"I thought 150 was par," said Smith. "[But] their spinners bowled extremely well and we didn't respond well; we lost wickets in clumps and couldn't get any partnerships together."

"We were fortunate to play on two wickets so similar," said Williamson. "We adopted similar tactics. On some of these surfaces it's [chasing 140+] a pretty tough total to chase".

Now's a good time to look at the points table, too, before we turn our attention to England v South Africa.

Mitchell McClenaghan is given the player-of-the-match award: "Nice to perform like that but it was as a collective," he said. "The spinners were fantastic and got us back in the game. It's nice to show some teams we can play in these conditions. There still 2 more games [though]."

We'll have reaction from the captains shortly, and Brydon's penning the bulletin as we speak.

A comfortable eight-run win for New Zealand in the end. For the second match, New Zealand posted a total we thought was 20, 25 runs short. Maybe even 30. But again, New Zealand's spinners have been outstandingly controlled, calm under pressure, and - perhaps the most important point - the pitch never offered either side the chance to time the ball properly.

19.6

Anderson to Zampa, 2 runs

lofted tamely for two, and there's the match for New Zealand

19.5

Anderson to Coulter-Nile, OUT

bowled him! Inside edge as NCN tries to carve this somewhere, anywhere, but can only find his stumps

Nathan Coulter-Nile b Anderson 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 50

11 from 2! It's still on, Aussies!

19.4

Anderson to Nevill, 1 run

mistimed down the ground but just for a single

Ahaan: "Seems that even I can bowl on this wicket. All you need is to bowl is a slower one."

19.3

Anderson to Nevill, SIX runs

out! No - he's lofted it just over for six! Beautifully timed and Santner, who's not short, leapt up to take it but couldn't reach

19.2

Anderson to Coulter-Nile, 1 run

stand-and-deliver from NCN, but mistiming it (how often have I written that today?) for a single to long-off

19.1

Anderson to Faulkner, OUT

goddim! Guptil takes a fine catch in the deep as Faulkner, The Finisher, tries to clobber this across the line into the midwicket stand but picks out Guptil who has huge, safe buckets, scooping it up on the run

James Faulkner c Guptill b Anderson 2 (4b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 50

So, the final over. 19 needed. Anderson I think will take the ball - yes. Strap in,

vivek bhandari: "Micheal Hussey scored 34 off two overs (Mohd Amir and Saeed Ajmal) in the 2010 WC semifinal; and Dharamsala is a smallish ground; so it's still anybody's game"

Over19

3 runs, 2 wickets

AUS 124/7CRR: 6.52 RRR: 19.00

JP Faulkner 2 (3b)NM Coulter-Nile 0 (0b)

MJ McClenaghan3/17 (3)

18.6

McClenaghan to Faulkner, 1 run

a front-footed slapping flog past the bowler

Game, set, match? 20 from 7

18.5

McClenaghan to Agar, OUT

catch - great catch! Agar understandably goes for a pull on the front foot, attempting to heave it over midwicket for six, but picks out Taylor who - running about 15 or so yards - takes a neat, low catch

Ashton Agar c Taylor b McClenaghan 9 (8b 0x4 1x6 15m) SR: 112.5

18.4

McClenaghan to Faulkner, 1 run

clattered out to the off side for a single

21 from 9

18.3

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McClenaghan to Faulkner, no run

well, ha, a fairly desperate heave over midwicket attempted. He misses

That gets Faulkner on strike

18.2

1lb

McClenaghan to Agar, 1 leg bye

slower ball, off his pads for a single

Marsh did well, but here's the man we've been waiting for. Faulkner.

18.1

McClenaghan to Marsh, OUT

outside off but a slower ball, and Marsh has misread it, skying a pull straight down Milne's throat at long-on - and that's a huge, huge wicket!

Mitchell Marsh c Milne b McClenaghan 24 (23b 0x4 2x6 30m) SR: 104.34

Around the wicket

William: "Is "pull cum flick" a technical term?" Mostly, yes. Right then. 22 from the last two overs! It's anyone's game. But mostly New Zealand's. Isn't it?