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Diahuebs 24 Juni 2021

NZ is world test champion after beating India in final

(AP) — New Zealand won India’s bowlers created out, and backed its strength Pant pushed the lead to 77
a brilliant final of the in- chances and never gave up. by going for an all-pace attack until Rahane tried recklessly The winning target for New
augural world test cham- Williamson was given out on tuned up from a series win to flick Boult but was caught Zealand looked within reach
pionship by beating India 1 and overturned the deci- over England, another major behind by BJ Watling down but also distant.
by eight wickets on the sion on review, and he was milestone for the Kiwis. the leg side on 15. Watling
sixth day Wednesday at dropped on 45. Taylor was later broke a finger but car- Ashwin dug out the open-
the Rose Bowl. dropped on 26, and hit flush The relentless barrage of ried on as wicketkeeper on ers and appeared to nab the
on the front of his helmet on balls swinging and seaming the last day of his 75th and prized wicket of Williamson
Captain Kane Williamson 30 but soldiered on. in ideal conditions -- over- final test. on 1. But Williamson got the
and Ross Taylor, befitting cast and moist -- wore down decision overturned when
two of New Zealand’s great- They absorbed all of India’s the frustrated Indians, who Wagner tested Ravindra video showed the ball miss-
est batsmen, combined from pressure in a stand of 96 to spent more than three weeks Jadeja with short-pitched ing leg stump.
44-2 after the loss of the finish off for New Zealand in quarantine and didn’t have deliveries on the leg side be-
openers to reach the target of a first International Cricket a warmup game. fore pitching one on a good Williamson and Taylor pa-
139 with seven overs remain- Council tournament victory length to get the edge of the tiently took ones and twos
ing. in 21 years. As in the first innings, all left-hander for 16. and smacked the odd bad
four bowlers delivered: Tim ball. Taylor was dropped on
Taylor hit the winning runs New Zealand scored 247 and Southee took 4-48, Trent Pant was dropped on 5 by 26 by Pujara at first slip off
flicking a Mohammed Shami 140-2 to India’s 217 and 170 Boult 3-39, Kyle Jamieson Southee in the slips when In- Bumrah, and Williamson was
ball over midwicket. He was in a glossy finale to the two- 2-30 off 24 overs, and Neil dia was 82-4 and leading by given a let off on 45 when he
47 not out and Williamson year test championship. Wagner 1-44. just 50 runs. New Zealand was dropped by Bumrah in
was 52 not out. looked to rue the miss, but the outfield.
The Black Caps prevailed The probing line of Jamie- after scoring a team-high 41
But, typical of a final which thanks to a deeper pace attack son outside off stump trou- from 88 balls, Pant couldn’t They made India pay dearly.
was gripping despite being and batting lineup, but it was bled overnight batsmen Vi- contain himself any longer
disrupted by two washed out close. rat Kohli and Cheteshwar and tried to break the shack-
days and bad light, the finish Pujara. Captain Kohli was les by charging at Boult and
was tense. India chose its two great spin- set up by the 2.04-meter (6- seeing Henry Nicholls hang-
ners three days before the fi- foot-8) Jamieson for a second ing on to a brilliant two-
India, 64-2 overnight, was nal and backed themselves straight time with a faint edge handed diving catch at point.
bowled out for 170 in its sec- even as the weather worsened behind on 13, and Pujara was
ond innings before tea, leav- as forecast in Southampton. caught well by Taylor at first One ball later, Ashwin edged
ing New Zealand 139 to win New Zealand waited to name slip on 15. Boult to the slips, then
in 53 overs. its team at the toss, delayed Southee wrapped up the in-
for a day by a first-day wash- Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh nings with two quick wickets.