1.51pm And we have just heard that New Zealand will follow on. What lies in store, I wonder...
Yasir Shah's 8 for 41 are now the best figures in an innings in UAE, beating Devendra Bishoo's 8 for 49 to top spot, inform both Akshay and Gaurav.
1.48pm Eight for 41 for Yasir Shah, the third-best bowling figures in an innings for Pakistan ever, and that has left them with a 328-run lead on the first innings. This match has spun wickedly, no pun intended, after a 50-run opening partnership between Jeet Raval and Tom Latham. It was a needless attempt at a reverse sweep by Raval that gave Yasir his first, but from then on, he used the turn available on this pitch to bamboozle the Kiwis. They were 61/1 at one stage, and lost their last nine wickets for just 29! Kane Williamson stranded on 28, which in the context of the innings, was massive! But not nearly enough...
TA Boult st †Sarfaraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Ameen Chilwan: "Hei Debayan, Yasir did not "kiss the turf there". It is called Sajda, prostration. Muslims do that when they want to thank the Almighty on an achievement. Common with Pakistani and Bangladeshi Cricketers when they score a 100 or take a five-for." -- Thanks for pointing that out, will make the necessary correction
AY Patel lbw b Yasir Shah 4 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
END OF OVER:35 | 13 Runs | NZ: 90/8
- Kane Williamson28 (37b)
- Ajaz Patel4 (4b)
- Hasan Ali10-5-25-1
- Yasir Shah12-1-41-6
Taimoor: "Just logged in. Is it the pitch, really good bowling or poor batting performance?" -- Would you believe, a bit of all of those? Though about 60 percent of the second
Earlier stat, just to clarify, Gaurav tells me:The fewest balls required to take five wickets in a Test match is 12, by Jacques Kallis in the course of his 5 for 21 for South Africa against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom in October 2002. That just bettered a burst of 5 for 0 in 13 balls by Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis, also against Bangladesh, while taking 6 for 55 in Dhaka the previous season. Jim Laker's 9 for 37 in the first innings of the Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 1956 (which he finished with a record 19 for 90), also included a spell of 5 for 0 in 13 balls. The fastest five-for from the start of a bowling spell in a Test is 19 balls, set by Australia's Ernie Toshack against India in Brisbane in 1947-48, and equalled by Stuart Broad for England against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2015.
Someone asked about the fastest five-wicket haul in Tests. This one isn't it, sadly
Gaurav Sundaraman also tells me that Yasir Shah comfortably has the most wickets in UAE, including the first to 100 wickets there.
END OF OVER:34 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 77/8
- Kane Williamson19 (33b)
- Ajaz Patel0 (2b)
- Yasir Shah12-1-41-6
- Hasan Ali9-5-12-1
Ajaz Patel comes in, with the unenviable task of keeping Yasir out
"will yasir be able to take another (World Wide Web (W.W.W) status.." -- Smart wordplay by Yousaf
N Wagner lbw b Yasir Shah 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
He will now bowl to Neil Wagner. Welcomed with four men around the bat
100 wickets in UAE in just his 16th match for Yasir Shah!
Shabaib Abdulla: "If Pakistan can bowl out NZ under 120 then I think Follow-on will be a good option. NZ will be down and out and Pakistan would have 300 runs on the board and had a great chance to crush NZ a innings defeat"
