New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test

Pakistan v New Zealand - 2018 (2018/19) · Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi · 16 November 2018

New Zealand won by 4 runs

New Zealand won by 4 runs. Azhar Ali top-scored with 65 for Pakistan. Hasan Ali took 5/45.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Pakistan v New Zealand - 2018 (2018/19)
Ground: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Dates: 16 November 2018 to 19 November 2018
Toss: New Zealand, chose to bat
Result: New Zealand won by 4 runs
Player of the match: Ajaz Patel
Captains: Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan)
Debut: Ajaz Patel (New Zealand)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and IJ Gould
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. It was Ajaz Patel's first Test.

New Zealand batted first and made 153 all out. Kane Williamson top-scored with 63 off 112 balls. Yasir Shah took 3 for 54 for Pakistan. From 123 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 30 runs, to 153 for 10. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, 364 across 13 Tests.

Pakistan replied with 227 all out. Babar Azam top-scored with 62 off 109 balls, and Asad Shafiq made 43. Trent Boult took 4 for 54 for New Zealand. Pakistan led by 74 on first innings.

New Zealand made 249 all out in their second innings. BJ Watling top-scored with 59 off 145 balls, and Henry Nicholls made 55. Hasan Ali took 5 for 45 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 112-run stand for the fifth wicket between BJ Watling and Henry Nicholls, 45% of the total. From 220 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 29 runs, to 249 for 10.

Set 176 to win, Pakistan made 171 all out. Azhar Ali top-scored with 65 off 136 balls, and Asad Shafiq made 45. Ajaz Patel took 5 for 59 for New Zealand. From 147 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 24 runs, to 171 for 10.

New Zealand won by 4 runs.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 153 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Jeet Raval	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas	7	34
Tom Latham	c Mohammad Hafeez b Yasir Shah	13	38
Kane Williamson	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali	63	112
Ross Taylor	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	2	14
Henry Nicholls	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas	28	78
BJ Watling	lbw b Haris Sohail	10	35
Colin de Grandhomme	lbw b Hasan Ali	0	1
Ish Sodhi	lbw b Haris Sohail	4	6
Neil Wagner	c Asad Shafiq b Bilal Asif	12	33
Ajaz Patel	lbw b Yasir Shah	6	43
Trent Boult	not out	4	5

Extras 4 · Total 153 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Abbas	12	7	13	2
Hasan Ali	16	6	38	2
Bilal Asif	13	1	33	1
Yasir Shah	16.3	2	54	3
Haris Sohail	8	2	11	2
Mohammad Hafeez	1	1	0	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-20 (Jeet Raval, 10.2 ov), 2-35 (Tom Latham, 14.4 ov), 3-39 (Ross Taylor, 20.5 ov), 4-111 (Henry Nicholls, 44.1 ov), 5-123 (Kane Williamson, 49.1 ov), 6-123 (Colin de Grandhomme, 49.2 ov), 7-128 (Ish Sodhi, 50.6 ov), 8-133 (BJ Watling, 54.1 ov), 9-149 (Neil Wagner, 65.1 ov), 10-153 (Ajaz Patel, 66.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Jeet Raval (7) and Tom Latham (9)	20	62
second	Kane Williamson (11) and Tom Latham (4)	15	26
third	Ross Taylor (2) and Kane Williamson (2)	4	37
fourth	Kane Williamson (44) and Henry Nicholls (28)	72	140
fifth	BJ Watling (6) and Kane Williamson (6)	12	30
sixth	Colin de Grandhomme (0) and BJ Watling (0)	0	1
seventh	BJ Watling (1) and Ish Sodhi (4)	5	10
eighth	BJ Watling (3) and Neil Wagner (2)	5	19
ninth	Neil Wagner (10) and Ajaz Patel (6)	16	66
tenth	Trent Boult (4) and Ajaz Patel (0)	4	8

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 227 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Imam-ul-Haq	c Kane Williamson b Colin de Grandhomme	6	17
Mohammad Hafeez	c Kane Williamson b Trent Boult	20	31
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b Trent Boult	22	95
Haris Sohail	c Tom Latham b Ish Sodhi	38	76
Asad Shafiq	b Trent Boult	43	93
Babar Azam	c BJ Watling b Trent Boult	62	109
Sarfaraz Ahmed	c Neil Wagner b Ajaz Patel	2	4
Bilal Asif	st BJ Watling b Ajaz Patel	11	24
Yasir Shah	c BJ Watling b Neil Wagner	9	38
Hasan Ali	c Ross Taylor b Colin de Grandhomme	4	10
Mohammad Abbas	not out	0	4

Extras 10 · Total 227 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Trent Boult	18.2	6	54	4
Colin de Grandhomme	13	6	30	2
Ajaz Patel	24	4	64	2
Neil Wagner	18	5	30	1
Ish Sodhi	10	0	41	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-27 (Imam-ul-Haq, 7.3 ov), 2-27 (Mohammad Hafeez, 8.3 ov), 3-91 (Haris Sohail, 36.2 ov), 4-91 (Azhar Ali, 37.1 ov), 5-174 (Asad Shafiq, 63.4 ov), 6-177 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 64.3 ov), 7-195 (Bilal Asif, 70.1 ov), 8-220 (Yasir Shah, 79.3 ov), 9-227 (Hasan Ali, 82.2 ov), 10-227 (Babar Azam, 83.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Mohammad Hafeez (20) and Imam-ul-Haq (6)	27	45
second	Azhar Ali (0) and Mohammad Hafeez (0)	0	6
third	Azhar Ali (22) and Haris Sohail (38)	64	167
fourth	Azhar Ali (0) and Asad Shafiq (0)	0	5
fifth	Asad Shafiq (43) and Babar Azam (36)	83	160
sixth	Sarfaraz Ahmed (2) and Babar Azam (1)	3	5
seventh	Babar Azam (7) and Bilal Asif (11)	18	34
eighth	Yasir Shah (9) and Babar Azam (15)	25	56
ninth	Babar Azam (3) and Hasan Ali (4)	7	17
tenth	Babar Azam (0) and Mohammad Abbas (0)	0	6

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 249 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Jeet Raval	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali	46	120
Tom Latham	b Hasan Ali	0	1
Kane Williamson	b Yasir Shah	37	91
Ross Taylor	lbw b Hasan Ali	19	19
Henry Nicholls	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	55	171
BJ Watling	lbw b Yasir Shah	59	145
Colin de Grandhomme	lbw b Yasir Shah	3	8
Ish Sodhi	b Hasan Ali	18	27
Neil Wagner	b Yasir Shah	0	4
Ajaz Patel	not out	6	17
Trent Boult	c Mohammad Hafeez b Hasan Ali	0	2

Extras 6 · Total 249 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Abbas	22	10	31	0
Hasan Ali	17.4	3	45	5
Yasir Shah	37	6	110	5
Haris Sohail	7	1	12	0
Bilal Asif	14	3	43	0
Mohammad Hafeez	3	1	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Tom Latham, 1.1 ov), 2-86 (Kane Williamson, 33.4 ov), 3-105 (Ross Taylor, 38.1 ov), 4-108 (Jeet Raval, 38.5 ov), 5-220 (Henry Nicholls, 89.4 ov), 6-224 (Colin de Grandhomme, 91.5 ov), 7-227 (BJ Watling, 93.2 ov), 8-227 (Neil Wagner, 93.6 ov), 9-249 (Ish Sodhi, 100.2 ov), 10-249 (Trent Boult, 100.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Jeet Raval (0) and Tom Latham (0)	0	7
second	Kane Williamson (37) and Jeet Raval (46)	86	195
third	Ross Taylor (19) and Jeet Raval (0)	19	27
fourth	Jeet Raval (0) and Henry Nicholls (3)	3	4
fifth	BJ Watling (57) and Henry Nicholls (52)	112	306
sixth	Colin de Grandhomme (3) and BJ Watling (1)	4	13
seventh	BJ Watling (1) and Ish Sodhi (2)	3	9
eighth	Neil Wagner (0) and Ish Sodhi (0)	0	4
ninth	Ish Sodhi (16) and Ajaz Patel (6)	22	38
tenth	Trent Boult (0) and Ajaz Patel (0)	0	2

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 171 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b Ajaz Patel	27	33
Mohammad Hafeez	c Colin de Grandhomme b Ish Sodhi	10	44
Azhar Ali	lbw b Ajaz Patel	65	136
Haris Sohail	c & b Ish Sodhi	4	3
Asad Shafiq	c BJ Watling b Neil Wagner	45	81
Babar Azam	run out (Ish Sodhi, Ajaz Patel)	13	21
Sarfaraz Ahmed	c BJ Watling b Ajaz Patel	3	7
Bilal Asif	b Ajaz Patel	0	2
Yasir Shah	c Ross Taylor b Neil Wagner	0	7
Hasan Ali	c Tim Southee b Ajaz Patel	0	8
Mohammad Abbas	not out	0	10

Extras 4 · Total 171 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Trent Boult	7	0	29	0
Colin de Grandhomme	3	0	15	0
Ajaz Patel	23.4	4	59	5
Ish Sodhi	12	0	37	2
Neil Wagner	13	4	27	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-40 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 2-44 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.1 ov), 3-48 (Haris Sohail, 13.4 ov), 4-130 (Asad Shafiq, 37.3 ov), 5-147 (Babar Azam, 42.4 ov), 6-154 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 44.6 ov), 7-154 (Bilal Asif, 46.2 ov), 8-155 (Yasir Shah, 47.4 ov), 9-164 (Hasan Ali, 50.6 ov), 10-171 (Azhar Ali, 58.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Mohammad Hafeez (9) and Imam-ul-Haq (27)	40	75
second	Azhar Ali (3) and Mohammad Hafeez (1)	4	4
third	Azhar Ali (0) and Haris Sohail (4)	4	3
fourth	Azhar Ali (37) and Asad Shafiq (45)	82	143
fifth	Azhar Ali (4) and Babar Azam (13)	17	30
sixth	Azhar Ali (4) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (3)	7	14
seventh	Azhar Ali (0) and Bilal Asif (0)	0	8
eighth	Azhar Ali (1) and Yasir Shah (0)	1	8
ninth	Azhar Ali (9) and Hasan Ali (0)	9	20
tenth	Azhar Ali (7) and Mohammad Abbas (0)	7	46

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