Live Cricket Score, New Zealand vs England, 1st Test Day 5: Jonny Bairstow fell to a sublime Kane Williamson catch. (Source: Reuters)
Live Cricket Score New Zealand vs England 1st Test Day 5: England suffered a major blow when it lost captain Joe Root to the last ball on the fourth day as he strove to save the first Test after trailing New Zealand by 369 runs on the first innings. Root had batted more than three hours for 51 to rally England’s resistance in the face of that heavy deficit but his dismissal on the brink of stumps swung the match back in New Zealand’s favor.
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Back for the second session. Woakes joins Stokes in the middle. Grey clouds in the horizon... Four wickets to get for New Zealand
Moeen Ali's dismissal also brings about the end of the first session and Tea. Malan, Bairstow and Ali the wickets lost for England in the opening session. The task to defend this Test looks tough from here on. Stokes is unbeaten on 26
Big appeal for lbw on Moeen Ali and it has been reviewed. Plenty of pace in that delivery by Boult and Ali is slow to get his bat down to defend. The ball brushed both front and pack pads. Hit the front pad then an inside edge followed by the back pad. Looking at the impact on the front pad then and it is plumb in the middle. England are 217/6
New Zealand take the new pink ball. Trent Boult will have first chance at making it work. Not the best over from the left arm seamer. Keeping it wide and outside off to Stokes.
Just moments after Boult dropped a sitter, Williamson takes a screamer to dismiss Bairstow. Poor delivery from Astle, it is short and doing little, Bairstow pulls it straight to Williamson at mid-wicket. Kane goes flying and takes the catch above his head. WHAT. A. CATCH!
That is poor from Boult. What was he thinking and doing? Came straight at him at mid-on after Bairstow rocked on to the backfoot and spanked that. Boult almost looked straight ahead after almost gobbling that up and then let it go.
Stokes and Bairstow have been smart with their approach in the first session of play. Leaving and blocking with rather ease. But can they hold out for two and a half sessions? England 166/4 and trail by 203 runs
With Southee bowling round the wicket in a teasing line, Malan tries to jab at it, gets an outside edge and goes down second slip's throat. Latham is safe pair of hands and Malan walks for 23. England are 142/4
Hello and Good Morning! England have a large deficit to overcome on the final day of this opening Test in the series. A two-match series means they can't afford to let advantage slip. Joe Root survived and batted resoluely on Day 4 but was undone on the last ball of play. Onus now on Stokes and Malan followed by Bairstow to get them forward