England win...a full delivery is forced down to mid-off and they scamper the single
New Zealand vs England, 17th Match, Group 1 at Kandy, Sep 29 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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17th Match, Group 1 (D/N), Pallekele, September 29, 2012, ICC World Twenty20
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That just about wraps things up for this match. I'll now hand over to my colleagues for the Sri Lanka-West Indies contest. From myself and Alan Gardner thanks for joining us and see you soon.
Stuart Broad "It was nice to bounce back. Steven Finn set the tone with the new ball. The wicket was a lot drier and it did turn a bit. We now have a huge game on Monday. We still have areas to improve."
Ross Taylor "I thought it was a decent score but no enough at the end of the day. We had our moments but we could capitalise on them."
Luke Wright is named Man of the Match: "It was a very important win, we are very chuffed. I love batting with Morgan, he's so chilled out there. I think Steven Finn should have been here with the way he bowled."
I'll bring you some news from the presentation shortly as we wait for the start of the second match between Sri Lanka and West Indies. Narine v Mendis?
"Taylor made the same mistakes as AB yesterday, under-utilising their spinners," says Din.
"What on earth happened to Southee's yorkers today?" asks Andy. Answers on a postcard, please.
So comfortable for England in the end, winning with an over to spare in Twenty20 is the sign of a perfectly-paced run chase. Vettori and McCullum were good with the ball, and Franklin with the bat, but that wasn't enough for New Zealand. It means they are on the brink of going out of the tournament, but England are still very much alive with a game to come against Sri Lanka on Monday.
18.5
1
Doug Bracewell to Buttler, 1 run
18.4
1
Doug Bracewell to Bairstow, 1 run
outside off, chopped to backward point who parries it away for a single and the scores are level
18.4
1w
Doug Bracewell to Bairstow, 1 wide
now that's very wide outside off
18.3
4
Doug Bracewell to Bairstow, FOUR runs
short ball, Bairstow quickly onto it and pulls to fine leg...stood up nicely on a easy-paced surface
Job not quite done by England, but almost and a very mature innings from Wright
18.2
W
Doug Bracewell to Wright, OUT
he's struck second ball, Wright slaps this straight to cover as he tried to give himself a touch of room to go through the off side
Luke Wright c Taylor b Bracewell 76 (43b 5x4 5x6 59m) SR: 176.74
18.1
1
Doug Bracewell to Buttler, 1 run
starts with a length ball that is driven over cover as Buttler stands outside leg stump
Well, here's Doug Bracewell. Tough ask for him now!
end of over 183 runs
ENG: 141/3CRR: 7.83 • RRR: 4.00
Jos Buttler3 (6b)
Luke Wright76 (42b 5x4 5x6)
Daniel Vettori 4-0-20-1
Kyle Mills 4-0-23-1
17.6
1
Vettori to Buttler, 1 run
full on leg stump, opens the face and drives to the sweeper
17.5
•
Vettori to Buttler, no run
comes down the pitch and drives to cover
17.4
•
Vettori to Buttler, no run
quicker ball cramps him for room as he punches off the back foot to cover
17.3
1lb
Vettori to Wright, 1 leg bye
comes down the pitch, the arm ball spears towards the pads and runs into the off side
17.2
1
Vettori to Buttler, 1 run
fired in at the pads, Buttler misses his flick and it trickles to short fine-leg
17.1
•
Vettori to Buttler, no run
pushed back to the bowler
Vettori back for his last over but it's too late
end of over 1712 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 138/3CRR: 8.11 • RRR: 3.66
Luke Wright76 (41b 5x4 5x6)
Jos Buttler1 (1b)
Kyle Mills 4-0-23-1
Rob Nicol 3-0-29-0
This is Wright's best innings for England. He's been superb this evening
16.6
4
Mills to Wright, FOUR runs
Mills loses his concentration, drops it short outside off and Wright pulls it from a wide line through midwicket, goes one bounce wide of long-on
Mills bails out as Buttler was backing up too far, too soon...in his view. Buttler has been warned
16.5
4
Mills to Wright, FOUR runs
he's crunched that, a full ball outside off and Wright frees his arms with a powerful although deep cover almost pulled off a wonderful saving diving by the boundary...got his fingertips to it
16.4
1
Mills to Buttler, 1 run
short outside off, Buttler gets over the top of the ball and cuts down to third man
16.3
1
Mills to Wright, 1 run
a slower ball, full on middle, flicked into the leg side in front of square
16.3
1w
Mills to Wright, 1 wide
loose from Mills, fired well wide outside off
So Morgan won't be there at the end. Time for a twist? There shouldn't be but you never know. Vettori has one over to bowl
16.2
W
Mills to Morgan, OUT
wonderful catch! Morgan picked this up from off stump and connected well, but Bracewell made a lot of ground to his left at long-on and hurled himself under the catch
Eoin Morgan c Bracewell b Mills 30 (31b 1x4 1x6 38m) SR: 96.77
"Difficult chose between Wright's maximums and the Arsenal-Chelsea match. Have my eyes on both," says Hart. So does Alan here in the office
16.1
1
Mills to Wright, 1 run
short outside off, Wright hammers it square to deep cover
Mills back for his last over
end of over 1615 runs
ENG: 126/2CRR: 7.87 • RRR: 5.75
Eoin Morgan30 (30b 1x4 1x6)
Luke Wright66 (37b 3x4 5x6)
Rob Nicol 3-0-29-0
Tim Southee 2-0-32-0
All of a sudden this has become comfortable for England. An excellent stand between these two. "At least now with Wright performing England aren't just relying on Morgan to get them out of trouble with the bat (which is what both T20s and ODIs have seemed like in the past)," says Jon.
15.6
•
Nicol to Morgan, no run
full and flat, Morgan connects quite cleanly but sends it straight into the non-striker's stumps
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