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86th over: Australia 231-4 (Labuschagne 108, Head 5) Wagner – who opened this final session up when removing Smith – gets a chance with the new ball before the close. Head plays the percentages until the final ball, where he has a crack on the front foot only for the ball to spit off his inside edge down behind square. They’re close here.
85th over: Australia 229-4 (Labuschagne 107, Head 4) Southee getting it to HOOP at Head, the South Aussie surviving a leg before shout early in the over – too high, just – then so close to falling in identical fashion to Wade when leaving one that went big. This is why we love Test cricket – hours of investment for periods like this.
Written by Adam Collins (now) Geoff Lemon (earlier)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/dec/12/australia-v-new-zealand-first-test-day-one-live under the title “Australia v New Zealand: first Test, day one – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
