Wickets give India the edge at lunch
Md Jabed Ali ShaonEditor
Posted - 2021-06-22T18:40:59+06:00
Updated - 2021-06-22T18:40:59+06:00
Wickets have brought India back in the game, leaving New Zealand five down at lunch of day five in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Hampshire Bowl.
New Zealand pair of Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor made cautious start to the day after an hour delay for rain. Only 16 runs were scored in the first hour of the session.
Indian bowlers kept up the pressure, supported by the fielders. The reward came after the drinks, when Ross Taylor (11) fell for the full-length offered by Mohammed Shami to be caught at cover by Shubman Gill.
Six overs later, Henry Nicholls (7) fed
a catch in the slips off Ishant Sharma. India got themselves strongly back in the game with the wicket of BJ Watling, who was bowled for 1 in the first innings of his last Test, off Shami's bowling.
The spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja did not get an over while the other pacer Jasprit Bumrah bowled well early on in the day.
New Zealand go into the lunch on 135/5 after 72 overs. Skipper Williamson holds the key as he remains on 19* from 112 deliveries.
A total of 91 overs is aimed to be bowled today. Umpires will make a call on reserve day an hour before the scheduled close of play.
Brief scores:
India 217 in 92.1 overs
(Rahane 49, Kohli 44; Jamieson 5/31, Wagner 2/40)
New Zealand 135/5 in 72 overs
(Conway 54, Latham 30; Ishant 2/27, Shami 2/31)
New Zealand trail by 82 runs
Lunch- Day 5
Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League
| Pos | Team | M | W | L | T | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
