Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    35.1 a confident question to the umpire, and given leg before. Latham is slammed on his front pad, as he ponders a review with his partner, before deciding to walk back. Naseem went wide of the crease - like he did in his last over too - and went on the fuller side of a length. The ball shaped back in at rapid pace, and struck Latham, who missed his attempted flick. The ball moved in from outside off to hit him on what seemed like middle and leg, even as the ball was heading down 134/1
    62.2 outside edge, and gone! Sarfaraz and Salman celebrate halfway into their appeal, and Aleem Dar raises his finger. Conway goes jabbing at this good length ball, which was pitched around off, dipping and turning away. He ended up playing away from his body, with the ball taking appreciable bounce off the pitch too. Salman strikes, with Abrar going for runs. Babar's change works, as Pakistan strike again 234/2
    63.5 takes Williamson's outside edge this time, and Sarfaraz takes it on front of first slip! This is lovely bowling, and he has persisted with it for a long time now. Williamson hung his bat out again around fourth stump, and a little outside edge went to the keeper, who went low and tumbled in front of first slip to grab that. Naseem went on the fuller side of a length, and in the channel outside off, with the ball only slightly moving away after pitching despite being angled in 240/3
    78.6 Dropped short and it turns away from Nicholls, who misses his cut. Mild appeals and Babar opts to review. And UltraEdge shows a spike as the ball went past the outside edge and Agha Salman has his third! 278/5
    68.5 bowled him, Salman strikes again! Pakistan coming back strongly in the final session today. This turns in just enough, as Salman gives the ball a bit of loop and bowls around sixth stump. Mitchell took a good stride forward, looking to clip it across the line. But the ball turned in after dipping, and pierced the gap between bat and pad to tickle off stump while Mitchell almost lost balance. Three quick wickets, and New Zealand have been pushed back 255/4
    104.1 Gone, first ball after drinks! Length ball on middle and Blundell looks to back away and flick it but misses as it spins away and crashes into the stumps! Abrar has his second and Blundell's resistance comes to an end. 340/8
    79.3 Huge appeal and the umpire raises his finger! On a length on middle, turning in sharply and the ball beat Bracewell's defence to hit him plumb in front on his front pad. He considers a review, but walks off in the end. Abrar has his first wicket of the day as New Zealand's slide continues 279/6
    91.4 top of off! Ball holding its line after landing on an off-stump line. Sodhi tries to defend from middle and off. Ball goes just past the bat and knocks the top of off stump back. This stubborn partnership has broken 309/7
    106.1 Southee skips out of the crease to have a hoick at this length ball outside off and it spins away sharply. Sarfaraz is quick to take the bails off and they go up in appeal. Had Southee got back in the crease? Nope! His foot was in the air just above the crease and New Zealand lose their ninth 345/9
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    130.6 the partnership is finally broken! 104 added for the last wicket pair. Full on leg. Googly turning in. Tries the sweep, but top-edged behind the keeper where the first slip fielder collects. New Zealand finish on 449 449/10
    Extras
    16 (b 5, lb 5, nb 5, w 1)
    TOTAL
    449 all out (131 Overs, RR: 3.42, 548 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-134 (Tom Latham, 35.1 ov), 2-234 (Devon Conway, 62.2 ov), 3-240 (Kane Williamson, 63.5 ov), 4-255 (Daryl Mitchell, 68.5 ov), 5-278 (Henry Nicholls, 78.6 ov), 6-279 (Michael Bracewell, 79.3 ov), 7-309 (Ish Sodhi, 91.4 ov), 8-340 (Tom Blundell, 104.1 ov), 9-345 (Tim Southee, 106.1 ov), 10-449 (Ajaz Patel, 130.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Mir Hamza2137203.4202
    Naseem Shah2477132.9500
    Hasan Ali2347203.1313
    Abrar Ahmed37514944.0200
    Agha Salman2637532.8800
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    7.5 oh dear, Abdullah Shafique. Was out stumped trying to be aggressive in the first Test's first innings. Now out trying to pull a 141kph bowler and hitting it to the only outfielder on the leg side. Went for the pull, couldn't keep it down, and Shafique is down after a brisk 19. Henry-Ajaz combine, familiar sight today. 27/1
    59.5 confident appeal for caught behind, but not given. Blundell and co behind the wicket look very convinced, and Southee reviews. Imam, all this while, was almost having a tensed look. Wow, the ball just tickles the toe-end of the bat while going into Blundell's gloves. No wonder that probably only the keeper and the slips heard it. Imam had resisted fishing at a short and wide ball just last delivery, but can't let go this time. Southee went wide of the crease, and pitched it on a good length and wide of off. No foot movement from Imam, as he went flashing away from his body, and paid the price. Another chance of a century gone for Imam 182/4
    10.6 straight to point! Short-ish, wide, Shan steps back to cut it over point, but doesn't have the elevation! Reverse-cup catch by Conway from near his head. Ajaz brings out a full-throated celebration, and that's two down for Pakistan. 56/2
    24.2 O-M-G! Look away, Pakistan fans. A run out in a Test match while trying to take a third. This was a skiddy delivery worked through midwicket with Nicholls chasing. Babar wants the third, and Imam starts off too, but then stops. Babar is 3/4th down already, and both are at the striker's end with Imam returning to his crease. Simple for Bracewell to whip the bails off at the bowler's. 99/3
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    99.3 full ball on leg. Goes the leg side, Blundell whips the bails off after getting down low. Will that great keeping effort effect in a stumping down the leg side? Since the umpire has gone up, we'll check for the tickle down the leg side too before checking the stumping. Nothing off the bat, and Sarfaraz has brought his back leg down too but his heel is not on the floor That means the umpire has a tough call to make - and decide whether any part of Sarfaraz's shoe was inside the crease. And the TV umpire decides that Sarfaraz had nothing grounded behind the crease. Sarfaraz out for 78 - out for his third fifty-plus score in this series. 332/5
    124.3 is that out? Caught at slip! Bracewell. Full on off, and he gets forward to seep. But the ball takes a bit of the bat's edge, pops up and hits his shoulder, and then ricochets across. Bracewell is alert and dives to his right, puts a hand out, slows the ball down and then takes a catch on the rebound while on the floor 385/6
    126.2 Conway with terrific technique in the deep - Hasan out with the light fading. Slogs across the line, and Conway takes the catch while going back, but sees the boundary line so pops the ball up. Takes it on the followthrough. TV umpire checking if his heel touched the boundary line - no touch! 393/7
    128.4 stumps rattled! Naseem was looking to play his shots, and this time he's done in by the googly. Sodhi ensured he bowled a stump to stump line. Naseem tried to hammer it over long on. You miss, I hit. 397/8
    128.5 legbreak gets the next tailender! Dream ball for a legspinner. Full just outside off. Rare delivery from over the stumps to a left-hand batter. Hamza took a stretch to defend, but left a gap between bat and pad. First-ball duck with the stumps pegged back 397/9
    132.6 struck in front right away, and that half-appeal-half-celebration gets the approval of umpire Dar. But Abrar reviews, and why not? Tossed up, and dipping on middle and off on a fullish length after almost straightening after on pitching. He missed his push after getting deep in the crease, and was beaten. No inside edge, and he replays show it would have clipped off stump 408/10
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    10 (lb 7, nb 3)
    TOTAL
    408 all out (133 Overs, RR: 3.06, 592 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Abdullah Shafique, 7.5 ov), 2-56 (Shan Masood, 10.6 ov), 3-99 (Babar Azam, 24.2 ov), 4-182 (Imam-ul-Haq, 59.5 ov), 5-332 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 99.3 ov), 6-385 (Salman Agha, 124.3 ov), 7-393 (Hasan Ali, 126.2 ov), 8-397 (Naseem Shah, 128.4 ov), 9-397 (Mir Hamza, 128.5 ov), 10-408 (Abrar Ahmed, 132.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    TG Southee2576212.4800
    MJ Henry2895812.0701
    AY Patel1728835.1700
    MG Bracewell2638703.3400
    IS Sodhi2739533.5102
    DJ Mitchell1061111.1000
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    34.3 Abrar makes amends, taking a diving catch at short-ish midwicket! Good length ball on his pads and he flicks off the back foot. But this is again in the air somewhat, and Abrar dives to his left to take one that sticks! Oh that's glorious and Naseem takes his first. Latham out now, technically for the second time in seven deliveries. For 62 114/2
    1.1 woah, cleans him up first ball! Conway falls for a golden duck, as Pakistan get off the mark. Hamza went full on middle and off, and angled it into the left-hander. There was barely a hint of movement back in after it pitched, as it just seemed to flick the side of Conway's front pad before ricocheting into middle and off stump. Hamza with his first Test wicket in four years 5/1
    35.3 LBW appeal and given out! And another review! Tossed up full on middle or thereabouts. Williamson doesn't connect with the sweep, and it his hit him low in front of middle and leg. This is going to come down to the turn....is it doing too much? And it is "umpire's call" on the stumps! Flicking the outside of leg stump, and the on-field decision stays. Williamson out for 41. Just what Pakistan would've wanted - set batters are both gone, and we have two new men in the middle. 114/3
    42.4 ah, that came out of nowhere. Nicholls tried to swat that away, and the ball ballooned to mid-off. Rather, he was trying to pull that, but there wasn't the ideal bounce and length for it. Hasan banged it on the shorter side of a length in the channel outside off, as Nicholls pulled, but the ball took off from the top half of the bat to Babar. Nicholls was early into his shot there, or it's possible that the ball came on slower than he expected 128/4
    79.1 taken by long-on positioned midway towards the rope! Blundell swings his bat at this flighted ball, which is full and dipping on to middle. He clears his front leg, and whacks that to Imam. Who knows New Zealand would have declared had this gone for six? Anyway, Blundell hobbles his way back for 74 255/5
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    15 (b 4, lb 8, nb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    277/5d (82 Overs, RR: 3.37, 349 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Devon Conway, 1.1 ov), 2-114 (Tom Latham, 34.3 ov), 3-114 (Kane Williamson, 35.3 ov), 4-128 (Henry Nicholls, 42.4 ov), 5-255 (Tom Blundell, 79.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Naseem Shah1334313.3011
    Mir Hamza1123813.4501
    Abrar Ahmed33610313.1200
    Hasan Ali1113913.5400
    Agha Salman1434213.0000
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    0.2 bowled him, New Zealand have one this evening! Southee strikes second ball, as Pakistan are dented very early in their quest for victory. Signs of the pitch playing its tricks there, as the new, hard ball shoots low and hits the off stump. It was a good length ball, pitching just outside off. Shafique was expecting some bounce, and he tried to push, but the ball angled in between bat and pad while staying low 0/1
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    12.1 ah, and he skips down to be bowled! He was beaten by one turning in out of the rough just last over, but he doesn't improvise. And that skip-down-the-pitch dismissal comes back to haunt Pakistan again. Sodhi went full and wide-ish of off, angling it into the left-hander. Imam charged down early, looking to drive that towards possibly cover, but was beaten by the dip and turn that came into play. The ball sneaked in between bat and pad, and the off stump was shaken 35/3
    2.5 cleans him up for the second time in this Test! Pakistan lose two wickets without scoring a single run. A typical legspinner's dismissal - and very similar to the first innings, albeit this was from around the wicket - as Sodhi did everything right there. He tossed the ball up wide of off, and it dipped while drifting into the left-hander. Hamza went to defend, but the ball zipped and turned in between bat and pad to strike middle and leg. Great amount of turn there 0/2
    24.3 Michael Golden Arm Bracewell! One brings two, and Masood continues to get out after coming down the wicket. Bracewell bowled a length ball outside off, Masood came down to loft it over mid off, but he is forced to reach out at it. Toe-ended, minimal power, ball loops up for Williamson at mid off to take a stylish catch 80/5
    22.4 wow, he is caught down the leg side! And he knows he is out, since he starts walking immediately. A bonus wicket for New Zealand, really. An inside edge, as he closed the face of the face to clip this good length ball dipping around off, and turning in after pitching. He went deep in the crease, and ended up tickling it behind to Latham, who did well to move to his left on being almost blinded by Babar, who was slightly across off too 77/4
    86.3 leg slip claims a catch! Full ball on middle and off, but rapidly turning into his pads. Sarfaraz tried to flick, but it hit his glove, and the catch is probably clean as well! NZ one wicket away from victory with No. 11 on strike for three more deliveries. 287/9
    67.5 gone, guided to slip! Shakeel looking to up the tempo, but he falls, and stands in disbelief. Will this open the game up? New Zealand break the 123-run stand, as Mitchell takes a rather reflex-action catch. Bracewell bowled short and outside off, with a bit of turn away from the left-hander. Shakeel went to flash at that with the turn and bounce, but ended up getting a top edge to Mitchell's left. The latter reacted a second late it seemed, but still managed to pluck it out with agility after the ball popped out of both of his hands before landing in his right one 203/6
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    81.4 stumps rattled - Salman going T20 across the line. Wicket No. 7, Salman tries to go for a big shot, but the length wasn't right. Ball nips in, through bat and body. 273/7
    84.4 massive LBW appeal and the new ball brings a wicket. Overpitched on middle, and Hasan can't get bat on ball. Hits him in front, given out. Hasan reviews and this is crashing into the stumps at first look. No inside edge and that's three reds! Pakistan eight down. 282/8
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    23 (b 16, lb 5, w 2)
    TOTAL
    304/9 (90 Overs, RR: 3.37, 408 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Mir Hamza, 2.5 ov), 3-35 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.1 ov), 4-77 (Babar Azam, 22.4 ov), 5-80 (Shan Masood, 24.3 ov), 6-203 (Saud Shakeel, 67.5 ov), 7-273 (Salman Agha, 81.4 ov), 8-282 (Hasan Ali, 84.4 ov), 9-287 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 86.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    TG Southee2074322.1500
    MJ Henry2136913.2800
    IS Sodhi1825923.2700
    MG Bracewell2027543.7500
    AY Patel713204.5720
    DJ Mitchell42501.2500

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

2-match series drawn 0-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.30-13.30, Tea 15.15-15.35, Close 17.20

Match days

2,3,4,5,6 January 2023 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Pakistan 4, New Zealand 4

Close of Play

  • Mon, 2 Jan - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 309/6 (TA Blundell 30*, IS Sodhi 11*, 90 ov)
  • Tue, 3 Jan - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 154/3 (Imam-ul-Haq 74*, Saud Shakeel 13*, 47 ov)
  • Wed, 4 Jan - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 407/9 (Saud Shakeel 124*, Abrar Ahmed 0*, 132 ov)
  • Thu, 5 Jan - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 0/2 (Imam-ul-Haq 0*, 2.5 ov)
  • Fri, 6 Jan - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 304/9 (90 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd0Mir HamzaImam-ul-Haq
3rd35Shan MasoodImam-ul-Haq
4th42Shan MasoodBabar Azam
5th3Sarfaraz AhmedShan Masood
6th123Sarfaraz AhmedSaud Shakeel
7th70Sarfaraz AhmedAgha Salman
8th9Sarfaraz AhmedHasan Ali
9th5Sarfaraz AhmedNaseem Shah
10th17Abrar AhmedNaseem Shah