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WICKET! Tom Latham run out (Carse) 10 (New Zealand 113-4)
Lighting strikes twice at the non-striker’s end! Mitchell drives, Carse deflects unwittingly and Latham is short of his ground!
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21st over: New Zealand 113-3 (Mitchell 15, Latham 10) Archer is miserly, just a single to Mitchell off his seventh over.
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20th over: New Zealand 112-3 (Mitchell 14, Latham 10) Carse is livid with himself as he oversteps to gift a free hit to Mitchell. He limits the damage to a single with a speared in yorker. Five in total off the over.
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19th over: New Zealand 107-3 (Mitchell 12, Latham 8) Mitchell swivels a short ball away for four past fine leg but otherwise Archer is accurate and zoning in on the front pad.
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18th over: New Zealand 103-3 (Mitchell 8, Latham 8) Probing stuff from Carse who beats the edge of Latham’s blade a couple of times in the over. Brook has summoned Archer once more, his last over was clubbed for 24…
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17th over: New Zealand 100-3 (Mitchell 7, Latham 6) Latham unfurls a lovely cover punch for four off Overton. Two more singles bring up the Kiwi 100. (England were 69-5 at the same stage)
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16th over: New Zealand 94-3 (Mitchell 6, Latham 1) England buzz about with more intensity now they have a puncher’s chance, just a couple off the returning Carse. New Zealand still favourites with 129 needed from 34 overs. A few more in that wickets column though…
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15th over: New Zealand 92-3 (Mitchell 5, Latham 0) Tom Latham joins Moose Mitchell in the middle with the Kiwis wobbling. Harry Brook calls Brydon Carse into the attack, the only way England win this game is by taking all ten wickets.
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WICKET! Will Young c †Buttler b Overton 1 (New Zealand 92-3)
Young has a wild hack to Overton and the top edge is well pouched by Buttler with the cymbals. New Zealand were cruising but have lost three wickets in as many overs.
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14th over: New Zealand 90-1 (Young 0, Mitchell 4) The in-form Darly Mitchell arrives in the middle. Curran spears in a bouncer that clips the new batter’s lid and flies away for four. Four! Mitchell cloths a drive but gets enough on it to pick up four wide of long on.
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WICKET! Rachin Ravindra b Curran 46 (New Zealand 81-2)
From nowhere Ravindra is bowled by Curran and New Zealand have lost both their openers is quick succession. A booming drive to a full ball, it clipped the back leg and rattled the leg stump. Ravindra’s fun is over and England have a sniff.
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13th over: New Zealand 79-1 (Ravindra 44, Young 0) Will Young arrives at first drop but Ravindra keeps the strike with a single crunched to the off side boundary rider.
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Updated at 06.54 CET
WICKET! Devon Conway run out (Overton) 34 (New Zealand 78-1)
Conway flicks Overton off his hip for four and takes a single to get down the non striker’s end… where he is run out next ball! That is rotten luck but England will take it – Ravindra pings a drive back at Overton, the ball ricocheting off the bowler and onto the stumps with Conway out of his ground.
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12th over: New Zealand 72-0 (Conway 29, Ravindra 42) Archer does take a breather this time. Still spewing about that last over no doubt. Sam Curran bustles in with bleached mullet and a look of fierce competition on his chops. He can’t get the breakthrough though and is pocketed for five runs, this opening stand has knocked the stuffing out of England. It has not been a great tour for them, on the pitch at least.
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11th over: New Zealand 67-0 (Conway 27, Ravindra 39) Overton clipped for three singles with half of the ground in shadow as the sun sets in Wellington, the sky is as black as treacle here in deepest Sussex. We’ve had 11 overs, at the same stage England were 53-5!
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10th over: New Zealand 64-0 (Conway 26, Ravindra 37) Its a change of ends for Jofra but Ravindra greets his first ball with a delicious drive through mid off and then slaps a short ball over square leg for a one bounce four. Yikes! Conway is then nearly run out by Harry Brook from a scampered single, he didn’t run his bat in but luckily for him his heel had just hit the turf before the ball splattered the stumps.
Terrible running but New Zealand pick up five as the ball went to the boundary off the stumps. SIX! Conway makes up for his ropey running with a glorious upper cut into the stands. Archer is not happy and slams down a bouncer that is called a wide. A length ball is then rasped to the fence on the cut by Conway to make it 24 runs off the over. Cripes.
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9th over: New Zealand 40-0 (Conway 16, Ravindra 24) Jamie Overton replaces Jofra, Harry Brook shuffles his pack in search of a breakthrough. Conway swishes outside off stump to consecutive balls and is frustrated not to get bat on ball. A maiden to start with from the hulking Joverton.
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8th over: New Zealand 40-0 (Conway 16, Ravindra 24) Rachin Ravindra is a joy to watch. Carse goes short and is pongoed over midwicket for four with disdain. A fuller ball aimed at the ribs is then flicked away with Swiss clock timing to the leg side fence. Brilliant batting.
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7th over: New Zealand 31-0 (Conway 15, Ravindra 16) Just a ramped single from Conway off Archer’s latest. Ravindra tries a big yahooo off the final ball but connects only with fresh air.
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Updated at 06.19 CET
6th over: New Zealand 30-0 (Conway 14, Ravindra 16) Ravindra looks in fine fettle, he drives Carse on the up for four and then gets a top edge that flies over the keeper for a second boundary. New Zealand landing some early blows, England need a wicket pronto.
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5th over: New Zealand 22-0 (Conway 14, Ravindra 8) A probing over from Archer as England seek the early breakthrough. He gets one to spit at Conway who flaps and narrowly avoids getting a top edge. Just a single off the over.
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4th over: New Zealand 21-0 (Conway 14, Ravindra 7) Ravindra pings Carse through the covers with an immaculate drive, hight elbow, nimble footwork. Be still my…
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3rd over: New Zealand 15-0 (Conway 13, Ravindra 2) SIX! Conway bunts Archer over his head and over the ropes! That’s some shot, nothing but a checked push but it was sweetly timed. Buzzers! England concede five as Harry Brook whangs in a throw that Adil Rashid fails to gather backing up, Conway getting bang for his buck for a push to mid on.
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2nd over: New Zealand 2-0 (Conway 1, Ravindra 1) Brydon Carse to Rachin Ravindra. New Zealand open their account with a prod to cover for a single. Close! Carse slams one in at Conway and the batter gloves it away, the ball spinning back past leg stump by a whisker. Conway survives and gets off the mark off the final ball with a poke into the off side. Decent start from England with the ball.
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1st over: New Zealand 0-0 (Conway 0, Ravindra 0) Archer makes the new ball dance with two slips in place. Conway is beaten by a ball that jags away late and shoulders arms to a couple. Top bowling from Jofra, he stitches together a maiden first up.
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Thanks Tanya for doing the graveyard shift, on Halloween too. Jofra Archer has the ball in hand for England, they need him to do something special and spook the Kiwi top order. Let’s play!
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Updated at 06.12 CET
New Zealand’s opening bowlers Duffy and Foulkes caused chaos with the swinging ball, and Tickner pretty much did the rest, with joie de vivre and a stinging ball.
Jim Wallace will expertly guide you through what England’s bowlers can do in return. Thanks for your company through the night, I’m off to bed.
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The good news is that England batted for longer than they have this series, reaching the heady heights of 40 overs. The bad news is that the top order – bar Root who got a good ball, and Buttler who knuckled down – were chaotic again, as if their batting was choreographed by a dare.
Luckily, Jamie Overton, with support from Brydon Carse, took England from 102-7 to respectability with an innings of power-hitting.
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WICKET! Overton c Young b Santer 68 (England 222 all out)
Overton’s eyes widen as Santner tempts him with something juicy and wide, but this time he has to over-stretch, miscues and Young at takes the skier.
40.2 overs (Rashid 1) England 222
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40th over: England 222-9 (Overton 68, Rashid 1) Tickner’s final over. Half the ground in shade, the spectators in the sunny side, speckled over the yellow seats like generous shakes of pepper. Overton strides down the pitch and biffs Tickner straight for four, then opens his stance and hauls six 96 metres legside, scattering the crowd. These runs will be soul-destroying for New Zealand.
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39th over: England 209-9 (Overton 55, Rashid 1) Another four from Overton, this time traversing cover off Duffy.
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Fifty for Jamie Overton
38th over: England 203-9 (Overton 51, Rashid 0) Clonk, clank – Overton outfoxes Tickner with two successive fours to reach a maiden ODI fifty at a run a ball and rescue this innings.
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37th over: England 186-9 (Overton 42, Rashid 0) Overton has the hurry-up running through his blood now – clonks two fours off Duffy. Big ones too.
“Jofra Archer was in just long enough for me to notice that he batted wearing a wristwatch.” writes Max Bonnell. “This must be the most gratuitous piece of sponsored product placement ever. I mean, what possible purpose does a watch serve while you’re batting? It would be mildly amusing to see what would happen if it were struck by a ball, but otherwise, what a ridiculous activity.”
I love the idea he might check the time between balls. I think Tickner might be wearing one too – but he’s bouncing up and down so much I can’t be certain. My son has one that doesn’t work (!?) but just wears it for the look -could be this?
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Updated at 05.00 CET
WICKET! Archer c Bracewell b Tickner 16 (New Zealand 186-9
Archer winds up for another big hit but can only splice it to mid on. Hangs his head before he walks off
36th over: England 186-9 (Overton 34, Rashid 0) Overton is clonked on the thigh by Tickner, who opens his mouth to roar like a huge injured bear. Archer pulls four to the boundary with a flourish. Tries to go again but this time must leave the arena. On the sofa, the dog woofs quietly in her sleep
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Updated at 05.00 CET
35th over: England 179-8 (Overton 33, Archer 10) Duffy is back, neat until the last ball is turned by Archer and for the third time today, New Zealand usher the ball over the boundary.
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34th over: England 173-8 (Overton 33, Archer 4) Overton square cuts Tickner with rolling wrists for a big man. A handful of singles – and some good Kiwi fielding – then a leading edge off Archer but Conway can’t hold on, diving at point.
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Updated at 04.43 CET
33rd over: England 164-8 (Overton 26, Archer 2) Archer gets off strike to a misfield, much to the guilty fielder’s frustration. Santner, round arm, wheels in. Can England pass 36 overs for the first time today? 35.2 and 36 are all they’ve managed so far in the first two games.
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32nd over: England 161-8 (Overton 24, Archer 1) Tickner can’t stop grinning, brought back into the attack and makes the breakthrough with his third ball.
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WICKET! Carse c Mitchell b Tickner 36 (England 160-8)
A paint by numbers holler at a back of a length ball gives Mitchell a tricky skier to hold onto, which he does with aplomb.
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31st over: England 159-7 (Overton 23, Carse 36) Had to make a cup of tea to stay awake, missed a meaty Overton four.
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30th over: England 152-7 (Overton 17, Carse 35) Another HUGE six, clubbed high and into the yellow seats by Carse. And another! Over his shoulder like a mouldy potato. The fifty partnership comes up from 40 balls. Plays and misses at the last. DRINKS, with England recovering.
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29th over: England 138-7 (Overton 16, Carse 23) This is looking. rather more cheerful for England, back to back sixes by Carse who slog-sweeps Santner way over the rope.
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Updated at 04.19 CET
28th over: England 126-7 (Overton 16, Carse 11) A big meaty slice by Overton off Smith and the ball flies for four. Almost out a couple of balls later when he loops the ball just short of mid-off.
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Updated at 04.17 CET
27th over: England 121-7 (Overton 11, Carse 12) The two big men starting to throw their weight around here. Carse finishes the over by pounding Santner to mid-off, where Duffy misfields ot the let the ball run for four.
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26th over: England 113-7 (Overton 5, Carse 3) Overton biffs six – sorry having some technical problems here.
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25th over: England 106-7 (Overton 5, Carse 3) Just three singles off Santner’s over.
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Updated at 04.09 CET
24th over: England 103-7 (Overton 4, Carse 1) Almost halfway through this innings, at least in theory. And the TV shows more blissful pictures of the harbour, the houses behind climbing into the hills. Meanwhile, outside my window, in the inky blackness, the wind blows and the rain falls.
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Updated at 04.05 CET
24th over: England 103-7 (Overton 4, Carse 1) I cannot tell you how Carse is still there, he gets a beauty from Tickner to start his innings, then has a wild mow and miss at the next two balls.
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Updated at 04.07 CET
WICKET! Buttler b Tickner 38(England 102-7)
Buttler goes after the first ball of the over again, looking for bounty, but it is a beauty that nips back and waves goodbye to Buttler’s merry drive and into the stumps.
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22nd over: England 101-6 ( Buttler 37, Overton 4) Overton has been flying this series, while the top order floundered, and here muscles Tickner to the boundary second ball. The Curran-Buttler axis had just started to look good.
“Evening Tanya,” Hello Fergus in Bridport
“I’m not normally up at the time. Was doing my first pop up curry night and still feeling the energy of it all.
“Anyway. Just stopped by to say, I should have just not looked. Its easier to read about the collapse after the event, rather than witness it in real time.”
Apologies, and congratulations for your curry night. Excuse my ignorance but does that mean your house turns temporarily into a pop-up Indian restaurant?
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WICKET! Curran b Tickner 17 (England 97-6)
Played on! Tries to guide the ball away but instead wafts it into his stump. A patient innings.
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21st over: England 96-5 ( Buttler 36, Curran 17) This time Curran gets stuck in, nods at a shorter ball from Smith and pulls him for four.
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20th over: England 92-5 ( Buttler 36, Curran 13)And again, two fours off the first two balls of the over. Buttler has the bit between his teeth. With twinkling toes he pounds Tickner for four, and again, as he advances down the pitch and shimmy-shimmies down the ground. A great take from Latham stops a wide flying down to the rope.
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19th over: England 81-5 ( Buttler 27, Curran 12) Back-to-back boundaries off Smith’s first two balls as Buttler bananas the first through mid off and scoops the next, with wiggling shoulder.
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18th over: England 70-5 ( Buttler 17, Curran 11) Blair Tickner now, great to see him back in a New Zealand shirt, clockwork doll action and tattooed arm. He screams with scrambled seam through the gap but misses Buttler’s stump. One from the over.
Simon spoke to Tickner last week
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17th over: England 69-5 ( Buttler 16, Curran 11) Smith is teasing Buttler, who walks across his stumps but is still beaten on the outside edge. Picks up a single – and that’s it for the over.
“Thank you for bringing up parma violet,” sayd David Timms.”Possibly the worst candy ever made. Fortunately, they now do gin, and a household fragrance.” They taste like a household fragrance.
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