09/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Nov 9-13 2014
Pakistan won by 248 runs
Player of the Match
Rahat Ali
Rahat AliPakistan
09/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Nov 9-13 2014
Pakistan won by 248 runs
Player of the Match
Rahat Ali
Rahat AliPakistan

Nouman: "Yesterday in presser after match, Hafeez "We need to score more 160 Runs" and today they exactly score 160 Runs..." Yup. That was such a Professorial thing to do!

Zubair: "New Zealand Required RR is 3.35. Very gettable..."

Azhar: "Tamim and Imrul hit tons against Zim and Hafeez is approaching his, or may have reached by the time this gets to you. I would like to inquire how many centuries have been scored this month in international cricket?"

1.07pm Pakistan have set New Zealand a target of 480, and have given themselves ample time to get ten wickets. They have 143 overs, to be precise, so New Zealand will have to bat out their third-longest fourth innings to save this Test match.

39.2
2
McCullum to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, length ball, angling in towards off stump, and he goes on the back foot and punches it firmly towards the cover boundary. They run two, Hafeez performs the sajda, pressing his forehead to the turf, and Misbah calls his players in. Pakistan have declared. For the fifth innings in a row.

field comes in, with Hafeez needing one to reach his century

39.1
1
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, back of a length on off stump, goes on the back foot and bunts it towards cover point

McCullum brings himself on

END OF OVER:
39 | 10 Runs | PAK: 172/2

  • Mohammad Hafeez99 (129b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed12 (13b)
  • Ish Sodhi13-1-66-2
  • Mark Craig5-0-29-0
38.6
2
Sodhi to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, full-toss wide of off stump, and he sweeps it round to the left of deep midwicket to run two and move to 99
38.5
6
Sodhi to Mohammad Hafeez, SIX, down the track now, moves inside the line, and launches it down the ground, just clears the rope at long-on
38.4
1
Sodhi to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, loopy delivery wide outside off, flat-batted through extra cover. Long-off moves to his left to field it
38.3
1
Sodhi to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, tossed up wide outside off, driven wristily to deep point
38.2
0
Sodhi to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, goes back to a fairly full ball on middle and leg, tucks it away into the on side
38.1
0
Sodhi to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, tossed up outside off, comes forward and dabs it to point

Saad: "@Mirza Muhammad: You forgot Javed Miandad, the great who was also a very good sweeper of the ball and extremely cheeky and busy."

END OF OVER:
38 | 5 Runs | PAK: 162/2

  • Mohammad Hafeez90 (124b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed11 (12b)
  • Mark Craig5-0-29-0
  • Ish Sodhi12-1-56-2
37.6
1
Craig to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, down the track again. He floats it a bit wider and he gets down on one knee to slog it away towards deep midwicket
37.5
1
Craig to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, full-toss on off stump, heaved over midwicket, drops down to the right of long-on
37.4
1
Craig to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, a bit of flight, angled across towards middle stump, swept to deep square leg
37.3
1
Craig to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, back of a length on leg stump, worked away to short fine leg
37.2
0
Craig to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, fuller now and Sarfraz pushes it back to the bowler

New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates 2014-15 News

A Confident Declaration?

175

The score at which Pakistan declared - their lowest against New Zealand and their sixth lowest ever.

Openers Make Merry

5

Number of 50+ opening partnerships for Pakistan in 2014 - only West Indies have more (6).

Not just any lead

8

Number of times that Pakistan have batted first and achieved a 300+ first innings lead - thrice against New Zealand.

Gen Next

3

Number of New Zealand father-son pairs who have scored Test hundreds - the Hadlees, Rutherfords and now Lathams

The Sole Opener

4

Number of fifties scored by New Zealand openers in 2014 - all four by Tom Latham.

Doesn't stick around

6

Number of balls played by Ross Taylor to score zero. He has never previously played more than two balls when he has made a Test duck.

Triple three

3

Kane Williamson's score today. He has 5 single digit scores in his last 19 Test innings, and three of those are 3.

Opening woes

0

Number of 50+ opening stands for New Zealand in Tests in 2014 - India and Zimbabwe also have none.

Opening stats

11

Number of innings since New Zealand had a Test opening stand of more than 23

Another First

1

This is the first time that all of the top-five batsmen have made 80-plus in a Test innings

Five Stars

5

Number of instances where all of Pakistan's top-five batsmen have made half centuries in the same Test innings

Tough young nut

4

Number of Pakistan batsmen below the age of 23 who have faced 350-plus balls in a Test innings - Shehzad is the fourth

A First

0

Number of previous instances of Pakistan's first and second wickets both posting 150-plus runs each.

Last long really long

1

Number of previous instances in the last 16 years where Pakistan's second wicket has fallen after the score of 300 (v SL, Colombo, 2012)