WTC final: Tim Southee injures a fan with a six during Day five of the match

Tim Southee is known for his massive blows and he gave a glimpse of the same during New Zealand’s match against India in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. On Day 5 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, Southee showed his batting skills, scoring 30 runs off 46 balls with one four and two sixes. He helped the Black Caps get a lead of 32 runs in the first innings.

The two sixes came on the on-side, one off Ishant Sharma and the other off Ravindra Jadeja. In his second and last six, Southee ended up injuring a spectator. Jadeja churned out a short delivery and the batter rocked back to pull the ball over the deep mid-wicket region.

The shot was powerful enough and cleared the ropes with ease. However, a fan sitting in the stands, couldn’t evade the shot. The ball hit him right underneath the eye and he started bleeding. As far as Southee is concerned, he got out to Jadeja itself after the quick-fire knock.

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After rain played hide and seek on the first day, the WTC final has moved to the Reserve Day with India leading by 32 runs. Southee picked up the wickets of both openers- Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill.

Ahead of the final day, Mohammed Shami, the Indian speedster said that putting enough runs on the board is important. Shami was impressive as he picked up four wickets at crucial junctures of the game.

“We have to score as many as possible and then see how much time is left to put them in and decide accordingly. In conditions like England, anything can happen but we simply can’t have a pre-plan in mind that we can get them out in this many overs.

“You need time to get 10 wickets and some solid plans in place. But first, we need to score enough back-up runs,” Shami was quoted as saying in a virtual press conference.

“Obviously as you play the Test match, you can’t stick to one plan for five days. You need to be flexible and set up lines as per the track. We needed to bowl those tight lines which benefit the team in order to restrict New Zealand to as little as possible. So the pressure created momentum and we got wickets in clutches,” he added.