England vs New Zealand 1st Semi-Final at Abu Dhabi, 10 Nov, 2021

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bowl
England 166/4 (20)
New Zealand 167/5 (19)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Daryl Mitchell

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Tim Southee bowls it short of length to Jos Buttler,1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulled down to deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single.

    Over 0.2 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run,  leans into a crisp drive but gets it straight to the man at cover

    Over 0.3 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, comes on to the front foot and defends it to mid-on and picks up a quick single.

    Over 0.4 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, no run, gets forward and looks to drive towards cover, gets beaten on the outside edge

    Over 0.5 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jos Buttler, no run, misses out on the glance as his head falls over into the off-side, but that's going down leg-side - appeal denied.

    Over 0.6 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and whipped away with ease through deep square leg for four. Creamed away.

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets forward and pushed away towards mid-on

    Over 1.2 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Jonny Bairstow, no run, goes deep inside the crease and go at the pull, struck on the upper thigh and it deflects towards gully where it's cut off

    Over 1.3 Trent Boult bowls a short and rising delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets forward to nails the drive through the covers, but that's nipped away off the seam with the angle to beat the outside edge

    Over 1.4 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, 2 runs, gets forward and check-driven to extra cover for a couple

    Over 1.5 Trent Boult bangs it short onto the pitch to Jonny Bairstow, no run, stays deep inside the crease and sways away from the bouncer.

    Over 1.6 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and glances it down to the fine leg fence for four.

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, no run, leans in and drives this towards cover - can't find the gap

    Over 2.2 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler,1 run, gets forward and bottom-hands this length ball towards cover for a single

    Over 2.3 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, misses out on the glance as this one nips in from a back of a length, struck on the pads but far too high

    Over 2.4 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, stays put and pushes this towards mid-on

    Over 2.5 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, goes for the pull but it slides under his bat into his thighs again

    Over 2.6 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets forward and works away belatedly towards mid-on

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Gets into the drive and gets it past Williamson at mid-off towards the long-off boundary for four.

    Over 3.2 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and is driven along the ground to the sweeper cover fence for four.

    Over 3.3 Trent Boult bowls a back of length delivery to Jos Buttler, no run, gets back in the crease and pokes it away towards point

    Over 3.4: Five wides. Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, 

    Over 3.4 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, 2 runs, gets forward and driven through mid-off and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 3.5 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Jos Buttler, no run, goes for the pull but it keeps too low and goes through to the keeper

    Over 3.6 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Jos Buttler,1 run, swivels into a pull down to fine leg for a single

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Jos Buttler,1 run, gets forward and clips it to short fine leg and picks up a single.

    Over 4.2 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven straight down the ground for four.

    Over 4.3 Tim Southee bowls it short of length to Jonny Bairstow, no run, go at the pull, struck on the pads rather low, but that's going down the leg-side for sure

    Over 4.4 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, gets forward and check-driven down to long-on for a single

    Over 4.5 Tim Southee bowls it short of length to Jos Buttler,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulled down to backward square leg for a single

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