Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad
176(371) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 35 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
4 23 17 37 33 10 16 36
TWM Latham
TWM Latham
103(222) 13x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 26 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
9 2 8 30 20 15 3 16

Best performances - Bowlers

Rahat Ali
Rahat Ali
O17
M10
R22
W4
Eco1.29
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Yasir Shah
Yasir Shah
O18
M1
R74
W3
Eco4.11
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • PAK - 1st
  • NZ - 1st
  • PAK - 2nd
  • NZ - 2nd

Pakistan - 1st - Innings

178
Mohammad Hafeez96 (137)
Ahmed Shehzad82 (181)
169
Azhar Ali73 (187)
Ahmed Shehzad94 (190)
26
Younis Khan12 (26)
Azhar Ali14 (28)
193*
Younis Khan88 (115)
Misbah-ul-Haq102 (162)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

33
BB McCullum18 (45)
TWM Latham14 (60)
5
KS Williamson3 (4)
TWM Latham2 (3)
9
LRPL Taylor0 (6)
TWM Latham9 (11)
83
CJ Anderson48 (70)
TWM Latham31 (60)
20
JDS Neesham11 (30)
TWM Latham8 (24)
65
BJ Watling23 (62)
TWM Latham39 (64)
4
BJ Watling3 (2)
MD Craig1 (5)
0
BJ Watling2 (1)
TG Southee0 (5)
43
BJ Watling16 (28)
IS Sodhi25 (46)
0
BJ Watling0 (3)
TA Boult0 (0)

Pakistan - 2nd - Innings

69
Azhar Ali23 (47)
Mohammad Hafeez41 (65)
70
Younis Khan28 (45)
Mohammad Hafeez37 (49)
36*
Mohammad Hafeez23 (16)
Sarfaraz Ahmed13 (14)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

57
BB McCullum35 (44)
TWM Latham20 (35)
4
BB McCullum4 (5)
KS Williamson0 (5)
8
LRPL Taylor8 (10)
KS Williamson0 (1)
42
CJ Anderson19 (40)
KS Williamson23 (39)
1
CJ Anderson1 (1)
JDS Neesham0 (2)
0
BJ Watling0 (1)
CJ Anderson0 (0)
9
CJ Anderson3 (7)
MD Craig6 (15)
17
TG Southee5 (18)
MD Craig12 (12)
39
MD Craig10 (43)
IS Sodhi29 (54)
54
TA Boult19 (43)
IS Sodhi34 (48)

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)