OVER 127: ENG 478/8 (Ali 43* Wood 4*)
Ali on strike for this over, that's more like it. He manages to donk a full toss away for two, slogs into the legside and it lands safe. Ali pulls for four and then gets one. Mark Wood, who can bat better than Broad on this match's evidence, tucks it away for four.
OVER 127: ENG 467/8 (Ali 36* Wood 0*)
Most people online seem to have had enough, and three dots balls for Mark Wood don't really counter that argument.
WICKET! Broad b Boult 10 Poor old Broady looks like a genuine number 11 these days. He manages to smear it down for a couple and then connects with a big six into the Tavern! Long levers and that. But the next ball, he swings again, backing away, an ugly shot and an ugly way to get out - bowled leg stump. Feet outside leg, waiting for the short ball. FOW 467/8
WICKET! Broad b Boult 10 Poor old Broady looks like a genuine number 11 these days. He manages to smear it down for a couple and then connects with a big six into the Tavern! Long levers and that. But the next ball, he swings again, backing away, an ugly shot and an ugly way to get out - bowled leg stump. Feet outside leg, waiting for the short ball. FOW 467/8OVER 126: ENG 459/7 (Ali 36* Broad 1*)
A great stat from The Telegraph's Nick Randall that illustrates how exciting the England middle order is, or could become. The men batting at 5 ,6, 7 and 8 in this match (Root, Stokes, Ali, Buttler) have made 550 runs and counting over the two innings - that is the most ever scored in a Test for England.
Meanwhile, Broad faces up to Southee, and he is going to be on a strict diet of bouncer-yorker-bouncer-yorker. Survives the first five balls and pinches the strike off the sixth.
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OVER 125: ENG 458/7 (Ali 36* Broad 1*)
That brings Broad to the crease. His first ball goes for a couple of leg byes. Cook batted wonderfully yesterday but, without being harsh, I don't think it is a disaster for England's chances that their cautious captain has gone. Broad ducks a bouncer and then gets a single off a yorker.
Cook apparently feathers the ball behind off the inside, but the umpire stays unmoved. Kiwis review. I personally thought that was out, there was a clear snicky noise as it went through. Yep. It's going to be overturned
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