New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of New Zealand, 2018 Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch Date & Time: Mar 30-Apr 03, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Colin de Grandhomme 45(97)
93.2
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, out Caught by Jack Leach!! What have you done Mr de Grandhomme. That is a shocking shot. He knew they were bowling short and CDG just can't resist the temptation of pulling the ball. Ploy of short ball has finally worked for England and they are delighted. It was short down the leg-side, ball gets big on him and he got the top edge, Leach at fine leg settles himself and takes a fine catch. Good innings from de Grandhomme comes to a tame end. de Grandhomme c Jack Leach b Mark Wood 45(97) [4s-6]
93.1
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, no run, don't touch it CDG. It was banged in short down the leg-side, de Grandhomme initially wanted to pull but decides against it
92.6
Jack Leach to Ish Sodhi, no run, very full and at the stumps, Ish Sodhi comes on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler
91.5
Broad to de Grandhomme, FOUR, there were two men there in that area but de Grandhomme bisected the gap brilliantly between the deep square leg fielder and fine leg for a four. He has pulled the ball really well
91.4
Broad to de Grandhomme, no run, good length delivery around off, blocked to the off-side
91.3
Broad to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, another short of length delivery down the leg-side, Ish Sodhi lifts it over the leg-slip fielder for a single
90.5
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, moves across to the off-side and blocks it back to the bowler
90.4
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, similar shot from de Grandhomme, only difference was he holds his pose this time
90.3
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, very full and flighted. de Grandhomme gets a stride forward and blocks it down
90.2
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, comes on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler
90.1
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller outside off, de Grandhomme carves it to cover point
89.6
Broad to Ish Sodhi, no run, banged in short and Ish Sodhi ducks under it. Ish Sodhi is putting up some fight here. England need to be patient
88.5
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, drags his length a touch fuller and bowls it around off, de Grandhomme comes on the front foot and pushes it to mid-on
88.4
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, bat and pad close together, compact defense from de Grandhomme on that good length ball at the stumps
88.3
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, brings his bat down straight and blocks it to mid-on
88.2
Anderson to de Grandhomme, 2 runs, straight from Anderson, de Grandhomme glances it to fine leg for a brace
88.1
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, good leave from CDG. It was around the fifth stump area and de Grandhomme decides to leave it alone
87.6
Broad to Ish Sodhi, no run, shuffles across and defends to the leg-side
87.2
Broad to de Grandhomme, FOUR, it was short and ball was at a comfortable height. Positive nerves in the mind of CDG took over and he pulled it to deep mid-wicket for a four
87.1
Broad to de Grandhomme, no run, banged in short, de Grandhomme ducks under it
86.6
Anderson to de Grandhomme, 1 run, de Grandhomme was late on the shot and inside edge takes it to fine leg for a single
86.5
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, comes on the front foot and pushes to the off-side
86.4
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, as close as it can get to the off-stump. De Grandhomme would believe that was a good leave but he misjudged the inward movement on that ball and got lucky. Big man must have had his heart in the mouth
86.3
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, on a good length and outside off, left alone
86.2
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller and at the stumps, de Grandhomme was beaten by the movement off the deck and ball strikes the inside half of the willow
86.1
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, good length delivery angling in to de Grandhomme who watches it closely and leaves it alone
85.6
Broad to Ish Sodhi, no run, full and straight from Broad to end the over. Ish Sodhi brought his bat down in the knick of time and blocks it to mid-on
85.1
Broad to de Grandhomme, no run, straight bat from de Grandhomme. He is displaying compact defense
84.6
Anderson to Ish Sodhi, no run, much fuller around off, Ish Sodhi gets a stride forward and drives it to mid-off
84.1
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, good length outside off, de Grandhomme jumps in the crease and blocks to cover
83.6
Broad to Ish Sodhi, no run, good length outside off, left alone
82.5
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, full and straight from Anderson, de Grandhomme brings his bat down vertically and defends it back to the bowler
82.4
Anderson to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, back of a length delivery at the pads, Ish Sodhi tucks it to fine leg for a single
81.5
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, FOUR, overpitched on this occasion, and that's been gorgeously driven through mid-off
81.4
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, no run, hits the deck on a length and has de Grandhomme working hard to leave that. A bit late and the ricochet can create quite the woodwork
81.3
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, leading edge to point. Late outswing on this very full ball that Ish Sodhi assumed was run-of-the-mill
80.5
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, not much swing so far. Angled in, de Grandhomme blocks
80.4
Anderson to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, he's bringing the ball back in -- most probably a set-up -- so Ish Sodhi shuffled across and run it down to backward square leg
80.1
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, some curl into the batsman but de Grandhomme's aware. Closes the bat face and rides it into the leg-side
79.6
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, no run, angles in the short ball from over the wicket, Ish Sodhi ducks AGAIN
78.5
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, quick and flat into the pads, de Grandhomme crouch-defends
78.4
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, darted in full, de Grandhomme gets low and blocks
78.3
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, playing it from the crease, getting behind the line just outside off
78.2
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, plays this full ball off the back foot, that was cleverly shuffled outside the line of off
78.1
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, bit of spin with a flatter trajectory, de Grandhomme runs it off a thick outside edge to backward point
77.6
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, no run, Wood switches to round the wicket, bangs the ball on a back of a length and nearly had Ish Sodhi, who was shuffling across to glance that and fails to make contact
77.4
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, wide of Stoneman at short leg.. A little shuffle to work this round the corner but that ball was gaining pace and bounce, which is why Ish Sodhi couldn't control it. Ended up playing it off the splice
76.6
Root to Ish Sodhi, no run, slows the pace down and makes a front-footed Ish Sodhi wait on the defence
76.3
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, consistent turn from that region now. de Grandhomme uses his feet this time and keeps it out
76.2
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, another forward defence skweing off the inside half
76.1
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, spinning in, inside edge on the pad
75.6
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, no run, now a 137ks inswinging yorker, Ish Sodhi just about keeps it out
75.4
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, no run, fended again. Just the 132ks but that looked pacey. Taken aback, de Grandhomme somehow gets his bat up
75.3
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, no run, full and swinging in, de Grandhomme blocks from the crease
75.2
Mark Wood to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, almost did a Watling there, except that this ball was not as full. Walked across and fended it off the shoulder of the bat wide of that fielder at 45
74.5
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, and again. Quite a familiar sight now. Spins in to beat de Grandhomme's forward defence on the inside
74.4
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, darted in, plonked back down the pitch
74.3
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, kicks in from outside off as de Grandhomme looked to play that off the back foot. Hit on the thigh
74.2
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, shuffle outside outside off with some crouch to get behind
74.1
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, drifting in with spin, inside edge onto the front pad
73.6
Jack Leach to Ish Sodhi, no run, a little loop, meaning Ish Sodhi now has to crouch further to quell this dipping delivery
71.5
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, sees the line outside off with insufficient turn, and pads it away
71.4
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, going wide of the crease and angling it in, defended with an abbreviated forward stride
71.3
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, arm-ball pitched full, de Grandhomme blocks it out
71.2
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, gets forward and defends it
71.1
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, 2 runs, two wide slips in there, and this has run off the inside edge on the pads through the gap between them
70.6
Root to Ish Sodhi, no run, flatter outside off, Ish Sodhi defends it from the crease
68.5
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, turning into the pads, shaved to square leg, wide of the forward short leg fielder
68.4
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, skidding on outside off, de Grandhomme is behind that
68.3
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller, de Grandhomme is coaxed forward
68.2
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, another one outside off, de Grandhomme gets behind off the back foot
68.1
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, reaches across to his off-side and blocks off the back foot
67.6
Jack Leach to Ish Sodhi, no run, drills out a full ball to extra cover
66.5
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, another one. Gee Root's been good. Struck on the front pad, above the knee roll, but the impact is again dicey
66.4
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, spins in to rap the back pad but the impact looked outside off
66.3
Root to de Grandhomme, FOUR, solders some width on this full ball an d it's been driven away. Nicely at that by de Grandhomme. Leans across and finds the gap through covers
66.2
Root to de Grandhomme, no run, fuller, defended into the leg-side
66.1
Root to de Grandhomme, leg byes, 2 runs, rippah! Gets it to drift away, spin in, sneak through the bat-pad gap and bounce over the stumps. Almost the perfect delivery, except that it doesn't get a wicket
65.6
Mark Wood to Latham, no run, more persistence with the shorter length, Latham is equal to the task and defends well off the back foot
64.5
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, full and outside off, reaches out to this one and dead bats it towards cover
64.4
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, stifled LBW shout, optimistic at best. The slider and no shot offered by de Grandhomme again as he gets pinged on the front pad. Impact doesn't matter but this wasn't going to hit the stumps
64.3
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, flatter and outside off, this time de Grandhomme decides to make a leave
64.2
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, in the air again! Boy, de Grandhomme isn't in the right state of mind I guess. Goes for another booming drive on seeing the flight but there is a bit of turn for Leach, off the slice but well short of point
64.1
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, 2 runs, finds the edge! This will be an interesting battle, that's for sure. Leach is tossing them up and de Grandhomme cannot resist going hard at it. Tries the drive but squirts off the outer half, well wide of the slip fielder and trickles down to third man
63.6
Mark Wood to Latham, no run, slightly short and around off, Latham rides the bounce with a tap towards gully
62.5
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, tossed up outside off, giant stride forward and dead bats it onto the track
62.4
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, full and outside off, driven off the front foot back to the bowler
62.3
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, 2 runs, was that a chance? Seemed like it. Nah, just short! Floated wider outside off, de Grandhomme is tempted into the aerial drive and didn't carry to the diving cover fielder. Sneaks through him and they get a brace. That was a heart-in-the-mouth stuff for de Grandhomme
62.2
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, the slider on middle and leg, hurries onto de Grandhomme who defends off the back foot to mid-wicket
62.1
Jack Leach to de Grandhomme, no run, tossed up around off, very full and Grandhomme rams the drive to short cover
61.6
Mark Wood to Latham, no run, back of a length and wider outside off stump, this is an easier one for Latham to deal with, left alone
60.6
Anderson to Latham, no run, skids a touch off the shortish length, hurries onto Latham who defends off the back foot
59.5
Mark Wood to Latham, 1 run, angling into the pads from a good length, Latham stands tall and works it through mid-wicket
59.3
Mark Wood to Latham, 1 run, back of a length again and Latham powers it away through square leg for a run
58.5
Anderson to de Grandhomme, no run, on a good length just outside off, watchful leave by de Grandhomme
58.4
Anderson to Latham, 1 run, pitched up and this time Latham's cover drive finds the gap, gets a single
57.5
Mark Wood to de Grandhomme, no run, short ball to greet de Grandhomme, round the wicket and on leg stump. Fended towards forward short leg
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