India vs New Zealand, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ashwin to Southee, 1 run, driven to long-off. Ashwin has been taken for 35 runs in his last 2 overs

Ashwin to Southee, FOUR, is this Ashwin really bowling? Southee certaintly raising that question with they way he's treating him. Fired down leg, Southee sweeps and sends it to the fine leg fence

Ashwin to Southee, SIX, it's full, it's slot and it's another six down the ground wide of long-on. Southee stamping his authority too

Ashwin to Southee, FOUR, slashed away hard, off the outer half of the bat and it escapes to the third man fence

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, hit hard down the ground but the ball hits the stumps at the other end and stops

Ashwin to Ravindra, FOUR, the second Test hundred is special. It's come in front of his family at a place where he has roots. He came in at a stage where he had to push his side ahead and now he's put them in full control. Started with great footwork. Great use of the depth of the crease. Middled most of the shots and brings up an outstanding hundred. One that makes his team-mates stand and applaud

Ashwin to Southee, SIX, this is very good from Southee. Flighted delivery, Southee steps out and muscles the drive over long-on for a flat six. Ashwin is being taken to the cleaners

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, fullish delivery, Ravindra drives to mid-off

Ashwin to Ravindra, FOUR, outstanding shot! Mid-wicket open, so he rocks back and flicks this brilliantly off the back foot to place it in the gap for four

Ashwin to Ravindra, 2 runs, lovely paddle sweep to fine leg. Came down on one knee and met the ball really well

Ashwin to Southee, 1 run, shortish carrom ball, Southee pulls to deep square leg

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Ravindra wrists it to square leg

Ashwin to Southee, 1 run, advances and flicks this flighted delivery to deep mid-wicket

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, fullish delivery, Ravindra manages to tuck it to fine leg

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, tease from Ashwin. Flighted full and in the slot for the drive but Ravindra shoulders arms

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, leans nicely forward and defends

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, tossed up on the off stump, Ravindra defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Southee, 1 run, full delivery on the stumps, Southee drives to long-on

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, and Ravindra gets the single last ball to keep strike. Whips this full delivery to deep mid-wicket

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, beaten. Brilliantly bowled! Slowish and slightly round-armish, Ravindra pushed at the ball well inside the line and it spun big to beat the outside edge

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, leans forward and presses this flighted delivery into the pitch

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, fullish delivery, Ravindra drives to cover

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, oh just gets his bat down in time to avoid LBW. Drift for Ashwin on this offie

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, flighted delivery

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, flatter delivery on off-stump, punched towards extra cover

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, tossed up full on off-stump, Ravindra leans in and defends

Ashwin to Ravindra, SIX, takes it on the full! Floated up full outside off, Ravindra leant in and took it on the full before pumping it into the stands at deep mid-wicket, lovely strike and it went flat

Ashwin to Ravindra, 2 runs, tossed up full on middle, worked away firmly past square leg, they'll settle for two

Ashwin to Southee, 1 run, full on off-stump, pushed down the ground to long on

Ashwin to Southee, no run, length delivery on off-stump, met with a dead bat

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, bit of bounce on this flighted delivery, Ravindra looks to defend, ball hits the splice of the bat

Ashwin to Mitchell, 1 run, flighted delivery, Mitchell drives to long-on

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Mitchell defends

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, shortish delivery, Ravindra slaps it to deep cover

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, forward defence

Ashwin to Mitchell, 1 run, fullish delivery, Mitchell dabs to backward point

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, on the leg stump, Ravindra tucks it to mid-wicket

Ashwin to Mitchell, 1 run, reverse sweep, gloves it to short third man

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Mitchell defends

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, fullish delivery, Ravindra wrists it to backward square leg

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, oh took the risk of playing back and playing late to this slider and just met the ball in time to save his wicket, played to point

Ashwin to Mitchell, 1 run, full delivery, Mitchell pushes it to cover

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, turning away, Ravindra reads the degree of spin and gets behind the line to keep it out

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, watchful defence

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, oh almost caught behind/bowled! Drift in and then turn away to beat a confident looking Ravindra on the front foot defence

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, flatter and on the off stump, Ravindra defends

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, flatter delivery, Ravindra blocks

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Ravindra defends

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, solid forward press to this flighted delivery

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, Mitchell looks for an anxious run, Ravindra sends him back

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, flatter delivery, Mitchell defends it off the back foot

Ashwin to Ravindra, 1 run, nicely driven to long-off

Ashwin to Ravindra, no run, fullish delivery, Ravindra defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Ravindra, FOUR, low full toss, Ravindra drives with his wrists down the ground for a stylish boundary

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, oh almost nicks it trying to defend this as the ball keeps a tad low

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, outside off stump, Mitchell keeps it out

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, blocked

Ashwin to Mitchell, FOUR, there you go, the very full ball again because this is another batter keen on the reverse-sweep. Mitchell manages to get bat on ball and plays it to third man

Ashwin to Mitchell, no run, turning back in, Mitchell defends

Ashwin to Conway, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. This is brilliant from India. Conway and Latham attacked their spinners with sweeps. So they made a conscious attempt to push the ball futher up to make the sweep tougher. The result was Kuldeep getting Latham immediately. The sweeps didn't come that frequently from then. Conway made a deliberate attempt to be aggressive against Ashwin and he was one of the main reasons why Ashwin was off the attack early. Ashwin knew Conway would try to play aggressively again on his arrival for second spell and knew he would go for the reverse sweep. So he smartly started the spell with a very full ball from round the wicket. Conway played the pre-meditated shot and got himself into a tangle. Nowhere he could put bat on ball and lost middle and leg stumps. The third ump has been asked to check if Jurel's gloves breached the back of the stumps when the ball was released - rule is if the keeper's gloves are ahead of the back line of the stumps from the side on angle it's a no ball. Jurel was just fine and the dismissal stood. Conway has missed a great chance for a big hundred. But he played exceptionally well though. Conway b Ashwin 91(105) [4s-11 6s-3]

Ashwin to Will Young, no run, blocked

Ashwin to Will Young, no run, flatter delivery on the off stump, Young defends to the off-side, didn't look convincing again

Ashwin to Will Young, no run, oh had him in trouble. Unsure flick that eventually turned out to be a push back to the bowler.

Ashwin to Will Young, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Young defends

Ashwin to Conway, 1 run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Conway taps it to point

Ashwin to Conway, FOUR, flighted delivery, Conway punches the drive wide of mid-off and gets four more

Ashwin to Conway, SIX, down the pitch and a clean swing down the ground for a six over long-on. 10th Test Fifty for Conway. He looked ugly but came out with intent and came out with a clear plan to attack Ashwin and executed to the T

Ashwin to Conway, 2 runs, nicely paddle-swept but Kuldeep has it covered at fine leg

Ashwin to Conway, no run, fullish delivery on the stumps, Conway defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Conway, no run, fullish delivery, Conway drives to mid-off

Ashwin to Conway, no run, advances and drives inside-out but finds Virat at short cover

Ashwin to Conway, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Conway defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Latham, no run, nudged to the on-side

Ashwin to Latham, no run, stepped out but wasn't convincing because Ashwin dragged it back and got some turn, Latham managed to push it to the off-side

Ashwin to Latham, no run, nice forward defence

Ashwin to Latham, no run, advances and drives, Latham hits it well but Ashwin gets low and half-stops the ball

Ashwin to Latham, no run, very full delivery, Latham digs it out to cover

Ashwin to Conway, 1 run, flighted delivery from Ashwin, Conway drives to extra-cover

Ashwin to Conway, FOUR, he does get the reverse sweep right time time to the left of backward point and Jadeja can't cut it off. This is good counterattack from Conway

Ashwin to Conway, FOUR, now the conventional sweep. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Conway hits it behind square and away from fine leg as well

Ashwin to Conway, no run, watchful defence to square leg

Ashwin to Conway, no run, the third time he's tried to reverse sweep Ashwin and found Jadeja at backward point

Ashwin to Conway, no run, not much turn, Conway defends

Ashwin to Conway, no run, flighted delivery, Conway defends

Ashwin to Conway, no run, solid defence and that'll be the second drinks break of the session

Ashwin to Conway, SIX, Conway steps out and middles the loft to send it soaring over wide long-on. Nice counterattack but Ashwin won't mind one bit

Ashwin to Conway, no run, lovely variation from Ash! Slowed this up slightly and forced a false shot, a cut shot to a ball not so short, under edge rolls to point

Ashwin to Conway, no run, quick slider, Conway just about manages to fend this in time to save LBW

Ashwin to Conway, no run, oh Conway, manages to fend to the on-side

Ashwin to Conway, no run, the reverse sweep, middled pretty well but Jadeja cuts it off at backward point

Ashwin to Conway, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Conway defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Conway, no run, oh goes for the reverse sweep, doesn't middle it and goes to backward point

Ashwin to Conway, no run, covers the line and defends

Ashwin to Conway, 2 runs, fullish delivery, Conway drives off the back foot through point

Ashwin to Conway, no run, flighted delivery, Conway defends off the front foot

Ashwin to Latham, 1 run, straightaway paddle-swept to fine leg