Live Cricket Score, New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test Day 1 in Christchurch

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Commentary (England innings)

7.1 Tim Southee to Stoneman, 1 run. 17/1

6.6 T Boult to J Vince, FOUR. 16/1

Mark Richardson on James Vince's footwork. Very tentative. Keeping his back leg firm and not taking it too much across in his trigger movement. In fact, it's going even back when he gets ready to play the ball and as a result, he is not getting any force or timing behind his shot. Usually, we have seen batsmen like Kallis, de Villiers doing forward and across movement to adjust to the swing but it's absent here with Vince. Too circumspect at the moment and clearly a sign that he's not picking Trent.

6.5 T Boult to Vince, FOUR. 12/1

6.4 T Boult to J Vince, Gets forward to a full ball and pats it towards mid off. 8/1

6.3 T Boult to Vince, Back of a length delivery on off, Vince lets it pass. 8/1

6.2 T Boult to Vince, In the channel outside off, James is happy to leave it alone. 8/1

6.1 T Boult to Vince, Delivers it on a fuller length, moving away further, Vince shoulders his arms to it. 8/1

5.6 Tim Southee to Stoneman, That's third maiden on the trot. The Kiwi pacers are just not letting them score. Fuller in length and on the pads, flicked straight to the man at mid-wicket. 8/1

5.5 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Around middle, nipping in, Stoneman moves inside the line to flick but gets a soft leading edge back on the track. 8/1

A little bit of dissection on Alastair Cook's wicket. It's found even in the previous Test that Cook was very slow and hesitant in moving his front leg forward. It's either none or very little. The trend continued today as well and his hesitation to get entirely forward has cost him his wicket.

5.4 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Fuller on off, a bit wide this time. Easy leave. 8/1

5.3 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Good length delivery, in the channel around off, Stoneman at first presses forward to deal with it but the ball zips off the surface and nearly takes the outside edge of his bat. 8/1

5.2 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Similar line and length, second leave in a row from Mark. 8/1

5.1 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Back of a length outside off, Stoneman drops his wrists to make a leave. 8/1

4.6 T Boult to Vince, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. Back-to-back maidens for the left-arm pacer. This is good stuff. 8/1

4.5 T Boult to Vince, Beauty again from Boult! Good length delivery, angling away from off, Vince once again has a feel of it and is lucky not to edge one. 8/1

Issue with the ball. The Kiwis feel that the ball has lost its shape a bit and hence they take it to the umpire. It's passed through the 8-shape gauge. It's alright, says the umpire and asks them to continue...

4.4 T Boult to Vince, Bangs in a short one, certainly the batter wasn't expecting this. He's taken aback by it as he fends it away awkwardly. 8/1

4.3 T Boult to Vince, Fuller in length outside off, Vince goes for a booming drive but the ball keeping moving away and he gets beaten once more. 8/1

4.2 T Boult to Vince, Much better. Fuller ball, slanting away on off, James Vince lunges ahead and drives it straight to mid off. 8/1

4.1 T Boult to Vince, Fuller and curling back in on middle, Vince looks to drive but the bat turns in his hands and he gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket. 8/1

3.6 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Length delivery outside off, MS plays and misses. 8/1

3.5 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Edged but goes on the bounce! Good length delivery, moving away a touch, Stoneman has a poke at it. Gets an edge but it goes on the bounce to the man at third slip. He played that with soft hands and hence the edge didn't carry. 8/1

3.4 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Takes a little stride forward and eases this fuller delivery through cover for a couple of runs. 8/1

3.3 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Stays behind the line and stabs it out towards cover. 6/1

3.2 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Pitches it right up there, Mark pushes it towards cover. 6/1

3.1 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Back of a length and moving away off the seam, Stoneman stays put to have a feel but gets beaten. 6/1

2.6 T Boult to Vince, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. A wicket maiden from Trent. 6/1

2.5 T Boult to Vince, Fuller delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, Vince doesn't play at it. 6/1

James Vince comes out to bat next.

2.4 T Boult to Cook, OUT! Bowled 'em. Off stump goes cartwheeling. Superb from Boult and he continues from where he left off. Just the start his team would have liked and he's provided them that yet again. Goes wide of the crease and angles it in on a fuller length on off. The ball nips away a little after pitching and Cook sans any feet movement looks to defend it down. Both the feet behind the popping crease to a ball he should have surely been forward to. Is too late in doing so as the ball beats the outer edge and shatters the off pole behind. Another failure for Cook and he walks back without troubling the scorers much again. His scores after his double ton in the Ashes in the MCG Test - 39, 10, 5, 2, 2. Surely, a drop in form for the English legend. 6/1

2.3 T Boult to Cook, Length delivery outside off, pushed into the off side off the front foot. 6/0

2.2 T Boult to Cook, Very full on off, jammed out towards cover. 6/0

2.1 T Boult to Cook, Good length delivery, angling down leg, Cook walks inside the line and shoulders his arms. 6/0

1.6 Tim Southee to Stoneman, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. 6/0

1.5 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Fuller and slanting away on off, Stoneman goes chasing after it only to get beaten. 6/0

1.4 Tim Southee to Stoneman, On a length and just around the nagging channel, Mark doesn't pay any heed. 6/0

1.3 Tim Southee to Stoneman, Outside off, left alone. 6/0

Let's see how Tim Southee starts here.

1.2 Tim Southee to Cook, Now a leading edge! Cook looks really tentative out there. On a back of a length this time, Alastair looks to defend but gets squared up a bit. Gets a leading edge towards backward point for a single. 6/0

1.1 Southee to Cook, Shout first up! But that was going over. Good length delivery, swinging back in on middle and leg, Cook walks across to tuck it away but misses to get hit on the thigh pad. The ball then settles into the gloves of the keeper. They keep appealing for an LBW but the umpire shakes his head. Hawk Eye shows it would have gone over the stumps. Initially we thought the appeal was for a catch but the replays show it was for the leg before. 5/0

0.6 T Boult to Stoneman, Superb from Boult again! This is good positive start from him. Another one on a similar length, coming in first and then leaving Stoneman. He has a poke at it only to get beaten. 5/0

0.5 T Boult to Stoneman, What a delivery that! Angles it in from around off, Stoneman tries to defend it off the front foot but the ball jags away to beat the outside edge by a whisker. 5/0

0.4 T Boult to Stoneman, Good length outside off, Mark has no qualms in leaving that one alone. 5/0

0.3 T Boult to Stoneman, FOUR! Streaky! Very full and darted in on off, Stoneman looks to squeeze it out on the off side but gets a thick inside edge which goes over the stumps and beats the dive of Watling for a boundary down to fine leg. 5/0

0.2 T Boult to Stoneman, Good ball! On a back of a length and just around off, Stoneman plays inside the line to make a leave. 1/0

0.1 T Boult to Cook, Run straightaway! Fuller from over the wicket and veering on the pads. Cook clips it away easily down to fine leg to open his and his team's account. He got out on a similar ball in the second innings of the previous Test, so should be careful. 1/0