Conway, Nicholls up the ante

Sun, 11 January 2026

14:21

NZ 49-0 (10 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Harshit Rana continues and Nicholls inside-edges the short of a length delivery onto his pads. No run on offer.

Dropped! Nicholls top-edges the short and wide delivery to third man but Kuldeep Yadav fails to hold on to a tough chance. Batters cross over for a single.

Two quick singles through mid-off follow.

Four! Rana strays one down the leg and Conway swivels across and pulls it down to long leg for a boundary. A dot to finish the over. Seven runs come off it.

Siraj continues and Nicholls blocks the first delivery to mid-off. No run.

A single and two dots follow.

Four! Full and wide outside off and Conway drives it to the left of cover for a boundary.

A dot to end the over. Five runs come off it.

Harshit Rana with his fourth over and he goes round the wicket. Nicholls punches one off the backfoot to backward point for no run.

Four! A bit short and Nicholls picks the length and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. Nice shot!

A dot later, Nicholls pulls one uppishly over the mid-wicket fielder and gets a couple.

A half-hearted appeal from the bowler for caught behind but is called a wide. Clearly missing the gloves.

Two dots to end the seven-run over.

Washington Sundar comes into the attack. Starts off with a flighted delivery on off and Conway pushes one down to long-off and gets a single.

A dot later, Nicholls dances down and clears the in-field but Siraj with a good effort at long-off keeps it down to two.

Two dots and a single to end the over. Four runs come off it.

Prasidh Krishna comes into the attack. Short of a length delivery hits Nicholls' thigh pad and rolls down to backward point. No run on offer.

Four! Banged in short and Nicholls shuffles across and laps it through fine leg for a boundary.

A single through off-side gets him off the strike.

Boundary! Another short delivery and Conway tucks it fine. Siraj has no chance.

Nine runs come off the over. New Zealand are 49 without loss after the Powerplay.

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