17/11Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 17-21 2014
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Ross Taylor
Ross TaylorNew Zealand
17/11Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 17-21 2014
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Ross Taylor
Ross TaylorNew Zealand

Pakistan need 261 in 72 overs. Required rate - 3.63.

What a century from Taylor! It has brilliantly set up the game for New Zealand. All up to the bowlers now. Pakistan might want to give this one a go too. Exciting times.

Umar: "3.63 runs per over is not impossible. We just saw NZ scoring at 3.85. I will promote Sarfraz as opener and hold either Taufeeq or Shan to beat down the order at 7."

James: "Good ol' Southee coming off when his team needs him most, it'll certainly help his team's cause. Hope Pakistan go for it, we could have a match on our hands"

64.5
W
Zulfiqar Babar to Southee, OUT, caught at deep cover! New Zealand have declared. He comes down, throws his bat at this wide delivery but slices it to the off side. Southee heads back, he has to be back quickly

TG Southee c Azhar Ali b Zulfiqar Babar 20 (13m 5b 0x4 3x6) SR: 400

They have lost the ball. No one wants to go to the stand there and find it.

64.4
6
Zulfiqar Babar to Southee, SIX, half-century of sixes! Southee goes bang bang bang. This is the biggest one of all.. Way way over long-on
64.3
6
Zulfiqar Babar to Southee, SIX, no. 49. This is huge.. He comes down the pitch and murders it towards the cow corner. Into the second tier. Who's going to get it? There are only empty seats there
64.2
6
Zulfiqar Babar to Southee, SIX, there is long on but he can keep watching as this one is hammered over the ropes.. Six no. 48
64.1
1
Zulfiqar Babar to Sodhi, 1 run, could have been a run out had Babar collected the throw from point.. Sodhi was nowhere near. The batsman got a leading edge there

END OF OVER:
64 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 231/8

  • Tim Southee2 (1b)
  • Ish Sodhi1 (1b)
  • Yasir Shah21-1-79-5
  • Zulfiqar Babar27-5-77-3
63.6
2
Yasir Shah to Southee, 2 runs, doesn't uses the big backlift as he chips it over extra cover
63.5
1
Yasir Shah to Sodhi, 1 run, tossed up delivery on the stumps, the batsman pushes it towards mid-off

Sodhi joins Southee

Five-for for Yasir. End of an excellent innings from Taylor

63.4
W
Yasir Shah to Taylor, OUT, is that out? Yasir Yasir, it's gone. Tossed up, pitches on off and zips past the beat the outside edge. Taylor was falling off balance and had stretched too far forward

LRPL Taylor st †Sarfaraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 104 (205m 133b 12x4 0x6) SR: 78.19

63.3
2
Yasir Shah to Taylor, 2 runs, tossed up delivery, the batsman paddles it down the fine leg

Drinks New Zealand looking in a solid position after that stand.

ali: "do you guys write this commentary.. or some voice recognition software???" --- it's a software. I transmit the code to my head, the brain sends a signal to the two bio-mechanical tentacles, and the command it punched through a typing interface. It's a bit buggy at times

63.2
W
Yasir Shah to Craig, OUT, he holes out at long-on! Craig comes down the pitch and looks to hammer it down the ground but gets it off the toe of the bat. Useful 60-run stand comes to an end

MD Craig c Rahat Ali b Yasir Shah 34 (73m 53b 3x4 1x6) SR: 64.15

Usama: "The awkward moment when Craig's batting average is better than Taylor's and Taylor's bowling average is better than Craig's."

63.1
1
Yasir Shah to Taylor, 1 run, he looks to paddles this from outside off, gets a thick top edge that lands safely towards fine leg

END OF OVER:
63 | 7 Runs | NZ: 225/6

  • Mark Craig34 (52b)
  • Ross Taylor101 (130b)
  • Zulfiqar Babar27-5-77-3
  • Ehsan Adil8-1-33-0
62.6
0
Zulfiqar Babar to Craig, no run, flatter delivery, the batsman defends it down the pitch
62.5
0
Zulfiqar Babar to Craig, no run, comes down the pitch but almost yorks himself. Digs it out down the pitch
62.4
0
Zulfiqar Babar to Craig, no run, he comes forward and defends the tossed up delivery down the pitch
62.3
0
Zulfiqar Babar to Craig, no run, tossed up and spins down the leg side, nudged to short fine leg

New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates 2014-15 News

Off the mark

9

The number of sixes that have been hit off Mark Craig's bowling in this Test, the most off any NZ bowler in a Test since 2001

Spin trick

16

Wickets taken by Pakistan's spinners in this Test, at an average of 26.68; NZ spinners have taken 4 wkts at an average of 74

Fourth-innings star

53

Younis Khan's average in the 4th innings of Tests. He has 4 hundreds and 5 fifties in 32 innings

4th-innings blues

14.69

Taufeeq Umar's Test average in 4th innings, since 2004. In 16 attempts, his highest is 39

Runs at last

118

Number of runs Taylor had scored in his last 6 Test innings, before the hundred here

The 90s factor

31

Ross Taylor's strike rate from 93 to 100. Till then, his innings SR was 89

Take Your Time

89

Brendon McCullum's first Test wicket came in his 89th Test, second to Alastair Cook's 105 Test wait (v India, July 2014)

Sticking it out

1

Number of Pakistan batsmen who have been involved in two 75+ tenth wicket stands - Rahat Ali is the only one.

The Pursuit of Lead

1

Number of times that Pakistan have taken a first innings lead against New Zealand after fielding first and conceding 400+ runs