Pakistan scored 348 runs in their first innings. Azhar Ali faced 297 balls and scored 134 runs. He completed his beautiful innings with the help of twelve boundaries. Asad Shafiq scored 104 runs off 259 deliveries. The captain of the team Sarfraz Ahmed contributed 25 runs. WER Somerville took four wickets, AY Patel and TA Boult took two wickets each of them, TG Southee took one wicket. In yesterday’s play, New Zealand faced 14 overs and scored 26 runs with the loss of both openers and now New Zealand trail by 48 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
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New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistan team/playing XI
1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Asad Shafiq, 5 Haris Sohail, 6 Babar Azam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 8 Yasir Shah, 9 Bilal Asif, 10 Hasan Ali, 11 Shaheen Afridi.
New Zealand team/playing XI
1 Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 BJ Watling (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Ajaz Patel, 11 Will Somerville.
Form guide
New Zealand: LWDWW (Last five Tests, most recent first)
Pakistan: WLWDL
Match Timings: 10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00; Friday: Lunch 12.30-13.30; Tea: 15.30-16.00; Close: 17:30
Umpires – Paul Reiffel, Ian Gould
TV Umpires – Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Ahsan Raza
Match number – Test no. 2332
