Published: Nov 13, 2014, 10:11 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 11:28 AM (IST)
Nov 13, 2014
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(Pakistan had a great time in the opening Test against New Zealand. They registered a huge score in board and bowled out the opponents cheaply in the first innings. Pakistan then set New Zealand a mammoth target of 480 and then reduced them 174 for 8 in their second innings at the end of Day 4. Will Pakistan wrap up things fast or will New Zealand survive against all odds? Catch all the live updates of Day 5 of this Test here)
A fan of Misbah ul Haq congratulated him in a tweet.
Congratulations Misbah on becoming the Most Successful Test Captain of Pakistan. Great Achievement. Here's My Tribute pic.twitter.com/Qa884CSOb5
— Hassan (@iamhassan9) November 13, 2014
OUT! Ish Sodhi lbw Imran Khan 63
New Zealand 231 all out | Overs 70.3
That’s it. Imran Khan finishes it off. Ish Sodhi is out leg-before. At last the win comes for Pakistan. Misbah ul Haq becomes the most succesful skipper in Pakistan history.
New Zealand 229/9 | Overs 68
Trent Boult 19(37) and Ish Sodhi 61 (83)
Imran Khan running in now. A few outswingers then an inswinger from him. The last two batsmen still there. A period of frustration now. The last two batsmen hanging in now.
New Zealand 229/9 | Overs 68
Trent Boult 19(37) and Ish Sodhi 61 (83)
New Zealand frustrating Pakistan with this last wicket partnership. It’s almost a fifty run stand now. The last two providing some resistance. Pakistan would be itching to be get off the field. This is Ish Sodhi ‘s highest Test score.
New Zealand 222/9 | Overs 65
Trent Boult 19(31) and Ish Sodhi 55 (81)
Sodhi gets to his half-century. This is is his second Test fifty. ? Boult and Sodhi are having some fun now. Sodhi would be hoping he can get to his second half-century. Yasir Shah would be hoping for another scalp.
New Zealand 190/9 | Overs 59
Trent Boult 3(12) and Ish Sodhi 39 (54)
The tail-enders can play a few shots now. Zulfiqar Babar in now. Can he finish it off now? Rahat Ali runs in now. Can he get his third wicket? For how long can Boult and Ish Sodhi prolong this?
OUT! Mark Craig b Yasir Shah 28
New Zealand 179/9 | Overs 56
Trent Boult 2(4) and Ish Sodhi 29 (54)
Another one for Pakistan. Just one more to go. Yasir Shah bowls Mark Craig. Pakistan on the verge of another win. It’s just a matter of time now. Misbah ul Haq wil become the most successful Test skipper in the history of Pakistan cricket with 15 wins.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand at Abu Dhabi. I am Indrajit Dutta, and I will be bringing you live updates from the fifth day’s play.
Pakistan produced another ruthless performance to move to the brink of victory in the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
A ninth wicket stand of 36 in 14.5 overs between Mark Craig (27) and Ish Sodhi (27) delayed Pakistan’s victory on the fourth day at Sheikh Zayed Stadium but New Zealand were struggling on 174-8 after being set a daunting target of 480, reported AFP.
Pakistan need just two wickets on the final day for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series while New Zealand still need 306 for an unlikely win on the fifth and final day. Spinners Zulfiqar Babar (2-30) and Yasir Shah (2-49) and seamer Rahat Ali (2-38) destroyed the New Zealand batting.
Earlier Mohammad Hafeez hit an unbeaten 101 to help Pakistan declare their second innings on 175-2 before the bowlers took over and skittled the Kiwi batsmen. It was a weak batting display by New Zealand who promised a lot before the Test but only Brendon McCullum (39), Corey Anderson (23) and Kane Williamson (23) offered little resistance.
McCullum and Tom Latham (20) gave New Zealand a confident start of 57 runs before Babar had first innings centurion Latham top-edging a sweep to Shah. Four runs later Shah trapped McCullum and then had Ross Taylor out in the same fashion for eight, leaving New Zealand reeling at 47-3.
Anderson and Williamson added 42 for the fourth wicket but calamity struck as three wickets fell in the space of just five balls. Hafeez had Williamson stumped while Rahat dismissed Jimmy Neesham and BJ Watling off successive deliveries — both without scoring.
Rahat’s pace partner Imran Khan then had Anderson leg-before as the batsman offered no stroke to a straight delivery while Babar cleaned up Tim Southee for five. Hafeez reached his sixth Test hundred, with a couple off McCullum. In all he hit two sixes and 12 boundaries during his 130-ball knock. It was Hafeez’s first century since his 196 against Sri Lanka in July 2012.
The first session saw Younis and Hafeez batting solidly. Younis, who hit a brilliant 100 not out in the first innings, survived a leg-before referral, but he fell soon after lunch to Sodhi, who finished with 2-66.
Hafeez opened up after a cautious start, hitting boundaries off paceman Trent Boult and then he hit two off Sodhi to complete his fifty and follow up on his 96 in Pakistan’s first innings of 566-3 declared. Pakistan, resuming at 15-0, had looked for quick runs but were checked by disciplined New Zealand bowling. Sodhi removed Azhar Ali for 23 to give his team the early breakthrough.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Rahat Ali, Imran Khan.
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum (c), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Jimmy Neesham, BJ Watling (wk), Tim Southee, Mark Craig, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.
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