- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10.2 Abbas finds reward for probing away outside off. After leaving such balls in the channel, Raval has a nibble at it and nicks it behind to Sarfraz. Nice and full, starts outside off, and straightens away against the angle from round the wicket, grazes the edge. The keeper does not the rest and Abbas wheels away in celebration 20/114.4 What have you done, Latham, after putting in all the hard work to blunt the new ball? He hangs his head in despair. Floated up on off and breaks back in on middle, Latham simply chips it into the lap of Hafeez at short midwicket. So, Yasir strikes with his fourth ball 35/249.1 caught behind down leg! Eish! He's played out the unplayables and falls to the unthinkable! A silly short ball, no threat in it, going harmlessly down leg. Williamson is in good form so he goes for the pull shot, trying to roll his wrists to keep the ball down, but Hasan manages to get just enough bounce to tickle the gloves and go through to the keeper. Superb innings. Flat ending. 123/520.5 Yasir lobs a delicious legbreak outside off. Full and spins away, catches Taylor in the crease. He dangles his bat out, plays away from the body, and edges it to the keeper 39/344.1 taken by the keeper! And that's why he's the boss. He won't be putting this wicket up on the mantle - a nonchalant half-volley outside off securing the outside edge as Nicholls goes for a big ole drive - but he'll take it and so will his team. Pakistan can now put pressure on the new man in. They can take control bowling on a batting pitch 111/454.1 traps him in front. Turn. So much turn. Such wonderful, wild turn and Watling has gone for a review. He's the last batsman standing so he has to. But what hope does he have when the ball is this good. Haris angles it in from wide of the crease. It pitches on leg stump and breaks away in startling fashion, beating the leading edge as Watling tries to flick and hitting him on the back pad. Ball-tracking shows three reds and umpire Oxenford's call stands 133/849.2 lbw first ball!! Too good from Hasan. It's a new batsman. He won't know much about the pitch. Can't know anything about the reverse swing on offer. So what does Hasan do? He targets the stumps. Supremely good fast bowling. And at the other end is a flat-footed block. The bat is too slow to come down. Certainly when compared to this fuller delivery that crashes into his front pad below the knee roll. Poor de Grandhomme. He had no chance. 123/650.6 appeal for lbw and it's given. But Sodhi has reviewed the call. This will be tight. It's a very well flighted delivery, always angling into the right-hander, so much that Sodhi is nearly late on it. And is nearly yorked as well. Replays indicate it might have hit bat first before pad, but we need UltraEdge to confirm. And it does indeed break the deadlock, by inches. The ball grazes Sodhi's boot half a second before it goes up to hit his bat. "I'm happy that that's pad first," says the third umpire Reiffel. Three reds on ball-tracking and Bruce Oxenford's on-field call stands 128/765.1 taken at slip. This is beautiful offspin bowling. He lobs the ball up, just so the left-hander will come forward. That mean's he's been set up for the dip and the turn. And both of them combine to take the outside edge and settle in the hands of Shafiq. 149/966.3 Yasir wraps up NZ for 153 Patel misjudges it. He pads up to a straighter one and is pinned in front. Patel was expecting it to break down the leg side. But this is the slider that traps him 153/10Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL153 all out (66.3 Overs, RR: 2.3)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Jeet Raval, 10.2 ov), 2-35 (Tom Latham, 14.4 ov), 3-39 (Ross Taylor, 20.5 ov), 4-111 (Henry Nicholls, 44.1 ov), 5-123 (Kane Williamson, 49.1 ov), 6-123 (Colin de Grandhomme, 49.2 ov), 7-128 (Ish Sodhi, 50.6 ov), 8-133 (BJ Watling, 54.1 ov), 9-149 (Neil Wagner, 65.1 ov), 10-153 (Ajaz Patel, 66.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 12 7 13 2 1.08 0 0 Hasan Ali 16 6 38 2 2.37 0 0 Bilal Asif 13 1 33 1 2.53 0 0 Yasir Shah 16.3 2 54 3 3.27 0 0 Haris Sohail 8 2 11 2 1.37 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 full and wide outside off - possibly wider than a set of stumps outside off - Imam chases it away from the body and nicks it off to Kane Williamson at gully. Loose, loose drive. The ball flies to Williamson. Nice, chest-high grab. That should've been left alone by Imam 27/18.3 Hafeez has tamely pulled a short ball straight into the hands of Williamson at short midwicket. Dug in short and outside off, Hafeez pulls from underneath and splices a catch to the NZ captain. Two in two overs for NZ 27/237.1 Boult is in the middle of a brilliant spell, and this is an equally brilliant catch from Watling diving to his right and grabbing it low - one-handed - in front of first slip. Fuller than a good length and nipping away outside off, instead of letting it go Azhar pushes away from the body and snicks it behind to the keeper. Both overnight batsmen gone 91/436.2 Soft as wax. Haris has spooned a full-toss to short midwicket. Dips on middle, Haris inches forward and chips a catch straight to Tom Latham, who incidentally was dismissed in similar fashion on day one 91/363.4 Boult is making things happen in Abu Dhabi! Good length and seams back so very late, catches the batsman in the crease. He fiddles with it, aims third man, but only chops it back on. The off stump is knocked out. Boult lets out a roar and flashes a million-dollar smile. He's been sensational today 174/583.2 Watling thinks he has his man, and Babar himself walks off. He's been strangled down the leg side. Good length and veering down the leg side, Babar doesn't get enough bat on the glance and feathers it behind to Watling, diving away to his left and plucking another one-hander. He clings onto the ball even as he tumbles on the ground. 227/1064.3 Maiden Test wicket for Patel! Safraz ventures a sweep and picks out square leg. Tossed up on middle, does not turn much but bounces to find the top edge. Wagner, the workhorse, dives forward to snaffle it. Just like that two in two overs for NZ 177/670.1 flighted outside off, goes for a big one and misses, Watling removes the bails, they are checking upstairs. The heal was still in the air when the bails came off and after a couple of replays third umpire Paul Reiffel asks to load out 195/779.3 edged and taken. 150th Test wicket for Wagner. Was a length ball angled across, Yasir aims for a big hoick, gets an outside edge Watling completes a regulation catch 220/882.2 De Grandhomme strikes with the second new ball. Near yorker, angling in, and swings away just a shade outside off. Hasan Ali jabs his bat down and ends up nicking it off to Taylor at first slip 227/9Extras10 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL227 all out (83.2 Overs, RR: 2.72)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Imam-ul-Haq, 7.3 ov), 2-27 (Mohammad Hafeez, 8.3 ov), 3-91 (Haris Sohail, 36.2 ov), 4-91 (Azhar Ali, 37.1 ov), 5-174 (Asad Shafiq, 63.4 ov), 6-177 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 64.3 ov), 7-195 (Bilal Asif, 70.1 ov), 8-220 (Yasir Shah, 79.3 ov), 9-227 (Hasan Ali, 82.2 ov), 10-227 (Babar Azam, 83.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TA Boult 18.2 6 54 4 2.94 0 0 C de Grandhomme 13 6 30 2 2.30 0 0 AY Patel 24 4 64 2 2.66 0 0 N Wagner 18 5 30 1 1.66 1 1 IS Sodhi 10 0 41 1 4.10 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR38.5 Hasan Ali has turned this game on its head in a matter of five deliveries. Raval departs as he nicks one to Sarfraz. Was pitched on a length, Raval pushes at it and gets an outside edge. Didn't move a big deal away after pitching though but good enough to get the set batsman out 108/41.1 and he nails the off stump and explodes in celebration. Full from round the wicket, angling in, swinging in to send the off stump cartwheeling. Latham misjudges it and plays down the wrong line. He departs for a golden duck. What a start for Hasan 0/133.4 Yasir produces the breakthrough for the Pakistan. The off bail is tipped off. Good length, drifts in towards off, turns away just enough to beat Kane's outside edge on the back foot. Clips the top of off and knocks over the bail. Much-needed wicket for Pakistan. Delightful loop and turn from Yasir 86/238.1 Hasan Ali strikes! Reverse swing doing the trick there. Pitches on a length outside off and nips back in sharply to strike Taylor in front, who has been beaten for both pace and swing. Would have gone on to crash into middle and leg 105/389.4 Yasir breaks the century stand. Yasir lobs it up on the rough outside off, it grips, turns. Nicholls still dares to sweep and winds up snicking it off to Sarfraz, the keeper. Umpire Oxenford raises his finger, Nicholls challenges his on-field out decision, but Ultra Edge detects a spike - off the bottom edge and a top catch from Sarfraz behind the stumps 220/593.2 Watling aims to pull one that isn't short enough and is trapped in front. Skids in from over the wicket, he goes back and misses the shot, pings the back leg in front of off. Yasir has turned the match around for Pakistan. Three in three overs for the legspinner and that's drinks 227/791.5 One brings two: Yasir now has de Grandhomme lbw. The batsman has called for a review. Only he knows why. Watson-esque review. A fizzing slider hits the back pad, as de Grandhomme plays back, that's pretty plumb and the tracker returns three reds 224/6100.2 bowled 'im! Sodhi was stuck in the crease, the ball nipped back in off the surface and hit the top of middle, fourth wicket for Hasan Ali 249/993.6 five-wicket haul for Yasir. Bowls him through the gate. Pitching outside off, in the rough and spinning back in sharply to rattle the off stump 227/8100.4 That's maiden fifer for Hasan Ali. Was a short delivery, aimed at the batsman. Boult stays back and balloons it up, Hafeez at extra cover takes a dolly 249/10Extras6 (b 4, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL249 all out (100.4 Overs, RR: 2.47)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tom Latham, 1.1 ov), 2-86 (Kane Williamson, 33.4 ov), 3-105 (Ross Taylor, 38.1 ov), 4-108 (Jeet Raval, 38.5 ov), 5-220 (Henry Nicholls, 89.4 ov), 6-224 (Colin de Grandhomme, 91.5 ov), 7-227 (BJ Watling, 93.2 ov), 8-227 (Neil Wagner, 93.6 ov), 9-249 (Ish Sodhi, 100.2 ov), 10-249 (Trent Boult, 100.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 22 10 31 0 1.40 0 0 Hasan Ali 17.4 3 45 5 2.54 1 1 Yasir Shah 37 6 110 5 2.97 0 0 Haris Sohail 7 1 12 0 1.71 0 0 Bilal Asif 14 3 43 0 3.07 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 3 1 4 0 1.33 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.3 plumb. Imam was stuck on the back foot, it was a touch fuller and spun sharply to rap him on the pad, an easy decision for the umpire. Would have crashed into middle and leg 40/113.1 gone! It's game on! Tossed up outside off and Hafeez was early into the shot, chips it to de Grandhomme at covers, a soft dismissal this one 44/258.4 given lbw. Pakistan review. Bowled from around the wicket, was slower in the air, Azhar Ali pushes forward but it spins past him, hits him high on the thigh. Did it pitch outside leg, was it too high? All sorts of things to be checked. Pitched in line, spins back to hit in line and stumps? Whoa!!! Umpire's call on the stumps as replay shows it would have hit the off bail. In the end, it's Azhar Ali who loses his wicket. Absolute scenes here. Azhar Ali is distraught, hugs and handshakes in the New Zealand camp. Had it been given not out, it would have remained not out, what luck! 171/1013.4 Sodhi strikes again. Was a low full toss and Haris has hit it straight towards the bowler, a good catch there as well by Sodhi, low to his left, shin height 48/337.3 After bowling a bevy of bouncers, Wagner sends a full ball outside off. He catches the batsman in the crease. Shafiq simply reaches out for the ball that's angling away from him and feathers it behind. Wagner gives NZ some hope. And that's lunch on day four 130/442.4 run-out. Babar Azam departs. The ball hits the inner edge and rolls towards short fine leg, Babar takes a step or two down before stopping, but Azhar Ali commits to it and keeps running. The fielder throws it to Ajaz who breaks the stumps before collecting the ball, I think, but to be on the safer side, takes out the stump as well 147/544.6 a big appeal, initially for lbw and then for caught behind as Sarfraz goes for the sweep. Denied. New Zealand are reviewing this. If not now, then when! There is a big spike when the ball goes past the glove. That's out, Pakistan lose their sixth and still need 22 154/646.2 What're Pakistan doing? Chaos. Straight ball on middle, Bilal Asif goes for a maaaaasive hack across the line, and only collects with a whole lot of fresh air. Patel hits middle stump and lets out a big roar. New Zealand are very much in this 154/747.4 Wagner finds the outside edge, nicked off to wide slip. Grant Flower, the batting coach, is stunned in the dressing room. Fuller and sliding across off, this could've been left alone. Instead, Yasir pushes at the ball and edges it to Taylor. Azhar, you should've farmed the strike! 155/850.6 It was coming, wasn't it? Hasan had already attempted two roundhouse swipes and did not connect. Patel lobs it up outside off, Hasan dares to slog-sweep it away against the turn with Pakistan 12 away from victory. He drops down to one knee and holes out to Southee the sub at the midwicket boundary 164/9Extras4 (b 4)TOTAL171 all out (58.4 Overs, RR: 2.91)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 2-44 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.1 ov), 3-48 (Haris Sohail, 13.4 ov), 4-130 (Asad Shafiq, 37.3 ov), 5-147 (Babar Azam, 42.4 ov), 6-154 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 44.6 ov), 7-154 (Bilal Asif, 46.2 ov), 8-155 (Yasir Shah, 47.4 ov), 9-164 (Hasan Ali, 50.6 ov), 10-171 (Azhar Ali, 58.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TA Boult 7 0 29 0 4.14 0 0 C de Grandhomme 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0 AY Patel 23.4 4 59 5 2.49 0 0 IS Sodhi 12 0 37 2 3.08 0 0 N Wagner 13 4 27 2 2.07 0 0
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- Fri, 16 Nov - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 59/2 (Azhar Ali 10*, Haris Sohail 22*, 23 ov)
- Sat, 17 Nov - day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 56/1 (JA Raval 26*, KS Williamson 27*, 22.4 ov)
- Sun, 18 Nov - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 37/0 (Imam-ul-Haq 25*, Mohammad Hafeez 8*, 8 ov)
- Mon, 19 Nov - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 171 (58.4 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 81/3 in 25.0 overs (Azhar Ali 14, Asad Shafiq 22)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (Azhar Ali 19, Asad Shafiq 32, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 4
- Lunch: Pakistan - 130/4 in 37.3 overs (Azhar Ali 40)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 43.2 overs (260 balls), Extras 4
- Over 44.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - Sarfraz Ahmed (Upheld)
- Over 46.3: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - Yasir Shah (Upheld)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 91 balls (4 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 164/9 in 51.0 overs (Azhar Ali 58)
- Over 54.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - Mohammad Abbas (Struck down)
- Over 58.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Umpires Call)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 35.3 overs (213 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: New Zealand - 104/2 in 37.0 overs (JA Raval 46, LRPL Taylor 18)
- Over 49.3: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BJ Watling (Upheld)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 134/4 in 50.0 overs (HM Nicholls 13, BJ Watling 15)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 59.3 overs (357 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 137 balls (HM Nicholls 22, BJ Watling 27, Ex 1)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 169/4 in 65.0 overs (HM Nicholls 32, BJ Watling 31)
- Over 73.1: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - HM Nicholls (Struck down)
- HM Nicholls: 50 off 123 balls (3 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 79.2 overs (476 balls), Extras 4
- Tea: New Zealand - 200/4 in 80.0 overs (HM Nicholls 51, BJ Watling 43)
- New ball taken after 80.3 overs
- BJ Watling: 50 off 129 balls (5 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 282 balls (HM Nicholls 49, BJ Watling 51, Ex 3)
- Over 89.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - HM Nicholls (Struck down)
- Over 91.5: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - C de Grandhomme (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 227/7 in 93.2 overs (IS Sodhi 2)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 249/10 in 100.4 overs (AY Patel 6)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 37/0 in 8.0 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 25, Mohammad Hafeez 8)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls (Azhar Ali 14, Haris Sohail 34, Ex 4)
- Over 31.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 91/4 in 37.1 overs (Asad Shafiq 0)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 39.2 overs (236 balls), Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (Asad Shafiq 24, Babar Azam 24, Ex 4)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 144/4 in 52.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 25, Babar Azam 24)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 58.4 overs (353 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Pakistan - 184/6 in 68.0 overs (Babar Azam 43, Bilal Asif 1)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 72.6 overs (439 balls), Extras 9
- Babar Azam: 50 off 92 balls (5 x 4)
- New ball taken after 80 overs
- Tea: Pakistan - 225/8 in 81.0 overs (Babar Azam 60, Hasan Ali 4)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 227/10 in 83.2 overs (Mohammad Abbas 0)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- Over 10.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - KS Williamson (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 30/1 in 14.0 overs (JA Raval 10, KS Williamson 20)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (124 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (JA Raval 24, KS Williamson 25, Ex 3)
- Bad Light: New Zealand - 56/1 in 22.4 overs (JA Raval 26, KS Williamson 27)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 56/1 in 22.4 overs (JA Raval 26, KS Williamson 27)
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Drinks: New Zealand - 27/1 in 13.0 overs (TWM Latham 13, KS Williamson 3)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 43/3 in 24.0 overs (KS Williamson 15, HM Nicholls 2)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 26.1 overs (157 balls), Extras 4
- Lunch: New Zealand - 81/3 in 37.0 overs (KS Williamson 40, HM Nicholls 15)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 114 balls (KS Williamson 28, HM Nicholls 25, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 41.2 overs (248 balls), Extras 4
- KS Williamson: 50 off 88 balls (4 x 4)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 123/5 in 49.1 overs (BJ Watling 6)
- Over 50.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - IS Sodhi (Struck down)
- Over 54.1: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BJ Watling (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 65.5 overs (395 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 153/10 in 66.3 overs (TA Boult 4)
- Tea: New Zealand - 153/10 in 66.3 overs (TA Boult 4)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 1
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 59/2 in 23.0 overs (Azhar Ali 10, Haris Sohail 22)
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