India vs New Zealand 1st Test at Kanpur, 25 Nov, 2021

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 345/10 (111.1)  &  234/7 (81)
New Zealand 296/10 (142.3)  &  165/9 (98)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: Shreyas Iyer

    Over 3.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and just manages to defend off the bottom of the bat

    Over 3.3 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets covers the line and blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 3.4 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side watchfully.

    Over 3.5 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets his down time to defend this flatter delivery

    That is Stumps on Day 4.New Zealand need 280 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand

    Over 4.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, lunges and defends solidly onto the track

    Over 4.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 4.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and tries to play inside the line, the ball beats the inside edge of the bat.

    Over 4.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, defended off the front foot towards silly point

    Over 4.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets a big stride forward and keep it down the pitch.

    Over 6.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, goes on to the back foot and defends it down the leg side.

    Over 6.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets inside the line and  defended off the front foot

    Over 6.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 6.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, 2 byes, gets forward and loses his balance and Bharat misses it too. Technically a stumping chance but it's mighty difficult to take these. A couple of extras to the total

    Over 6.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville,1 run, gets forward and worked gently through square leg

    Over 7.1 Umesh Yadav bowls a pitched up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and  looks for a leg glance but can't connect. Brushes his back thigh en route to the keeper who is a bit excited for a down-the-leg strangle

    Over 7.2 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and plays with an open face, the edge dies down in front of gully who makes a good stop

    Over 7.3 Umesh Yadav bowls a pitched up delivery to William Somerville, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot, present the full dace of the bat and driven straight down the ground for four.

    Over 7.4 Umesh Yadav bowls a back of length delivery to William Somerville, no run, hangs back and defends tightly towards the off-side

    Over 7.5 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and tries to play away from the body but gets beaten.

    Over 7.6 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to William Somerville,1 run, backs away in the crease and dabbed down towards third man

    Over 8.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, stretches forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 8.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 8.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and  tries the sweep but is struck on the pads

    Over 8.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets back in the crease and nudged with the turn towards backward square leg

    Over 8.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and clipped off the inside half to backward square leg

    Over 8.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to William Somerville, no run, goes on to the back foot and went for a cut but misses.

    Over 9.4 Umesh Yadav bowls a pitched up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and  loose in his drive, no footwork but the lack of the bounce in this track saves him. The edge is well short of slip

    Over 9.5 Umesh Yadav bowls a back of length delivery to William Somerville, no run, hangs back and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 9.6 Umesh Yadav bowls a back of length delivery to William Somerville, no run, crouches a bit and defends to point

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