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00:00Well as I say, it's one of those mornings that you just hope that you play and miss
00:13a lot.
00:14Oh, it's good effort.
00:15Vincent will get four for it.
00:16It flew into that vacant area between the third slip and the first of the two gullies.
00:30Got in.
00:32Andrew Caddick has the breakthrough.
00:42That's out.
00:43Hoggart's done it.
00:45New Zealand are two down and the dressing room will not know what to make of this start.
00:52The decision to bat first is under scrutiny.
00:57Ball.
00:59And it continues.
01:01That one didn't swing away, it just went straight on.
01:05And Vincent has played all around it.
01:11You're kidding.
01:13What a catch.
01:16What a stunning catch.
01:17Now Astle hasn't moved.
01:19And Venkat is going over to Doug Cowley just to get a confirmation.
01:22Now the nod comes from umpire Venkat.
01:25And Astle's gone.
01:29That's a good stroke.
01:31Expect Macmillan to be very positive.
01:36Boundary to get off the mark.
01:38Good shot and Macmillan has to play his natural game.
01:43On the drive, nice shot.
01:45That's the way Craig Macmillan must bat.
01:47Anything remotely loose, he's got to have a go at it.
01:51That's a nice cricket shot for four.
01:53Doesn't half prey on a batsman when you look behind and see four or five just in that corner.
02:00Well he's underway at last.
02:01Chris Harris has taken 26 balls.
02:05Picks up his first boundary.
02:07Not overly convincing.
02:10That will be pleasing.
02:14Lovely shot, Craig Macmillan just drifting into his pads from Flintoff.
02:19And well picked off.
02:20And well picked off.
02:27There's two balls there that have allowed Macmillan who's
02:31fantastically talented to play
02:34strokes that they shouldn't be allowing him to play.
02:36Having said that,
02:39there are two almost classical examples.
02:41This one here, Greg Chappell was the master of this sort of stroke.
02:44And he would be thrilled with it.
02:46It's on the up and just
02:48timed wonderfully.
02:50Macmillan is just
02:52such an actual gifted player.
02:54He's capable of anything, I feel.
02:56If only he could play test innings.
02:59You know, if he could make himself bat four hours, imagine that.
03:12And again.
03:17In the slot.
03:20And advantage Macmillan.
03:23It's hard to know what Flintoff's looking for here.
03:25He keeps walking back, practicing his action.
03:27He's looking for the outswing and it is not going.
03:30One would imagine he's looking to start the ball
03:32middle of the leg and then
03:34get it to bend back towards the slipcord.
03:36Well, it's not bending.
03:43Boy, he is playing some great strokes.
03:50He has hit that really hard.
03:53It hit the boundary board around the time Michael Vaughan
03:56at mid-off was turning around to look for it.
04:00Good shot, Chris Harris.
04:01Very good shot.
04:05That's more like the fluent Harris we see in the one-day game.
04:16Well, I was going to say it was a good stop.
04:18But it was hit so hard by Harris, it will still go for four.
04:22This is brilliant stuff from New Zealand.
04:31Gee, how's that for timing?
04:36Wow.
04:41Oh, that's close, LBW. Paddock has done it.
04:45What a moment on the brink of lunch.
04:49Nasser Hussain will receive plus marks
04:54from the head teacher back in the dressing room, Duncan Fletcher.
04:59To continue after lunch.
05:01Straight away, he hits his first ball to the boundary
05:05in his last Test match. What a start.
05:10What a good start for Adam Perori.
05:13Not such a good start for Andrei Karik.
05:18Got a lot of bat on that.
05:21Boy, Adam Perori has found a nice little zone early on.
05:25Two boundaries in just four deliveries.
05:31Hooked away, good stroke.
05:33He's had a couple of attempts at that before lunch.
05:36And his first offering after lunch is a beauty.
05:41Hundred up for New Zealand.
05:43He's climbed into it, two thumping extra cover drives
05:46before lunch, and that proves that he can play the pull stroke as well.
05:52There's an indication of how head on.
05:55It's a marvellous shot for four from Chris Harris.
06:01Really is a special cricket shot, this one.
06:05Good stroke.
06:06Good stroke, and it has to go to the boundary.
06:09Twice Harris since lunch has made good use of this pull shot.
06:19And again, even better this time.
06:26Magnificent stroke from Chris Harris, consecutive boundaries there.
06:31Take that, Hoggar.
06:32Take that, Hoggar.
06:34Races into square leg.
06:35Ashley Giles has run all the way from Gully to go and get it.
06:39That's a sign for me that all is not too well in the English camp.
06:44What a shot.
06:46Through to the fence for four.
06:48And Harry has 50 on comeback.
06:52And they love it.
07:03Very much so if he's making them play on a regular basis,
07:06and he is bowling very much consistent off stump line here.
07:11Not that one.
07:14Well, that was Cavalier.
07:15Short and wide.
07:17And smash for four.
07:18You'll see something you don't often see here,
07:20a batsman off his feet playing the cut stroke.
07:27Well, that's not very good fielding by Farmer Giles.
07:31Stumbling over his crops.
07:52Chris Harris's remarkable return comes to an end.
08:01Wonderfully crisp strike.
08:07Not often that Hoggar has dropped short.
08:10He may not again.
08:14One of the internationals, he's batted all the way up the order.
08:18And in fact, he's averaged over 38.
08:21Batting in the number three slot.
08:26Because of that kind of hit.
08:28Because of that kind of hit.
08:30And that is some sort of cricket shot.
08:32That isn't it?
08:33Hello.
08:36You'd have thought that Astle Thorpe or Flintoff
08:38would have played the stroke of the series.
08:40But I wonder if they've just been usurped
08:43by the most astounding swing of the bat.
08:47From a fellow who's giving the game away.
08:58That's a fantastic cricket shot.
09:07It's the LBW.
09:08That's what he's bowling for.
09:10And that's what he's got.
09:16Very interesting to see where Flintoff pitches this.
09:21That's the end of that snowball.
09:22Incredible.
09:26That is four.
09:27So, it was quick.
09:30It got him fending.
09:32It was dropped.
09:34It went for four.
09:35And it was all off an illegal delivery.
09:37This is a dream debut.
09:41It's pretty good, isn't it?
09:42First up, you get one right in the slot.
09:45Another edge.
09:46And a drop catch.
09:48You can't believe what we're seeing here.
09:53That was a pretty good effort from Hussain.
09:55It flew quickly and high.
09:56And Andre Adams is charmed.
09:59Some would say Hussain saved three here.
10:05Where's this gone?
10:06Oh, he's got it.
10:08Unbelievable cricket here at Eden Park.
10:12We've come back on the field after another delay
10:15and we've managed to pack in what you'd normally see
10:17in a whole session.
10:19And it wasn't enough, Sal.
10:20Who, you might add?
10:22Super sub.
10:27Now, this should be out.
10:29It is out.
10:30Giles runs in and takes the catch.
10:32So, the brashness is undone.
10:36A brief stay from Adams.
10:38We'll put it down to a team policy.
10:41New Zealand are 200 for 9.
10:49It's gone high and finally goes under it.
10:52Ramprakash.
10:54In fact, it's Butcher.
10:55Takes the catch.
10:56Good catch.
10:57So, the New Zealand Millings comes to a close.
11:00They didn't linger too long.
11:03And England have wrapped it up.
11:04A good display.
11:07Well, we asked could they wrap it up quickly
11:09and they did.
11:1075.2 overs.
11:11202.
11:1371 for Chris Harris making his comeback.
11:16He'll be around for a while now.
11:17Macmillan, 41.
11:19Way back on the first day.
11:20And Porori, last test match.
11:22Would it be his last test match innings?
11:23Who knows.
11:24Splendid 6 over extra cover, wasn't it?
11:26Out for 45.
11:28And the tail folded very quickly indeed.
11:31Flintoff did a good job for his captain.
11:333 for 49.
11:34Bowled much better, much straighter today.
11:36Much more demanding.
11:38Hoggard, 3 for 66.
11:39And Caddick, 4 for 70.
11:41Good all-round performance by the England seam attack.
11:44Then dismissing New Zealand for 202.
11:58That's close.
11:59He's gone.
12:00That's the early breakthrough.
12:02Darrell Tuffy and Stephen Fleming were looking for.
12:10Caught.
12:11Is he caught?
12:12Caught up by Richardson.
12:14He's absolutely convinced now.
12:15Venkat's not.
12:16He's going upstairs just to make sure.
12:20Now Richardson goes up.
12:22And...
12:24That is out.
12:25That is straight into the right hand of the short-legged Mark Richardson.
12:32Taken!
12:33Stephen Fleming, first slip.
12:35Chris Drumm does the damage this time.
12:38England are right back for the third time.
12:41And the Kiwis are right on top.
12:46Bit of shape away.
12:47Nice stroke from Horn.
12:51Gets a good stride in.
12:57Crunching shot.
12:59Shot of the morning so far.
13:01It deserves to be 4.
13:04Comfortably.
13:11It's too short.
13:12And Thorpe is outstanding at that stroke.
13:15Boy, he just lifts that front knee up for balance.
13:19And then the hands whip through the ball.
13:24Oh, big shot here.
13:25That is gone.
13:26Adams has his first test wicket.
13:27Big...
13:37He found the length that Vaughan was not sure about.
13:39Couldn't get forward to this length.
13:41Never really went anywhere.
13:42Just a faint touch.
13:44Jerked the head around to see that Perori had taken it safely.
13:50What a shot that is.
13:51Crunch.
13:56He has looked the princely touch this morning.
14:02Oh, that's in the air, but it's safe.
14:04In fact, it's gone for 6.
14:05Can you believe it?
14:06It was a little flick.
14:07Just a little flick.
14:08But such is the nature here at Eden Park of the boundaries.
14:13Comfortably clearing the rope to get off the mark.
14:17Beautiful ball and tough.
14:18He's done it.
14:21He had the patience and Rembrickash didn't.
14:28That is falling under the trap again.
14:32Oh, it's a big shot.
14:33And that is the way Andrew Flintoff plays.
14:36Over the top of extra cover.
14:37Four runs.
14:45Straight down the ground for Moore.
14:58That's a dreamy bit of timing.
15:01And a real ease to that stroke.
15:05Might have almost been David Gower.
15:07It's also the hundred for England.
15:10Photographic opportunity, isn't it?
15:12So the batsmen hold the pose like that.
15:18Here's Drum.
15:19New Zealand need to strike.
15:22And that is struck.
15:27You got that one a little bit.
15:29You got that one a little bit.
15:38Six.
15:39I think, says Van Kut.
15:41And it is.
15:43Just a little help really around the corner from Flintoff.
15:52That is plenty.
15:55Just four.
15:57It's played with great control.
15:59Flintoff really knew what he was about there.
16:05Oh, he's given him.
16:07I don't think initially he got near it.
16:10I don't think Flintoff thinks he did either.
16:13But Doug Cowley has given it.
16:15Flintoff has crossed.
16:17And we'll soon see who with.
16:22Well, I mean, our initial reaction was he didn't get anywhere near the ball.
16:24I mean, like two or three inches.
16:27I mean, there's absolutely nowhere near the ball.
16:37He's gone for 29.
16:39118 for six.
16:43Oh, I say.
16:45Graham Thorpe has made a misjudgment.
16:48And what impact is that going to have on this test match?
16:55Big or very big.
17:00Texas comes to mind.
17:03This is a mistake you don't see very often.
17:06Sometimes you see batsmen leave the ball and it just flicks off stump.
17:10What do they say? Aim at the top of off stump?
17:13Did I Darryl on this occasion?
17:17Oh, this is a good shot.
17:19This is a good shot.
17:20That is out.
17:22Darryl Tuffy picks up five for the first time in his career.
17:27The big beaming smile of Hightower, as he's called.
17:31Tells it all.
17:33England eight down.
17:35Be interested in the stride here from from Giles.
17:38Doesn't get that far forward.
17:39Look at it comes back in.
17:41Yeah.
17:42Can't argue with that.
17:44Good bowling and good shot.
17:46Adams went full thinking Caddick was back.
17:48Caddick just leant on it.
17:49And he too picks up his first boundary.
17:52Positively down through mid-off.
17:54This is a good shot, isn't it?
17:55But you just sense that that's what Caddick is waiting for.
17:58He's almost teasing the bowlers to pitch up to him.
18:01And he's sort of ready there.
18:02There's not a lot of foot movement.
18:03He's just going to swing through the ball.
18:06There you go.
18:09There you go.
18:10All right, boy, that just raced away.
18:12It was a genuine half volley.
18:19Well, good shot.
18:20This is off the back foot.
18:21Hammered.
18:31Oh, good stroke.
18:32Now, no mid-on.
18:33In fact, very few on the onside.
18:40And this is just starting to get away from New Zealand.
18:43McMillan has come into the attack.
18:46Bowling.
18:47Right through the gate.
18:50Wonderful bowling, Toffey.
18:53Two or three short ones and then up there, right on target.
18:56He rips through Caddick.
18:58Nine down now.
19:01Edged.
19:02And this time Fleming just sucks it in comfortably.
19:05Hundred catches for Fleming.
19:07Adams picks up three.
19:11And England are now all out for 160.
19:13The deficit 42.
19:17Well done, Stephen Fleming.
19:18Hundredth Test match catch.
19:21And it couldn't have been more simple.
19:25Once the small roller.
19:27That was the signal to the groundsman.
19:30After completing this catch.
19:32Adams the bowler.
19:33Regulation.
19:34They're just nibbling at that outside off stump.
19:37Safe as houses.
19:39England only able to bat 45.4 overs, which they'll be very disappointed in.
19:43160 runs the end result.
19:45Foster left.
19:46Not out on 16.
19:48Caddick and he threatened to get England closer to New Zealand's first innings effort of 202.
19:54But just after lunch, that effort failed.
19:57And England were dismissed.
20:00And that would be disappointing for them.
20:02160.
20:0315 extras.
20:04Top contributor Graham Thorpe, who looked in vintage touch.
20:08Toffey, his best figures in Test cricket.
20:10Six for 54 from 19 overs.
20:12Outstanding comeback and maybe proving a point to some selectors.
20:16One for 45.
20:17A drum.
20:18His last Test match in Adams.
20:20Three for 44.
20:21A pretty useful debut.
20:22Bowled quite tightly.
20:23Macmillan won over for five.
20:25And no sign of Daniel Vettori.
20:27New Zealand the first innings lead then of 42.
20:36Ah, goody two.
20:38You're going to remember your last Test innings, boy, aren't you?
20:42That's if Andy Caddick's got anything to do with it.
20:44You're going to live every minute of it.
20:47However long it lasts.
20:48This is a beauty.
20:49A humdinger.
20:52Oh, rips back in.
20:59Four.
21:11Sliding stroke.
21:13Sliding stroke.
21:14Boundary.
21:22Oh, yes.
21:23Oh, yes.
21:26Clever.
21:30Oh, good shot.
21:36Hardly bothered to run after that.
21:40Mark Richardson, just seeing it straight from the hand,
21:44lined up his body and said,
21:47I'll just drop a bat on that.
21:50Glorious stroke.
21:53It's a good shot.
21:55Might not get the whole distance.
21:57They might have to run these.
21:59Touch and go.
22:00Last Test of a goal.
22:10Good shot again.
22:11He got wits and he climbed into it.
22:14Threw his bat at it, threw his body at it.
22:16Consecutive boundaries.
22:21Edged and gone.
22:22That was a beautiful delivery.
22:26An absolute cracker that just spat at Pirori.
22:29It kicked off a length he had no chance.
22:33So England make the breakthrough right on tee.
22:37And a fine innings from Pirori.
22:39The last time we will see him
22:41with a bat in his hand in a Test match.
22:43It is all over.
22:44Well, he did nothing wrong.
22:46He got done by a good one.
22:47Actually on their feet here, the crowd,
22:49for Adam Pirori, yep.
22:51He knows it.
22:52He waves his bat.
22:55The majority of the crowd give him a good reception.
22:57Some idiots don't.
22:59And they are idiots because they don't appreciate
23:01what's been one heck of a career.
23:06Oh, he's out.
23:08Somehow, Stephen Fleming has been bowled round his legs.
23:15Which does nothing more than sum up
23:17the wretched run of form that he's having.
23:20It seems to me to have hit a bit of pad and thigh
23:23and rolled back under the stumps.
23:27A good shot.
23:28Ramping it up over the slips court
23:30and down the line.
23:31He's got the ball.
23:32He's got the ball.
23:33He's got the ball.
23:34Ramping it up over the slips court.
23:39All fours now for Mark Richardson.
23:47Oh, what a catch!
23:49Holy cow!
23:51The substitute fieldsman.
23:56Afzal has just pulled in a stunner.
24:00Richardson trying to pull it over
24:03The squealing fieldsman.
24:05Boy, oh boy.
24:10It's cracked down the ground for four.
24:17It's a half-volley and he got what he deserved.
24:22Down the ground, a rare boundary.
24:28You'd expect to see a variation.
24:30Well, that's smashed away.
24:31He doesn't need to run for that.
24:32That's four all the way.
24:33I think it's time for Mark Butcher to have a rest.
24:37I'm not sure he's the man to get Nathan Astle out.
24:41A crunching shot from Nathan Astle.
24:43This is a dangerous time for England.
24:47They won't have to go upstairs for it.
24:51It's a good shot.
24:57I think that's four more.
25:01Oh, good placement here from Chris Harris.
25:03He stood up tall.
25:08And his third boundary.
25:10Lovely shot from Butcher.
25:11That is a very fine shot.
25:14The control allied to the power there was
25:18nigh on perfect.
25:21It's my feeling now.
25:23It's a very fine shot.
25:25It's a very fine shot.
25:27It's a very fine shot.
25:29It's a very fine shot.
25:30It's a very fine shot.
25:31It's a very fine shot.
25:32It's a very fine shot.
25:33It's a very fine shot.
25:34It's a very fine shot.
25:35It's a very fine shot.
25:36It's a very fine shot.
25:37It's a very fine shot.
25:38It's a very fine shot.
25:39It's a very fine shot.
25:40It's my feeling is that if they had another hundred,
25:42they'd be about right.
25:49Maybe ninety.
25:59Given Marky that
26:01tomorrow night
26:02around
26:04this time, the shadows
26:06with England batting
26:07you're going to have to keep that in mind.
26:09I think you've got to almost plan the game to be five o'clock finish.
26:13So that's ninety overs tomorrow
26:16from ten o'clock to five o'clock.
26:19I think you
26:20maybe
26:21go an hour tomorrow.
26:24Oh, good hit.
26:26Just set up for Chris Harris, but
26:28unlike Richardson, he was able to get it up over square leg and away to the boundary.
26:37Yeah, I mean, my feeling actually is that if he could go less than an hour tomorrow morning,
26:43if he could be bowling at England within the hour starting,
26:47that would be an ideal.
26:48And therefore he needs to
26:50he needs his boys to bat on
26:52in just about any light this evening
26:55and take use of a
26:56clearly waning England attack.
27:00Oh, hello.
27:02Oh, hello.
27:04Oh, hello.
27:06Oh, hello.
27:07That's a wonderful shot.
27:10That's very free.
27:12Very expressive that from Chris Harris.
27:17Harris is joining in
27:19on what Astle has started.
27:21And that is a run scoring flurry
27:23of boundaries.
27:26If they continue at this rate for these twenty overs after this,
27:29they'll look to bat all of them.
27:31You might find them get that eighty or ninety
27:33by the close.
27:35Far too often.
27:38There are obstacles put in front of playing.
27:41Far too often there are reasons for
27:44whether it be damp parts of the outfield or
27:48indifferent rather than bad light.
27:51The sole duty should be to the game
27:53and the people who watch the game.
27:56It's very hard if you're a current player because you cannot be
28:00objective about it.
28:02So,
28:03in no way is that an accusation against anybody that plays.
28:06But the fact is
28:08the cricket needs to take every chance
28:10it gets
28:12to promote itself.
28:13And Nathan Astle is as good a promoter as there is
28:16anywhere in the world.
28:21That has gone up into the top of the west stand,
28:24the top tier.
28:25And then rolled down the awning
28:28back onto the field.
28:29Shades of Jade.
28:44Struck a two out of the shade.
28:47Oh, what a good strike.
28:48Just hitting it at the top of the bounce.
28:51Clearing that left hip.
28:53Magnificent shot.
28:59Play that shot as well.
29:18Could he be caught?
29:19No, he's been put down.
29:21Huffsal,
29:22who caught Richardson, magnificent.
29:24He's put it down and conceded half a dozen.
29:27The problems facing Astle
29:30are nothing compared to the ones facing Huffsal.
29:34The pitch is levelled out for Astle,
29:36but conditions down, the ball comes at you fast and flat.
29:40And they almost hit Huffsal's hand.
29:48Bang.
29:54There he goes.
29:56Beautiful stroke.
30:01He doesn't have an area that he can't score these days.
30:04He used to be pretty front footed.
30:06He's now as good as he ever was off the front foot,
30:09as we'll witness here, but
30:13equally good with the pull and the cut stroke off the back foot.
30:16So he's a complete attacker.
30:23Oh, that's got to be close.
30:24Yeah.
30:25What a good bit of bowling.
30:27There's been a few shouts on Harris
30:29off the bowling at Butcher,
30:30and he's been rewarded here.
30:32Wonderful little indaka.
30:46It is breathtaking to watch.
30:48Breathtaking.
30:51As fifties go, that one really has.
30:56Yes.
30:57The crowd stand because it's been peeled off in 38 balls,
31:0119 scoring strokes, six fours.
31:05Pure hitting.
31:09Slow all from Butcher.
31:11Astle had to make all the pace,
31:12and boy, he did.
31:13Longest boundary
31:16in the air.
31:17How clever is that?
31:19How far has that gone?
31:25Doug Cowie says it's gone for six.
31:30That's brilliant batting.
31:32Absolutely outstanding shot.
31:34On the up, he's ramped it.
31:38Ridden up with the ball,
31:40and over she goes.
31:43Clever.
31:46I think he hit that pretty well.
31:48Lead 2-3-3.
31:51And that's a rifle shot.
31:53And that's over.
31:55191 for four.
31:59Oh, boy.
32:03Oh, yeah.
32:04I like that.
32:11Oh, six.
32:24The darker, the better.
32:31I think the lights are working.
32:35Stand and deliver, Craig McMillan.
32:39He races through to 24.
32:47Whack.
32:49Where's that gone?
32:51Four more.
32:54Lead 2-50.
33:02Chipped down the ground.
33:03Nicely placed,
33:04and beautifully timed.
33:07It was just a chip shot.
33:13No follow-through,
33:14just short arm jab,
33:16little chip,
33:17chip and run,
33:18and boy, did it run.
33:19Look.
33:20No great flourish there,
33:21no follow-through really.
33:24High.
33:25Now, how far has this gone?
33:27Taken.
33:28Good catch in the light.
33:30Very good catch in the light.
33:32Mark Butcher has taken a beauty down there.
33:34It can't have been easy.
33:36But has the damage been done?
33:37They'll get on their feet for Nathan Astle again.
33:39They did it in Christchurch
33:41because they'll value this innings
33:43as very important to the outcome
33:45of this test and this series.
33:47Good catch, top edge.
33:49He took on the challenge
33:50and missed out by about a metre and a half.
33:53But Astle will get plenty here,
33:55and he deserves it.
33:57Fantastic knock from Nathan Astle.
33:5951 balls only for a 65.
34:02He has pushed New Zealand into the position
34:04they want it to be.
34:05It's 217 for 5.
34:09We've seen it all in this series.
34:11Here's Andre.
34:12This man can hit a cricket ball.
34:16Yes, he can.
34:18He can indeed.
34:22Whacked away through mid-wicket.
34:25Well, if you pay your money and you're patient,
34:27you get rewarded.
34:34Oh, that's a good shot.
34:36Very good shot.
34:37That's 4.
34:39Michael Vaughan.
34:42Pretty soft and slippery out there as well,
34:44so he'll get a bit of a laundry bowl from that one.
34:47He's not pleasing the captain, though, is it?
34:50He's seething out there at the moment.
34:57That was a very, very clever piece of bowling
34:59from Flintoff.
35:00He saw Adams giving himself room
35:02on a number of occasions,
35:04and he was out-thought.
35:10Oh, that's out.
35:12Good bowling from Flintoff.
35:14Good bowling.
35:16The tory just arrived at the wicket.
35:18Not easy in the light that
35:22he's facing.
35:23Not easy in the type of delivery he's facing,
35:25and he's nicked out.
35:31That's a good stroke.
35:32That's thrashed away.
35:34Over point to the boundary.
35:37All valuable runs.
35:405.
35:416 from that over.
35:422.41 for 7.
35:493.
35:54These folks are images coming from
35:56a cricket test match.
35:59They may be the first of their kind.
36:08All sorts of parameters
36:11being tested and some broken in this series.
36:19Oh, what a super shot.
36:22Got onto that quickly.
36:25Just
36:27played with so much
36:28kind of drive and energy.
36:31That's Lou Vincent.
36:33Oh, this has gone high.
36:34Where's this gone?
36:35Afzal's looking for it,
36:37and it nearly, nearly took him out.
36:39He had no idea.
36:40In fact, it has climbed
36:44into the stand behind him,
36:45but that is
36:47that's not a pleasant feeling
36:49if you're out where Afzal is feeling.
36:54He knows it's gone somewhere
36:56up into the sky.
36:58Boy, that went high.
37:00Well, that, of course, highlights
37:02the one problem
37:03faced by what's going on here.
37:05You cannot see
37:06the red ball,
37:08the now pretty dark red ball
37:11against the black sky.
37:13And I think everybody has seen
37:14the almost farcical nature of that moment.
37:22Could be caught.
37:23Giles pulls it in.
37:25I'll tell you what,
37:26that's not a bad catch
37:27under the circumstances.
37:28There's a lot of shaking of the head.
37:31I caught it.
37:33But can you believe it?
37:35That's what he's saying.
37:36So Vincent has gone.
37:4350.
37:44Well done, Craig McMillan.
37:47What a little ripper
37:48of an innings that is.
37:50On the back of Astle's performance
37:53and on the foundations
37:54laid earlier by Mark Richardson
37:56and Adam Pirori.
37:59These men have given New Zealand
38:01a wonderful chance tomorrow.
38:05Yes, it will record
38:06the first test 50.
38:12Under lights.
38:14Caught at the 7.
38:1751 balls, 25 scoring shots.
38:20Three sixes, three fours.
38:24This is a good shot from Tuffy.
38:26Very well played.
38:32Oh, got him.
38:33A lovely yorker from Hoggard.
38:432.69 for 9.
38:4563.1 overs.
38:47New Zealand were looking to bat for 64.
38:50The last 14 or 15 of them
38:52in amazingly fading light
38:54until the point it was pitch black
38:56outside the stadium.
38:58Just bizarre scenes.
38:59Astle 65.
39:01His brilliance this summer
39:02has been emphasised once more
39:04in difficult conditions.
39:06McMillan 50 not out.
39:07A brave effort from Vincent
39:08who was batting with a runner.
39:10The skipper, in fact.
39:11New Zealand 2.69 for 9
39:14when Tuffy was bowled
39:16in the last over of the day.
39:17So they still have the option
39:19of batting on tomorrow.
39:20Caddick none for 41.
39:224 for 68 for Hoggard.
39:233 for 108 for Flintoff.
39:25Both of those fellows charged in
39:27in fading light.
39:28And England did well
39:30with Butcher 2 for 34
39:32to take some good catches
39:34when the ball was coming out
39:36of a pitch black situation.
39:39New Zealand 202.
39:412.69 for 9.
39:42England 160.
39:43The lead is now 311 runs
39:45with one wicket in hand.
39:47All eyes will be on Stephen Fleming
39:49as Day 5 begins.
39:50Whether he will declare or not
39:52remains to be seen.
39:53Smart money says yes.
39:55But we'll all remember
39:57Day 4 here at Auckland
39:59for those scenes.
40:00Dark outside.
40:01Light inside.
40:03And New Zealand having
40:05one heck of a day.
40:09Michael Vaughan.
40:1229 in the first inning.
40:14So all in readiness for this last day
40:16of the series.
40:18What a big day in store.
40:20Oh good stroke.
40:22Triscothic underway.
40:23That's a powerful blow.
40:31So England.
40:33Will they go for this 312?
40:35There's plenty of time.
40:37Oh good stroke.
40:39Cracking shot.
40:43And it's half a dozen.
40:49And it's 8 for no wicket.
40:51Becoming 14 for no wicket.
40:58Oh wow.
41:00Phew.
41:05You can't bowl even slightly short
41:07to a Triscothic unless you are super quick.
41:11Oh by one.
41:15They're going to leave the ball alone
41:17at the very last minute.
41:21What an important moment for New Zealand.
41:23But what a key moment for Chris Drum.
41:25What confidence that will give him.
41:28Short leg.
41:30Short mid wicket.
41:32Oh crunching start.
41:34Flying that first ball to the boundary.
41:36Butcher.
41:38He just butchers that.
41:4027 for 1.
41:44It's a beautiful stroke.
41:48Out of the textbook.
41:50One to record.
41:52And a show to any youngster.
41:57There's another one.
42:02That's not enough consistency
42:04for the liking of the New Zealand captain.
42:11Shot.
42:16Another boundary.
42:18Coming too quickly for New Zealand's cause.
42:21It's 38 for 1.
42:28Oh was that a catch?
42:30I don't think
42:32Chris Harris even saw it.
42:38I think it's hit Harris
42:40before he's even thought about the option
42:42of catching it. 50 up for England
42:44in double quick time.
42:46Well this is a chance.
42:48A difficult one I think because it goes quickly.
42:50Harris really unsighted.
42:53You tend to look not for those type of
42:55you know catches in the slips area
42:57but that
42:59where did that come from he says.
43:05Oh that's a nice stroke.
43:09That's the shot of the day for me so far
43:11because I don't think it's that bad a ball.
43:13It's a shade short
43:15but it's not dragged down.
43:21And then you follow up of course
43:23because you've been hit on the leg side
43:25with one that's a little fuller.
43:29And you get hit to another part of the ground.
43:39And the baton.
43:47That's a good shot.
43:49How many cat shots this morning?
43:51Cat shots this morning.
43:53Pool shots.
43:57It's a feast. It's a batting feast.
44:01Edge down.
44:03And look at that.
44:05That's a false shot.
44:09Fleming's move has worked twice for him.
44:11Once he's chosen the right option
44:13he's got Drum around the other way.
44:15Part two he took the catch.
44:21Another marvellous shot
44:23from the blade of Butcher.
44:25Short and wide.
44:27Asking to be hit.
44:31How's that for a shot?
44:35Fairly smashed through the covers.
44:37That's what they're waiting for.
44:39Anything that's dragged down.
44:43And more runs.
44:45Two full from Adams.
44:47And that's a boundary to Nasser Hossein.
44:49His second.
44:53In the air.
44:55Too far back for anyone to be interested in
44:57that hasn't paid to get in.
44:59Way back up the stand.
45:05Ten off two.
45:07England have a hundred up.
45:09And Fleming keeps kicking the turf.
45:11And there he goes again.
45:15It may trickle over the rope for four.
45:194-6-4 from the captain of All England.
45:25And the onside.
45:27That's clever batting.
45:29Very clever batting.
45:31Because the ball is too straight.
45:33Butcher had the whole of the onside up.
45:35And that's what he did.
45:37The ball is too straight.
45:39Butcher had the whole of the onside
45:41opened up to him.
45:47That's out.
45:49That's Astle.
45:51That has done something
45:53a little unusual
45:55off his pitch surface.
45:59He will be a gem for Stephen Fleming.
46:01Nathan Astle.
46:03And that will put worries
46:05for the All England camp this bounce.
46:11What's happened there?
46:13Has it gone down?
46:15Is that a catching chance?
46:17The hands are on the heads.
46:19I think Thorpe's been dumped on nought.
46:21Astle could have had two.
46:23It's 1.23 for three.
46:27I think you're right.
46:29That is a chance.
46:31And at test match level
46:33it's not particularly difficult.
46:35It would have been a good catch.
46:37A very good catch.
46:43Itch.
46:45And gone.
46:47Yeah, he knocked that one.
46:49Brian Thorpe is standing there.
46:51Certainly sounded like it.
46:53A thin outside itch.
46:55Fleming has done it again.
46:57That change is where
46:59Pirori has 200
47:01test dismissals.
47:03And it's a big one too.
47:05The milestone.
47:09It's a beautiful length
47:11and it moves off the seam.
47:13We do hear a noise there
47:15as the ball passes the bat.
47:19Thorpe looks deeply disappointed.
47:21It's impossible for us to tell
47:23whether he has a right to be or not.
47:25It's gone for three.
47:27One, two, five for four.
47:29Adam Pirori.
47:31200 dismissals.
47:33193 catches.
47:35Seven stumpings.
47:37And that one there
47:39will mean a lot to New Zealand
47:41because it's England's premier batsman.
47:49Can't be bat on pad.
47:51Look for that kind of brushing
47:53against the other.
47:55The bat was so far out in front of everything else.
47:57It was wood.
47:59He's gone through.
48:01Front off's gone.
48:03Goodness me.
48:05Toughy.
48:13That's wrecked our England.
48:17There's no big gun left
48:19except Ryan Prakash who's injured.
48:21He'll stay with him.
48:23169 runs away.
48:27170 of them to win.
48:29If he keeps playing strokes like that
48:31he'll excite England's possibilities
48:33and keep the juices running.
48:35But the fact is that
48:37people have to hang around with him.
48:39It's an excellent 50.
48:41It's played with great panache
48:43on a difficult pitch.
48:45So it's down to him.
48:51That's not a bad ball.
48:53It's just very good batting.
49:22That's a dream stroke.
49:25Three boundaries off the reel
49:27as Hussain keeps walking to lunch.
49:46Good stroke.
49:48That's what he's got to do, Hussain.
49:51He's got to mix up some defence
49:53with some attacking strokes.
49:55That's one of the best of the day.
49:59I feel this is a good move.
50:01Wow.
50:03We've almost had some action first ball.
50:05Four runs.
50:07That's off the glove.
50:11Almost over-anticipated this Edinburgh.
50:13He's unlucky because
50:15once it's hit the glove
50:17it's changed direction.
50:19They just carry on through
50:21almost the same line.
50:23But if anything it's gone back the other way.
50:27Good shot. A beauty.
50:37Quick.
50:39That's quick.
50:41Very quick indeed.
50:43Caught that.
50:45All but beheaded.
50:47196 for 6.
50:49And they'll make
50:51a few photos around the world.
50:57This is a cameraman's dream.
51:03Let's hope the cameraman
51:05had their fingers on the button.
51:07Look at that.
51:09Marvellous bouncer.
51:11Beautiful line angle
51:13back at him.
51:15Nowhere to go.
51:17But backwards and at pace.
51:23Through him.
51:25And down for 4.
51:27Big thick inside edge.
51:31200 up for England.
51:33Streaky fashion.
51:35Good bowling.
51:37Very good bowling.
51:39James Foster's almost been sitting back
51:41waiting for that bouncer again.
51:43Didn't go anywhere did they?
51:45Didn't get a firm base at all.
51:47He's very very lucky to survive here.
51:49Races past his leg stump for 4.
51:51New Zealand
51:53to take 4 wickets.
51:55Oh that's good stroke.
51:57Oh boy did he hold his position well there.
52:01He is in sync.
52:03Here's Jeremy Coney.
52:07Afternoon Mark. Afternoon everybody.
52:09Yeah this is a good stroke isn't it?
52:11Here.
52:13And he just closes the face enough
52:15and holds the stroke.
52:17And stop.
52:19It was none for Adams.
52:21It is now 1 for Adams.
52:25That is a beautiful bit of bowling.
52:41He's almost taken wickets
52:43with the power of his personality here.
52:47He really wants
52:49test match cricket.
52:51And he's given the selectors
52:53an idea of what he has to bring
52:55for New Zealand. He's done Nasser Hussein
52:57and he maybe has done
52:59the match.
53:01Did this one hold up just a little.
53:03And Hussein
53:05play a little early
53:07and looked to play at leg side.
53:09Justin's gone after a wonderful hand
53:11in difficult conditions.
53:13Trying to hold it together
53:15for his team.
53:17Standing ovation
53:19from New Zealanders and the Barmy Army
53:21of course. The Pink Panther to his feet there.
53:23The Sylvester of course.
53:25A little wave.
53:29Gone for 82.
53:31207 for 8.
53:33132 k's.
53:35Well there's the wicket. Yes I think
53:37just holding up slightly and Hussein
53:39if you want to be churlish
53:41just looking to play at leg side
53:43and getting a front edge and it holding in the air
53:45and Adams seeing it. We've seen how
53:47athletic he's been on the boundary.
53:51Yes I think we're going to see a bit of this
53:53now that Hussein is gone.
53:55We're going to see Caddick
53:57play fairly freely.
53:59I suppose you might
54:01figure also nothing to lose.
54:03No pressure.
54:05Maybe it's gone now.
54:15That's a very good catch.
54:19He's a real competitor.
54:21Oh yes.
54:23In the air
54:25and gone.
54:29Big drive.
54:31Didn't get hold of it. Bottom of the bat.
54:33Leg side. Swinging across it slightly
54:35to a foolish delivery.
54:43What a wonderful way to complete the job.
54:47It's a heist of
54:49magnificent proportions.
54:5119 for 4 on the first morning.
54:53Desolate. Desperate.
54:55And New Zealand have
54:57come back to win the match
54:59and to square the series.
55:01The end of a test match career for Adam Perori.
55:03The end of a test match
55:05career for Chris Drum.
55:07But New Zealand's improvement
55:09continues.
55:11There are guts in this team
55:13and plenty of brains
55:15as well. Nathan Astle whose
55:17brilliant talent has shone through
55:19all through
55:21this summer has played his
55:23part. They've all done their bit.
55:25Jeremy, New Zealand can be mighty
55:27proud of those guys. Yes I'm sure they can be.
55:29And while we focus on Adam Perori
55:31he's had a fantastic career, hasn't he?
55:35Everyone's played a part in what's
55:37been, as I say,
55:39a frenetic
55:41group of test matches.
55:43This one no different, no exception.
55:45Here's the last dismissal.
55:47Hoggard looking to punish off the back foot.
55:49And Astle
55:51takes the catch low to his right.
55:53So Matthew Hoggard is dismissed
55:55in the end.
55:57And England have
55:59fallen shy
56:01by 78 runs.
56:03Target 312.
56:05Good start
56:07to Triskothek and Vaughan and Butcher
56:09Hussein. They all played positively
56:11at the top of the order and at that point
56:13England were always on track
56:15and always thinking, yes we'll win this series
56:172-0. Then the middle
56:19order collapsed involving Thorpe and
56:21Flintoff and Ramprakash
56:23very quickly in the space of about 9 minutes
56:25and the whole situation
56:27changed. Fighting performance from
56:29Foster and Giles, but when Hussein
56:31went for 82, that was
56:33pretty much it as far as England
56:35was concerned. 63 overs they lasted
56:37for 233.
56:39Tuffy
56:413 for 62. What a match
56:43for him. 9 wickets in all. Drum
56:45retiring. Go out on a good
56:47note, can't he? 3 for 52 from 10
56:49overs. Andre Adams, he's
56:51far from retiring. He's just got started
56:53and what an impetus he has added to this
56:55New Zealand side in both forms of the game
56:57this summer. 3 for 61. Top
56:59class performance. When New Zealand were
57:01just starting to teeter a wee bit, he
57:03gave them what they wanted. The bowling performance
57:05ironically of the innings
57:07was that of Nathan Astle. 19 consecutive
57:09overs. 6 maidens, 1 for
57:1144. When England were in charge
57:13he took it back from them.
57:15New Zealand then
57:17202 and 269
57:19for 9. England 160 and
57:21233 falling
57:23short of the mark by
57:2578 runs and therefore
57:27New Zealand have levelled the series
57:29at 1 apiece.