18.6W
Southee to Dhoni, out Caught by Ferguson!! The bouncer it is to end yet another batsman's vigil - bumped in quick, angling in well. Dhoni in fact seemed ready for it, pulled quite off the middle too, but picks out deep square leg. Dhoni c Ferguson b Southee 39(31) [4s-5 6s-1]
18.5
Southee to Dhoni, no run, foxes him with the off-cutter. Well-disguised, outside off and Dhoni is a week early in whatever he's trying
18.44
Southee to Dhoni, FOUR, [u bang in the slot. And MS with a very measured backlift and a smaller followthrough hammers it over Southee, straight down
18.3
Southee to Dhoni, no run, unwinds for a big hoick across the line. Misses, but luckily ends up inside-edging it onto his pad
18.2
Southee to Dhoni, no run, shorter, climbing over the shoulder, which Dhoni pulls just over short fine leg. Once again, I miscue, I bat
18.1
Southee to Dhoni, no run, short. Mistimed pull down to long-on and Dhoni's started his bit of taking all the blame upon himself -- by keeping the strike to himself
16.6W
Southee to Krunal Pandya, out Caught by Seifert!! Well this was always coming. Pandya couldn't handle the pace, and the bowlers also seem to have found a chink in his play against the short ones. So Southee obliges with a quick skiddy bumper, hurrying up, tying Pandya for room - who then ends up compulsively looking to pull it from it in front of his face. Gloves. Helmet. Balloon. Diving keeper. Krunal Pandya c Seifert b Southee 20(18) [4s-1 6s-1]
16.5
Southee to Dhoni, 1 run, full, tailing in on middle. Wristed away through mid-wicket
16.44
Southee to Dhoni, FOUR, wow, quite cool. Dhoni jumps, uses Southee's pace in the short-wide sitter to very politely cut it away over point
16.3
Southee to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, steps away, opening up the sweeper region with a full-faced punch
16.2
Southee to Dhoni, 1 run, 110kph, short, tummy-lined. Pulled away round the corner
16.14
Southee to Dhoni, FOUR, a running down pull, Ferguson at the deep square leg fence overruns the ball, but then Santner's covering him, even if he's only a foot behind, anticipating the fumble and diving. But in the process his non-ball palm has touched the ropes
2.6
Southee to Shankar, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Shankar leans forward and finds mid-off with the drive
2.5
Southee to Shankar, no run, short of a length and shaping away late, Shankar is opened up by the late shape - off the outer half towards backward point
2.4
Southee to Dhawan, 1 run, almost another, but the ball bounced just in front of Munro at long leg - short and at the stumps, Dhawan swivelled across on the pull and didn't bother keeping it down
2.3
Southee to Dhawan, no run, on a good length and on Dhawan's pads, nudged towards the on-side
2.2W
Southee to Rohit, out Caught by Ferguson!! This was coming, the pressure was egtting to the Indians - Southee gave nothing away and he has a wicket against his name now. Banged in short and at the stumps, Rohit swivelled across on the pull, didn't get hold of the shot - high off the bat and the ball lobbed over square leg. Ferguson ran in from the deep, kept his eyes on the ball and completed a fine running catch - sliding forward. Rohit c Ferguson b Southee 1(5)
2.1
Southee to Rohit, no run, short of a good length and at the stumps, Rohit prods half-forward and defends it back at the bowler
0.6
Southee to Dhawan, no run, Seifert looks very interested, but neither does his capatin nor the umpire, but this is a fine start from Southee, full and shaping back into the left-hander, no room for Dhawan to free his arms, he swung hard and missed
0.5
Southee to Dhawan, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Dhawan leans forward and finds mid-off with the drive
0.4
Southee to Dhawan, no run, this is a good start from Southee, keeps it full and gets it to swinb back into the left-hander, Dhawan was coming down the track and squeezes an inside edge past the leg-stump
0.3
Southee to Dhawan, no run, full and swinging back into the left-hander, Dhawan slightly fell across on the flick, off the inside edge and onto the pads
0.2
Southee to Dhawan, no run, on a good length and well outside off, eased in front of square on the on-side, can't get it past cover
0.1
Southee to Rohit, 1 run, short of a length and on Rohit's pads, tucked past square leg for a single