England vs New Zealand, 12th Match at Brisbane, Feb 06 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary

beaten outside off stump, a loud appeal from Mahmood and Nixon but it's immaterial, the game is over and England will meet Australia in the best-of-three final

full toss, swatted into space

again Bond heads towards square leg and his attempted drive is missed and the ball passes between bat and leg stump

clubbed through the covers for another two

straight ball, a big swing edged into his body and another one

Bond moves a yard to leg, Mahmood follows him ("No, it was just a rubbish ball," claims Miller) and they run a bye as Nixon makes a tumbling stop

and swing, an edge and the ball races to the third-man rope. Flintoff grins ...he clearly thinks it's academic

this time Bond moves top leg and swats it to the man in the deep on the cover boundary

Bond hot-foots it towards cover and his attempted flick to leg misses ... his off stump!

run to backward point

slashed to third man, Plunkett's return is a yard over Nixon's head and much head shaking as there are more overthrows

wide and right up on the crease, Franklin can't do anything with it. A few boos as the more partisan spectators think it should have been a called

slashed off the outside edge to third man

slower ball, as badly disguised a pantomime dame, and it's launched over wide mid-on

driven in th air down the ground, not timed and Flintoff ambles in to field

Bond moves to leg, Mahmood follows, and the ball ends up via an edge at long leg

slower ball heaved into the leg side

short of a length, Bond aims a rather odd flip-drive and misses by a mile

Bond steps a yard outside leg and squirts it to point. Again, the fielder leathers it at the stumps when there was nothing to be gained other than overthrows

tried to give himself room to hit through the covers, a thick and edge and Nixon holds the catch. That could be that ...