Craig Ervine
Brian Bennett
Zia-ur-Rehman|25.3|3|102|1
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Craig Ervine, OUT! lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Craig Ervine, No run, just a mere push. But no space for a run. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Craig Ervine, In and around off, tucked away to the fielder at silly short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Nearly gets himself stumped, does Bennett. He pre-meditates and steps out, but Shahidi sees him coming and slows it up, pulling the length back a bit as well. Bennett does adjust well and manages to skew it away towards cover-point. |
6 Over | Run: 271/3 | Run Rate: 3.71
| 1 | 72.5 | 72.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Good length around off, Ervine has enough time to just rock onto the back foot and cut it square through the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Flighted up aain, on off, and again, Ervine drives the ball to extra cover. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Nicely tossed up, full and on off. Ervine leans into the drive and hits it well but straight to extra cover. |
| 1 | 72.2 | 72.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Flatter and on middle, Bennett rocks back and punches it with a straight bat down to long on for a run. |
| 0 | 72.1 | 72.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Good work in the field. Round-arm delivery, sliding into the pads. Bennett presses back and works it down to the left of leg gully, where Shahidullah Kamal dives across and makes a stop. |
| 1 | 71.6 | 71.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Floated up around leg stump, Bennett lunges ahead and keeps the front leg out of the way before pushing it down to long on for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 269/3 | Run Rate: 3.74
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Craig Ervine, Tossed up at the stumps, drifting in a bit. Craig Ervine gets his head down and clips it past square leg for one more. |
| 1 | 71.4 | 71.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Around the pads, not all that full, and neatly tucked away toward square leg for a single by Bennett. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Tossed up again, at the stumps, and Bennett blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Full again, but better line from Rehman as he lands this around middle. Bennett flicks it firmly but can't get it past the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Flighted up, looping it real high and spilling it down leg. Bennett ends up failing to paddle it away. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, On a length, on off. Ervine punches it sweetly but can't get it past the man at cover. |
6 Over | Run: 266/3 | Run Rate: 3.75
| 1 | 70.5 | 70.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Looped up, on middle. Bennett lunges and drives it to long on for one more. |
| 1 | 70.4 | 70.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Not all that short, on off. Ervine punches it past point and takes a single. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Full and around off. Craig gets forward to stab it down. |
| 1 | 70.2 | 70.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, FIFTY FOR BENNETT, his 4th in Test cricket. After a lean run of form, this knock will come as a welcome boost and should give him plenty of confidence. A bit short, turning into the pads. Brian gets onto the back foot and nurdles it wide of square leg for a single to reach the landmark. |
| 1 | 70.1 | 70.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Floated up, on off, a hint of turn. Ervine stays leg side of the ball and drives it wide of cover for a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Full and on off. Brian knocks it with a straight bat to mid off. |
6 Over | Run: 262/3 | Run Rate: 3.74
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Slanting away from the off stump, a bit of air given. Bennett lunges across and eases it to cover. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Stays in and around the leg pole, full in length. Brian plays it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Landing outside the line of the leg stump, on the fuller side. Bennett clips it to backward square leg. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Keeps the line around the pads. Brian turns this away to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, From over the wicket, full and on leg. Bennett drives it slightly uppishly but it lands well in front of the bowler. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Outside off, Ervine drives this full ball to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 262/3 | Run Rate: 3.80
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Full and in line with the off pole. Ervine pushes it down the deck. Shahidi moves to his right and makes the stop. |
| 0 | 68.4 | 68.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Slower and on a length, on off. Ervine lunges and drops it beside the strip on the off side. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, More air given, full and on off. Craig slams it straight to short cover again. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Craig Ervine, Floated up, on off. Ervine drills it to short cover. |
| 0 | 68.1 | 68.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brendan Taylor, OUT! CAUGHT! Hashmatullah Shahidi breaks through for Afghanistan, and he gets a big hug from his skipper. End of a top knock from Brendan Taylor. Shahidi tosses it up, on a length, on off. Taylor backs away to go inside out but does not reach the pitch of the ball. He still goes through with the shot and spoons it towards long off, where Ziaur Rahman runs to his left and gets on his knees to complete the catch. 137-run stand comes to an end. Afghanistan badly needed that. Zimbabwe are now 3 down for 262. |
| 1 | 67.6 | 67.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Full and fast, on middle and leg. Taylor eases it to long on for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 262/2 | Run Rate: 3.85
| 1 | 67.5 | 67.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Speared in at the sticks, Bennett works this full ball to long off and rotates the strike. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Flighted up, on off. Brian firms the drive to cover. |
| 2 | 67.3 | 67.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Edged away! Neither full nor short, that in-between length. Bennett does not move his feet much and pushes at the ball away from his body. The outside edge goes harmlessly wide of the slip fielder and the batters pick up a brace. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, This keeps coming in with the arm, right in the blockhole, on middle. Bennett keeps the front leg out of the way and digs it out to cover. |
| 1 | 67.1 | 67.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Bowled with a round-arm action, full and on leg. Taylor knocks it to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Back to bowling it full, on middle and leg. Bennett wrists it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 257/2 | Run Rate: 3.84
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, Shorter and on off. Bennett hangs back to defend. |
| 2 | 66.4 | 66.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, A little too straight, full and on the pads. Bennett gets down on a knee and sweeps it behind square leg. The ball slows down in the sluggish outfield and it is hauled in by the deep square leg fielder. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brian Bennett, A bit of air given, on middle. Bennett checks the drive and plays it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 66.2 | 66.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brendan Taylor, On a good length, on middle and leg. Taylor works it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Brendan Taylor, Rapped on the pads! The ball is a bit too full for the sweep, but Taylor goes for it. The ball sneaks under the blade and pings him on the outside half of the front pad. An optimistic shout from Shahidi and the men around the bat, but that is going down leg. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Quicker and fuller as well, on middle. Brian lunges forward to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 254/2 | Run Rate: 3.85
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, That in-between length, around the off pole. Bennett gets half-forward to stab it down. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Stays short, on middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 65.3 | 65.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Fractionally short, on middle. Brendan nurdles it in front of square on the leg side for a single. |
| 4 | 65.2 | 65.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Expertly played. Speared in full, on middle. Fast hands from Taylor, who brings out the reverse sweep and hits it firmly past the backward point fielder for four more. The 250 comes up for Zimbabwe. |
| 4 | 65.1 | 65.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Welcomed with a boundary. Zia-ur-Rehman begins from around the wicket and gets the ball to angle in to the right-hander. Taylor shimmies down the track, lifts the back leg and with a flick of the wrists, he picks it up over mid-wicket for a four. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, On a length, around off. Bennett is drawn forward and he manages to smother the spin. |
6 Over | Run: 245/2 | Run Rate: 3.77
| 1 | 64.5 | 64.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Fired in full in line with the off stump. Taylor leans forward and strokes it with a straight bat to long on for another single. |
| 1 | 64.4 | 64.4: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Not as short as the previous ball, outside off. Bennett gets closer to the line of the ball and punches it square on the off side for one. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Shorter and quicker, on off. Bennett rocks back and punches it to cover. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Qais gets away with a loose ball. Loopy full toss, on middle and leg. Taylor can't quite cash in and helps the sweep towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 64.1 | 64.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Innovative and effective. Floated up, full and around the off stump. Taylor leans across and gets his hands through the line of the ball. Plays the reverse sweep with the turn and it races away down to the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, Another bumper, angling it slightly down the leg side, and Bennett ducks well under it. |
6 Over | Run: 238/2 | Run Rate: 3.72
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, A real effort ball this time from Saleem, banged in well short, but a bit ill-directed as this one angles down the leg side. Bennett ducks under it with ease. |
| 1 | 63.4 | 63.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Dug in short and on leg, not short enough, though. Taylor tucks it down off his hips and gets it to long leg for a single. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Short ball, angled into the body but just slants down leg. Taylor manages to get out of the way. |
| 1 | 63.2 | 63.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, Full and straight, nearly in the blockhole. Bennett clips it to the right of mid on and sets off for a single. Hashmatullah Shahidi is caught on his heels in the field and the batters cross over with relative ease. |
| 1 | 63.1 | 63.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Dug in short and outside off, Taylor gets up on his toes and smacks it down to the right of the point fielder for a single. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, A quicker one to end. Bowled from the front of the hand and darted in towards middle and leg. Bennett gets pegged back and nudges it to square leg. |
6 Over | Run: 235/2 | Run Rate: 3.73
| 1 | 62.5 | 62.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Full and outside off, Brendan Taylor looks to power it over extra cover, but ends up shanking it over the cover region for a single. |
| 1 | 62.4 | 62.4: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Full and straight, driven to the right of short extra cover and down to long off for a single. Rahmat Shah immediately puts his hands up for letting that ball through. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.3: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Slightly quicker and throwing it wide of the off stump. Bennett lunges across and eases it to the cover fielder. |
| 0 | 62.2 | 62.2: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Nice and full again, getting the ball to turn away a bit. Bennett prods ahead and watchfully blocks it to point. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Nicely tossed up, relatively full and on off. Bennett drives it straight to extra cover. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Saleem ends the over with a fuller delivery, landing it around the base of leg stump. Taylor flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 233/2 | Run Rate: 3.76
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Back of a length and around off, Taylor stays back and hits it down to extra cover. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Well bowled, and well played as well. Banged in short over middle and leg, slanting it across the right-hander. The ball comes in around shoulder height and Taylor manages to sway away from the line of the ball, avoiding getting hit on the neck. |
| 1 | 61.3 | 61.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, Over the wicket to Bennett, bowling it full and angling it down leg. Bennett flicks it down to long leg and turns the strike over. |
| 1 | 61.2 | 61.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Bowled from around the wicket, dug in short and over middle. Taylor backs away and scythes it wide of the point fielder for a single. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Yorker-length, landing it on off stump. Taylor's feet get stuck inside the crease and he ends up jamming it out on the leg side. |
| 1 | 60.6 | 60.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Good anticipation by the fielder, but Taylor still gets a single. Back to over the wicket and bowled at the stumps, Taylor goes down to reverse sweep, hitting it into the turf and wide of first slip. The fielder moves to his right but overruns the ball and parries it behind to his left for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 231/2 | Run Rate: 3.79
| 1 | 60.5 | 60.5: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Five singles in a row in this over. Straighter line again, worked away through the on side by Bennett. |
| 1 | 60.4 | 60.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Flatter and turning into the legs, Taylor sits down and hits a firm sweep shot to a deepish backward square leg, picking up a single. |
| 1 | 60.3 | 60.3: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Qais gets away with a poor delivery here. A juicy full toss on off stump, bowled from around the wicket and Bennett just pats it down to wide long off for one more. |
| 1 | 60.2 | 60.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Very full again and on the pads, Taylor gets the front leg out of the way and wristily clips it down to long on for one more. |
| 1 | 60.1 | 60.1: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Tossed up, very full and on leg stump. Bennett backs away a bit and drives it back past the right of the bowler and down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Hard length outside off, left alone by Taylor. A maiden for Mohammad Saleem here, his fourth of this innings. |
6 Over | Run: 225/2 | Run Rate: 3.75
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Another sharp bumper, in and around off, just nibbling away a wee bit. Taylor takes evasive action and sways away from the line of the ball, leaning his head back to the leg side. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, A bit of an excited appeal from the bowler and the keeper for caught behind, but the umpire turns it down. Dug in short and on a tight line around off. Taylor leans back and drops the hands well to let it through, but the ball just flicks his jersey on the way to the keeper. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, On off, and angling in, this one jumps off a good length. Taylor covers the line and rocks back, pushing it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Banged in on a hard length, bowling it in the channel outside off. Taylor rises with the bounce and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Full of a good length, on off and this one reverses back into the batter. Taylor stays leg side of the ball and defends it out on the off side. |
| 1 | 58.6 | 58.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Slightly flatter and on off, hit away off the inside half of the blade and back past the bowler for a single down to long off. The 100-run stand is now up between these two as well. |
6 Over | Run: 225/2 | Run Rate: 3.81
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Good energy through the ball from Qais, landing it full and on off stump. Taylor defends it off the front foot. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Short and wide outside off, Bennett plays the square cut toward deep point and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Full and drifted into the front pad. Bennett gets his hands out in front and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Dragged shorter around off, Bennett rocks back and forces it off the back foot but can't beat the fielder at cover. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Nicely looped up, landing it full and on off stump. Bennett blocks it to cover. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Short and angled down the leg side, there to be put away. Taylor plays a loose shot, and one hand even comes off the handle. 10 runs off the first over post Tea, and Zimbabwe are now 223/2. |
6 Over | Run: 223/2 | Run Rate: 3.84
| 2 | 57.5 | 57.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Hard length around middle and leg, flicked away past square leg for a couple of runs more. |
| 4 | 57.4 | 57.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! What a way to bring up the HUNDRED from Brendan Taylor! A 7th Test century for Taylor, who takes off his helmet and soaks in all of the applause, deservedly so. This is banged in a bit short again, around off. Taylor stays back and a bit low, uppercutting it down to the vacant deep third fence for a boundary. |
| 0 | 57.3 | 57.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Attempted bumper over leg stump, Taylor looks to move out of the way but doesn't quite manage to do so and gets hit around the left shoulder. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Pitched full again and around off, Taylor plays another straight drive but this time Saleem is able to stop it with his left boot in the followthrough. |
| 4 | 57.1 | 57.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Brendan Taylor makes his intentions clear right away, and he is now on 99. Pitched full and around off, and Taylor just drills it back past the bowler for a boundary down to long off. |
| 1 | 56.6 | 56.6: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Another single to end, and that will be TEA ON DAY 1. Full, on middle and leg, caressed down the ground, to long on for a run by Taylor, who remains unbeaten on 95. |
6 Over | Run: 213/2 | Run Rate: 3.74
| 1 | 56.5 | 56.5: Shahidullah Kamal to Brian Bennett, Good length on off, Bennett has enough time to rock back and punch it down to long off for yet another single. |
| 1 | 56.4 | 56.4: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Tossed up, full and outside off, driven on the up and down to long off for one more. Taylor is now just one hit away from the three-figure mark. |
| 1 | 56.3 | 56.3: Shahidullah Kamal to Brian Bennett, Full and angled down leg, Bennett shovels the sweep down to fine leg and rotates strike. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Shahidullah Kamal to Brian Bennett, Marginally short now, on off. Bennett rocks back again and punches it down to the bowler. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Shahidullah Kamal to Brian Bennett, Quicker and flatter around off, Bennett rocks back and stabs it out to cover. |
| 1 | 55.6 | 55.6: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Tossed up on the stumps, this is eased down to long on for an easy single. |
6 Over | Run: 209/2 | Run Rate: 3.73
| 1 | 55.5 | 55.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Flatter and around off, played with an open bat face and square through the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Nagging length, just outside off. Taylor gets a big stride forward and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Length ball on off, flicked away to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Floated up around off, Taylor punches it away off the front foot but again Rahmat Shah at short extra cover makes a sharp stop, down to his right. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Lucky, very lucky to get away with that, is Qais Ahmad. Full and wide, tossed up and Brendan Taylor hammers it straight to short extra cover. |
| 1 | 54.6 | 54.6: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Nagging length around off, hit away down to the right of a diving Rahmat Shah at short extra cover, and down to long off for a single. 7 runs come off Kamal's first over, and Zimbabwe are really starting to zoom ahead now. |
6 Over | Run: 207/2 | Run Rate: 3.76
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Held back a bit by Kamal, drifting it in from middle stump. Taylor lunges and defends it off the inside edge to the on side. |
| 4 | 54.4 | 54.4: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Short and punished! This is dragged down on middle, Taylor rocks back and smacks the pull just in front of square leg and the ball races away to the vacant fence. Taylor has pretty quickly moved into the 90s now. |
| 2 | 54.3 | 54.3: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Way too full and down leg, Brendan Taylor employs another fine sweep, getting it down to fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Floated up in line with the stumps, Taylor leans on and smothers it back down the pitch. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Shahidullah Kamal to Brendan Taylor, Nicely flighted to begin with, on off stump, and blocked off the front foot by Taylor. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Shorter and turning away from off stump. Bennett rocks back and punches it down to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 200/2 | Run Rate: 3.70
| 2 | 53.5 | 53.5: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Flatter one, fractionally short around off, and hit away off the back foot by Bennett through cover-point for a couple of runs. 200 up for Zimbabwe. |
| 0 | 53.4 | 53.4: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Flighted delivery, full and at the stumps, Bennett defends it off with soft hands. |
| 1 | 53.3 | 53.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Drifted into the pads, worked away behind square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 53.2 | 53.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Through the off side gap now, but that's a real 'hit-me' ball from Qais. Tossed up around off, turns out to be a half-volley. Taylor just leans on and creams it through cover for another boundary. |
| 4 | 53.1 | 53.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Another slog-sweep executed brilliantly by Brendan Taylor. Tossed up on middle, Taylor gets down on one knee and just shovels it away in front of square on the leg side and picks up four runs. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Nice and full, sliding it into the pads, Bennett nurdles it towards mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 189/2 | Run Rate: 3.57
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Tossed up, in and around off, blocked off by Bennett. |
| 1 | 52.4 | 52.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Good hustle from the batters. A lot more air on that one, flighted very full and around off. Taylor jams it out firmly to the right of silly mid off, where the fielder parries it behind and the batters scamper across for the single. |
| 1 | 52.3 | 52.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Good length on off, punched away off the back foot and towards deep cover for one more. |
| 2 | 52.2 | 52.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Quicker and flatter, just outside off. Brian Bennett hangs back and cuts it with an angled bat, down to the left of sweeper cover for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Lobbed up around off, angling it back in. Bennett meets the drive on the full but hits it straight to short extra cover. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, A tossed-up leg break, at the stumps, and Taylor defends it right under the eyes. |
6 Over | Run: 185/2 | Run Rate: 3.56
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Half an appeal for caught behind, but the umpire isn't interested. Qais spills one down the leg side, Taylor sits down to sweep but misses. The keeper does well to hop across to his left and cling on to the ball. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Tossed up on the fourth stump, Taylor lunges to block. |
| 1 | 51.3 | 51.3: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Full and straight, Bennett leans on and eases it back past the bowler for one more. |
| 1 | 51.2 | 51.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Floated fuller and outside off, Taylor punches it away to the left of silly mid off, where the fielder gets a hand on it and deflects it past short extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Stump-to-stump bowling, this one just grips a bit, but Taylor manages to defend it down the pitch. |
| 2 | 50.6 | 50.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Sliding it into the pads this time, and Bennett works it away past mid-wicket for a couple of easy runs in the deep. 7 off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 183/2 | Run Rate: 3.59
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Quicker one around off, Bennett hangs back and angles it down but finds the fielder at gully. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Nagging length on middle and leg, Bennett dabs it down to the right of mid-wicket and wanders out of his crease for a single, but Taylor rightly sends him back. |
| 1 | 50.3 | 50.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Floated up on middle and leg, Taylor turns it past mid-wicket and milks a single. |
| 4 | 50.2 | 50.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! That's great cricketing IQ from Brendan Taylor. Full and angled down leg, Taylor gets on one knee and fetches the reverse sweep before nailing it just behind point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Full and straight, angled in with the arm. Taylor backs away a bit and strokes it toward cover. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Floated up around off, Bennett gets forward to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 176/2 | Run Rate: 3.52
| 1 | 49.5 | 49.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Full again, drifted into the pads. Taylor seems to set up for the reverse sweep but adjusts well and plays a dab sweep off the back off the bat and down to long leg for a single. Cheeky stuff from Taylor there. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Fuller and flatter, just outside off. Taylor smacks the drive into the turf and Qais Ahmad scampers to his left, before diving in to make a half stop. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Tossed up outside off, this one turns away as well. Taylor gets a stride across before leaving it alone. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Flighted delivery, in and around off. Taylor blocks it off. |
| 1 | 49.1 | 49.1: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Lobbed up wide of the off stump, Bennett drills the drive to sweeper cover for a single. The 50-run stand is up between these two, and it's a third fifty-plus stand for Zimbabwe in this innings. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Another leave by Taylor, and that will be a maiden for Ziaur Rahman. This is pitched fuller, and again, it's a tad wide of the off stump, enough to not draw a shot out of the batter. |
6 Over | Run: 174/2 | Run Rate: 3.55
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Good length, slightly wide of the off stump, and nibbling away after leaving the batter. Taylor strides across and then makes a leave. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Full and wide outside off, going straight on. Left alone by Taylor. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, The in-beteen length now, angled in from wider on the crease and towards the stumps. Taylor stays solid in defence. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Good length, banged into the deck and slanted back in from wide outside off. Taylor stabs it down into the off side. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Pitched up to the batter, angled back in from the fourth-stump line. Taylor covers the line and pushes it down to mid on. |
| 1 | 47.6 | 47.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Nearly sneaked through. Tossed up, on middle, Taylor hangs low and has a swipe across the line but the ball is a bit too full for the shot. He just about manages to get an inside edge onto the back pad. A single is taken as the ball goes behind square leg. |
6 Over | Run: 174/2 | Run Rate: 3.63
| 1 | 47.5 | 47.5: Qais Ahmad to Brian Bennett, Continues to be on the shorter side and this is wider as well. Bennett cuts it to deep point and crosses over. |
| 1 | 47.4 | 47.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Dropped short again, on off. Taylor punches it to long on and turns the strike over. |
| 0 | 47.3 | 47.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Flatter and shorter, on top of off. Taylor stays back to block it out. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Quicker through the air, not much turn, full and on off. Brendan gets low and drops his bat down on the ball. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Begins with a flighted delivery, on off. Taylor leans on firms the drive to cover. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Beaten! Fuller in length, outside off. Bennett has a feel for the ball but it nips away to zip past the outside edge. |
6 Over | Run: 171/2 | Run Rate: 3.64
| 1 | 46.5 | 46.5: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Fractionally short and equally wide. Taylor arches back and slaps it to deep point. Just a single. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Fuller in length, drawing the batter forward. Taylor gets a good stride in and pats it down in front of cover. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Outside the off pole, on a good length. Taylor lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 46.2 | 46.2: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Not all that short but the width is there for Taylor to work with. He punches it hard but Sediqullah Atal moves to his right at a slightly deep cover and cuts it off. |
| 1 | 46.1 | 46.1: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, On a hard length, on off. Bennett angles it behind towards deep backward point for a single. |
| 6 | 45.6 | 45.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, SIX! All the way! Zia-ur-Rehman angles it full. Taylor sinks to a knee and fetches the ball from outside off. He brings his bottom hand into play and drags the slog sweep over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
6 Over | Run: 169/2 | Run Rate: 3.67
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Full and around off, stroked to cover by Taylor. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Pushed through with a flatter trajectory, on a length, on off. Taylor hangs back initially but then comes forward and gets his bat down in time. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, This is slowed down, on a length, on middle. Brendan defends it off the front foot. |
| 2 | 45.2 | 45.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Two runs saved! This is speared in full, on middle. Fast hands from Taylor as he sweeps it hard and wide of deep backward square leg. Ziaur Rahman is quick to his left and stretches his hands out. He flicks the ball back inside before his feet come in contact with the boundary cushions. A quick check upstairs and Rahman's effort is deemed to be clean. |
| 1 | 45.1 | 45.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Slanting into the pads, on a length. Bennett goes on the back foot and nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Seaming back in off a good length, around off. Brendan covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
6 Over | Run: 160/2 | Run Rate: 3.56
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Lands it on a back of a length, outside off. Taylor tries to cash in on the width but snatches at it and toe-ends it to cover. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, A bit wayward by Rahman, a harmless delivery, well wide on off. Taylor is happy to let it go. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, In the corridor of uncertainty, on a good length. Taylor lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Rahman gets away with it. This is short and wide on off, there to be put away. Taylor cracks the cut but picks out Sediqullah Atal at a slightly deep cover-point. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Hits the good length, on off. Taylor covers the line and defends it out. |
| 4 | 43.6 | 43.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, FOUR! A bit of air given and that is enough for Brian Bennett to take the aerial route. Flighted up, on off. Bennett drops to a knee and clubs it over wide mid on. He does not quite get hold of it to pick up a six, but it is enough to fetch him a four. |
6 Over | Run: 160/2 | Run Rate: 3.64
| 0 | 43.5 | 43.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Another in-drifter by Zia-ur-Rehman, full and at the stumps. Brian is solid in defense. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Full and sliding on with the arm, Bennett defends, keeping the bat close to the front pad. |
| 1 | 43.3 | 43.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, On a length, outside off. Taylor reaches across and pats it wide of cover to turn the strike over. |
| 1 | 43.2 | 43.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Fuller and darted in towards the off stump. Bennett looks to play the line but it squirts off an outside edge towards the short third region for a single. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Good effort! Dragged down by Zia-ur-Rehman, on off. Bennett presses onto the back foot and thumps it away but can't get it past Qais Ahmad at cover, who dives to his left to make the stop. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Pushes the length up and this is bowled by going wde on the crease. Taylor resists the temptation of going for the drive and offers no shot. |
6 Over | Run: 154/2 | Run Rate: 3.58
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.5: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, On a back of a length, not close enough to make the batter play. An easy leave for Taylor. It dies down on its way to the keeper and Ikram Alikhil gathers it around his boot. |
| 0 | 42.4 | 42.4: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Outside the off stump, on a good length. It nips back a touch as Taylor walks across the stumps to stab it down the strip. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Angles in a full ball at the sticks. Taylor pushes it with a straight bat to mid on. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Better line and length, not all that full but closer to the off stump. Taylor leans across and shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 42.1 | 42.1: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Short and wide on off. Bennett stands tall on his toes and spanks it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 41.6 | 41.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Dragged length on off, trying to turn it away. Taylor stabs it down to extra cover. Another fruitful over for Zimbabwe. |
6 Over | Run: 153/2 | Run Rate: 3.64
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Flighted up this time, just outside off, Taylor blocks it off. |
| 6 | 41.4 | 41.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, SIX! Top shot! Angled in with the arm, fairly full and at the stumps. Brendan Taylor lunges to the off side, gets inside the line, and uses the angle to slog-sweep it away just in front of square leg for a six. 150 up for Zimbabwe now. |
| 1 | 41.3 | 41.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Excellent running. Full and straight again, Bennett just pushes it gently to the left of mid on and scampers across for the single. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Tossed up on middle and leg, drifting in a bit. Bennett blocks it to the right of the bowler. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, A single for Brendan Taylor, and he brings up a FIFTY here. Floated up at the stumps, clipped away in front of mid-wicket for an easy single. Taylor will now look to turn this into a big knock. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Good length in the channel, played late and nudged down toward the slip cordon by Bennett. 11 off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 145/2 | Run Rate: 3.54
| 4 | 40.5 | 40.5: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, FOUR! Uppish, but hit well enough and in the gap as well. Back of a length, just outside off, Brian Bennett presses back again and gets his hands through the ball, albeit a bit early and hits it to the left of extra cover for a boundary. |
| 2 | 40.4 | 40.4: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Short of a good length again, this time tighter on off. Bennett rocks back and forces the short-arm jab to the right of mid-wicket, picking up another brace. 7 runs already off this over. |
| 2 | 40.3 | 40.3: Ziaur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Slightly shorter and around off, Bennett stays upright and punches it off the back foot, down through the point region and picks up a couple of handy runs. |
| 1 | 40.2 | 40.2: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Good length in the channel, Taylor opens the bat face and maneuvers the ball square on the off side for an easy single. Taylor moves on to 49 now. |
| 2 | 40.1 | 40.1: Ziaur Rahman to Brendan Taylor, Well bowled, and equally well played as well. Ziaur charges in from wide on the crease and spears one in towards the stumps. Taylor shows the full face of the bat and just pushes it down the ground, to the left of mid off and picks up two runs. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Floated up on off stump, Bennett leans on and pushes it back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 134/2 | Run Rate: 3.35
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Sharp fielding from the skipper. Tossed up around off, Bennett leans on and drives, but Rahmat Shah dives to his right at silly mid off and cuts it off. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Full again, on middle and leg, Bennett leans on and works it wide of mid on for another dot ball. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Lobbed up on off, dips on the batter and angles in as well. Bennett gets a good stride across and eases it into the off side. |
| 1 | 39.2 | 39.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Full and drifted onto the pads, Taylor moves inside the line and sweeps it down to deep backward square leg for one more. |
| 1 | 39.1 | 39.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Shorter in length, on off and turning away a bit. Bennett goes onto the back foot and forces it away to the left of mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, A wide delivery, full and angling back in a bit. Left alone by Taylor and it will be a maiden for Saleem, who's now bowled 6 overs in this spell after Lunch. |
6 Over | Run: 132/2 | Run Rate: 3.38
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Full of a good length, outside off and there's some extra bounce off the deck as well. Taylor looks to get forward and drive but is a bit taken aback and gets hit high on the bat. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Full and straight, again there's a hint of reverse on it. Brendan Taylor jams it out to mid on, with the bat turning in his hands. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, A well-directed bumper, over the left shoulder, but Taylor does well to duck under it without a fuss. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Pitched much fuller on off, and there's a hint of reverse as the ball tails back in late. Taylor mistimes the drive to mid on. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Good length on off, a tad fuller, actually, and Taylor gets forward to defend. |
| 4 | 37.6 | 37.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, FOUR! In complete control. Tossed up on a fullish length and around off, Brian Bennett dances down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and hammers it back over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 132/2 | Run Rate: 3.47
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, A lot more air on this one, lobbing it around the fifth-stump line. Bennett smothers it down towards point. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Nagging length on off, sliding on with the arm. Bennett goes on the back foot and defends it to cover again. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Good length around off, pushed through a bit flatter. Bennett goes back and across to the leg side, punching it to cover. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brian Bennett, Nagging length, pushed into the leg stump, and this one holds in the deck a bit. Bennett watchfully keeps it out. |
| 1 | 37.1 | 37.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Floated up on the pads, Taylor sits down and sweeps it along the ground to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 36.6 | 36.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Fuller one, looking to slide one past the gate. Taylor leans on a bit and flicks it off the inside half of the bat and through square leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 127/2 | Run Rate: 3.43
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Good length, attacking the stumps. Taylor watchfully keeps it out. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Short-pitched delivery, banged in over middle and leg, and Brendan Taylor ducks under it. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Nice and full now, on middle, and just cutting back in a bit. Taylor looks to defend but gets more of an inside edge towards wide mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Saleem hits the deck hard, darting the ball in from around off toward middle stump. Taylor stays in his crease to defend. |
| 1 | 36.1 | 36.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, Just back of a length, slanting it into the hips. Brian Bennett gets an inside edge as he looks to tuck it fine and the ball brushes the pads before rolling down to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, A maiden from Zia-ur-Rehman, good comeback after the previous over. Flighted delivery, relatively full and around off. Taylor opts to make another block. |
6 Over | Run: 125/2 | Run Rate: 3.47
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, And again! Tossed up, in and around off, Brendan Taylor blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, A bit fuller and on off, Taylor lunges to defend. |
| 0 | 35.3 | 35.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Zia goes wider on the crease this time, and angles a round-arm delivery into the off stump. Taylor watchfully blocks. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Tossed up at the stumps, drifting in a bit, but Brendan Taylor stays solid in defence. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, This is flighted up wide of the off stump, Taylor leans across and taps the ball on its head, angling it between silly point and first slip. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Mohammad Saleem to Brian Bennett, What a ball to receive first up. Angled in before straightening off the deck at pace, on a back of a length. Bennett defends inside the line and is beaten all ends up. A wicket-maiden from Saleem. |
6 Over | Run: 125/2 | Run Rate: 3.57
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! That is as good as it gets from Mohammad Saleem, and he thoroughly deserves this wicket, bowling his heart out in energy-sapping conditions. After a barrage of short balls, Saleem comes up with the yorker and gets it spot on, right at the base of the off stump. Curran is perhaps expecting another short ball and is hanging back in the crease. He is late to get his bat down and hears the death rattle. Saleem lets out a big roar, and he is thrilled to bits. End of a 65-run stand. Zimbabwe are now 125/2. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Indecision! Saleem bends his back and digs it in short, over the right shoulder. Curran thinks about going for the pull but the ball keeps climbing and he eventually bails out of the shot. Saleem walks up and has a word or two with the batter but Ben does not respond. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Into the deck, getting it high around the bicep, on off. Curran rises with the bounce and drops it in front of him. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, This is on a back of a length, on off. Curran stays rooted to the crease and has a fiddle at the ball. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads before the ball dribbles towards point. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Saleem continues to test Curran with the short ball. This is around the left shoulder. Curran drops his wrists and sways away. |
| 6 | 33.6 | 33.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, SIX! Clean as a whistle. Zia-ur-Rehman tosses it up but ends up dishing it out right in the slot. Taylor needs no second invitation as he collapses his back knee and clobbers it over wide long on for half a dozen. |
6 Over | Run: 125/1 | Run Rate: 3.68
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Sliding on with the arm, full and at the stumps. Taylor shimmies down the track and clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 33.4 | 33.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Around off, full in length. Ben leans forward and angles the bat face to drive to the right of mid off for a single. |
| 1 | 33.3 | 33.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Very full, on off. Brendan digs it out to long off and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Missed out! A bit of a drag down, on off and middle. Taylor rocks back to force it through the off side but picks out the man at cover. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Flighted up, on middle. Taylor blocks it out by getting forward. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Another bumper, over middle and leg. Curran ducks inside the line. Saleem chirps at the batter before walking back. |
6 Over | Run: 117/1 | Run Rate: 3.55
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Lucky escape for Ben Curran. A well-directed short ball, aimed at the ribs. Curran can neither lean inside the line quickly nor drop his wrists. Ends up fending at the ball and it pops up off his gloves behind the wicket on the leg side. The keeper, Ikram Alikhil charges in but the ball drops well in front of him. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Good stop! After pushing the batter back with the short ball, Saleem goes fuller, on off. Curran's feet go nowhere as he pushes it wide of cover. There is no way through, though, as Hashmatullah Shahidi flings himself to his right to make the stop. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Bangs it in short again, sailing over the right shoulder as Curran ducks under it. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Dug in short, over middle. Easily ducked under by Ben. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Bowled on a back of a length, on middle and leg. Curran gets on his toes and drops it beside the strip on the leg side. Saleem is quick to his left on his follow-through to prevent the single. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Floated up, on off. Taylor leans across and pushes it to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 117/1 | Run Rate: 3.66
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Full and on off. Taylor pushes it down the deck. |
| 1 | 31.4 | 31.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Flatter and shorter, on off. Curran stays beside the line and plays the late dab past the slip fielder for a single. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, A bit fuller, on middle. Curran taps it to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Dropped short, on middle, Curran stays back to defend. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Floated up, on off. Curran pats it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, On a length, angled into the pads. Ben helps it down to deep fine leg and keeps the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 116/1 | Run Rate: 3.74
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Into the surface, outside off. Curran sets himself up on the back foot for the pull but the ball is not all that short and ends up chopping it down towards mid on. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, In the channel, on a good length. Ben offers no shot. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Hurls it on a good length, outside the off stump. Curran goes searching for the ball with his hands as he punches it to cover. Saleem won't mind Ben playing away from his body. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Fuller in length but not close enough to make the batter play. That is left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Saleem bashes the deck, getting the ball to nibble away slightly, on a back of a length, on off. Curran stands tall to block it out. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Slows it down and gives it a bit of air, full and on off. Brendan gets forward to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 115/1 | Run Rate: 3.83
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Darted in on a length, on middle. Taylor keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Slanting in at the stumps, full in length. Taylor lunges for the block. |
| 4 | 29.3 | 29.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Class written all over it. Zia-ur-Rehman gives more air this time but this does not turn and goes on with the arm, full and on middle. Taylor gives himself a bit of room to be able to get his hands through the line of the ball. Opens up the front hip and goes inside out over cover to pick up a boundary. |
| 6 | 29.2 | 29.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, SIX! Launched down the ground! Floated up, on off, not all that full. Taylor takes a step towards the pitch of the ball and just extends his hands into the lofted hit. Smokes it back over the bowler's head for the first six of the game. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Flighted up, on middle. Taylor presents the full face of the bat and pushes it to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, This goes away off the seam, a bit fuller, on off. Curran plays it late and right under his eyes as he dabs it down towards backward point. |
6 Over | Run: 105/1 | Run Rate: 3.62
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Saleem makes the batter play this time, hitting the top of off. Ben stabs it down with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, On a nagging length, in the channel just outside the off stump. Ben shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Bowled by going wide on the crease, on a good length, around off. It nips back in but stays away from the off pole as Curran makes the leave. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, From around the wicket for the left-hander, nice and full, at the sticks. Curran eases the drive to mid on. |
| 1 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mohammad Saleem to Brendan Taylor, Starts from over the wicket and angles the ball into the pads, on a back of a length. Taylor stays back and works it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, The length is pulled back, slow turn off the deck, on middle. Curran uses the depth of the crease and stabs it down the track. That will be Lunch on Day 1. |
6 Over | Run: 104/1 | Run Rate: 3.71
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Loopy ball, a bit too full, on middle. Curran brings his wrists into play and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Not much turn, on a length, on off. Curran covers the line and taps it down the strip. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Even slower, getting the ball to drop on the batter. Curran defends off the inside half as the ball trickles to short leg. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Slightly slower and fuller, on middle. Curran dead-bats it with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Fired in at the off stump, on a good length. Ben presses forward to block it out. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, A bit slower, full and on off. Brendan lunges across to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 104/1 | Run Rate: 3.85
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Another ball darted in towards the front pad. Taylor presents a straight bat to keep it out. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Pushes the length up, attacking the front pad. Taylor lunges for the block. |
| 2 | 26.3 | 26.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Flatter and on a good length, quicker through the air. Taylor sinks to a knee and gets the sweep away to the right of deep backward square leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Turning away, on a length, outside off. Taylor is not interested in playing at that. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Really full, on off. Taylor jams it out beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Drags the length back but the line is a little too straight, at the hips. Curran drops it down in front of short leg. The short leg fielder keeps Ben honest with a sharp stop to his left. |
6 Over | Run: 102/1 | Run Rate: 3.92
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Flighted up, on off. Curran gets his hands through the line of the ball and cracks the drive but picks out the fielder at cover. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Shorter and turning down leg. Curran fails to help it away. A good take by Ikram Alikhil by moving to his right. |
| 1 | 25.3 | 25.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Looped up, on off. Taylor gets forward and pushes it wide of mid to rotate the strike. |
| 2 | 25.2 | 25.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Very full, speared in at the pads. Taylor crouches, and with the angle, he sweeps it behind square leg. Ziaur Rahman runs to his right in the deep and tidies up. Two runs taken. The 100 is up for Zimbabwe. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Attacking the front pad, there is a bit of lift off the deck, but Taylor adjusts well. He takes the bottom hand off the bat handle as he defends. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Full and fast, on middle. Curran clips it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 99/1 | Run Rate: 3.96
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Around leg, Curran turns it off the pads to square leg. |
| 0 | 24.4 | 24.4: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Rapped on the pads! A prolonged appeal for LBW, but it is turned down. There seemed to be an inside edge, and the replays confirm the same. Not all that short, a hint of turn, on middle. Curran rocks back to a ball he was better off being forward to. Squeezes out an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 1 | 24.3 | 24.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Keeps it full, on off. Taylor works it wide of cover and crosses over. |
| 4 | 24.2 | 24.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. The length stays full but Qais drifts onto the pads this time. Taylor gets down on a knee and cleverly paddles it through deep fine leg for four more. |
| 4 | 24.1 | 24.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Lovely shot. Qais tosses it up, on middle, it is a bit too full. Taylor takes a step towards the pitch of the ball and presents the full face of the blade. With a high elbow and clean extension of the arms, Brendan lofts it back over the bowler's head. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Slower and shorter, on off. Ben hangs back to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 90/1 | Run Rate: 3.75
| 2 | 23.5 | 23.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, And again! Curran once again runs through the danger area. Floated up, on off, overpitched. Ben leans into the drive and strokes it through covers. The ball slows down in the outfield and the batters pick up a couple. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Speared in very full, on middle. Ben jams it out to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Shorter and on midle. Curran nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Pushed through, on a good length, on middle. Curran drops it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 2 | 23.1 | 23.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Flighted up, on off. Curran waits for the ball to drop and plays the drive against the spin, threading it between cover and mid off. The ball does not have enough legs to reach the fence and it is hauled in. Two runs taken. The umpire has a quiet word with Curran for running in the danger area. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, At the stumps, full in length, that is defended solidly off the front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 86/1 | Run Rate: 3.74
| 1 | 22.5 | 22.5: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Qais switches to over the wicket and angles it across off, on a length. Curran gets forward and pushes it wide of cover for a single. |
| 4 | 22.4 | 22.4: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, FOUR! Easily done. Qais continues to struggle with his lines and lengths. Too full, down leg. Curran crouches and takes it on the full to sweep it down to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Fired in full, on middle and leg. Ben squeezes it out to mid on. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Too full, down leg. Curran takes the risk of playing the paddle with the angle despite there being a leg slip. He misses out, though. |
| 2 | 22.1 | 22.1: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, A bit of a drag down by Qais, turning back in, wide on off. Curran waits for the ball on the back foot and plays the late dab past the slip fielder for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 21.6 | 21.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Gives the ball a bit of air, full and around off. Ben leans across and works it in front of mid on for one. |
6 Over | Run: 79/1 | Run Rate: 3.59
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, This keeps straight, full and on off. Curran plays a wristy drive to the left of the bowler. |
| 1 | 21.4 | 21.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Slows it down, it is a flighted delivery, on middle. Taylor presses forward and pushes it in front of a deep mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Drags the length back a bit, on off. Taylor gets a good stride in and stabs it down with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Looped up, full and on middle and leg. Taylor shimmies down the track and drives it to mid on. A bit of yes and no before the batters decide not to run. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Sliding on with the arm, full and on middle. Taylor keeps it out with a straight bat. |
| 1 | 20.6 | 20.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Offers flight and serves it full and wide on off. Taylor springs onto the front foot and extends his hands to crack the drive past cover. The ball slows down in the outfield and there was a second run on offer but Curran was not interested. |
6 Over | Run: 77/1 | Run Rate: 3.67
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Drifting in at the pads, a lot fuller. Taylor brings his bat out in front for the block. |
| 1 | 20.4 | 20.4: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Slightly short, spinning back a bit, on middle. Curran backs away a touch and punches it in front of mid off for a run. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Pushed through on the pads, on a length. Taylor misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes off the pads behind square leg. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Similar line and length to the previous ball. Brendan stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Really full, on off and middle. Taylor gets his bat down and digs it out. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Loopy ball, on off. Curran takes it on the full and firms the drive to mid off with a straight bat. |
6 Over | Run: 74/1 | Run Rate: 3.70
| 1 | 19.5 | 19.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, A bit of air given, better line and length, full and on off. Taylor knocks it wide of mid off and gets to the other end. |
| 4 | 19.4 | 19.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! Wrong line and punished. Zia-ur-Rehman darts in a full ball at the pads. Easy pickings for Taylor, who gets low and, with the angle, paddles it down to the deep fine leg fence for the second four of the over. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, At the sticks. Taylor pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Speared in full, on middle and leg. Taylor wrists it to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 19.1 | 19.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, FOUR! More of a drag, but Taylor will take it. Flighted delivery, on off. Taylor dances down the track and looks to go back over the bowler's head. He is not entirely to the pitch of the ball, and the bat turns in his hand. Mishits the lofted hit off the inner half over wide mid on for a four. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, A flatter delivery to end the over. Just outside off and punched off the back foot to cover. Maiden over from Qais Ahmad as well. |
6 Over | Run: 65/1 | Run Rate: 3.42
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Qais gets away with one here. Short and wide, angled across the left-hander. Curran stays put, just extends his arms and cuts it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Tossed up at the stumps, Curran leans on to block. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Ahmad drags the length back and bowls it around leg stump. Curran tries to rock back and pull it fine, but it isn't all that short either and Curran ends up wearing it on the outside half of the front pad. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Fuller now, in and around off, and a bit quicker too. Another solid front-foot block by Curran. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Flatter one, relatively full and just outside off. Curran blocks it off. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, A flighted delivery to end the over. This is pitched wide of the off stump and Taylor plays a flowing drive but finds the fielder at extra cover. |
6 Over | Run: 65/1 | Run Rate: 3.61
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Brendan Taylor, Floated up, fuller and drifted into the front pad. Taylor stays leg side of the ball and smothers it off the inside edge to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 17.4 | 17.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Good length around off, Curran stays back and plays a late dab towards the gully region and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Similar delivery to the last one, albeit a bit straighter and this time, Curran jams the drive to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Tossed up, full and on off. Curran drives it into the deck and straight back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Looped up around off, trying to get it over the batter's eyeline. Ben Curran watchfully blocks it off. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, Half a shout for LBW, but that's going down leg. Pushed through quicker and fuller on middle, seemed like the wrong'un. Brendan Taylor leans on to block, but the ball skids past the inside edge and catches Taylor on the front pad. |
6 Over | Run: 64/1 | Run Rate: 3.76
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Qais Ahmad to Brendan Taylor, FOUR BYES! That's wayward from Qais. Bowled into the pitch but angled a long way down the leg side. No chance for the keeper and the ball trickles away into the fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Qais Ahmad to Innocent Kaia, OUT! CAUGHT! Did that come off the back of the blade? It sure did, and Innocent Kaia can consider himself a tad unlucky, but he has to walk back here. Qais Ahmad just drifts a fuller ball down the leg side. Kaia sits down for the sweep but misses, and the ball goes off his pads, but it then catches the back of the bat and lobs up to first slip, where Sediqullah Atal takes a simple catch, and just like that, the 60-run opening stand is broken. |
| 1 | 16.3 | 16.3: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Flatter and on the pads, turned away behind square leg for a single by Curran. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Nagging length, held back a bit and landing it around off and middle. Curran gets halfway forward and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 16.1 | 16.1: Qais Ahmad to Innocent Kaia, Tossed-up delivery, outside off. Kaia leans on, shows the full face of the bat and punches it down to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Much fuller this time, landing it on off and middle, and Curran turns it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 58/0 | Run Rate: 3.63
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, On a nagging length, floated up outside the line of off stump, and Curran stays solid in defence. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Nice and full, drifting it into the front pad. Curran leans on and smothers it to mid on. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Shorter and angled into the batter. Innocent Kaia presses back and turns it down behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Tossed up, fuller and just outside off. Kaia is drawn forward and there's a bit of turn, which means that Kaia ends up blocking it more off the outside edge. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Flighted delivery on off stump, Kaia blocks it off. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Slightly fuller on middle and leg, Ben Curran picks it up and flicks it aerially towards a deepish mid-wicket. No single taken. |
6 Over | Run: 57/0 | Run Rate: 3.80
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Tossed up on middle, turning it back in. Curran blocks it off. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Curran tries to be cheeky again, and nearly gets caught behind. Quicker delivery from Ahmad, turning it down leg. Curran moves inside the line to lap it fine but gets a bit of an edge that goes straight in and out of the keeper's gloves. Very harsh to even call that a dropped catch. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Much better from Ahmad. A touch fuller on off, trying to turn it back in. Curran blocks it off. |
| 2 | 14.2 | 14.2: Qais Ahmad to Ben Curran, Cheekily done by Ben. Flatter and down leg, Curran shuffles around to the off side and laps it down to fine leg. Hashmatullah Shahidi from leg gully chases it down and keeps it to two runs. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Qais Ahmad to Innocent Kaia, Qais begins with a loosener, as he serves a full toss on off stump. Kaia pushes it down to long off and collects a single. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Ooh, that's nicely bowled. Flighted up on a length, and Zia gets this one to dip and turn a bit. Ben Curran lunges to defend but doesn't reach the pitch of the ball and gets an inside edge onto the back pad. |
6 Over | Run: 54/0 | Run Rate: 3.86
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Tossed up outside off, Kaia lunges across and strokes it to the right of Rahmat Shah at short extra cover this time for a single. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, The length is pulled back now, and Kaia rocks back to punch it straight towards Rahmat Shah at short extra cover. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Flighted again, not all that full and on off stump. Kaia presses forward a bit to defend. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Nicely flighted, landing it on off and middle. Kaia leans on and drives it to mid off. |
| 1 | 13.1 | 13.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Tossed up outside off, drifting in a bit. Curran leans on and drives against the turn, getting it wide of extra cover for an easy single. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Oh, that is such a pleasing stroke from Kaia. Banged in short and around off, Kaia swivels across to the off side, gets on top of the bounce and controls the pull brilliantly, nailing it to the left of fine leg for a boundary. 50 up for Zimbabwe as well. |
6 Over | Run: 52/0 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 1 | 12.5 | 12.5: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Back of a length, just outside off. Ben Curran stands tall and punches it sweetly to deep cover for a single. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, A slight adjustment from Zia, getting the line closer to the off stump, and the false shot is drawn. Curran looks to cover drive but miscues it off the inside half of the blade toward mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Wider on the crease, very full and trying to angle it back in from outside off. It is a bit too wide to begin with and Curran just shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, No run there! Full of a good length, in and around off. Curran stays back and bunts it down in front of extra cover, thinking about the single, but the fielder is quick to pounce on it. |
| 2 | 12.1 | 12.1: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Dug in a bit short over middle, Curran leans back and smacks the pull over mid-wicket, but the ball plugs in the outfield, and it will only be a brace. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, From around the wicket for the right-hander, a hint of turn, fuller and on off. Kaia gets forward to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 45/0 | Run Rate: 3.75
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Fractionally short, on middle and leg. Curran clips it with the turn behind square leg and crosses over. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, More air given, full and on off, not much turn. Curran gets a good stride in and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Tossed up now, on off. Curran leans forward to defend. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Fuller in length, on off. Curran knocks it to mid off. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, On the shorter side, spinning back a bit, on middle. Ben is solid in defense. |
| 4 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Off the edge. In and around the off pole, on a back of a length, nibbling away ever so slightly. Kaia does well not to push at the ball with hard hands. The outside edge goes down and a bit of a bad bounce results in it going past the sprawling dive of the second slip fielder. |
6 Over | Run: 44/0 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 4 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Untidy in the field. Rahman slams it into the deck, on off. Kaia gets the ball at a good height and is quick to swivel and pull it wide of deep square leg. Qais Ahmad sprints to his left and slides but overruns the ball as it sneaks past his right hand and trickles into the fence. |
| 1 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Into the deck, on middle. Curran swivels on the back foot and pulls it behind squareo the right of deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Out comes the short ball by Rahman, on off. Ben Curran ducks under it. |
| 1 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Hits the deck hard and gets the ball to nip away off the deck. Kaia stays back to keep it out but the ball kicks up a bit to catch the shoulder of the bat. It drops wide of cover and the batters cross for one. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Oh, that could have been trouble for Ben Curran. Ziaur Rahman angles in a full ball, on middle. Kaia presents the full face of the bat and eases the drive down the deck. Curran was backing up too far but luckily for him, Rahman could not make any contact with the ball or else he was gone. |
| 1 | 9.6 | 9.6: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Pushed through, on a good length, on middle and leg. Kaia turns it off the back foot through square leg and retains the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 34/0 | Run Rate: 3.40
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Slows it down and offers flight, on middle. Innocent is drawn forward as he defends with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Drags the length back a bit, on middle. Innocent hangs back to defend. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Zia-ur-Rehman to Innocent Kaia, Floated up, on middle. Innocent Kaia lunges for the block. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Around the off stump, on a good length. Curran angles it wide of point and looks at the partner. A bit of hesitation but they eventually make it for a single. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Zia-ur-Rehman to Ben Curran, Begins from over the wicket with a flighted delivery, slow turn off the deck, on middle and leg. Curran drops it in front of short leg. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Saleem dishes out a bumper, but it is slightly down leg. It does not trouble Kaia, who ducks under it. |
6 Over | Run: 32/0 | Run Rate: 3.56
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Good running! Saleem goes wide on the crease and attacks the stumps with a length ball. Curran brings his bat out in front and defends it off the inner half of the bat. The batters pinch in a quick single as the ball rolls in front of mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Pushes the length up, on off. Ben is rooted to the crease as he pushes it to mid off. |
| 4 | 8.3 | 8.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, FOUR! Up and over! Saleem looks to bang it into the deck and gets it high around the shoulder, around off. Curran stands tall on his toes and is able to get under the ball before flaying it over the slip cordon for a four. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, A bit fuller, in the channel. Curran watches the ball closely and shoulders arms. Saleem stares at the batter before walking back to his mark. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Bowled by going wide on the crease, going on with the angle, on top of off. Curran taps it with a straight bat to the left of the bowler. |
| 4 | 7.6 | 7.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Nicely done. Not all that short and not too wide either. Kaia picks up the length early and arches back. He gets on his toes to get on top of the bounce and cuts it past point for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 27/0 | Run Rate: 3.38
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Zia-ur-Rehman goes full and gets the ball to curve away in the air. It is a bit wide and Kaia goes after it, away from his body. He knocks it towards the man at a wide mid off. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Serves it on a back of a length but not close enough to make the batter play. Innocent hops across the stumps and makes a comfortable leave. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, A little too straight, angled in at the hips. Kaia gets on top of the bounce and nudges it to mid-wicket with soft hands. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Hits the top of off, does Zia-ur-Rehman. Kaia is squared up on the back foot as the ball straightens off the deck but manages to dab it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Goes past the bat! In the channel, seaming away a touch off a back of a length. Kaia presses up on his toes and has a feel for the delivery before opting to withdraw his bat but it is too late by then. He is lucky not to have nicked it behind. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, In and around the off stump, bowled on a good length. Curran plays it right under his eyes as he drops it in front of cover. |
6 Over | Run: 23/0 | Run Rate: 3.29
| 2 | 6.5 | 6.5: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, From around the wicket now, dug in short, over off. Curran pivots on the back foot and is able to ride the bounce. Plays a controlled pull wide of square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Fuller in length, slanting away from the off stump, that is left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Pushed across the off stump, on a good length. Curran shoulders arms to let that one through. |
| 4 | 6.2 | 6.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, FOUR! Not in control, but safe. A sharp bumper around the left shoulder. Curran gets his hands high to control the pull, but the ball gets big on him. It catches the top edge and goes behind, well fine of the man at deep fine leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, DROPPED! After doing all the hard work, Ziaur Rahman should have taken the catch. Innocent Kaia gets a reprieve. A well-directed short ball, rising up sharply around the left shoulder to catch Kaia by surprise. Innocent ends up hooking it half-heartedly whilst looking to sway inside the line of the ball. It flies down to deep fine leg off the top edge. Ziaur Rahman moves to his right and dives, but the ball hits his palm and drops to the ground. They cross. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, An inswinger now, a bit fuller, and this one comes back in sharply. Kaia manages to get the front leg out of the way and flicks it away to the left of deep backward square leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 16/0 | Run Rate: 2.67
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Good length, a tad wide of the off stump, and going straight on. Left alone by Kaia. |
| 1 | 5.4 | 5.4: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Zia changes the angle, coming from around the wicket to the left-hander. This is a tad short and slanted into the batter, Curran tucks it down to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Pitched fuller and slipping it down the leg side. Curran fails to flick it away. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Similar delivery to the last one, albeit a touch fuller and there's not much swing on this one, just angles past the left-hander's off stump. Curran shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Length ball on middle and off, swings away nicely from the left-hander, and Curran makes a good leave too. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, That's well bowled. Good length on off and middle, and the ball jags back in sharply off the deck. Kaia stays watchful and solidly blocks it off. |
6 Over | Run: 14/0 | Run Rate: 2.80
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Better length from Saleem. Full of a good length, on off stump, and Kaia defends it off the front foot. |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Even the sluggish outfield can't stop that! A drag-down by Saleem, over middle and leg. Kaia stands tall and pulls it hard to the left of deep backward square leg for the first boundary of the game. |
| 2 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Beautifully driven, but again, the outfield doesn't allow the ball to just run away to the fence. Pitched up around off, coming back in, Kaia leans on and punches it to the right of Hashmatullah Shahidi at mid off for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Full of a good length, in and around off. Curran stays put and plays it with a slightly horizontal bat and gently in front of covers for a quick single. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, An aggressive short ball, around head height, but the line is a bit wayward as this one drifts down the leg side. Curran just moves away from the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Spilled down the leg side, but that's the first maiden of the Test. On a fullish length, looking to angle it into the pads, but this one goes a fair bit down the leg side. |
6 Over | Run: 7/0 | Run Rate: 1.75
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Back of a length, angled in towards middle, and Kaia tucks it down to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, A huge appeal for LBW, but the umpire remains unmoved. Prodigious movement on that one, but there seemed to be two noises. Full and darted into the stumps from wider on the crease. Kaia's head falls over a bit to the off side as he tries to flick it away and the ball shoots past the inside edge to strike him on the pads. Probably not an inside edge, but rather going down leg. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Pitched up wide of the off stump, almost hugging the tramline and shaping away. Innocent Kaia lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Hard length, even wider this time and carrying through nicely to the keeper. Kaia leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, An outswinger now, pitched full and on the fifth-stump line, just angling away a bit. Kaia shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, A bit of a fumble, and after some hesitation, the batters do pick up the single. Good length outside off, Kaia leans across and taps it down to backward point, where the fielder gets a bad bounce and parries the ball behind for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 7/0 | Run Rate: 2.33
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, On the fuller side again, but not all that full, and in that corridor of uncertainty. Kaia gets forward to block but gets an inside edge toward mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Full and straight, Saleem goes wide on the crease to angle the ball into the front pad. Kaia pushes it out to mid on. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Full of a good length, wide of the off stump and angling away a wee bit. Left alone by Kaia. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Ooh, too high again? Seems like it. Saleem lands this one on a perfect length, and it is the nip-backer that catches the batter by surprise. The ball lands on middle and darts back in, beating the inside edge of Kaia's willow and thudding into the back leg. There's a huge appeal, but the umpire turns it down. |
| 1 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Fractionally short on leg, dabbed down 'round the corner on the leg side for a single by Curran. |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.6: Ziaur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, Lovely shot from Kaia, but the outfield seems a bit slow. Full and sliding into the legs, flicked off the pads through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
6 Over | Run: 5/0 | Run Rate: 2.50
| 1 | 1.5 | 1.5: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Nicely played and well run as well. Very full and on middle, swinging away from the left-hander. Curran hangs back before easing it wide of mid off for a quick single. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Hard length, on middle and leg, angling back in a bit. Curran nudges it down in front of mid-wicket and looks for a single, but won't get it. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, That in-between length now, just angled across the off stump. Curran plays it right under the eyes, and gently to the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Bashed into the deck, short of a good length and angled back into the hips. Curran fails to get it away. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Ziaur Rahman to Ben Curran, Half an appeal for LBW right away, but it's been turned down. Probably going over the stumps. Excellent start from Zia, though. Pitched up on middle, getting the ball to swing back into the left-hander. Ben Curran prods ahead to defend but is beaten past the inside edge and wears it high on the pads. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, On the money! Just a smidge fuller and darting back in towards the off pole. Innocent Kaia stays watchful and leans forward to make the block. Zimbabwe are 2/0 after the first over. |
6 Over | Run: 2/0 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, On a good length, slightly wide of the off stump, and carrying through nicely to the keeper. Kaia makes another leave. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Full and in the channel, sliding straight on. Kaia makes an assured leave. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mohammad Saleem to Ben Curran, Saleem hits a hard length again, bowling it around the pads. Ben Curran misses the flick off the hips and the ball goes off his pads to leg gully, and a leg bye is taken. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Much better line, but Kaia pinches a quick single to get the scoreboard ticking. Hard length, around the top of off. Kaia presses back and just bunts it in front of covers before scampering through for a run. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mohammad Saleem to Innocent Kaia, Saleem begins with a full ball, pitching it fairly wide of the off stump, and there's a hint of away movement as well. Innocent Kaia leaves it alone. |
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