Northern Knights vs Wellington, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Bennett to Daniel Flynn, out Caught by Nofal!! Slower ball outside off, Flynn slices it up in the air and is taken at point. Threw his bat at that but it twisted in his hands. Daniel Flynn c Nofal b Bennett 1(2)

Neesham to Santner, FOUR, short ball on leg stump, pulls it over short fine leg

Neesham to Santner, 2 runs, dropped! Full on middle and leg, Santner swings it off the inside half to the right of short fine leg. The fielder overstretched while diving to his right, gets hit on the wrist

Neesham to Santner, FOUR, slower short ball outside off, sits up for Santner who slaps it past extra cover

Neesham to Brownlie, out Bowled!! Oh dear, he's gone for 99. Full on off, Brownlie plays right across the line of it hoping to get a single through midwicket. That was a shot with the milestone in mind, not the way he's been playing in this innings. Gets an inside edge onto leg stump. Brilliant knock nevertheless. Brownlie b Neesham 99(46) [4s-10 6s-6]

Bennett to Brownlie, FOUR, short ball towards the helmet, Brownlie hooks it away over short fine leg. He's on 99

Bennett to Brownlie, FOUR, pitched up outside off, Brownlie clears the front leg and carves it inside out

Ollie Newton to Santner, FOUR, pitched right in the slot around off, Santner frees his arms and drills it through mid-off

Ollie Newton to Daryl Mitchell, out Caught by Adam Hose!! That's come right off the toe-end. It had to be a bad miscue for it to not clear these incredibly short boundaries, and it is. Hose runs across from long-off and takes an excellent catch to his right. Daryl Mitchell c Adam Hose b Ollie Newton 29(17) [6s-3]

Jeetan Patel to Brownlie, SIX, another full toss, just bizarre from Patel. Brownlie lofts it over long-off. 20 off the over

Jeetan Patel to Brownlie, SIX, low full toss on middle, Brownlie swings it over the leaping fielder at deep square leg

Jeetan Patel to Daryl Mitchell, SIX, juicy full toss, Mitchell tonks it over deep midwicket. So easy

Neesham to Brownlie, 3 runs, pitched up outside off, carved over the head of point who just manages fingertips on it. It took the pace off slightly allowing sweeper cover to get to it with a desperate dive

Neesham to Brownlie, FOUR, overpitched outside off, which isn't the worst delivery at this stage, but Brownlie manages to drill it with power past extra cover

Ollie Newton to Brownlie, FOUR, full and wide, Brownlie is made to reach out for it but he can only it off a thick outside edge. That's enough. It flies past the keeper's reach into the fence

Ollie Newton to Daryl Mitchell, SIX, full toss outside off, Mitchell walks towards it and launches it over long-on. Superb flourish with the arms there

Ollie Newton to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, full around off, driven to long-off

Neesham to Brownlie, FOUR, somehow he's got this yorker away past short fine leg, incredible. Closes the bat-face and squirts it to the fence

Jeetan Patel to Daryl Mitchell, SIX, just clears the ropes. Total miscue from Mitchell after being beaten in flight, but he places it between long-on and deep midwicket and the short boundaries do the rest

Nofal to Brownlie, SIX, six more, huge over for the Knights. 24 off it. Short at the stumps, Brownlie swings it away for a flat six over backward square

Nofal to Brownlie, SIX, down the pitch again, this time he hits it for a maximum. Clean loft through the line over long-on

Nofal to Brownlie, FOUR, right to the pitch of it, drills it wide of long-off. Lovely use of the feet

Nofal to Brownlie, SIX, short ball, muscles this over deep midwicket. Rocked back and walloped the pull

Jeetan Patel to Brownlie, FOUR, nicely played by Brownlie, comes down the track, plays with the turn and clips it over square leg, one bounce and over the ropes

Jeetan Patel to Brett Hampton, out Caught by Bracewell!! This was coming, Hampton was struggling for timing, dropped short and skidding onto the right-hander, Hampton was rocking back on the pull, gets hurried on the shot and all he managed was a top-edge, straight up and into the hands of Bracewell at mid-wicket. Brett Hampton c Bracewell b Jeetan Patel 9(11) [6s-1]

Ollie Newton to Brett Hampton, SIX, that's a poor ball from Newton, back of a length and well wide of off, sat up to be smacked and Hampton obliged, punched high and over cover for a maximum

Jeetan Patel to Seifert, out Caught&Bowled!! That's a soft dismissal! Nicely tossed up and this ball dipped onto the batsman, Seifert was looking to work it to the on-side, played a tad too early and popped a simple return catch - the firebirds needed this, this partnership was taking the game away from their grasp. Seifert c and b Jeetan Patel 46(28) [4s-5 6s-2]

Woodcock to Seifert, SIX, beautifully played, tossed up slower and on the leg-stump line, Seifert bends down low and then sweeps it high and over backward square for a maximum

Woodcock to Brownlie, SIX, massive, a little shimmy down the track, Brownlie gets close to the ball and lifts it high and over long-on for a maximum

Neesham to Seifert, FOUR, chance and Bennett has put it down, fuller length delivery outside off, Seifert leant into the drive and got it to the right of mid-off, the captin put his hands across and deflected it away to the long-off boundary, 17 from the over

Neesham to Brownlie, FOUR, lovely, on a good length and well outside off, Brownlie leans forward and caresses the drive past cover-point, no need to run for those

Neesham to Brownlie, FOUR, smashed, Seifert had to take evasive action and he does remakably well to sway away from the line, back of a length and just outside off, Brownlie shuffles across and smashes the pull at the non-striker, beat mid-on to his left and raced away to the fence

Neesham to Brownlie, FOUR, short, wide and four, width on offer and Brownlie threw his hands at that, sliced it in the air and behind square on the off-side. Woodcock ran across to his right, but the ball was always going away from him

Bennett to Seifert, SIX, cracking shot, length ball outside off, Seifert stands tall and cracks it over backward point, hit the ropes on the full and it's the first maximum of the tournament

Bennett to Seifert, 2 runs, a chance and the bowler fumbled, allowed Brownlie to scramble back home, length delivery and Seifert didn't get hold of the lofted drive, popped it in the air and over the bowler's head, had enough to clear the men in the ring and then he wanted a second run

Ollie Newton to Seifert, FOUR, more runs for Seifert, gave himself some room by backing away, didn't get hold of the drive, but has enough to beat mid-off to his right

Ollie Newton to Seifert, FOUR, the slower ball from Newton, Seifert was looking to go inside out over cover, gets a big inside edge and drags it wide of mid-wicket, a long chase for the fielder at deep square leg and he pulls the ball back in, but as he did so, his feet was in contact with the ropes, given as a boundary

Nofal to Seifert, FOUR, too full and too wide from Nofal, Seifert throws his hands at that and places it into the gap past cover-point, races away to the fence in a hurry

Woodcock to Seifert, FOUR, beautifully played, nicely tossed up outside off, Seifert gets a good stride forward and lifts it over mid-off, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Woodcock to Devcich, out Caught by Adam Hose!! That's a terrible start for the Knights, a rank bad shot to play - just the second ball he faced and Devcich was looking to smash this one out of the ground. Winded up for a big slog to one that came back with the drift, got a thick outside edge and Hose was safe as a house at short third man. Devcich c Adam Hose b Woodcock 0(2)