on fielder
82.4 -
Hazlewood to Boult, 2 runs, banged in short and outside off, Boult manages to get the ramp away, he just about clears the backtracking gully fielder, comes back for a couple
82.3 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, fuller and on the stumps, Boult stays leg-side of the ball and defends to the on-side
82.2 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run,
82.1 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, short and outside off, Boult looks to ramp it over the slip cordon, but is undone by the extra bounce
81.6 -
Starc to Craig, no run, short and outside off, Craig has a half-hearted waft at that, the bat is miles away from the ball
81.5 -
Starc to Boult, 1 run, yorker just outside off, Boult squeezes it to the vacant cover and gets off the mark
81.4 -
Starc to Boult, no run, fuller and around off, Boult doesn't bother to get in-line, manages to push it to mid-off
81.3 -
Starc to Craig, 1 run, tailing in on a fuller length, Craig clips it off the pads to fine leg, got it off the inside part of the bat
81.2 -
Starc to Craig, no run, once more Starc drifts it well outside leg, too far for Craig to lay bat on that
81.1 -
Starc to Craig, no run, sprays it down leg, Craig can't reach it with the flick
Mitchell Starc [17.0-5-50-1] is back into the attack
80.6 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, whew! Boult goes leg-side and Hazlewood follows him with a fuller length delivery, he can only limply defend it back down the pitch
80.5 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, on a good length around the fifth stump line, Boult makes an awkward leave
80.4 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around off, Boult plays french cricket, defends with feet stuck in a blob
80.3 -
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, on a length outside off, Boult shoulders arms
Trent Boult, right handed bat, comes to the crease
80.2 -
Hazlewood to Southee, out Caught by Nevill!! Full delivery wide of off, Southee attempts a similar slog down the ground, the ball was a bit too wide though out of his swinging arc, only manages an edge through to the keeper. Just one away now are the hosts. Southee c Nevill b Hazlewood 5(8) [4s-1]
Hazlewood to Southee, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
New Zealand are 9 down now! Or, are they? Southee has decided to review a caught-behind decision. Signalled for the review straight away. Huge noise as the ball passes him. Could have only been bat. RTS confirms with a huge spike
80.1 -
Hazlewood to Southee, FOUR, pitched up full with the new ball, Southee aims a waft down the ground, the ball holds its line slightly finding a thick outside edge and flies away wide of a diving gully. Southee is going to swing now
Josh Hazlewood [14.0-3-43-1] is back into the attack
79.6 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, flatter around middle, punched back to the bowler
79.5 -
Lyon to Southee, leg byes, 1 run, turning into the pads, Southee misses with his tuck, the ball rolls away behind square off the thigh pad
79.4 -
Lyon to Southee, no run, tossed up around off, half-forward and guarded into the pitch
79.3 -
Lyon to Southee, no run, slower through the air, lands on a length just outside off, Southee props forward and blocks
79.2 -
Lyon to Southee, no run, turns back sharply from a length wide of off, Southee was looking to push through the cover region away from the body, is done in by the turn and only manages an inside edge onto pad
79.1 -
Lyon to Southee, no run, floated up just outside off, defended back to the bowler
78.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Craig, no run, short and outside off, Craig goes for a slash outside off and is beaten
78.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Southee, 1 run, harmless delivery that, back of a length just outside off, Southee stays leg-side of the ball and dabs it in front of square on the off-side
Hat-trick ball coming up. Four slips, gully and FSL in place...
Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease
78.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, out Lbw!! Marsh is on a hat-trick. Australia inch closer to victory. That was dead straight for umpire Nigel Llong. Can't get easier than that. Full and tailing into the batsman, Bracewell is rooted to the crease, fails to get any bat on the push, is struck low and in front of off. The ball would have crashed into middle of middle-stump. Doug Bracewell lbw b Mitchell Marsh 0(1)
Mitchell Marsh to Doug Bracewell, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
Doug Bracewell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
78.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by Smith!! McCullum is fuming as he walks back to the pavilion. Umpire Nigel Llong signals that he has been given out caught. New Zealand don't have any reviews as well to challenge the decision. Australia have got a lucky wicket there. Back of a length delivery nips back in, McCullum hops back to defend, misses and the ball goes off the pad to second slip, Smith dives forward at second slip to pouch that. The two noises were the ball hitting the front pad and back pad. Brendon McCullum c Smith b Mitchell Marsh 80(80) [4s-10 6s-2]
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
78.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, no run, lifter on middle and leg, McCullum takes the defensive option - ducks and allows the ball to sail over him
78.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, no ball, back of a length close to off, McCullum jumps back and punches to mid-off. Marsh has overstepped
78.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length on off, McCullum hops and drops it down the wicket
77.6 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, flighted on the stumps, Craig wrists it to mid-on
77.5 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, drifting into the batsman, Craig pushes it gently to mid-on
77.4 -
Lyon to Craig, no run, it was the slider from Lyon. Craig prods forward to defend, the ball strikes the pad first and then the bat, umpire Richard Illingworth was unmoved and the Aussies went for the review. The Hawk-Eye showed that the impact was umpire's call and the ball was missing the stumps
Another review, this time from Australia against Craig. "Fair delivery. Can we move on to front on vision. Can we have the HotSpot and RTS please? The ball hit the pad first. Impact umpire's call, ball missing the stumps. You can stay with your onfield call Richard," umpire Ravi
Mark Craig, left handed bat, comes to the crease
77.3 -
Lyon to Watling, out Lbw!! That is a top decision from the umpire. Lyon has provided the vital breakthrough as we all know how resistive Watling can be. It also exposes the lower-order. Shortens the length and turns back sharply, Watling goes right back and misses the nudge, is struck just above the knee-roll, the ball was hitting the leg-stump. Watling lbw b Lyon 14(31) [4s-2]
Lyon to Watling, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
Watling is given out LBW. He has challenged the decision. Fair delivery. The front on vision shows no inside edge. The HotSpot and RTS confirm the same. Impact in-line and hitting the stumps. The decision is upheld.
77.2 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, slightly quicker and just outside off, Watling moves back and across, gets behind the line and keeps it out
77.1 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, Lyon continues over the wicket to Watling, tossed up close to off, defended off the front foot
76.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, 1 run, full and attacking the stumps, Watling wrists it wide of mid-on, scampers across to the other end and retains strike
76.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, banged in short and on off, Watling drops his wrists, sways away from the line of the delivery. The perfect way to play the bouncer
76.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, fuller and draws the batsman forward, the ball holds its line and takes the outside half of the bat, dribbles towards gully where the fielder dives to his left to stop the ball
76.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, back of a length angling in, Watling tucks it to mid-wicket
76.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, shortens the length outside off, Watling goes back and cuts to backward point, straight to the fielder
76.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, on a length just outside off, Watling lifts his bat and lets it go
75.6 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, McCullum makes room and chops the cut to backward point. It was too close to be playing the cut
75.5 -
Lyon to Watling, 1 run, over the wicket and spinning into Watling, who milks it away behind square on the leg-side, for a single
75.4 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, fraction short and on the stumps, McCullum rocks back to pull. Burns was ducking for cover as he was in the firing line at FSL, the ball hits his boot and rolls to square leg. Might have saved a boundary there
75.3 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, huge shout for lbw, but umpire Richard Illingworth shakes his head. Flighted on middle and leg, McCullum kneels down and fails to connect with the sweep, is rapped high on the pads. The ball pitched outside leg and height was also an issue
75.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, turning into the leg-stump, McCullum goes back and misses the nudge, is hit on the thigh pad
75.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, slower and bit of turn, McCullum played for the straighter angle, the ball takes the inside part and rolls back to Lyon
74.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, Marsh keeps it back of a length and close to off, Watling plays the textbook back foot defence to the off-side
74.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, 2 runs, shortish and hint of width on offer, Watling stands tall and punches to the left of backward point, Lyon dives and gets a hand, takes the pace off the ball
74.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, back of a length on off and middle, McCullum tucks it in front of square on the leg-side, calls "one" and gets it comfortably
74.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, "catch" shouted some of the Aussie fielders. But it is nowhere close to the fielder. Short delivery that tucks McCullum for room, he top edges the pull and it goes fine, one bounce and into the fence
74.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, no run, splays it down leg, McCullum can't meet with the glance. That was there to be put away
74.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, no run, wow! McCullum gives the charge and Marsh digs it short, it was well directed as well, McCullum takes his eyes off the ball and gets hit on the helmet. The ball lobs towards the slip cordon. McCullum has a look at his helmet, reckons its fine and continues to bat on
73.6 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, drifts another on the pads, nurdled behind square on the leg-side, Watling wants the single but McCullum isn't too keen as short fine gets to the ball quickly
73.5 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, flatter and on the stumps, tapped off the back foot to FSL
73.4 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, trifle short and down leg, Watling helps it along the way to short fine with a pull, finds the fielder there
73.3 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, shortens the length on off, Watling was moving forward to defend, but waits in the crease and drops it near his feet
73.2 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, solid as ever is Watling, presses forward and blocks the flighted delivery
73.1 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, tossed up on off, Watling is well forward to defend down the pitch
72.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, 1 run, too full and tailing in, Watling drives it to the right of mid-on, he was looking to hit much straighter, but the bat turned on impact. Johnson moves across, slides and keeps it to one
72.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, fuller and outside off, was there to be driven, but Watling decides against it and shoulders arms
72.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, again the length is short and that allows Watling to get behind the line and block
72.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, back of a length around off, Watling goes back and knocks it towards cover
72.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Watling, no run, beauty! Marsh has got the ball to do quite a bit in this innings and he continues to trouble the batters. Just short of good length and on the fourth stump line, Watling has a feel for that away from the body, the ball curls away to beat the outside edge
72.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, full and angling into the batsman, clipped away neatly through mid-wicket
Mitchell Marsh [6.0-3-13-0] is back into the attack
71.6 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, now McCullum top-edges the sweep, the round the wicket angle is causing a trouble or two. Flighted just outside off, McCullum fetches the sweep from there, is undone by the extra bounce and luckily for him the ball drops in front of Starc
71.5 -
Lyon to Watling, 1 run, Lyon switches to round the wicket and it almost pays immediate dividens. Tossed up on middle, Watling bends on one knee after moving across and sweeps, gets it off a thick top edge and the ball was in the air. Drops well short and wide of a chasing Starc at deep backward square
71.4 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, flatter around middle, Watling clips it to FSL
71.3 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, stretches forward now to a flighted delivery and blocks
71.2 -
Lyon to Watling, no run, nicely played! The ball kicked and bounced from off stump line, Watling waits on the back foot and deftly rolls his wrists to clip it to short fine leg
71.1 -
Lyon to Watling, FOUR, drops it short with ample width on offer, Watling jumps back and cuts it square of the wicket. The ball labours into the ad cushions
That will be drinks! It was the short stuff again doing the damage with both wickets falling to deliveries banged into the pitch. Australia move closer to victory. Meanwhile, McCullum has blasted away. Some breath-taking strokes on display. His knock is going better than a run a ball. Makes for thrilling viewing!
70.6 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, again the same awkward way to evade a short ball. Rushes inside the line and bends
70.5 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, fuller on middle, McCullum gets in a good stride and blocks
70.4 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, short delivery on leg stump, McCullum runs inside the line while crouching his back to let it pass
70.3 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length delivery cramping McCullum for room, he hops across and fends it on the leg-side
70.2 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, SIX, short again, this time on the body and look at this go. Weee! McCullum rocks back and pulls fiercely, the man at deep square backtracks but the ball keeps sailing over him. Clears the ropes and the fielder signals six
70.1 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, short, wide and crashed in front of square. Please don't bowl short to him. His hands just take over and come ever so hard on the ball
69.6 -
Lyon to Watling, FOUR, Watling displays an even better sweep. Well tossed up on the stumps, he sinks low and sends it fine, beats short fine leg and skims away
69.5 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, out comes the sweep, gets it on a length around off, helps it to behind square
69.4 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, flatter trajectory, turning into the pads, McCullum goes back and clips to short fine leg
69.3 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, now this is shorter and wider, McCullum makes added room with his footwork and crunches the cut square of the wicket
69.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, the extra turn cramps the batsman for room as he was shaping to cut, McCullum adjusts by taking his bottom hand off the handle and checks his shot towards point
69.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, loopy off-break, lands on a length outside off and turns in, McCullum covers for the turn and offers a straight bat
68.6 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, yorker length but well wide of off, Watling leaves
68.5 -
Johnson to Watling, no run, length ball around off, Watling presses forward to block
BJ Watling, right handed bat, comes to the crease
68.4 -
Johnson to Neesham, out Caught by Burns!! Now that's definitely come off bat. An easy take for Burns at short leg. The short ball working wonders again. Was a swift delivery banged in halfway, gets too big on Neesham who was jumping back looking to fend, thrusts his head away taking eyes off the ball, it jars the intersection between bat and handle before spooning up towards the fielder. Neesham c Burns b Johnson 3(33)
Johnson to Neesham, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
68.3 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, Burns dives forward to catch the ball at short leg. Johnson goes up in half an appeal but not at all convincing. Back of a length on the hips, Neesham hops and misses his tuck and the ball pops up off the thigh pad
68.2 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, back of a length, around the fourth stump, Neesham is right behind the line
68.1 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, on a back of a length in the channel just outside off, gently patted away wide of mid-off
67.6 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, nice loop, drifting in around off from round the wicket, Neesham stretches forward and blocks
67.5 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, flatter trajcetory around off, clipped gently wide of short mid-wicket
67.4 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, the extra bounce in play. McCullum commits to the sweep to a looped up delivery, was there on a sweeping length but the bounce does him in and beats the top edge
67.3 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 2 runs, still wider outside off, McCullum has to stretch towards the pitch of the ball, gets close enough and pushes through the vacant cover region
67.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, lovely flight. Tossed up outside off, McCullum is tentatively forward in defence, the turn ekes out an inside edge onto pad
67.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, loopy off-break pitching just outside off, turned to short mid-wicket
66.6 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, back of a length delivery around middle, Neesham is solidly behind this one
66.5 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short of length around middle, awkward angle from round the wicket, Neesham hops and fends it right at his feet
66.4 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, from round the wicket, slings it on a back of a length on the hips, Neesham clips it gently behind square
66.3 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short again around a similar line, Neesham stays inside the line and sways out of the way
66.2 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short of length delivery around off, Neesham arches his back and sinks low to sway out of the way
66.1 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, McCullum's heart was pounding when he hit that. A quick short delivery around middle, hurries onto McCullum who had committed to the pull, gets it high on the bat and spoons it in the air towards deep square leg. Lands tantalizingly short of the fielder
65.6 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, quicker and fuller, Neesham still goes back and manages to guide it with an open face towards slip
65.5 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, pushed quicker through the air around off, Neesham hangs back and blocks
65.4 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, turning in from a length outside off, McCullum fetches the sweep from there and sends it behind square
65.3 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, lots of turn from outside off, pitched well wide though, McCullum covers his stumps and raises his arms
65.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, forces the change in length but can't capitalize as he cuts it straight to point
65.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, SIX, ventures down the track making sure to get wide of the pitch of this flighted delivery, allows a full swing of his arms and whacks it back over the bowler's head. That brings up his fifty, his 30th in Tests
64.6 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short of length around middle, solidly blocked
64.5 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, 3 runs, oh glorious. Gets a stride in to get beside the line of this full pitched delivery and lets his arms flow into the extra-cover drive
64.4 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, on a fuller length around off, McCullum ekes out a thick inside edge onto pad while looking to flick
64.3 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, punches but straight to cover-point
64.2 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length delivery leaving McCullum, he drops his wrists
64.1 -
Johnson to Brendon McCullum, no run, banged in short around middle, McCullum is early into the pull and gets it on the toe end, the ball incomprehensively just hangs up in the air almost in slow motion while McCullum does a 360 degree rotation and knocks it over off the back of the bat
63.6 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, teased up around middle, Neesham offers a vertical bat after lunging forward
63.5 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, lots of encouragement from the keeper, he likes this line and loop. Well flighted delivery, lands on a length and turns slightly, Neesham circumspectly defends
63.4 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, slower through the air and floating in around off, forward and blocked
63.3 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, flatter trajectory drifting in around off, Neesham makes a hint of room and punches it gently to short cover
63.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, now brings out the sweep. Lyon won't mind as he is getting quite a bit of bounce, this time McCullum gets it off the middle and down to deep backward square leg
63.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, teased up on a length outside off, McCullum reaches out on the front foot and blocks with bat and pad close
62.6 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, gathering steam, still not at full tilt though, 137 clicks. Full around the fifth stump line, let go by Neesham
62.5 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, almost a carbon copy of the previous ball, hitting away on a back of a length outside off, Neesham holds his bat aloft
62.4 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, nice carry on this back of a length delivery, was on the way up to the keeper as he collected close to his chest after being left alone
62.3 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, well wide of off, Neesham has no business with it
62.2 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, banged in short outside off, 132ks - still a bit stiff perhaps, Neesham sinks low, drops his wrists and evades
62.1 -
Johnson to Neesham, no run, short of length around off, not much venom, a hop-and-block from Neesham
Mitchell Johnson [13.0-5-42-0] is back into the attack
Johnson for the first time today..
61.6 -
Lyon to Neesham, 1 run, the slider, pitches around off and skids on, Neesham goes back in the crease and clips it through square leg
61.5 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, good bounce off the track for Lyon, he would enjoy this, Neesham keeps this flighted delivery out on the front foot
61.4 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, closer to the stumps, good loop again, blocked
61.3 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, tossed up just outside off, Neesham lunges forward to block
61.2 -
Lyon to Neesham, no run, the indecision almost costs Neesham. Looped up around off, pitches and turns away. Neesham wasn't sure whether to play or leave, decides to go with the latter but is late to get his bat out of the way, finds a thickish inside edge which rolls well wide of leg
61.1 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, low loopy full toss outside off, swept hard but straight to deep mid-wicket
Nathan Lyon [11.0-0-33-2] is back into the attack
60.6 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, straying on the pads, gently clipped behind square, buckle up folks, McCullum is sure to offer a lot of entertainment. Actually my colleague informs that this is his first run on the leg-side. The rest have all been blazed through off-side
60.5 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length around middle, solidly behind
60.4 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, back of a length delivery on the pads, turned to FSL
60.4 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, wide, the effort ball, a bit too much effort though, flies over the head of McCullum
60.3 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length delivery around off, McCullum jumps to block
60.2 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, New Zealand battling for a draw, right? Unbelievable chutzpah from the Kiwi skipper! Good length ball leaving him outside off, what hands from Baz! They come down so hard on the ball, cracks it through the covers
60.1 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, full and bang down the ground. It was overpitched and McCullum needs no second invitation. Wasn't actually a drive, more of a clobber straight back past the non-striker
59.6 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, length ball around the fourth-fifth stump, knocked through the vacant cover region
59.5 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, oh what a shot! The sound it made off the willow, phew! Another poor delivery though, drops it short and wide of off, McCullum flashes hard and sends it whistling in front of square
59.4 -
Hazlewood to Neesham, 1 run, straying on the pads, Hazlewood will be annoyed, he takes pride in his control, clipped down to fine leg
59.3 -
Hazlewood to Neesham, no run, leaving Neesham on a good length, he is happy to leave
59.2 -
Hazlewood to Neesham, no run, back of a length close to off, Neesham brings his bat down straight to block
59.1 -
Hazlewood to Neesham, no run, angled across the leftie on a length, nothing doing
58.6 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, bouncer on the stumps, crouches to evade
58.5 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, in the air and just short of gully. Short of length delivery, McCullum jumps but is startled by the extra bounce, gets a thick outside edge. The good thing he did was take the bottom hand off the handle and the ball goes down
58.4 -
Starc to Neesham, 1 run, yorker to introduce himself. Was slipping around leg, Neesham hurries to get his bat down, just about digs it out with a thick inside edge and the ball rolls away behind square
58.3 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, 3 runs, now he's driving on the up. Careful, skip! Fraction fuller than a good length, just outside off, he leans towards the ball and sends it through extra-cover. Mid-off hounds it down
58.2 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, bumper on the stumps, McCullum ducks underneath
58.1 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, 2 runs, half-volley wide of off, McCullum isn't going to miss out, creams the drive through the cover region, didn't get all of it though and the fielder chases the ball down
57.6 -
Hazlewood to Neesham, no run, back of a length around off, Neesham gets behind the line to block. His movements are sure to be restricted. Has been already ruled out of the rest of the tour with a back injury is Neesham
James Neesham, left handed bat, comes to the crease
57.5 -
Hazlewood to Ross Taylor, out Caught by Smith!! There's the early breakthrough! The surprise short ball from Hazlewood. The batsmen almost expect him to be probing around the off-stump channel and so the short delivery has an element of surprise to it. Short of length on the body, Taylor is early into the pull, was through the shot before the ball came, it hits him on the top part of the glove - near the wrist and lobs up to second slip. Ross Taylor c Smith b Hazlewood 26(47) [4s-3]
Hazlewood to Ross Taylor, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
57.4 -
Hazlewood to Ross Taylor, no run, length ball on middle and off, defended back to the bowler
57.3 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, fraction fuller just outside off, McCullum knocks it gently through the cover region and scampers across
57.2 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, 2 runs, fullish just outside off, McCullum half-heartedly aims for an off-drive, the ball might have held its line a touch, takes a thickish outside edge and skittles away between point and gully all along the carpet
57.1 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, straying on the hips, McCullum misses his tuck and the ball dribbles away to short mid-wicket off the thigh pad
56.6 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, bumper down leg-side, Taylor looks to hook but too late on the shot. The ball is already through to the keeper
56.5 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, short of length on the body, lifts concerningly around rib height, Taylor hops on the crease and gets his defence high on the splice, did well to play with soft hands though and the ball lands short of FSL
56.4 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, overpitched well wide of off, Taylor had to reach out for the drive, got no power behind the shot and squeezed it to cover-point
56.3 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, full now around off, driven back firmly towards the bowler at a comfortable height to stop, Starc does so and threatens a shy back at the striker's end. Just to keep the batsmen honest
56.2 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, straightish length ball, Taylor moves across and turns it to FSL
56.1 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, length ball around middle and off, defended back down the pitch after moving half-forward
55.6 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, short and wide, McCullum throws his bat at it, the thickish outside edge flies over the slip cordon to the third man fence. Nothing held back
55.5 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, angled in on a good length around middle, worked to mid-on
55.4 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, good length around off, "wait on" shouts Baz after a firm push to mid-off
55.3 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, there's the seam movement. Similar line and length, nips away off the deck beating the outside edge on the attempted back foot defence
55.2 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length around off, right behind the line and on top of the bounce to block
55.1 -
Hazlewood to Ross Taylor, 1 run, fraction fuller than a good length just outside off, Taylor presses forward and pats it wide of mid-off. Over to you, Baz
54.6 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, full and driven down the ground. That's the way he bats. No point changing his game. Leans nicely into it and caresses the ball straight of mid-off
54.5 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, no run, short of length delivery angled across off stump, McCullum jumps in the crease to ride the bounce and fends it right on the crease, covered the ball by getting his body behind in case it went on to roll back. Not the case
54.4 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, 1 run, on the pads, clipped behind square
54.3 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, no run, in the blockhole on off, Taylor jams it down the pitch
54.2 -
Starc to Ross Taylor, FOUR, "catch it", no. Right in the gap. A loose push away from the body produces a thickish outside edge. Flies away wide of gully and into the fence. Two balls and Starc has forced two loose strokes
54.1 -
Starc to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, pushed across the right-hander on a good length, McCullum jabs away from the body, gets a thick outside edge and the ball rolls away between the slip cordon and gully down to third man
Mitchell Starc [13.0-4-24-1] is back into the attack
Just two slips for Starc.
53.6 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, you get this with McCullum. Always looking for runs. On a length around off, knocked wide of mid-off and McCullum sets off. Will keep strike
53.5 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, length ball on and around off, defended from the crease
53.4 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, in the channel just outside off, McCullum is happy to let it pass
53.3 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, good comeback. Slightly back of a length, pitches around off and straightens a touch, McCullum was looking to work it through the on-side and is squared up. A soft leading edge pops up into the off-side, dies down quickly
53.2 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, oh look at that! Second ball of the day and he has muscled it to the ropes. Was there to be put away - short and wide, McCullum slaps it through point
53.1 -
Hazlewood to Brendon McCullum, no run, full and close to off, McCullum forces forward and firmly pushes to mid-off with bat and pad close
Out come the players..The overcast conditions should assist the bowlers. Hazlewood to start
09:18 Local Time, 23:18 GMT, 04:48 IST: "What's the weather like?" you ask. Gloomy, overcast. Might have been some overnight rain but for now the covers are off and we should be starting on time. New Zealand can surely do with a lot more divine intervention. Oh dear, the news just coming in is that Jimmy Neesham has been ruled out of the rest of the series with a back injury. Will bat today though.
09:11 Local Time, 23:11 GMT, 04:41 IST: Inclement weather came to the aid of the Kiwis and washed out the entire final session last evening. As a result, we start half an hour early today. Good morning everyone to the live coverage of the fifth and final episode of the Gabba Test. We are less than 20 minutes away from the first ball..
Well then! The inevitable has happened and we are done for the day. Play has been called off meaning Australia will have to wait for one more day to try and force an outcome. The weather, however, promises to be better tomorrow and we will be here nice and early to bring you all the action from the final day. Leaving you with a reminder, it's an early start tomorrow which means play will begin at 9:30 local. See you then. Adios!
17:20 Local Time, 07:20 GMT, 12:50 IST: Looks like the light hasn't improved one bit and we might get a final update very soon...
16:35 Local Time, 06:35 GMT, 12:05 IST: Good news fellas! Rain relents, but the light is a bit too scary to ignite any thought of resuming the play. The umpires have had a brief inspection and they think the same. More waiting game at the Gabba...
16:25 Local Time, 06:25 GMT, 11:55 IST: The latest update is that the rain is still on and so are the covers. Thumbs crossed for the rest of the day's play. Meawhile, here's some interesting stat: Kane Williamson's first innings ton (in this game) meant he has a century against 8 Test playing nations. Zimbabwe is the only nation that's missing from his Test-match tons list. For a 25-year old and that too having only played 41 Test matches, that's quite a record. Isn't it?
15:58 Local Time, 05:58 GMT, 11:28 IST: Mark Taylor, on air, informs, the rain has gotten heavier at the ground. So, we might be in for a lengthy delay. The entire square is covered now.
15:50 Local Time, 05:50 GMT, 11:20 IST: Holy moly! It is raining at the moment at the Gabba. The umpires have a discussion and they decide to bring the covers back on. Dark clouds are hovering over the ground. The forecast for the rest of the day is not good either.
Welcome back for the final session. The seasoned campaigners, Taylor and McCullum, have a task on their hands, as they look to counter the thuderbolts from Johnson, Starc and Co.
The Aussies will have their tails up and will be smelling blood. Can this seasoned Kiwi pair bail the visitors through to the close? Or is there another collapse on the cards? We'll be back in 15 minutes for the rest..
The hosts were made to toil hard with the pair of Guptill and Williamson putting up a stubborn front. Not much lateral movement available off the deck for the pacers and given how unflustered the duo looked on the back foot, the bounce was never going to be an issue. Meant that Lyon was given an extended spell. And it worked wonders with the offie getting rid of both the set batsmen.
Tea, Day 4: What would have been only a satisfactory session for Australia, has turned into a good one after getting rid of an ominous Williamson not long before the break. But now that they have seen his back, the hosts would fancy their chances to breeze through the middle order keeping the first innings capitulation in mind.
52.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, 2 runs, good length ball in the channel around off, Taylor goes at it with hard hands, the ball takes the outside edge and rolls away behind square on the off-side, the batsmen come back for the second
Last ball before tea...
52.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, optismtic shout for caught behind. Nevill knew it came off the pad. Marsh thought about reviewing it, but turned back and went to his run-up. Sliding down leg, Taylor misses the glance, the ball kisses the pad on the way to Nevill, who moves to his left and gloves it
52.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, on a length close to off, Taylor presses it in front of cover after coming forward
52.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, brilliant from Marsh. Prodigious movement outside off, Taylor was sucked into the push, he was on the move and is fortunate to have not edge it behind. Plenty of oohs and aahs behind the wicket
52.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, good length ball in and around off, Taylor moves forward and blunts it to mid-off
52.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, back of a length on off, tapped in front of the short mid-wicket fielder
51.6 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, looped up outside off, McCullum lunges forward and pushes it to the off-side
51.5 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, floated up around off, McCullum prefers to play it off the back foot and does so successfully
51.4 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, flighted on the stumps, McCullum goes back and blocks it with the straightest of bats
51.3 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, drops it short and outside off, McCullum is quick to rock back and cut it fiercely in front of square on the off-side, no need to run for those as it travelled quickly to the fence
51.2 -
Lyon to Brendon McCullum, no run, tosses it up around off, McCullum prods forward and ekes out an inside edge onto pad. Plenty of excitement for the Aussies around the bat
Brendon McCullum, right handed bat, comes to the crease
51.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, out Lbw!! Big, big wicket for Australia. It was a 50-50 call and it has gone in their favour. Taylor straightaway asked Williamson to review it as it seemed to be going over the stumps, but that was not the case. Flighted and fraction short, Williamson goes down on one knee and misses the pull, is struck high on the back leg. Umpire Illingworth raised his finger to the Aussies delight. That could have gone either way. Williamson lbw b Lyon 59(74) [4s-5]
Lyon to Williamson, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
Williamson is given out LBW. Taylor has asked him to review. "Fair delivery. Can we move on to front vision? Can you give me HotSpot front-on? Nothing on HotSpot. Give me RTS please? Rock and roll it. Nothing on RTS, no bat involved. Impact in-line and the ball is kissing the bails. Richard stay with your decision," says umpire Ravi
50.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, once more finds the edge. Marsh is varying it nicely. Keeps it on a length around off, Taylor presses forward to defend, the ball takes the outer half and rolls to gully
50.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, fraction fuller and on the stumps, Taylor brings his bat in front his pad and blocks to the on-side
50.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, on a length close to off, Taylor prods forward and defends off the outer half of the bat
50.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, no run, beauty! Marsh is making things happen. This is a good length delivery in the corridor uncertainty, Taylor had to play at that, he is lucky that the ball straightened and beat the outside edge
50.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Ross Taylor, 2 runs, that is two runs gifted for Taylor. Drifting onto the pads, Taylor leans forward and flicks it in front of square on the leg-side, that is bread and butter for the Kiwi No. 4
50.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, 3 runs, banged in halfway down, Williamson knew that there was no one at deep square leg, so pulls it in the air intentionally, didn't time and picks up three more
49.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, teased up outside off, Williamson plays it with soft hands into the vacant cover region, scampers across for a single
49.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, tossed up around off, Williamson shuffles across as he comes forward, misses the nudge and is rapped on the pads. Stifled appeal for LBW, but the impact was outside off
49.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, floated up on off, Williamson works it to short mid-wicket
49.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, dangerous shot to play on the Gabba wicket - the cut. Turn and bounce for Lyon, Williamson makes a bit of room and cuts to backward point, he rode the bounce and managed to keep it down
49.2 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, 1 run, this time Taylor manages to evade the FSL fielder, is wide of short fine as well
49.1 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, flighted on off, Taylor goes right back and turns it to FSL
48.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, second time in the over Marsh finds the edge of Williamson's bat. This was fuller and on off, Williamson was rooted to the crease as he pushed at it, the thickish outside edge dribbles towards gully
48.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, targets the sticks with a back of a length delivery, Williamson gets behind the line and blocks it to mid-wicket
48.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, hint of movement for Marsh, but the length was short and outside off, Williamson has nothing to do with it, waves it through to the keeper
48.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, short of length on off, Williamson plays the textbook back foot defence to mid-on
48.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, keeps it in the corridor around off, Williamson watches it closely, lifts his bat and lets it go
48.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Williamson, no run, leading edge! A rare false shot from Williamson. Good length ball that straightens, Williamson closes the bat face as he looked to flick, the edge dies down in front of the gully fielder
Mitchell Marsh [3.0-2-6-0] is back into the attack
47.6 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, floated up close to off, Taylor lunges forward and defends off the inner part to the on-side
47.5 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, throws this up and gets the batsman to drive, Taylor's feet went nowhere as he mistimed it back to Lyon
47.4 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, flighted around off, Taylor goes deep in the crease and blocks to the off-side
47.3 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, goes straight on, Taylor moves across his sticks and offers a dead-bat
47.2 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, tossed up outside off, Taylor shuffles across, rides the bounce and pats it to short fine leg, he wanted the single but is sent back
47.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, nudged away behind square leg with the turn, for a single
46.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, 3 runs, fraction full and outside off, Williamson drives through extra cover, didn't get the timing right as the bat turned on impact, hence gets only three
46.5 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, 1 run, on a length just outside off, Taylor eases it to cover and calls for the single. Good positive intent being shown by Rosco
46.4 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, 4 runs, finally, Taylor middles one and comes back for an all run four. Pitched up outside off, Taylor stretches forward and caresses the drive through the vacant cover region. The ball doesn't have the legs to reach the fence, but didn't matter
46.3 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, no run, two in two! The ball is teasing the outside edge. This was shortish and around off, Taylor goes for the cut and is beaten all ends up. It was very close to the body for him to be playing the cut. Nice carry through to Nevill
46.2 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, no run, the sucker delivery. And Taylor nearly nicked it behind. It was full and outside off, Taylor took the bait and went for the booming off-drive, the angle from round the wicket beats the outside edge
46.1 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, no run, good length ball close to off, Taylor presses forward and defends to cover
45.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, looped outside off, Williamson sees the flight and lunges into the drive, goes too hard and mistimes it to mid-off
45.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, waits and waits for the ball to turn, taps it on the head and finds FSL
45.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, shortens the length around off, Williamson goes back and eases it to cover
45.3 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, 1 run, employs the sweep, there was bit of extra bounce but Taylor adjusted well, delayed his shot and sent it to deep backward square leg
45.2 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, slower and outside off, Taylor push-drives it towards cover
45.1 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, again Taylor is pushing at the off-break, Lyon keeps it outside off and brings the batsman forward, Taylor goes hard at that and the inside edge hits the pad, lobs wide of the FSL fielder
44.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, once again lures the drive by slinging it fuller around off, Williamson canes it to that man at mid-off again
44.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, fraction fuller this time on off, driven to mid-off
44.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, Kane Williamson continues to grow in stature. The Gabba, check. After a ton in the previous innings, follows it up with an effortless half-century. Back of a length delivery whipped wide of mid-on
44.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, tests the pitch on a back of a length, Williamson tests it again with a solid defence
44.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, 2 runs, stands tall and punches it through cover. Geez, he is good to watch. Both innings combined and he has hardly put a foot wrong. If only his teammates can give him support. Got right on top of the bounce of this short of length delivery
44.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery around middle and off, Williamson works it into the on-side in defence
44.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, wide, banged in well short, 134ks, the ball loops up over the crouched form of Williamson
43.6 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, huge gasps as the ball teasingly evades short leg. Turns in from outside off on a length forcing a thick inside edge on the forward prod but wide of the fielder
43.5 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, tossed up on a length just outside off, Taylor presses forward and blocks
43.4 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, FOUR, Taylor seems to have made up his mind. Won't die wondering. Floated up well outside off, he stretches his front foot across, bends on one knee and sweeps hard through square leg
43.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, for the 101th time, Lyon turns it into those pads, clipped away through square leg
43.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, again on the pads, clipped away firmly, FSL shows agile reflexes to stop
43.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, 2 runs, flatter on the stumps from round the wicket, Williamson nurdles it behind square. Lyon has been too straight to Williamson in this spell
42.6 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, FOUR, short of length on the body, Taylor isn't quite in control of the pull, might have got it high on the bat but enough meat on it to clear mid-wicket. Went in front of square too
42.5 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, no run, a muted appeal down the leg-side. Taylor was late on the pull to the bumper down leg and missed. Was a slight sound but it was after the ball had gone past the bat
42.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, closer to the hips, anything there and Williamson is unfazed. Nudges it wide of mid-wicket
42.3 -
Johnson to Ross Taylor, 1 run, not good from Johnson's point of view. Taylore gets away from the firing line. Back of a length delivery angling away around the fourth stump line, he moves across and pats it through the cover region
42.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, closer to the body on a similar short of length, Williamson moves inside the line and rolls the wrists on the pull to send it rolling behind square down to fine leg
42.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, short of length delivery around off, Williamson stands tall and blocks to mid-off
Mitchell Johnson [10.0-5-20-0] is back into the attack
41.6 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, tossed up judiciously and turning in from outside off, Taylor goes searching for the push in front of the body, it kicks off the surface and spoons up off the splice. Falls short of the bowler though
41.5 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, shuffles back and across to get behind the turn and blocks
41.4 -
Lyon to Ross Taylor, no run, floated up just outside off, Taylor jams the drive towards mid-off
Ross Taylor, right handed bat, comes to the crease
41.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, out Caught by Smith!! At last the stiff resistance comes to an end. Lyon is the man. Pushed through quicker outside off, the length is fullish, rather than coming forward Guptill plays back to it anticipating turn, there isn't that much. The ball skids on, takes the outside edge and settles into the pockets of Smith at first slip. Guptill c Smith b Lyon 23(133)
Lyon to Guptill, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
41.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, no problems with this one though, tucked right out of the middle through square leg
41.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, Joe Burns, this was so bad that it was actually funny. Flatter trajectory on the pads, Williamson shapes to clip but misses, Burns was moving to his right anticipating the shot, the ball popped straight to him off the thigh pad and he fails to cling on. There were shouts of catch, luckily from Burns perspective - no bat involved. Would have been very embarrassing
40.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, short of length outside off, dabbed to backward point
40.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, huge appeal, sure why. Fuller length on middle and off, Guptill plants his front foot across, the bat has to come around the pad as he mistimes the drive to mid-on
40.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, on a length but not close enough to force a shot from Guptill
40.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, good length delivery close to off stump, Guptill offers a flat-footed defence from the crease
40.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, wider of off on a length, left alone
40.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, pitched up and nips away around the fourth stump, was there to be driven so I don't blame Guptill for going for the drive, ends up getting beaten on the outside edge
39.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, full and on the stumps, Williamson sweeps hard but Burns takes evasive action at FSL and takes a blow on his body, must have hurt but he certainly saved a boundary there
39.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, byes, 3 runs, drifts this one further down leg, Nevill moves across to his left but fails to glove the ball, the duo sneak 3 byes before the ball is hunted down in the deep
39.4 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, huge appeal from the keeper but nothing from the umpire. This was nicely looped up by Lyon and spun down the leg-side, Guptill misses on the flick and the ball clips the pad on its way to the keeper
39.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, hangs back and tucks this shortish delivery square on the leg-side
39.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, floated up on leg, Williamson turns it with soft hands towards FSL
39.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, flighted delivery on middle, Williamson goes back and tucks it to FSL
38.6 -
Starc to Guptill, 2 runs, driven away from the body slightly but enough meat off the willow. Fullish and angled across, Guptill is drawn into the shot and gets it away through the vacant cover region
38.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, fraction fuller than a good length around off, Guptill defends with the bat high up, the ball takes the bottom of the blade and drops at his feet
38.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, trying too hard maybe. A lot of variations in length from Starc. Now a bouncer on middle, Guptill sinks low to evade
38.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, over the wicket to Guptill. Short of length around the fourth stump, Guptill is tall in defence
38.2 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, reverting to the bodyline tactics, short of length angling into the stomach, Williamson hurries to hop inside the line and awkwardly whips it wide of the man at leg-gully. Might have been in the air but way too far
38.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, shortish delivery wide of off from round the wicket, Williamson chops it towards point
37.6 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, closer to off stump, defended into the on-side
37.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, floaty delivery turning in from wide of off, Guptill covers his off-stump and leaves
37.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, much too flat on the stumps, another roll of the wrists to meet the ball and send it rolling behind square
37.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, 1 run, too straight, easily clipped off the back foot through mid-wicket
37.2 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, teased up around off stump, Guptill plonks the foot beside the line and jams the defence down the pitch
37.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, turning in from middle, Williamson goes back and glances it wide of short fine leg
36.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, right in the blockhole, line is outside off, jammed towards cover. Starc has plenty to say at the end of it all. Perhaps asking about the dinner plans
36.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, hitting the pitch on a short of length, barricaded into the off-side off the back foot
36.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, bumper on the stumps, Guptill sees it early and goes down in a crouched form to duck underneath
36.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, rising nicely from a short of length, Guptill rides it by getting on his toes and turns it to FSL
36.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, solidly behind the line and traces the middle of the bat in defence
36.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery leaving Guptill, left alone
35.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, FOUR, he's played quite a few sweep shots to the offie. Not wanting to let him settle into a groove perhaps. Premeditates it on this occasion, gets a looped up delivery outside off, moves across and paddles it fine. The man at short fine leg gives chase all the way but the ball just about sneaks through
35.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, 1 leg bye, flatter trajectory which kicks and bites again after pitching just outside off, Guptill goes deep in the crease, anticipates the turn and looks to tuck, misses and gets it off the pad
35.4 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, Guptill is caught on the crease to one which rips back sharply, pushed through a touch quicker on a length explaining the reluctance to press forward, the exaggerated turn beats defensive bat and strikes him in line with middle. Too much turn though, pretty evident in real time itself
Huge LBW turned down. Smith wants further confirmation. Decides to go upstairs. In real time, looked like turning too much. Yes, ball-tracking confirms. A wasted review
35.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, flatter trajectory on this occasion, turned to FSL with soft hands
35.2 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, teased up just outside off, Williamson bends on one knee and gently sweeps behind square
35.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, weeee, that one ripped. Lovely loop and drift outside off, pitches on a length and turns square beating the inside edge of Williamson's front foot prod and striking the pad. Got Lyon a touch excited
34.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, angling away wide of off on a good length, Guptill would be mad to chase after it
34.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, the effort ball which turns out to be the gutter ball down leg, waste of some calories nothing else. Guptill half-crouches but didn't really need to
34.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, way down leg, Guptill can't even connect with the windy whip
34.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, on a good length, much closer to off, Guptill answers with a solid forward block
34.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, wider still of off, on a good length, Guptill raises his arms nice and high
34.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, away, away, away, Guptill is determined not to repeat his mistake of the previous over
33.6 -
Lyon to Williamson, FOUR, well flighted off-break which pitches in line of off, was there on a sweeping length, Williamson sinks low and connects well to send the ball whistling behind square
33.5 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, almost a carbon print of the previous ball, the length not quite short enough and the room not quite there to be cutting, jammed to backward point
33.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, makes room looking to cut, turns more than he would have anticipated and ends up chopping it towards backward point
33.3 -
Lyon to Williamson, no run, drops it slightly short, Williamson pivots on the back foot and pulls but picks out backward square leg
33.2 -
Lyon to Guptill, 1 run, off-break on a length around off, Guptill doesn't quite meet the pitch and looks like he got the defence off a thick inside edge, single behind square
33.1 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, too easy, flat on the stumps, tucked away behind square for a single
32.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, no, no, no. He faced 99 balls before this one and I hardly remember a loose stroke. Now this is dished up well wide of off, Guptill chases with a flashy drive with feet chained and is beaten on the outside edge
32.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, another one leaving him with the angle, good steam, Guptill leaves
32.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, nice zoomer from a short of length, was always leaving Guptill with the angle, just has to drop his wrists to stay away
32.3 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, hurried into the pull, 141 clicks on a short of length, ends up making a mess of the timing and the ball rolls away behind square towards fine leg
32.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, pushed across Williamson, length is short, he jumps on the crease and cuts square of the wicket, Warner moves across to his right from backward point and dives to make the stop
32.1 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, slingy back of a length delivery on the hips, Williamson hops and tucks it with soft hands to FSL
Now a fielder is put in place at short leg but the milk has been spilt already
31.6 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, solidly forward and keeps it out
31.5 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, looped up on that attacking line outside off, draws Guptill into the drive, puts it straight to mid-off
31.4 -
Lyon to Williamson, 1 run, pushed through on the stumps, Williamson moves inside the line and tucks it neatly towards fine leg
31.3 -
Lyon to Guptill, 1 run, flatter trajectory on the stumps, there is some turn but the line isn't too threatening, clipped away behind square
31.2 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, straighter line, pitches close to off, turned away to short mid-wicket
31.1 -
Lyon to Guptill, no run, tossed up nicely and turning in from outside off, Guptill uses his reach to get close to the pitch and blocks into the on-side
Nathan Lyon, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Spin for the first time in this innings in the form of Lyon. Slip and FSL waiting
30.6 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, full around off, driven to Warner at silly mid-off. Wonder whether he's placed there to actually field the ball or ruffle the non-striker
30.5 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, ever so solid. Length ball around the fourth stump line, Williamson meets it with a straight bat after moving half-forward
30.4 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, slanted across the right-hander on a back of a length, Williamson waits and back cuts it nicely but picks out gully
30.3 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, this time gets the tuck away neatly to mid-wicket
30.2 -
Starc to Williamson, no run, you have 504 runs on the board, can attack from all possible corners, but still there's no short leg. Short of length on the hips, Williamson hops across to tuck it away, only manages an inside edge onto thigh pad and pops up. Would have been a dolly had there been a fielder
30.1 -
Starc to Williamson, 2 runs, very full, very wide, Williamson has to truly stretch to reach and jabs it through the cover region. The decision to come back for a second was a belated one
Mitchell Starc [8.0-2-18-1] is back into the attack
Starc to sling a few now..A couple of slips and a silly mid-off right beside the pitch
It looks like Hazlewood is having a few words with Guptill. It is something one expects from Trans-Tasman rivalries
29.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, another good length delivery and on the stumps, defended
29.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, length delivery that angles back into the right-hander, Guptill presents the full face of the blade to it
29.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery and outside off, Guptill covers his stumps and leaves it alone
29.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, Hazlewood pulls his length back on this one and keeps it in the corridor of uncertainty, left alone to the keeper
29.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, fuller length delivery and just outside off, Guptill drives it on the up to mid-off
29.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 3 runs, pitched up ball and outside off, Williamson shows his penchant for driving and finds the gap through the cover-region with clockwork precision and collects three runs
28.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, 3 runs, Williamson camps in the crease and steers this back of a length ball to third man to collect three more runs. He likes playing that stroke
28.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, length delivery and this one is angled back into the right-hander, Williamson blunts it out from the crease
28.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, FOUR, width on offer on that delivery, Williamson waits for the ball and smears the cut through the backward point region for another boundary
28.3 -
Johnson to Williamson, 4 runs, the dangled carrot that is bowled outside off, Williamson takes it on the half-volley and drives it all along the carpet through the cover-region. Two fielders patrolling the off-side field look to hunt it down. It is the fielder at point, who finally gets to the ball. However, some excellent running between the wickets, help Williamson to add four runs to his tally
28.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, from round the wicket, Johnson flings it on a back of a length and keeps it in the channel outside off, Williamson punches it to point
28.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, very full from Johnson, Williamson drives it to mid-off
27.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Guptill ushes it through to the keeper. It brings to an end what was a testing over, with Hazlewood testing every crevice of both players' defence
27.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, this one is sparyed down the leg-side, but Guptill can't connect with the tuck
27.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, Hazlewood shows his perseverance by pitching it on a good length, Guptill is steadfast in his defence
27.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, this time though, Guptill watches this good length delivery all the way through and blocks it out off the back foot
27.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, for the umpteenth time, Hazlewood finds the right length for the Gabba wicket. He bowls it on an in-between length and it nips away a touch after pitching. Guptill is caught in the crease, has a flirty poke at the ball and is beaten on the outside edge
27.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, length delivery and just outside off, Guptill dabs it to backward point
26.6 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, Johnson continues to experiment as this time around, he decides to bowl from over the wicket. It was bowled on a back of a length and climbed onto the batsman. However, Williamson presents the bat-maker's label and keeps it out off the back foot
26.5 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, Johnson goes for the yorker, but it is bowled outside off, Williamson jams it out
26.4 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, from round the wicket, Johnson hits it on a back of a length, Williamson covers his stumps and defends off the back foot
26.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, 1 run, good length delivery and just outside off from Johnson, Guptill gently taps it towards short cover and steals a quick single. He hared down to the other end there
26.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, this one is closer to the off-stump as Johnson hits it on a back of a length. Guptill defends it with soft hands to backward point
26.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, this one is bowled miles outside off, Guptill shows measured judgment and leaves it alone
25.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, 1 run, back of a length delivery from Hazlewood, Guptill gently works it to mid-on for a single
25.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, a smidgen fuller from Hazlewood, Guptill is compact in his defence
25.4 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, 1 run, length delivery and on the stumps, Williamson tucks it to mid-on and steals a single
25.3 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery and Hazlewood extracts extra bounce on it, Williamson jumps in the air and defends it towards short cover
25.2 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, Hazlewood continues to test every nook and cranny of the batsman with a pitched up delivery that shapes away a touch from Williamson. However, Williamson is equal to the challenge as he presents the full face of the blade and drives it down the ground for a boundary. A shot played with poise and balance
25.1 -
Hazlewood to Williamson, no run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Williamson hop-defends it to backward point
24.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, length delivery and outside off, Guptill ignores. Johnson needs to make the batsman play here
24.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, Johnson flings this one well outside off, Guptill plants his front foot and waves it through to the keeper
24.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, Johnson, this time, bowls it in the channel outside off, Guptill covers his stumps and leaves it alone
24.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, again Johnson angles it back into the right-hander and this one is on the stumps, Guptill ekes out an inside edge into the on-side. His bottom hand came off the bat handle there
24.2 -
Johnson to Williamson, 1 run, fuller length delivery and just outside off enticing the drive, Williamson prods forward and checks his drive to mid-off for a quick single
24.1 -
Johnson to Williamson, no run, from round the wicket and wide of the crease, Johnson angles it back into the right-hander, Williamson blocks it out off the back foot
Mitchell Johnson [7.0-5-7-0] is back into the attack
23.6 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, now, that is the perfect length for the Gabba track. It pitched on a good length and then nipped away a touch. Guptill was caught in the crease, pushed at the ball and it snaked past his outside edge
23.5 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery and in the corridor of uncertainty, Guptill stays in the crease, rides on the bounce and defends
23.4 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, good length delivery and just outside off, Guptill defends it down the pitch
23.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery and in the channel outside off, left alone
23.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, another pitched up delivery with a hint of shape away from the right-hander, Guptill blunts it out off the front foot
23.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, Hazlewood ushers in with a pitched up ball that shapes away a touch from the right-hander, Guptill comes up with a tentative forward defence. It hits the pad after he defends
In a few minutes time, we will be back with live action. In fact the players are making their way out to the middle. Hazlewood will start the proceedings with three slips and a gully in place.
12:50 Local Time, 02:50 GMT, 08:20 IST: Mark Nicholas on air tells us there will be resumption soon. However, "there is a bit of cloud cover hovering around," he cautions. Live visuals display the groundsmen operating the supersoppers while the umpires have a confab with the fourth umpire. Ian Healy reckons "It won't be longer than 15 minutes before the play resumes." Play to resume at 1:20 local
12:35 Local Time, 02:35 GMT, 08:05 IST: Finally some good news coming in from the Gabba. Rain has taken a break for now and the groundstaff are in the business trying to clear the wet outfield. More updates on the resumption, stay tuned... Here's the news: The umpires have scheduled an inspection at 12:50 local time.
12:12 Local Time, 02:12 GMT, 07:42 IST: Unfortunately, it is bucketing down at the Gabba now and we maybe in for a lengthy delay. Hence it is inevitable that the post lunch session has been delayed.
It turned out to be an intriguing session for sure as there was a keen tussle between bat and ball. Guptill and Latham played with pluck and steel. It has to be said though, Johnson and Co. bowled with fire and aggression, and created quite a few chances. It was Mitchell Starc, whose perseverance finally paid rich dividends as he prised out Latham LBW. Guptill had a reprieve as Lyon dropped him at backward point. But the credit has to go the opener for twinning steadfast defence with temperament. He and Williamson need to play key roles, for the tourists to get a positive result from this game. Join us back for the post-lunch session at 12:30 local. Fingers crossed that the rain will relent.
11:48 Local Time, 01:48 GMT, 07:18 IST: As the rain has got harder, lunch break has been taken. In fact, more covers are in place now.
11:40 Local Time, 01:40 GMT, 07:10 IST: There is a bit of drizzle and it has gone dark at the ground. The umpires are also not happy with the light. In the end, they decide to go off. The main cover is in place and the lights are on. Interestingly, yesterday, even though the rain was heavier, they continued to play. The lunch break will be taken at 11:50 local time, provided the delay is extended for 10 more minutes.
22.6 -
Starc to Guptill, 3 runs, pitched up delivery and outside off, Guptill plants his front foot and drives it to deep extra cover and collects three runs
22.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, Starc flings it in the channel outside off, Guptill ignores
22.4 -
Starc to Williamson, 1 run, this one is splayed down the leg-side, Williamson works it to backward square leg
Kane Williamson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
22.3 -
Starc to Latham, out Lbw!! Well, it is Starc who finally makes the incision for the hosts. Starc is well-known for those toe-crushers. Here too he goes for the inswinging yorker. Latham aims to flick it around the corner, but is beaten by that extra pace. It hits him on the boot and is adjudged LBW. There was a chance that it was perhaps angling down leg. However, on replays one can say it was likely going to clip the leg-stump. The Hawk-Eye also confirms that it was clipping leg-stump. Latham thought of taking the review, but decided against it. Latham lbw b Starc 29(71) [4s-3 6s-1]
Starc to Latham, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
22.2 -
Starc to Latham, no run, good length delivery but a bit more closer to the off-stump, Latham defends it to mid-on
22.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, length ball that is bowled there and thereabouts outside off, Latham ignores
21.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, Mitchell Marsh keeps it in the channel outside off, left alone to the keeper
21.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, Mitchell Marsh bends his back and extracts disconcerting bounce on that delivery. Guptill looks to defend off the back foot. However, he is surprised by the extra bounce. In the end, he keeps his eyes on the ball and lets it go by. Mitchell Marsh snapped his wrist and that helped him to get a bit more bounce on that ball
21.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, this one is sprayed down the leg-side, Guptill aims to nudge it to fine leg and fails to connect
21.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery and in the zone outside off, Guptill covers his sticks and lets it go by
21.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery that angles back into the right-hander, Guptill tucks it in front of square on the on-side
21.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Guptill camps on the back foot and defends it with soft hands towards cover
20.6 -
Starc to Latham, no run, this one is bowled on the stumps, Latham though, shifts his weight forward and keeps it out
20.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, Starc tests the patience of the batsman outside off, Latham leaves it alone
20.4 -
Starc to Guptill, 3 runs, a bit of width on offer on that delivery, Guptill stands tall on the back foot and punches it through the extra cover region. Good running between the wickets help Guptill to collect three runs
20.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, length delivery that is bowled outside off, Guptill ushers it through to the keeper. Ever since especially Mitchell (jnr) took over as the groundsman in the early 1990s, one of the features of Gabba has been even bounce
20.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, this one is bowled well outside off, easy leave for the batsman
20.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, length ball with a hint of shape back into right-hander, Guptill comes onto the front foot and keeps it out
Mitchell Starc [6.0-2-11-0] is back into the attack
19.6 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, Mitchell Marsh keeps it there and thereabouts outside off, defended
19.5 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, pitched up delivery that curls back into the left-hander, Latham covers his stumps and leaves it alone
19.4 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, this one is splayed down the leg-side, Latham aims to tuck it around the corner and misses
19.3 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery from Mitchell Marsh, Latham defends it into the off-side
19.2 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, SIX, with a dash of adventurousness, Latham rocks onto the back foot and pulls it over the fine leg fence for a six. Johnson though, thought he had a chance to pouch the catch at fine leg, but Latham got a good piece of wood on it
19.1 -
Mitchell Marsh to Latham, no run, fuller length delivery and outside off, Latham mistimes the drive back towards the bowler
Mitchell Marsh, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
18.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, short of length delivery from Johnson, Guptill is steadfast in his defence
18.5 -
Johnson to Latham, 1 run, Latham camps on the back foot and works it to mid-wicket
18.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery and just outside off, defended off the back foot
18.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, fuller length delivery that swings back into the left-hander, Latham looks to tuck it around the corner and misses. There is an appeal for LBW, but it was drifting down leg
18.2 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, well, Latham is living dangerously. He tucks this delivery that is splayed down the leg-side towards Burns at FSL. However, it falls just in front of the fielder
18.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, 3 runs, Oh! Boy! Lyon has dropped Guptill there. Lyon didn't seem to pick it up quickly. Guptill camped on the back foot and punched it towards Lyon, who jumped in the air and it went through his hands. Guptill collects three runs to deep backward point
17.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, length ball and just outside off, Latham rides on the bounce and keeps it out
17.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, fuller length delivery and outside off, Latham is tempted into the drive. In the end, he mistimes the drive towards mid-off
17.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, a smidgen fuller and outside off, Latham camps in the crease and defends
17.3 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, 1 run, Hazlewood continues to join the dots by keeping it in the channel outside off, Guptill is steadfast in his forward defence. He also takes a quick single there
17.2 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, this one is bowled there and thereabouts outside off, left alone
17.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, no run, lovely delivery from Hazlewood as he pitches it up and then it moves off the seam, Guptill comes half forward, pokes at it and the ball whizzes past the outside edge
16.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, 3 runs, Johnson generates a bit of inswing on that delivery, but it is on the pads, Guptill tucks it to deep mid-wicket and adds three runs to his tally. The fielder at mid-wicket hounds it down
16.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, length ball and outside off, Guptill plants his front foot and defends
16.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, from over the wicket, Johnson pitches it up and keeps it in the corridor outside off, Guptill waves it through to the keeper
16.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery that holds its line outside off, Guptill covers his stumps and leaves it alone. The openers have done well to leave deliveries outside off on length
16.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, Johnson keeps it in the one square foot window outside off, Guptill ignores
16.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, back of a length delivery and just outside off, Guptill camps on the back foot, covers the sticks and defends
15.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, Latham lets this one go through and umpire Richard Illingworth, who has had a good day so far, calls it "Time for some DRIKnightsS boys"..
15.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, Latham gets across and defends this length delivery with soft hands, well played Latham!
15.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, good length delivery wide of off, Latham leaves
15.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, FOUR, too full and straight, Latham dispatches it with a lovely-looking on-drive wide of mid-on, no need to run for those
15.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, appeal for lbw but the umpire is spot on there. HotSpot shows there's an inside edge and yet another good call from umpire Richard Illingworth. On a good length and swung in late, Latham gets an inside edge on the flick
15.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, fullish and just outside off, Latham offers a straight willow as he defends it back to the bowler
14.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, look at the figures of Mitchell Johnson. Isn't that the reason why he's tagged unplayable at pacy and bouncy conditions, five maidens. This one's left alone to the keeper as Johnson kept it wide
14.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, full and swings away late, the line isn't a dangerous one though, good leave from Guptill
14.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, pitches this one on a good length and keeps it around off, blocked down the track
14.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, hands-on-head moment for Johnson. On a good length and nipping back in late, Guptill made up his mind to let this one go, but let me tell you: that wasn't far away from having a shave at the off-stump
14.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, lifter again, this one didn't have much venom in it, Guptill lets it go
14.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, way short and this one's got good pace, Guptill jumps on the back foot and manages to evade the bouncer and he did well to drop his wrists too
13.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, length delivery outside off, Latham defends it safely towards gully. Must say this is a better over from Hazlewood, hit good line and lengths and almost got a reward
13.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, back of a length delivery angled in, Latham goes back and turns in front of Joe Burns at FSL
13.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, touch fuller and in the outside off channel, Latham pushes with soft hands towards the fieldsman at cover
13.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, well outside off, Latham can leave that all day alone
13.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, there's the McGrath-esque stuff from Hazlewood and he almost had a wicket, on a good length and in the corridor of uncertainty, Latham went with soft hands and hence the outside edge didn't carry to Voges at first slip
13.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, FOUR, well played Tom Latham! Perfectly executed pull shot from the Kiwi opener, short and down leg, Latham swivels and pulls behind square on the leg-side
12.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, not much pace on this length delivery on middle and leg, defended down the track with ease
12.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, yet another solid back foot defensive stroke from Guptill as Johnson hits one on a good length
12.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, a little too straight from Johnson, Guptill is back and across to block that
12.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, full and veering away from the right-hander, Guptill isn't fooled by the line and length, protects his off-stump and lets it pass
12.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, back of a length and just outside off, Guptill rides with the bounce and keeps it down with soft hands
12.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, Johnson comes on for the second time in the day, starts his new spell with a wider one, Guptill leaves it to the keeper
Mitchell Johnson [3.0-3-0-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, probing away in the outside off channel, Latham shoulders arms
11.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, back of a length and around middle, short-statured Latham jumps high and fends it down the track
Latham pulled off at the last moment, seems to be some issue with the sightscreen
11.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, this one's much fuller and Latham's drive finds mid-off to perfection
11.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, LEFT ALONE for the umpteenth time - needless to say: the line is well wide enough
11.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, length delivery around the sixth, seventh stump line, Latham isn't enticed by the width, left alone
11.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, 2 runs, drifts this one on to the pads and Latham connects with the flick (which is a rarity today), Starc gets across from fine leg to keep the batsmen down to two
10.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, still keeps it in the outside off area and Guptill ignores this one to the keeper
10.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, lifter around the leg-stump line, Guptill is sharp enough to see that coming - hides under nice and early
10.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, bounce and pace on this good length delivery outside off, Guptill has his arms aloft as he lets this one go
10.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, this one's bit tight - around the fourth stump line from a good length, Guptill shoulders arms
10.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, still wide of off and Guptill isn't going for this one either
10.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, angling away from a fuller length, Guptill isn't chasing that
It's getting more darker....
9.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, on a length and outside off, Latham isn't interested in playing at those
9.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, smidgen fuller and around the fourth stump line, Latham goes on the back foot and blocks solidly
9.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, bit wider of off, Latham is happy to let that go
9.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, well bowled and equally well played by Latham, good length and in the corridor of uncertainty, Latham has a long look and lets it go - which is the wisest thing to do
9.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, in the outside off zone from a good length, Latham lifts his bat and lets it go
9.1 -
Hazlewood to Guptill, leg byes, 1 run, Hazlewood isn't getting the line right, one more on the pads and Guptill misses on the clip. Ball runs away off the thigh pad and the duo sneak a leg bye
8.6 -
Starc to Guptill, 3 runs, finally Martin Guptill gets off mark, drives this wide of cover and collects three runs, retains the strike with that run
8.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, down leg and this time for a change Guptill misses out on the flick
8.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, dug in short and on the stumps, Guptill spots it early and ducks underneath
8.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, bounce, bounce, bounce - which is common in Gabba, isn't it? The line is wide and Guptill leaves it all alone
8.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, creates the angle away by hitting the fuller length, Guptill isn't tempted to chase that one though
8.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, pitched fuller and around off, safely blocked back to the bowler
7.6 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, extratcts good bounce on this length delivery, the line isn't a troubling one though, left alone to the keeper
7.5 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, gets this one right finally, good length and in the outside off channel, Latham shoulders arms
7.4 -
Hazlewood to Latham, FOUR, Hazlewood sprays this further wide (down leg), Latham makes connection with the flick and once he did that it's always going to be a boundary
7.3 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, Hazlewood is erring in line here, down the leg-side again and Latham misses his flick
7.2 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, keeps this on the pads, Latham gets across and clips to the right of the keeper who gets across and fields
7.1 -
Hazlewood to Latham, no run, Hazlewood starts his day with a straight ball down the leg-side, Latham lets it go
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, tests him in the outside off corridor again, Guptill resists
6.5 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, good bounce and pace on this one, but the line isn't quite right, LEFT ALONE
6.4 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, on a length and angling away from the right-hander, Guptill doesn't want any of it
6.3 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, 140ks from Starc and it just about took Guptill's off-stump, just that a hint of shape away saved the batsman as he left one to the keeper
6.2 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, this one's much straighter and Guptill is solid in his front foot defence
6.1 -
Starc to Guptill, no run, full and in the outside off corridor, Guptill has a good look at it and leaves it all alone
5.6 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, slingy ball down the leg-side with a lot of pace too, Latham misses the clip for the umpteenth time
5.5 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, right in that troubling line and that too from a good length, Latham is good enough to judge that well and let it pass
5.4 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, makes him play by angling in from a good length, Latham defends with the full face of the bat towards the off-side
5.3 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, still wide to make Latham play as he lets this one go too
5.2 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, wider of off, Latham lifts his bat and lets it go
5.1 -
Johnson to Latham, no run, nervy moments for Latham and the umpires are having a good time in the middle. This was on a good length and just outside off, Latham got squared up and almost edged it as he had a poke, Nevil and the slip cordon appeal in unison but the umpire is spot on there. The sound was the ball clipping the back thigh and the Snicko confirms so
4.6 -
Starc to Latham, leg byes, 1 run, errant Starc goes off radar again, down leg, Latham misses on the flick and sneaks a leg-bye as the ball deflects away off the thigh pad
4.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, length delivery around off, blocked back to the bowler
4.4 -
Starc to Latham, no run, Starc for a fleeting moment thought he had Latham strangled down the leg-side. This was full and drifting down, Latham clips and misses. Ball brushes the pad en route to the keeper and Nevill goes up straightaway but the umpire made the right call
Steven Smith is having a conference about a review and he doesn't seem to go upstairs. It was for a caught behind
4.3 -
Starc to Latham, 2 runs, full and this time there is ample width to play, Latham drives softly wide of extra cover and scampers across for a couple of runs
4.2 -
Starc to Latham, no run, this one's much wider than the previous one and Latham yet again lets it go
4.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, probing away around the fifth stump line, Latham covers his off-pole and shoulders arms
3.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, full and a hint of shape back in late, Guptill goes with hard hands as he looks to block, on the bounce to the helmeted Burns at FSL
3.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, bends his back and extracts good bounce on this short of length delivery, the line is a bit wide and Guptill safely leaves it
3.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty from a good length, Guptill ignores to the keeper
It has gone a bit gloomy out there and we might have a rain-break soon. Fingers crossed though...
3.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, still keeps it outside off, Guptill shoulders arms
3.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, solid back foot defence from Guptill
3.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, full and angling away, Guptill lifts his bat and lets it go
2.6 -
Starc to Latham, no run, full and angled in, Latham manages to dig that towards cover
2.5 -
Starc to Latham, 4 runs, not a boundary but the duo run four anyway. This was full and on the pads, Latham gets across and times the flick past FSL, deep fielder runs across but good running ensures that the batsmen get a four
2.4 -
Starc to Latham, no run, swinging in from a fuller length, Latham was indecisive there, looks to leave but was late in doing so. Ball takes the face of the bat and dribbles away to the off-side
2.3 -
Starc to Latham, no run, hits the deck hard on a good length and angles it down leg, Latham goes deep inside the crease and looks to turn it past the FSL, ball clips the thigh pad and lands well in front of the fielder
2.2 -
Starc to Latham, no run, too full and on off, curled back in as well, Latham brings his bat down jams it in front of mid-on
2.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, splays it down leg, Latham can't meet with the glance
1.6 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, another leave from Guptill. It was just outside off and didn't swing back in
1.5 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, what happened there? Where was Guptill going? This one tails back in on a fuller length, Guptill prods forward and gets an inside edge to the right of FSL, Burns fields the ball, Guptill didn't know where the ball was and searches for the single. Burns under arms the throw, but Guptill got back
1.4 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, fuller and close to off-stump, Guptill covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
1.3 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, angled across the right-hander, doesn't swing back in and Guptill shoulders arms
1.2 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, loud shout for lbw, but umpire Richard Illingworth shakes his head. Good decision from the umpire. It was doing too much. On a length and nips back in, Guptill is caught on the shuffle, is rapped on the pads. Height was an issue and it was just kissing the leg-stump
1.1 -
Johnson to Guptill, no run, dropped! It was a tough one for Burns. Back of a length, Guptill chips it off the hips, comes right off the meat of the bat, goes quickly to Burns at FSL, who gets hit in the stomach and then juggles for a couple of times before it goes to ground
Mitchell Johnson, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Starc to Latham, 2 runs, targets the body with the short delivery, Latham was hopping and fending, he does well to drop it down and evade the FSL fielder
0.5 -
Starc to Latham, no run, again the length is short and Latham is hanging on the back foot, defends it back to the bowler
0.4 -
Starc to Latham, no run, pitched on a good length and around off, Latham gets across and blocks
0.3 -
Starc to Latham, no run, Starc errs in line, sprays this down leg, Latham flicks and misses
0.2 -
Starc to Latham, no run, Starc gets good bounce on this short of length delivery, Latham jumps high and fends it
0.1 -
Starc to Latham, no run, full and swinging away outside off, Latham gets beaten on the outside edge as the ball moves away late
Latham and Guptill are at the crease. Latham is on strike. Starc will open the attack