00:03it's the combination you still need the bowler to be absolutely accurate to put
00:08that pressure on the batsman which my Henry is
00:12cut away by route
00:26short and wide and he will pounce on anything there Joe Root
00:35not important for Willow Rourke to get his length right at the length I've seen
00:42outside of the genuine bouncer cause issues has been fuller and it's not a length that Willow
00:47Rourke is used to bowling
00:53well he's got 14,000 runs and change and well there'll be a few thousand come down there
01:09say upwards of 85% of them would have been deliberate as well rides the bounce beautifully
01:17angles the bat and again four more just behind square again albeit just a little squarer than
01:30the one before
01:43right in the bounce knows where the gaps are element of width he doesn't smashed it was asking for it
02:00he moves into the 20s he now has more than 2,000 runs against New Zealand
02:14said asking for it short and wide if these players will put away any bad ball on offer
02:34single takes a route up to the non striker's end and he'll just carry on
02:43beautifully back cut
02:47McLaughlin spoke about the amount of runs in his career he's got back there add four to it
02:5914,000 test runs 2,000 runs against New Zealand a thousand runs at the oval
03:08busy day for Benedict
03:0914,000 runs against New Zealand a thousand runs against New Zealand a thousand runs against New Zealand
03:19four more
03:33four more
03:35it's down there so often sometimes you can see the ball
03:39there so often sometimes you can see the ball
03:39be fooled into thinking it was more deliberate than it was and this is quite a thick outside edge.
03:48Up and over, a root uppercut and he is nailing that third man boundary.
04:04Previous delivery, John thought about trying to get it to third man, it was fuller
04:08and a little bit tighter to off.
04:11Oh that was straight. Clipped it off middle stump and he hurries back. Fifth deep partnership.
04:25Finds that gap again does Joe Root. Race to the boundary.
04:32Another half century for the masterful Joe Root.
04:41Again the second highest run getter in test history ever.
04:45One half century for a couple.
04:56Probing over from Matt Henry, comes to an end.
04:59One half century.
05:00Yeah, there's a really good angle from, well, made on as we were looking and you can see Mitchell's
05:07looking for the ball. I think it did deflect off Blundell.
05:12Go on to the back foot, click of the wrist.
05:15Go on to the back foot, go on to the front.
05:20And a stroll back for three.
05:26Go on to the back foot.
05:40Today and most of this four days of test match cricket New Zealand 391
Comments