:00:22. > :00:32.Hello and welcome turgid are still in Birmingham for the second group
:00:33. > :00:36.match 2017 ICC. Today we see a replay of the World Cup final in
:00:37. > :00:40.2015, two years ago was Australia becoming world champions in front of
:00:41. > :00:44.the home crowd in Melbourne. Can they repeated the feat today.
:00:45. > :00:49.England chased down 300 runs, a championship record to beat
:00:50. > :00:58.Bangladesh. Will we see similar batting aggression? England are
:00:59. > :01:02.sitting on top of group a. A win won't guarantee modification to the
:01:03. > :01:20.knockout round but a loss will make it very difficult.
:01:21. > :01:27.The sea danger man is David Warner, he has scored almost a quarter of
:01:28. > :01:30.Australia's run since the work of victory, Mitchell Starc is welcome
:01:31. > :01:35.back to a pace attack with plenty of firepower. One problem facing Kane
:01:36. > :01:39.Williamson is filling in the enormous hole left by Brendon
:01:40. > :01:44.McCullum, if he is looking for runs then he might not have two search
:01:45. > :01:49.further than its opening pair, Luke Ronchi is in great form and Martin
:01:50. > :01:54.Guptill averages 62 in ODI cricket. New Zealand won the toss and elected
:01:55. > :02:00.to bat on a good batting surface on a venue that has high-scoring games.
:02:01. > :02:01.Luke Ronchi at the top of the order shows that the Black Caps are being
:02:02. > :02:35.aggressive. That's join the action. Quite a predictable start. Underway,
:02:36. > :02:45.Martin Guptill, at least two. Should push the three runs. They will get
:02:46. > :02:54.through pretty easily. Tucked away beautifully the Martin Guptill. You
:02:55. > :03:00.can see there he just waited the Hazlewood to get it straight to him.
:03:01. > :03:05.Mitchell Starc just getting it a bit straight, slide overcorrection
:03:06. > :03:07.there. That has pushed a bit down the leg and has clipped right to the
:03:08. > :03:24.middle of bat. Game. Thrashed through the off-side
:03:25. > :03:26.by Hazlewood. Crunched from Martin Guptill to finish the second over.
:03:27. > :03:50.14 without loss. Luke Ronchi gets his first boundary.
:03:51. > :03:59.Just a push, will run away. David Warner. He got there, it may be
:04:00. > :04:04.surprised of it. The momentum dragged the ball back over into the
:04:05. > :04:08.Bantry I think. You will go a long way to see a better shot than this,
:04:09. > :04:21.good delivery from Hazlewood. Gupta moves onto the front foot, just
:04:22. > :04:29.punch down the ground. Over the top. Enough of it. That is the power that
:04:30. > :04:38.he does possess. 29 without loss. Gets that through. Perfect timing
:04:39. > :04:43.from Martin Guptill. We have seen a few good shots this morning. That is
:04:44. > :04:48.far and away the best, fall again yes, a bit of wit is on offer, look
:04:49. > :04:55.at this stride, very steady with his head. One simple movement and a
:04:56. > :05:04.simple swing of the bat. Looks in good touched me. -- touch to me.
:05:05. > :05:18.Another straight one and another Bantry from Martin moves. -- from
:05:19. > :05:21.Martin Guptill and hardly moves. Cross seam from Mitchell Starc,
:05:22. > :05:34.hitting the middle of the back and that is all you have to do on these
:05:35. > :05:39.outfields, some good timing. Gone. Just a bit of soon, whether it
:05:40. > :05:46.bounced a bit off the cross delivery but it was a leading edge. The big
:05:47. > :05:55.breakthrough the Hazlewood and Australia. Maybe bounced a fraction
:05:56. > :05:59.more. Guptill closed the face of the back, simple catch to Max Waller
:06:00. > :06:13.backward point. Guptill is on its way. New Zealand now 1-40. Kane
:06:14. > :06:21.Williamson. The New Zealand skipper, 145 not out against South Africa in
:06:22. > :06:30.South Africa. A great record. Cummins, in he comes. Williamson
:06:31. > :06:37.goes. Not perfectly timed that he will pick up his first boundary. A
:06:38. > :06:50.bit risky, a thick outside edge, nice and full, held its line-up.
:06:51. > :06:56.Luke Ronchi whips that away. It would just make it into the
:06:57. > :07:05.boundary. 50 comes up the New Zealand. A good crowd, a bit
:07:06. > :07:20.overcast. Short and put away, spanked to the boundary. The
:07:21. > :07:24.boundary to finish the over. Cummins in a little bit... Gives himself a
:07:25. > :07:31.little bit of room, such a clean strike of the ball and that has gone
:07:32. > :07:36.a long way back, excellent shot. He has given himself a slight bit of
:07:37. > :07:47.room. I thought he might look to go a bit off the side, that has gone
:07:48. > :07:50.all the way. Outstanding. That was a bit like one of your shots there.
:07:51. > :08:07.The lots more poised than me. A big mix-up here. He's going to be
:08:08. > :08:17.run out turf. They nearly made a mess of it. It's looks like Luke
:08:18. > :08:25.Ronchi just gave up. He got away with it. Missed the stumps. Matthew
:08:26. > :08:35.Wade has missed the stumps are, what an opportunity, shoulder hit the
:08:36. > :08:40.stumps and the ball is in his hand. The ball is in the hand, he missed
:08:41. > :08:44.that, no lights on the stumps and then the shoulder hit the stumps and
:08:45. > :08:49.by that time Luke Ronchi is back in his crews and there is the
:08:50. > :09:07.confirmation of not out. Pretty sure it was this tournament a
:09:08. > :09:12.few years ago on the same ground, the same two teams, getting through
:09:13. > :09:16.a similar amount of overs perhaps even more unfortunately the game --
:09:17. > :09:23.unfortunately the game was called off. That hope it is just a passing
:09:24. > :09:32.shower. The players may only be off for a short time. Both teams would
:09:33. > :09:42.be very relaxed, they would just be taking Starc and waiting for the
:09:43. > :09:48.rain. The good starts, 67-1. Mitchell Starc was pretty good.
:09:49. > :10:05.Cummins went after him though, only bowed to overs,.
:10:06. > :10:12.So what have we lost with that bit of rain we have had what that
:10:13. > :10:19.Hatchie means for the situation of the game, the match has been reduced
:10:20. > :10:25.so we have only lost four overs per side, as far as the bowlers go we
:10:26. > :10:31.know it is a maximum of ten but at the moment only one bowler can
:10:32. > :10:34.Bolton and the others nine. Shut down the ground, excellent once
:10:35. > :10:46.again. Luke Ronchi punching it down the ground,. A lovely stroke off the
:10:47. > :10:49.bat. He is off again, 30 of 23 now. An outstanding shots, we know how
:10:50. > :10:51.dynamic and dangerous he is off-again, 30 of 23 now. An
:10:52. > :11:00.outstanding shots, we know how dynamic and dangerous years. -- he
:11:01. > :11:06.is. May have just beaten Mitchell Starc. He has, the rain has slowed
:11:07. > :11:09.the outfield. Well field, still very quick down there and it is another
:11:10. > :11:20.boundary. Looking extremely dangerous. Here we go, has it got
:11:21. > :11:30.enough on this? Yes he has. He is on a mission here. Just the way this
:11:31. > :11:35.has pace and bounce, the wait goes on the leg side. Free your arms and
:11:36. > :11:42.if you can catch anything on it it takes. This is a good pitch. Come
:11:43. > :11:51.and stratify him thereto. -- Cummins try to follow him thereto. Just
:11:52. > :11:57.over. That is the 50 partnership, 42 deliveries and when Luke Ronchi gets
:11:58. > :12:11.in this form his heart to stop, he just keeps going. Slash. That be the
:12:12. > :12:18.Bantry up the 50. His first one in 2.5 years for New Zealand. Well
:12:19. > :12:20.played thereby Luke Ronchi. Seven fours and two sixes, just for New
:12:21. > :12:32.Zealand needed. For a brief moment Cummins thought
:12:33. > :12:37.he was in for a shout, that brings up 100 offer 14.1 overs and they
:12:38. > :12:41.have made a wonderful foundation. He is the sort of player that when he
:12:42. > :12:46.gets going so dangerous. And he does it again and pulls it off. Gives
:12:47. > :12:56.himself some room and opens up the off-side and Carter to recover. --
:12:57. > :13:02.carves it. That is probably as hard as any of the strokes his plate,
:13:03. > :13:05.gave himself some room and we saw that, that's why he went on the
:13:06. > :13:10.on-side, he really wanted the full delivery. He was opening up to get
:13:11. > :13:22.it through extra cover, leaving it a bit squarer than that. It's put
:13:23. > :13:25.down, Mitchell Starc. That was the opportunity to pick up the second
:13:26. > :13:35.wicket, just grabbed on the leg side by Luke Ronchi. It wasn't that
:13:36. > :13:39.difficult of a chance. There have been moments in the fielding display
:13:40. > :13:48.from Australia where it has been a bit down or stop it needs to be
:13:49. > :13:57.taken out when you have a guy firelight Luke Ronchi is. Picking
:13:58. > :14:09.boundaries out well. Cummins has the pace, I just wonder if there is
:14:10. > :14:14.enough variation at this stage. They might just go back into their shell
:14:15. > :14:20.run over to some people but not Ronchi he played a slog there.
:14:21. > :14:26.Across the seam again. It seems like the surfaces is a bit better after
:14:27. > :14:32.the rain break, maybe some waste your, the timing has been superb. --
:14:33. > :14:40.may be some moisture. Straight over his head and a wonderful over, 15
:14:41. > :14:45.from it. Absolutely brilliant, the confidence is growing. This is as
:14:46. > :14:51.good as anything we have seen. Down the ground. So often the best place
:14:52. > :15:02.to go. Pat Cummins doesn't know what to do.
:15:03. > :15:08.Straight to Maxwell. Try to open about-face carving through the
:15:09. > :15:14.off-side but this time he picks out the fielder.
:15:15. > :15:24.Luke Ronchi getting that one behind square. He needs more elevation to
:15:25. > :15:31.get it back to the turn. It was that outside edge. An important position.
:15:32. > :15:41.Where a terrific innings comes to an end. It is 65. Next man to the
:15:42. > :15:51.crease, Ross Taylor. A really important wicket this, for
:15:52. > :15:57.Australia. His career average is 44. And that is a beautiful shot. He
:15:58. > :16:03.will be a little bit disappointed, he wanted to try and bring the slip
:16:04. > :16:07.into play, but all he did was meet the beautiful bat face of Ross
:16:08. > :16:11.Taylor. It is a juicy half volley, exactly what you need when you are
:16:12. > :16:17.trying to get something like that out of the middle. Really good shape
:16:18. > :16:21.and that will make Taylor feel good and that is what you need sometimes,
:16:22. > :16:35.you get that one away and feel good at the crease. Maxwell.
:16:36. > :16:43.He has been in the action a lot today at backward point. This one he
:16:44. > :16:50.does not get away with, short and wide, ?1 and a boundary for Taylor.
:16:51. > :16:58.It a brutal strike. He keeps looking at that front foot area, frustration
:16:59. > :17:02.for the skipper. He had to set a field for this sort of delivery, you
:17:03. > :17:09.just throw the battle at that and that is exactly what he had done.
:17:10. > :17:15.Hazlewood to continue. A little bit of width, will it be a boundary?
:17:16. > :17:23.Good start. Wonderful shot by Ross Taylor. Regarded it behind square. A
:17:24. > :17:35.much wanted boundary for the New Zealand team. Lovely shot. It is
:17:36. > :17:48.weighted, timed it beautifully. Little bit too much on it for the
:17:49. > :17:56.man down at third man. Taylor. Finds the gap. Pretty good. They will come
:17:57. > :18:06.back for two. Seven runs from the over, 145-2.
:18:07. > :18:23.That is a little bit sloppy there from John Hastings. Another two to
:18:24. > :18:33.one -- Williamson. In the air, but in the gap. He will run across the
:18:34. > :18:40.turf for four. Williamson. A little bit of pressure brought that shot
:18:41. > :18:52.out. It was not quite straight. Williamson, premeditated slog sweep.
:18:53. > :19:00.The gap and it could go all the way and it does, nicely played, Ross
:19:01. > :19:18.Taylor. Boundary off the last ball. 106 26-2. -- 166-2. Williamson
:19:19. > :19:26.swings hard way over mid-wicket. Gone all the way for six. When the
:19:27. > :19:31.pressure starts to build up, they pick their gap and buying. Beautiful
:19:32. > :19:42.slog sweep from Williamson. Did not over hit it, kept very still. Right
:19:43. > :19:51.into the gap. That is pulled away to the leg side. Travis Head. Make sure
:19:52. > :19:56.it is just two. I think we have got our answer, enough is enough.
:19:57. > :20:05.Williamson looking to Hoyt it over Leeds -- leg side. He plays that
:20:06. > :20:10.superbly over at deep mid-wicket. A much wanted boundary for New
:20:11. > :20:16.Zealand. Outstanding bit of cricket from King Williamson, realised that
:20:17. > :20:30.he was looking to tighten it up on the leg side. It will not be long
:20:31. > :20:39.until Taylor is... That is nasty play. It will make its way to the
:20:40. > :20:44.boundary, beautifully done. Taylor. Outstanding piece of work from
:20:45. > :20:51.Taylor, proved to be an elegant argument for the Kiwis. Stepping
:20:52. > :20:57.across the stumps, those powerful wrists, picks a gap beautifully.
:20:58. > :21:10.There are a lot of gaps out there and we note that this is quick.
:21:11. > :21:14.Unfortunately, he cannot. It is met by a fantastic shot by Williamson.
:21:15. > :21:26.He still managed to open up the other side. 199-2. On pace delivery
:21:27. > :21:36.from John Hastings and he has been written. A partnership of 82 from 99
:21:37. > :21:40.deliveries from these two. There has been some good running between the
:21:41. > :21:54.wickets, a lot of singles being ticked up. -- being picked up. That
:21:55. > :21:59.is beautifully played. He was looking for at the York. It did not
:22:00. > :22:04.manage to do it. Slipped away beautifully and I am sure they will
:22:05. > :22:09.go upstairs to assess if there was contact with the advertising
:22:10. > :22:14.fission. He chased long and chased hard and put in the dive. I am not
:22:15. > :22:19.sure it is quite good enough to stop it from hitting the advertising but
:22:20. > :22:28.it is an excellent effort. I think that is so. You know it. He will be
:22:29. > :22:39.pretty happy with that. It is a boundary. Change of angle, comes
:22:40. > :22:45.from wide, trying to get it in. Full delivery, searching for the yorker.
:22:46. > :22:52.Strong to the leg side, Taylor. They are starting to cut loose. Up and
:22:53. > :23:00.over, and a little bit of work, played beautifully, he wants to get
:23:01. > :23:03.onto the off-side. Masterful bit of batting there from Williamson. He
:23:04. > :23:11.has just got it slightly wrong again, John Hastings. Trying to take
:23:12. > :23:15.the pays off too much width and to a player of Williamson's ability, it
:23:16. > :23:20.looks like he is starting to do it. He has got third man at backward
:23:21. > :23:27.point into the circles. He is not offering up to much width. Looking
:23:28. > :23:33.to take as much pays off it. He continues, sweeps that in front of
:23:34. > :23:43.the square. He is really picking up momentum for New Zealand. Some
:23:44. > :23:49.brilliance. The partnership moves to 98 between them. Looking to be very
:23:50. > :23:56.aggressive from here on M. They have shown that with wickets in hand. If
:23:57. > :24:00.you're thinking of making a cup of tea, just sit down and enjoy the
:24:01. > :24:06.next few overs. Make sure you get it done between overs. A difficult
:24:07. > :24:15.period for Australia and they have to try and hold their nerve. When he
:24:16. > :24:21.decides to go, he usually goes leg side but all he can do is pop it up
:24:22. > :24:25.into the air and Australia have got their wicket and their attacking
:24:26. > :24:34.strategy of keeping the fielders inside the circle has worked a
:24:35. > :24:39.trick. Take a bow, John Hastings, you have persevered, taken the cross
:24:40. > :24:45.seam delivery, Taylor tries to hit to his favoured area and bounces a
:24:46. > :24:58.little bit. That is the safe edge. He goes for a New Zealand are 216-3.
:24:59. > :25:06.That is beautifully played, he has used the pace. Broome coming back
:25:07. > :25:12.for the third. It was not that strong. It was comfortable in the
:25:13. > :25:19.end. Good running as well from the Kiwis. Each bat-macro makes a
:25:20. > :25:27.fantastic effort and nice bit of work from Travis Head on the
:25:28. > :25:35.boundary. Gives himself room, but just moved away to leg side and
:25:36. > :25:43.changes it beautifully. He is using that leg cutter. This time, equal to
:25:44. > :25:47.the task. We saw him go across the stumps, he went the other way and
:25:48. > :25:54.John Hastings tried to follow him and unfortunately, he dragged it
:25:55. > :26:02.down, pretty comfortably. Poor shot from Williamson, there. Big shot,
:26:03. > :26:05.has he got enough? It does. If Travis Head had gone back on the
:26:06. > :26:08.boundary he might have had half a chance. It has gone the whole way.
:26:09. > :26:32.That ends the over with a boundary. It is a big hit, but at one stage he
:26:33. > :26:39.would have been thinking, I have not got enough on it. Favoured area for
:26:40. > :26:43.Neil Broom is down that long off. Using his feet in that direction.
:26:44. > :26:52.Got that away mid-wicket, some work to do and he cannot get there.
:26:53. > :26:57.Moises Henriques. Neil Broom with two and then a four. Good flat back
:26:58. > :27:08.push shot from Neil Broom. Cross seam again. Hits it early and very
:27:09. > :27:17.straight. Leaving it outstretched, Moises Henriques at long-on.
:27:18. > :27:26.Williamson does very well. Brilliant. Another boundary. Very
:27:27. > :27:41.good start to this over. 250 comes up for New Zealand.
:27:42. > :27:47.It is a class shot, no doubt about that. We have seen this game change
:27:48. > :28:11.over the past few years. There it is, 104 King Williamson.
:28:12. > :28:13.New Zealand skipper is backed it up today, his ninth one-day
:28:14. > :28:20.international hundred and has brushed against Australia. 96
:28:21. > :28:27.deliveries. Eight fours, three sixes, raise your bat, King
:28:28. > :28:38.Williamson, it has been a great innings. Responsible, very smart,
:28:39. > :28:49.but also very classy. It is a single. Good work. Very good work
:28:50. > :28:56.from Pat Cummins. Moises Henriques first of all and then Pat Cummins. I
:28:57. > :29:09.think this is close again. Williamson hesitated. The ball is
:29:10. > :29:24.coming in. Yes. Clearly out. I would like you to load out, please. And
:29:25. > :29:29.through to two. There it is. Good work, excellent from Pat Cummins and
:29:30. > :29:34.Moises Henriques as well. Brilliant hundred but straightaway, New
:29:35. > :29:47.Zealand skipper has to depart. 100 off 97. Swung away, not well enough,
:29:48. > :29:51.though. Not well enough at all and I think that is Glen Maxwell out at
:29:52. > :29:57.mid-wicket, comfortably underneath it, good catch from him. It was high
:29:58. > :30:04.and long out of the deep mid-wicket boundary. Not many safer hands in
:30:05. > :30:11.cricket than Glen Maxwell. Up and under from Neil Broom. Right in the
:30:12. > :30:16.middle of the pouch, safely taken. Neil Broom is on his way for 14. New
:30:17. > :30:30.Zealand lose their faith. All the way. That is what place does
:30:31. > :30:39.do, even a top edge carries. Anderson picks up six. Spot-on. A
:30:40. > :30:44.top edge Bonelli 90 miles an hour. That will carry a six on most rounds
:30:45. > :30:57.in the world. That had enough carry on it, a well directed top edge. 69
:30:58. > :31:01.metres. Big enough. Looking at the head position of Anderson who was
:31:02. > :31:07.sure where that went up at noon he got enough bat on it. Who knew it
:31:08. > :31:15.would be fall but clocked it straight in the air. Taking in the
:31:16. > :31:21.end. Made its look quite difficult. Another one goes. They could catch
:31:22. > :31:26.in the end, looked like he would slightly misjudge it. A good catch
:31:27. > :31:41.that went very high. They bit of backspin as well. -- a bit. Looking
:31:42. > :31:50.to free up the off-side. Anderson goes at a score of eight. 267-6.
:31:51. > :31:58.Good bowling. A bit of pressure on the batsmen, full hard down the
:31:59. > :32:06.ground and picked him out. David Warner at long-on, wide and full
:32:07. > :32:16.from Hazelwood. The bottom edge of the bat, David Warner takes a very
:32:17. > :32:20.safe catch. Another one no timing. Looking in the wrong direction you
:32:21. > :32:24.would say from where the ball was. David Warner very good in that
:32:25. > :32:40.field, comfortable for him, Neesham gone now.
:32:41. > :32:52.Milne, that is four. Beautiful shots. A soft delivery for a first
:32:53. > :32:55.ball, folk, almost a bit of a nothing ball and a classic shot,
:32:56. > :33:03.just for New Zealand needed at this stage. A lot of ability Milne, we
:33:04. > :33:08.spoke about the fact he is no mug with the bat that I agree, just make
:33:09. > :33:23.him Stephane Erlich, third man and fine leg. The full toss down the leg
:33:24. > :33:37.side. A bit of bat on that Mitchell Sampson. Executed the yorkers well.
:33:38. > :33:47.Deep forward square leg it on. Short. Well played Adam Milne.
:33:48. > :33:58.Looked at the field and knew what was coming. Well done. Good call.
:33:59. > :34:01.Spot on there. Great position, inside the line of the ball, the
:34:02. > :34:08.weight on the front foot, get it right into the gap. A couple of nice
:34:09. > :34:16.shots so far. I don't mind the field but what I think you should do is
:34:17. > :34:20.jam those yorkers leg stump. If you can jam those yorkers in and bring
:34:21. > :34:31.the big side of the ground and to play. That is out. Is it Maxwell
:34:32. > :34:36.again? Make that four catches. He absolutely smoked about. Back of the
:34:37. > :34:40.length again and pretty much a textbook shots, right at the middle
:34:41. > :34:46.of the bat, flat and hard and there is the man out there. No worse
:34:47. > :34:50.feeling knowing it is going straight to the man on the fence. Hazelwood
:34:51. > :35:01.gets another one. New Zealand lose another one, 291-8.
:35:02. > :35:13.Santner on strike. Four wickets for Hazelwood, make it five, yes please.
:35:14. > :35:19.Couldn't get it over the top of Steve Smith, Hazelwood has gone. New
:35:20. > :35:26.Zealand have only got one left. Skipper took that like a training
:35:27. > :35:34.world, very casually put the weight onto his right foot, up egos, great
:35:35. > :35:41.hands Steve Smith. Very good feel. Again not a bad shots from Mitchell
:35:42. > :35:52.Sapna who throws his head back. Just needed some elevation --, nine down
:35:53. > :35:57.now. Trent Boult, 5-52 now, one ball remaining the Hazelwood.
:35:58. > :36:11.Snipped and gone. Three in four balls for Hazelwood, picks up 6-52.
:36:12. > :36:20.Absolutely outstanding. At the back end of the innings it has been all
:36:21. > :36:26.Australia. 291 they have bowled New Zealand out for. A huge comeback, to
:36:27. > :36:34.bowl New Zealand out in 45 overs, great effort.
:36:35. > :36:42.6-52, the ninth best Australian figures. In ODI International
:36:43. > :36:46.cricket, outstanding, picked up Trent Boult and New Zealand bowled
:36:47. > :36:56.inside the 40 five overs which they will be very disappointed with. We
:36:57. > :36:59.mention that Australia will go into the dressing room is feeling very
:37:00. > :37:04.good about the back ten overs off the innings. Coming back into the
:37:05. > :37:12.game very strongly indeed. STUDIO: A disappointing finish,
:37:13. > :37:20.after being 254-3 day finished 291 all out. After 45 of the 46 overs
:37:21. > :37:25.available after the rain delay, and impressive 65 from Luke Ronchi said
:37:26. > :37:29.the Kiwis on their way followed by a century from Kane Williamson. After
:37:30. > :37:35.that New Zealand last seven wickets for 37 runs in 5.5 overs, the
:37:36. > :37:41.collapse they may come to regret. Has come along recently so nice to
:37:42. > :37:46.chance my arm a bit more and I got lucky a few times, nice to get a few
:37:47. > :37:54.in the middle as well. How did the surface play? Slower than I thought,
:37:55. > :37:57.I guess excuse me, it kicked a little bit every now and then but a
:37:58. > :38:03.pretty good surface. Did it get better after the rain? It felt
:38:04. > :38:07.similar, Kane made it look easy batting brilliantly but hopefully
:38:08. > :38:12.with the score we can defend that and ball well. Lost momentum in the
:38:13. > :38:18.back there, with this score you would probably come sure you can
:38:19. > :38:22.defend the? Yes a lot of runs to get and we think we can defend that, if
:38:23. > :38:26.we bowl the way we bowl then we have chance. After struggling to find the
:38:27. > :38:31.line and length of the beginning of the day the Aussie pace attack
:38:32. > :38:36.recovered with skill and accuracy, a special mention goes to Josh
:38:37. > :38:39.Hazelwood, his figures of 6-52 off of nine overs including a
:38:40. > :38:43.devastating final over with three wickets in just four balls. Brain
:38:44. > :38:49.Phenergan after the lunch break is shortening the innings. They now
:38:50. > :38:54.have a revised Duckworth-Lewis total of 235 to win from 33 overs. Warner
:38:55. > :38:57.and Finch opened the batting for Australia.
:38:58. > :39:14.Here we go. We have seen this pitch so far today. Fine, a fraction
:39:15. > :39:23.straight. David Warner he can punish you. It doesn't have to be that bad
:39:24. > :39:28.of a bull to punish you. Up from Warner, an uppercut and it has gone
:39:29. > :39:32.about 15 rows back. Just a little bit of the width that you just want
:39:33. > :39:37.to give David Warner. Such a good striker of the ball. An incredible
:39:38. > :39:40.shot, absolutely incredible, he has made it look like wine you would
:39:41. > :39:55.play every phenomenal cricket. He wanted a piece and he's got it.
:39:56. > :39:57.That's the wicket New Zealand wanted, well done Trent Boult, David
:39:58. > :40:02.Warner really wanted a big piece and he wasn't good for Trent Boult and
:40:03. > :40:06.he strikes. David Warner is seething, he came down the wicket,
:40:07. > :40:11.try to be aggressive and the ball has held its line and he has a thick
:40:12. > :40:15.outside edge, through to Luke Ronchi Hugh is delighted, that is a huge
:40:16. > :40:24.blow for the Kiwis. The big wicket they wanted, David Warner was the
:40:25. > :40:29.danger man and they got him. He has gone for 18 and Australia now 27-1.
:40:30. > :40:33.Steve Smith, one of the best players in the world, it is also his
:40:34. > :40:39.birthday, he will be looking for a wonderful birthday present with a
:40:40. > :40:46.victory. What a shot. All class this guy. He makes runs no matter what
:40:47. > :40:54.clothing, what team, whoever he plays for he just is a run machine.
:40:55. > :40:59.35-1. In the air and gone. Finch could not get himself going. He
:41:00. > :41:06.spoons the simplest catch to short mid-wicket. Australia lose their
:41:07. > :41:17.second and you have the Kiwis, they are jumping for joy. 80 miles an
:41:18. > :41:23.hour from Milne, he has gotten it up there, bounced a little bit jumps
:41:24. > :41:31.back in, too easy for Ross Taylor. Finch never looked like he was in a
:41:32. > :41:36.great position. The parts and goes for eight. 35-2. -- deep parts.
:41:37. > :41:44.That's a good strike. Hit it hard, not to short either. Has gotten
:41:45. > :41:49.himself into a nice position their Henriques, that is the best Reiki is
:41:50. > :42:00.played. Back to slip, a change and bounces past slip. Streaky again.
:42:01. > :42:07.Someone mentioned his previous high school was 12, he is now 18. New
:42:08. > :42:16.territory and that should be out. It is. He has gone, a streaky innings,
:42:17. > :42:22.a few good strokes in it but now the pressure is right on the Aussies. An
:42:23. > :42:28.inside edge on to the pad, Milne had to keep his eye on the ball, I say
:42:29. > :42:32.little but it was fairly large back to the pad, straight up into the
:42:33. > :42:37.air, Milne knew straightaway. The Kiwis knew straightaway. As
:42:38. > :42:41.Henriques made his way to the pavilion he was followed by the New
:42:42. > :42:44.Zealand team as heavy rain descended just before six. Unfortunately the
:42:45. > :42:48.rain persisted in the match was abandoned half an hour later.
:42:49. > :42:53.Frustrating for the Kiwis as they look to have the stranglehold. David
:42:54. > :42:59.Warner was dismissed early quickly followed by Aaron Finch. Henriques
:43:00. > :43:03.and comfortable innings came to an end as heavy rain fell living
:43:04. > :43:11.Australians 53-3 off of nine. The New Zealand bowlers were dialled in.
:43:12. > :43:17.Milne 9-2 offers to overs, Southee and Boult also dangerous. There we
:43:18. > :43:21.have it, New Zealand score 291 from 45 overs bowled out of the process.
:43:22. > :43:24.That didn't look enough, three quick wickets but the Black Cats in the
:43:25. > :43:31.driving seat before rain stopped play. We have a two captaincy after
:43:32. > :43:37.a disappointing end to the game. Did you get away with one of the day? We
:43:38. > :43:42.had a few batters left in the shed but plenty of work to do. If I
:43:43. > :43:45.wanted to be in someone else's shoes I would want to be in their shoes, I
:43:46. > :43:51.put the played really well for the length of the game that it went,
:43:52. > :43:55.came had an exceptional earnings and Martin Guptill and Luke Ronchi up
:43:56. > :44:00.top brass standing as well. The bowling towards the end, probably on
:44:01. > :44:05.track and you pull it back tonight won his? I thought our stop was
:44:06. > :44:09.ordinary, they played well and put us under pressure but we gave a few
:44:10. > :44:14.freebies away early on and let ourselves go a little bit. Nice from
:44:15. > :44:20.the river to pull it back at an ordinary stars. Came festival good
:44:21. > :44:25.batting today against Wigan attack. -- came Festival. Australia are
:44:26. > :44:30.always tough to beat, I thought from our perspective, the guys stuck at
:44:31. > :44:33.it well, with the bat it would've been nice to capitalise up it was
:44:34. > :44:38.then that you know with guys coming out against an attack like Australia
:44:39. > :44:42.it's not easy so still I thought we had a good score, if scrapped well
:44:43. > :44:49.and we bowled well we could make life difficult. Chasing with a
:44:50. > :44:54.modified score often helps the chasing team, you got those wickets
:44:55. > :44:58.so mate have been one away and you have three games into the semis and
:44:59. > :45:02.one is gone? Yes a lot of cricket left in this game as Steve said.
:45:03. > :45:09.They have depth in their batting line-up. With Lewis it doesn't help
:45:10. > :45:15.the team that is fielding second so the major T20 cricket, that has
:45:16. > :45:18.fallen to the ODI format these days. Guys back themselves to chase
:45:19. > :45:23.anything. We knew there was a lot of work to do but the boys were bowling
:45:24. > :45:30.well. Interesting to see how the game would unfold if we could play
:45:31. > :45:32.the duration. We can only control how we came out and play today and
:45:33. > :46:37.that was good. England play next on the 6th of June
:46:38. > :46:41.against New Zealand. Highlights from Cardiff on BBC Two at 11:20pm but we
:46:42. > :46:47.are back at the Oval tomorrow night for the opening match of group B,
:46:48. > :46:51.Sri Lanka against South Africa, that is BBC Two at 11:40pm and you can
:46:52. > :46:57.follow every delivery via Test Match Special is ball by ball commentary.
:46:58. > :47:00.You can watch the best of the action within play highlights alongside the
:47:01. > :47:06.live text commentary on the BBC sport website.
:47:07. > :47:10.BBC Two gains access to never-before-heard recordings