Jamieson headlines story of third morning

Kyle Jamieson’s bowling was the story of the third morning which saw India slip to 211/7, in what were extremely tough conditions at the Ageas Bowl. Jamieson was guilty of not bowling enough stump-hitting deliveries on the second day, which he compensated in style by getting India captain Virat Kohli lbw in his second over today.

Kohli failed to add runs to his overnight score of 44, falling to a cross-seamed in-dipper from Jamieson which was cleverly pushed through after a barrage of hard lengths. The moment set the session up for New Zealand who would go on to pick the important wickets of Rishabh Pant and Ajinkya Rahane too. India only added 65 runs in the session, denied on many occasions by the slow outfield.

Rishabh Pant looked for during his 22-ball stay, taking 20 balls to get off the mark before driving an edge straight to second slip. He was set up by Jamieson who switched his angle of attack from round-the-wicket to over-the-wicket and sowed seeds of doubts in Pant’s mind.

Rahane was troubled by the seam movement on offer but fought his way to 49 before he fell to an obvious short-ball ploy from Neil Wagner. After he miscued a pull shot, Kane Williamson brought a catching man at short leg for Rahane, who in turn obliged by hitting the next ball straight to the man there.

In a surprising move though, Tim Southee didn’t get to bowl in the first hour of play. He was brought into the attack when New Zealand opted for the second new ball after drinks but came up against Ravichandran Ashwin’s 27-ball 22, which featured some beautiful drives off the front foot and back foot. Ravindra Jadeja stayed put and had a stroke of luck when he was dropped in the slips by Southee, off Boult’s bowling on 11. (cricbuzz)

Scores at day three lunch:

India 211/7 (A. Rahane 49, V. Kohli 44; K. Jamieson 3-26)