India vs New Zealand Final at Southampton, 18 Jun, 2021

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bowl
India 217/10 (92.1)  &  170/10 (73)
New Zealand 249/10 (99.2)  &  140/2 (45.5)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Kyle Jamieson
  • Ross Taylor 48 * (101)
  • Kane Williamson 51 * (87)

Over 1.3 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and defended late after a shuffle across, right under his eyes

Over 1.4 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets inside the line and easy leave for the batsman.

Over 1.5 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run,  gets into a half-cock and gets a thick inside edge onto the pads.

Over 1.6 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, falls across to tuck it into the on-side, misses, and gets struck on the thigh.

Over 2.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and  lets it get under his eyes, taps it on the head towards point

Over 2.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Devon Conway, no run,  gets forward and across to negate the movement and works it towards the man at short midwicket

Over 2.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and  tapped on the head towards cover point

Over 2.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, shuffles again, but is pulled back into the on-side with the angle, only for the ball to straighten off the seam and beat the outside edge

Over 2.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and  nearly falls across but gets his bat down on the defence, but with this head falling across

Over 4.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets across and nearly shoulders arms

Over 4.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 4.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets his eye on off-stump before shouldering arms again

Over 4.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and once again left alone watchfully through to the keeper.

Over 4.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slicing this off the outside half of the bat towards deep backward point, through the gap behind square on the off-side, for four

Over 4.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets across and lets his flair take over, tries to hit across the line through the covers, and is beaten comprehensively

Over 5.6: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.1: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.2: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.3: Boundary!. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.4: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.5: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 7.6: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Devon Conway,

Over 8.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets back in the crease and happy to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 8.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 10.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and  defends towards point

15:08 Local Time, 14:08 GMT, 19:38 IST: It has started to drizzle out there

Rain stops play

Over 10.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 10.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets inside the line and happy to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 10.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, goes on to the back foot and defends with an open face to point

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