New Zealand vs England, 2nd T20I, England tour of New Zealand, 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, FOUR, on cue, Banton backs away and guides this short of length delivery between backward point and short third man. He's loved that area today

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, leg byes, 2 runs, low full toss, hits the pad and rolls to short fine leg. Appeal for LBW but missing leg. New Zealand took the review just because they had a couple up there but DRS confirms even impact was outside leg

Matt Henry to Tom Banton, FOUR, he maintains the wide line but bowls short, Banton flat-bats the pull over the ump's head for four more. Now 18 off this over

Matt Henry to Tom Banton, FOUR, oh smart! Full and outside off stump, Banton looks to drive, actually flew off the edge. Ball clears short third again and it's already 14 off the over

Matt Henry to Tom Banton, SIX, short delivery, Banton rocks back and pulls in the air, Bracewell moves to the right but it clears him at deep square leg. England on the charge again

Matt Henry to Tom Banton, FOUR, the wide yorker but Banton reaches out to toe-end it past short third man and England have now recorded the highest ever T20I total at this venue, surpassing 208

Jamieson to Sam Curran, SIX, in the airrr, tease for long-on, just clears him. Slower delivery on the leg stump, Curran lofts, didn't exactly middle it but got enough height and distance to clear Mitchell at the fence. 200 up for England

Jamieson to Phil Salt, out Caught by Michael Bracewell!! Slower ball nice and full, Salt smashes it high. Oh Bracewell has a go at it at long-off and takes a really catch overhead inches from the rope. Had to transfer the weight onto the back foot and still ensure that he didn't touch the rope. Suddenly New Zealand pull off two great pieces of fielding to send both set batters back. Like Brook, Salt perishes without getting a deserved hundred. But he did slow down after his fifty. Phil Salt c Michael Bracewell b Jamieson 85(56) [4s-11 6s-1]

Jamieson to Brook, out Caught by Tim Robinson!! Lovely catch! New Zealand finally hold on to a catch after two drops. Slower delivery into the body, Brook pulls, doesn't keep it down or place it right. Robinson ran in from deep mid-wicket and took a fine diving catch. End of a great innings from the England captain. He made Phil Salt play second fiddle and played some delightful shots. Brook c Tim Robinson b Jamieson 78(35) [4s-6 6s-5]

Jacob Duffy to Brook, FOUR, brilliant! Who needs two hands when one hand can do the job. Jacob Duffy was only looking to fire it off, he tried to fire it really wide, Brook reached out and lofted this over the infield over cover and he almost hit it all the way. Spoiled the fun for Jacob Duffy in what was a good over

Santner to Phil Salt, FOUR, Salt reacts to the change of plan from Santner and pulls this behind square to start the over with a four. Flatter delivery on the leg stump, Salt rocks back quickly and places it behind square

Jamieson to Brook, FOUR, it's can't be anything full with mid-off up. Jamieson unfortunately missed the yorker and Brook pounced to loft it easily over the infield to make it 21 off the over

Jamieson to Brook, SIX, thankfully this ball stays inside the ground. Jamieson tries the short ball but Brook is ready for it too. Rocks back and smashes the pull over mid-wicket for six more

Jamieson to Brook, SIX, he's smashed that out of the ground. Full and outside off stump, Brook gets under it and goes baaangg, over mid-wicket and it disappears. Brook knew Jamieson was going it bowl wide again and was ready for it

Santner to Brook, 1 run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Brook wrists it to mid-on and that's Brook's 5th T20I fifty off just 22 balls. The England captain asked his boys to double down before this game and he's leading from the front! Raises the bat to all the applause

Matt Henry to Brook, SIX, dismissive! So disrespectful. Slower delivery outside off stump, sits up, Brook plays an absolute get-out-of-my-sight pull over mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Brook, 2 runs, Oh Jimmy Neesham! Drops a fairly straightforward chance. Bowled a poor over and now drops the catch. Slower delivery wide of off stump, Brook mistimes the loft to long-on and escapes as Neesham couldn't hold on to the left

Neesham to Brook, FOUR, shot! Full and outside off stump, Brook hung his bat low knowing Neesham will bowl full and chipped the loft over the infield for four more

Neesham to Brook, FOUR, gee how did he squeeze that over cover-point for four. Wide yorker, Brook just squeezed that into the ground and got it to bounce over the infield for four

Neesham to Phil Salt, FOUR, poor ball. With short third ump you cannot afford to bowl short and give width. Salt just stood tall, played the field by guiding over the infield for four more

Neesham to Brook, FOUR, oh shot! Pure cricketing smarts there. Slower delivery slightly short, Brook delayed the shot and played with a straight bat to loft the drive to the right of backward point. Opened the bat face so well to place it so right to beat the sweeper to the left

Jamieson to Brook, 1 run, short and down leg, Brook gloves the pull behind square and the fifty stand is up

Jamieson to Phil Salt, FOUR, smashed over mid-off. Full delivery outside off stump, Salt gets under it and belts it hard over the infield for a one-bounce four

Michael Bracewell to Brook, wide, New Zealand managed to trick umpire Donovan Koch into raising the finger when it was well down the leg-side. Brook wasted no time to review, missed the ball by a fair bit and UltraEdge was unmoved. The batter tried to get it to the on-side but missed

Michael Bracewell to Phil Salt, FOUR, he's very wristy and he's very powerful at that too. Full and on the leg stump, Salt whips it behind square and Rachin dives in vain at the fence

Michael Bracewell to Phil Salt, 1 run, flatter delivery on the leg stump, Salt flicks to long-on and that gives him the 7th T20I fifty. Has been in great touch since the start and he gets a good round of applause from the crowd as well

Michael Bracewell to Phil Salt, wide, fired down leg, polite check for caught behind but that doesn't put the ump off from calling the wide

Santner to Brook, SIX, flatter and just outside off stump, Brook stands deep in the crease and gets under the ball to pull it handsomely over mid-wicket to make it 6 4 6. He enjoyed that shot so much because it wasn't easy to get under that ball, Santner gave no air. The ball is lost so they are looking for replacement

Santner to Brook, FOUR, now Brook gets inside the line and scoops, falls but connects well to get it fine to the fine leg fence

Santner to Brook, SIX, who cares about getting to the pitch of the ball if you have the talent to still go through with the loft and clear the ropes by a long way. Santner dropped it slightly short but Brook backed himself and lofted this over long-on

Santner to Phil Salt, FOUR, short and wide because he has two men close behind point but Salt smartly spilts both and hits it to the left of backward point to steal a boundary

Michael Bracewell to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Neesham!! Michael Bracewell sticks to his plan of bowling wide and breaks this dangerous stand. He goes further wider and slower. Bethell slog-swept straight again, only managed to drag it straight to mid-on who is slightly wide to the left. 44-run stand is broken. It's 21 runs off the over but Michael Bracewell had the last laugh. Jacob Bethell c Neesham b Michael Bracewell 24(12) [4s-2 6s-2]

Michael Bracewell to Jacob Bethell, SIX, the powerplay gets even better. Michael Bracewell threw this slightly wide to make the batter fetch. Bethell did but he smartly went straight and cleared long-on again

Michael Bracewell to Jacob Bethell, SIX, it's flighted from round the wicket. Bethell used his feet so well to get closer to the pitch of the ball and a neat downswing of the bat to loft over long-on. This is a great over for England already

Michael Bracewell to Phil Salt, FOUR, now he gets under it and lofts inside out over cover-point. Michael Bracewell goes full, Salt slices it over the infield to make it back to back fours

Michael Bracewell to Phil Salt, FOUR, flat-batted past the ump for four. Flatter and angling in, Salt backed away and had a real go at it, got it past the umpire and it was always four

Jacob Duffy to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, that is a really good shot! Jacob Duffy did all he could to trouble the batter. Cramped him for room with a short of length delivery as he spotted Bethell backing away but Bethell was still able to get under it and pull over mid-on

Jacob Duffy to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, top edgeeee and put down! Ball swirls and so does Seifert. He ran too far, realized had to reverse, stretched his left hand out to grab the ball but spilled it. Short of a length delivery angling away, Bethell looks to pull, top edge. Seifert wasn't able to judge because it kept swirling, he slipped as well and made it impossible

Jacob Duffy to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, that is a good gift for Bethell to get going. Slower ball finishes down leg, with fine leg up Bethell just glances it fine past the fielder for four

Jamieson to Phil Salt, FOUR, full and slightly down leg. Salt has amazing wrists and he is able to whip it behind square, clears short fine leg

Jacob Duffy to Buttler, out Caught by Santner!! This is high, this is the bowler outsmarting the batter and it's taken at mid-off. Buttler ran down the pitch, ah I can dig this short and cramp him for room says Jacob Duffy. Buttler didn't stop himself from trying the pull, the bounce meant he got it high on the bat and it turned in his hands to go straight up. Simple catch for the New Zealand skipper. Oh they are checking the front foot. The third ump asks for the stump cam angle as he couldn't get clear evidence with the side angle. And he reckons Jacob Duffy just had a millimeter in. Buttler continues the march. Buttler c Santner b Jacob Duffy 4(3) [4s-1]

Jacob Duffy to Buttler, FOUR, it's full, it's an outie but Buttler left nothing in the tank as the pitch is so true at the moment. Plays a lofted drive with the only intention of clearing the infield over cover. Lovely shot!

Jacob Duffy to Phil Salt, FOUR, off the glove! Salt was completely rushed, he's lucky that this cleared the keeper. 141kph bumper that Salt wasn't expecting. He tried to pull but was late on the shot and the ball jumped extra to catch the glove, escaped to the fine leg fence though

Jacob Duffy to Phil Salt, FOUR, cut away hard into the ground. They had a man at cover-point but it bounced right over him. That's generally an indication of a hard surface

Matt Henry to Phil Salt, FOUR, and again, this time along the ground. Anything close to off stump or at the body, Salt is using his wrists to access the leg-side. He whips this behind square leg and they had fine leg up

Matt Henry to Phil Salt, SIX, wow! Just whipped that out of sight over mid-wicket! The power he generated with the wrists was insane as the ball never lost momentum and kept travelling even after crossing the fence