Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
147 | (wicket maiden) | PAK: 393/10

  • Rahat Ali16 (49b)
  • Brendon McCullum2-1-1-1
  • Mark Craig28-5-117-1

1.16 pm New Zealand have a lead - 10 runs. Not quite what they would have imagined at the start of the day. All due to Sarfraz's excellent innings.

Tanveer Maan: "So we sacrificed a honorable record of declaration for mere a one run ......"

146.6
W
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, OUT, Baz has his first Test wicket and a big win! Sarfraz wanted to slap this length delivery down the ground but doesn't get hold of that, flat-bats it straight back at the bowler

Sarfaraz Ahmed c & b McCullum 112 (215m 195b 16x4 0x6) SR: 57.43

Field comes in.

146.5
0
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, fuller delivery on the stumps, the batsman punches it back down the pitch

Why didn't he take a single of the fourth ball!!

146.4
0
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, full toss on the pads, punched straight to long on. No single. No single?
146.3
0
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, back of length on the stumps, he stays back and defends it down the pitch
146.2
0
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, fuller on the stumps, the batsman punches it down to long on
146.1
0
McCullum to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, bludgeoned down the ground but long off cuts it off

Baz continues with his medium pace

END OF OVER:
146 | 1 Run | PAK: 393/9

  • Rahat Ali16 (49b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed112 (189b)
  • Mark Craig28-5-117-1
  • Brendon McCullum1-0-1-0

Stevo: "Rahat reminds me of Jason Gillespie- block, block, block again. I wonder if he will go on to get a double century too?"

145.6
0
Craig to Rahat Ali, no run, tossed up delivery, the batsman comes forward and defends
145.5
1
Craig to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, punches this one off the back foot to long on for a single
145.4
0
Craig to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, stays in the crease and defends this to the leg side

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