NZ innings 4S

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0.1
Willey to Guptill, FOUR, short and angled across, no swing for the bowler... but a lusty swing of Guptill's bat carves the ball up and over point for four! That's a darn-tooting way to start
New Zealand 4/0   MJ Guptill 4* (1b 1x4)   DJ Willey 0.1-0-4-0
0.5
Willey to Guptill, FOUR, don't know about ugly, this looked pretty sweet to me, crunched on the up over backward point, too full and wide from Willey and Guptill orders himself a side of fries, second four of the over
New Zealand 10/0   MJ Guptill 9* (4b 2x4)   DJ Willey 0.5-0-10-0
1.5
Jordan to Guptill, FOUR, lovely stroke from Guptill, he looks on like Donkey Kong tonight, plays with an almost straight bat, off the back foot, creaming a drive through backward point
New Zealand 16/0   MJ Guptill 14* (10b 3x4)   CJ Jordan 0.5-0-5-0
2.5
Willey to Munro, FOUR, tally ho! Munro launches himself down the track again and this time he takes a fair chunk out of Willey, hitting him off his length over mid-on and away for his first boundary
New Zealand 23/1   C Munro 5* (3b 1x4)   DJ Willey 1.5-0-17-1
3.4
Plunkett to Williamson, FOUR, full and sliding down the leg side again, this time it's put away. Williamson using Plunkett's pace and glancing it wide of Rashid this time
New Zealand 29/1   KS Williamson 7* (5b 1x4)   LE Plunkett 0.4-0-6-0
4.4
Jordan to Williamson, FOUR, dug in short and angling to leg, swatted away with aplomb by the Kiwi captain for his second boundary through backward square leg
New Zealand 37/1   KS Williamson 13* (9b 2x4)   CJ Jordan 1.4-0-11-0
5.2
Plunkett to Munro, FOUR, he's absolutely blootered this! Straight back down the ground for four! Plunkett grimaces, feeling the pain again, he went full and straight but Munro made room and creamed an agricultural drive past the bowler, all along the floor
New Zealand 43/1   C Munro 10* (8b 2x4)   LE Plunkett 1.2-0-13-0
5.3
Plunkett to Munro, FOUR, steps away and shovels to leg, this has come off the inside edge but it flies past the man on the edge of the ring for four
New Zealand 47/1   C Munro 14* (9b 3x4)   LE Plunkett 1.3-0-17-0
5.4
Plunkett to Munro, FOUR, there he goes again, three in a row! Genuine pick-up off the body, coming forward and whipping the hands through, arcing the ball over backward square leg, one-bounce four - and that's the NZ 50 up
New Zealand 51/1   C Munro 18* (10b 4x4)   LE Plunkett 1.4-0-21-0
8.4
Rashid to Williamson, FOUR, late cut, that's running away behind point, silkily done by KW! Dropped back and waited for the ball, spinning away and sent scuttling to the rope
New Zealand 78/1   KS Williamson 30* (23b 3x4 1x6)   AU Rashid1.4-0-16-0
9.1
Stokes to Munro, FOUR, full on the stumps, Munro swings across the line... and nutmegs himself with an inside edge that races to the fine-leg boundary. Stokes puffs out his cheeks and does a teapot
New Zealand 82/1   C Munro 32* (18b 5x4 1x6)   BA Stokes 1.1-0-14-0
9.5
Stokes to Munro, FOUR, done him again, pitched up on the stumps and Munro brings out the Chinese cuts four
New Zealand 88/1   C Munro 36* (21b 6x4 1x6)   BA Stokes 1.5-0-19-0
11.1
Rashid to Munro, FOUR, ...and Munro switches his sights again, another reverse sweep and he clobbers it flat through backward point for four
New Zealand 96/2   C Munro 42* (25b 7x4 1x6)   AU Rashid 2.1-0-20-0
12.3
Ali to Anderson, FOUR, brutal from Anderson, makes a bit of room and batters a cross-batted swipe back down the ground, long-off is out there but he gives him no chance - there's the NZ 100, too
New Zealand 104/2   CJ Anderson 5* (6b 1x4)   MM Ali 1.3-0-8-1
14.6
Rashid to Anderson, FOUR, bludgeoned, a full toss from Rashid and Anderson gives it a spank straight back down the ground. Jordon puts in a super effort from long-off, sliding on his shirt front to get an arm in the way, but his momentum helps carry to ball over the rope
New Zealand 121/3   CJ Anderson 16* (14b 2x4)   AU Rashid 4-0-33-0
18.5
Jordan to Santner, FOUR, Santner makes a bit of room and slaps through the covers, sweetly struck and it beats Willey on the fence this time - first boundary since the 16th over
New Zealand 149/6   MJ Santner 6* (3b 1x4)   CJ Jordan 3.5-0-23-1



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