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India vs New Zealand 1st Test Highlights: New Zealand 216/5 at stumps on Day 2, lead by 51 runs

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India vs New Zealand 1st Test Highlights: New Zealand 216/5 at stumps on Day 2, lead by 51 runs
Kane Williamson. (AFP Photo)
Key Highlights
  • New Zealand bundled out India for 165 runs in their first innings on Day 2.
  • Ajinkya Rahane top scored for India with a 46-run knock.
  • Kiwi pacers Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson claimed four wickets each.
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NEW ZEALAND 216/5 at stumps on Day 2, lead INDIA (165) by 51 runs
New Zealand were 216 for five in their first innings at stumps in reply to India's total of 165 on the second day of the opening Test at Basin Reserve. Kane Williamson (89) top-scored, while Ross Taylor (44) too chipped in with a useful contribution. BJ Watling (14) and Colin de Grandhomme (4) were at the crease during the break as New Zealand took a 51-run lead.
India pacer Ishant Sharma (3/31) took three wickets, dismissing both the openers -- Tom Blundell (30) and Tom Latham (11) and milestone man Ross Taylor (44), while Mohammed Shami (1/61) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1/60) snapped one each.

Earlier, resuming at an overnight score of 122 for 5, India lost the rest of the five wickets adding just 43 runs.
Tim Southee (4/49) and Kyle Jamieson (4/39) claimed four wickets each, while Trent Boult (1/57) snapped one.
That's STUMPS on Day 2. New Zealand 216/5 at stumps on Day 2, lead by 51 runs.
OVERS 71.1: FOUR! Bumrah to Watling. The New Zealander gets an edge and the ball replaces towards third man for a boundary.
Colin de Grandhomme comes to the crease.

OVERS 69.5: WICKET! Ravichandran Ashwin dismisses Henry Nicholls for 17 runs. Nicholls gets an edge and gives and easy catch to skipper Kohli at second slip. New Zealand 207/5, lead India (165) by 42 runs
OVERS 66.2: FOUR! Nicholls timed this so well over cow corner for a boundary. NZ 194/4, lead by 29 runs
BJ Watling comes to the crease.
OVERS 62.4: WICKET! Mohammed Shami gets rid of dangerous Kane Williamson. Big wicket for India. Williamson falls short of a well-deserved century today, departs for 89. Jadeja (sub) takes a superb catch at cover. Williamson isn't happy. NZ 185/4
OVERS 58.5: FOUR! Onto the pads from Bumrah. Williamson uses the pace and flicks the ball towards fine leg for a boundary. NZ 179/3, lead by 14 runs
OVERS 57.2: Williamson moves to 79 with a single off Ashwin.
India under Virat Kohli after conceding 1st innings lead:
14 Tests - 2 wins (vs Australia, Bengaluru, 2017; vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2018)
4 draws
8 losses
Henry Nicholls comes to the crease.
OVERS 52.1: WICKET! Ishant Sharma has done job once again. He breaks the partnership between Taylor and Williamson. Taylor departs fora fine 44. Excellent catch by Cheteshwar Pujara at square leg. Taylor walks off to a standing ovation. NZ 166/3
OVERS 51.4: NEW ZEALAND (166/2) go into lead as they cross India's first innings total of 165.
OVERS 50.1: FOUR! Williamson wait till the end and smashes Ishant towards deep backward point for a boundary. NZ 163/2, trail by 2 runs
OVERS 47.4: FOUR! Good length from Bumrah. Williamson stands tall and pushes this beautifully through cover. NZ 152/2, trail by 13 runs
OVERS 46.1: FOUR! Ross Taylor plays this beautifully towards sweeper cover. Great use of the feet from the New Zealand's experienced batsman. NZ 148/2
OVERS 44.3: FOUR! Shami to Taylor. Taylor uses the pace and flicks the ball towards fine leg. NZ 142/2
OVERS 43.4: FOUR! Williamson goes on backfoot and punches Ashwin towards deep extra cover. Brilliant stuff from him. NZ 136/2
OVERS 42.1: FOUR! What a shot from Williamson. He timed this so well and sends Shami between extra cover and long off. NZ 131/2, trail by 34 runs.
OVERS 41.3: FIFTY! Kane Williamson brings up his 32nd Test half-century. The New Zealand skipper gets to his fifty with a boundary off Ashwin towards deep mid wicket.
OVERS 39.5: FOUR! Taylor leans forward and guides Ashwin for a boundary towards fine leg. NZ 121/2
Welcome back! Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson are making their way to the middle. Virat Kohli is having a chat with his men. The final session gets underway.
That's the end of second session. TEA at Basin Reserve.
NZ 116/2, trail by 49 runs
Kane Williamson 46*, Ross Taylor 22*

OVERS 39: FOUR! Ross Taylor sends Jasprit Bumrah between extra cover and long on. Superb shot from Taylor. NZ 116/2
OVERS 39: Bumrah to Taylor. 5 WIDES.
OVERS 34.2: FOUR! Williamson moves to 42 with a superb boundary off Bumrah towards backward point. NZ 102/2
OVERS 30.3: FOUR! Short from Ishant. Ross tries to play over the slip cordon but the ball hits the back of the bat and races towards fine leg region for a boundary. NZ 89/2
OVERS 29.5: APPEAL! Ashwin gets huge turn. A loud lbw appeal from the spinner and wicket-keeper Pant against Taylor. Umpire Aleem Dar says NOT OUT.
OVERS 29.4: SIX! Taylor plays a fiery slog sweep over deep mid wicket. Ashwin isn't happy with this. Crowd loved it. NZ 84/2
New Zealand players in their 100th Test appearance
Stephen Fleming 0 & 4 vs SA, Centurion 2006
Daniel Vettori 41 vs India, Ahmedabad 2010
Brendon McCullum 0 & 10 vs Australia, Wellington 2016
Did you hear the applause? Ross Taylor is in the house. What a welcome for the veteran batsman. He comes out to bat in his 100th Test match.
OVERS 26.4: WICKET! Ishant gets the breakthrough once again. He castles Tom Blundell for 30. Big wicket for India and Ishant is doing the job for his captain here. The lanky pacer exults in celebration. NZ 73/2
End of 25th over: A couple of good overs from Ashwin and Shami straight after the drinks break. But Williamson and Blundell are looking in control, taking New Zealand forward towards India's first innings total. NZ 70/1
Day 2, Session 2: Drinks break in Wellington!
NZ 63/1, trail by another 102 runs in first innings. Kane Williamson (22*) and Tom Blundell (30*) looking set at the crease after India continue their search for their second breakthrough.
OVERS 19.6: FOUR! 50 up for New Zealand as Williamson executes a fine cover drive. New Zealand 53/1
OVERS 19.3: FOUR! Williamson square drives a Bumrah delivery for his second boundary
OVERS 18.4: FOUR! Shami bangs it short and Blundell pulls from outside off between mid-wicket and mid-off for his fourth boundary
OVERS 16.1: Williamson gets on the top of the bounce and cuts it to backward point for his first boundary
Change of ends for Shami as he replaces Ishant in the attack
New Zealand 32/1 after 15 overs and Bumrah replaces Shami in the attack
OVERS 14.5: Ishant pitches it up and Blundell cove drives for three runs
Skipper Kane Williamson is the new man in for New Zealand

OVERS 10.2: OUT! Ishant continues round the wicket, gets the ball to come back in, Latham (11) looks to flick but gets a faint edge and Rishabh Pant accepts the catch gleefully. New Zealand 26/1
OVERS 9.5: FOUR! Shami bangs it short and Blundell pulls to the mid-wicket fence. New Zealand 26/0
Shami bowls the second over after Lunch
OVERS 8.2: FOUR! Blundell cover drives an Ishant delivery for his second boundary
Ishant Sharma bowls the first over after Lunch
New Zealand have an excellent first session on Day 2. They bundled out the remaining wickets of India quickly in the first hour and now enter the break unscathed. Both Latham and Blundell have got through the tricky period and also cut 17 from the deficit. More of the same is what the Kiwis would want. India on the other hand, have not been very bad with their bowling. Bumrah has been a tad short but Ishant has been good. The wicket though seems to have eased out and it is not offering a lot of assistance.

New Zealand trail India (165) by 148 runs at Lunch on Day 2
OVERS 7.2: FOUR! Blundell looks to flick but the ball flies off the outside edge over the slips to the third man fence for the first boundary of the New Zealand innings
Mohammed Shami has been introduced in the attack
OVERS 6.4: Blundell taps the ball to cover point to get off the mark after 18 deliveries. New Zealand 12/0
OVERS 6.3: Tom Blundell is hit on the pads by a Bumrah delivery and Virat Kohli goes for a review but the replays show there was a big inside edge onto his pads
OVERS 6.2: Bumrah continues round the wicket and Latham flicks to deep mid-wicket for three runs
OVERS 4.2: Bumrah comes round the wicket and Latham flicks to deep square leg for two runs
New Zealand are 4/0 after 4 overs
Ishant Sharma shares the red cherry with Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah bowls the first over for India, Tom Latham on strike
Five wickets in a little more than an hour rounds up an excellent bowling performance from the Kiwis! Kane Williamson could not have asked for anything more from his bowlers after electing to bowl. They got rid of the top order cheaply. The middle order did not show any resistance and the lower-order too failed to do anything substantial today. Just the 43 runs is what the Indians could add. Rahane was the only man who showed some fight. Pant also was looking good before he got run out. The procession started from there on and India have been bundled out for a paltry total. For the Kiwis, Southee and Jamieson were the pick of the bowlers. Both ended with 4 wickets each.

OVERS 68.1: OUT! ALL OUT!! Shami (21) hits a Southee delivery to extra cover where Tom Blundell takes a simple catch. INDIA BOWLED OUT FOR 165 RUNS IN THEIR FIRST INNINGS
OVERS 67.3: OUT! Jamieson has Ishant (5) caught behind by Watling. India 165/9
OVERS 66.4: FOUR! Shami pulls a Southee delivery to backward square leg for his third boundary. India 161/8
Debutant Kyle Jamieson replaces Boult in the attack
OVERS 64.5: FOUR! Shami drives through long-on for his second boundary. India 157/8
OVERS 64.3: DROPPED! Shami hits the next delivery high up in the air but Kane Williamson drops the skier at mid-off
OVERS 64.2: FOUR! Shami edges a Southee delivery over gully for his first boundary
OVERS 62.5: Ishant is given out caught behind but he goes for the review knowing he hasn't edged the Southee delivery and the replays confirm there is no edge . They also check for the LBW as the ball had hit back pad but the impact was outside the line
OVERS 62.3: OUT! Rahane (46) looks to leave the Southee delivery but by the time he takes the bat out of the way the ball has gone off the edge into the hands of wicket-keeper Watling. India 143/8
OVERS 59.5: FOUR! Rahane cuts a Boult delivery over backward point for his first boundary of the day. India 138/7
Ishant Sharma is the new man in India

OVERS 58.3: OUT! CLEAN BOWLED! Southee bowls a superb outswinger that pitches in line and moves away to rattle Ashwin's off-stump for a first ball duck. India 132/7
OVERS 58.2: OUT! RUN OUT!! Rahane taps a Southee delivery to point and calls Pant for a quick single, who hesitates with his eyes on the ball but by that time Rahane is already halfway down the pitch, Pant (19) then runs but fails to beat a direct hit from Ajaz Patel who had one stump to aim and the throw was spot on. ABSOLUTE DISASTER! India 132/6
OVERS 55.4: BIG HIT! First scoring shot of the day and it's a SIX by Pant who smashes it over mid-wicket. India 128/5
Ajaz Patel bowls the first over of the day, Rishabh Pant on strike
Play will be extended in the second and final sessions to make up for some of the lost time
Pant

Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant walk out in the middle to resume India's first innings on Day 2 of the first Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.


The first day of the Test belonged to the Kiwis and probably everything went right for them.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field under overcast conditions on a green wicket. Their bowlers justified the decision as they kept taking wickets at regular intervals and also made scoring very tough for India.
The Kiwis were rewarded early when Tim Southee removed Prithvi Shaw for 16 with an outswinger that collected the off stump as the opener attempted a drive without moving his feet.
Debutant Kyle Jamieson was the pick of the bowlers for the Kiwis as he took three wickets which included Indian captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Jamieson showed his safe hands to catch Mayank Agarwal after the Indian opener top-edged Trent Boult to long leg.
Jamieson added to his wicket tally after lunch with another fuller delivery that Hanuma Vihari (7) edged to wicketkeeper BJ Watling.
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