New Zealand v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi

New Zealand 153/10 & 249/10

Pakistan 227/10 & 171/10

New Zealand won by 4 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2018 · 1st Test Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 16–19 Nov 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Pakistan.

New Zealand

0.85× -15%

Pakistan

1.14× +14%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Kane Williamson New Zealand

100 +165

Azhar Ali Pakistan

87 +161

Babar Azam Pakistan

75 +148

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

88 +136

HM Nicholls New Zealand

83 +122

Best bowling

Top match figures

Hasan Ali5/45

AY Patel5/59

Yasir Shah5/110

TA Boult4/54

Top score

Azhar Ali · Pakistan

Biggest stand

112

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 4 runs

Length4 days

New Zealand

153 /10 (66.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JA Raval	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas	7	34	1	20.59
TWM Latham	c Mohammad Hafeez b Yasir Shah	13	38	2	34.21
Kane Williamson	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali	63	112	5	56.25
LRPL Taylor	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	2	14	0	14.29
HM Nicholls	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas	28	78	4	35.90
BJ Watling	lbw b Haris Sohail	10	35	1	28.57
C de Grandhomme	lbw b Hasan Ali	0	1	0	0.00
IS Sodhi	lbw b Haris Sohail	4	6	1	66.67
N Wagner	c Asad Shafiq b Bilal Asif	12	33	0	36.36
AY Patel	lbw b Yasir Shah	6	43	0	13.95
TA Boult*	not out	4	5	1	80.00

Extras 4 (lb 4)

Total 153/10 (66.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	12.0	7	13	2	1.08
Hasan Ali	16.0	6	38	2	2.38
Bilal Asif	13.0	1	33	1	2.54
Yasir Shah	16.3	3	54	3	3.27
Haris Sohail	8.0	2	11	2	1.38
Mohammad Hafeez	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-20 (JA Raval, 10.2)·2-35 (TWM Latham, 14.4)·3-39 (LRPL Taylor, 20.5)·4-111 (HM Nicholls, 44.1)·5-123 (Kane Williamson, 49.1)·6-123 (C de Grandhomme, 49.2)·7-128 (IS Sodhi, 50.6)·8-133 (BJ Watling, 54.1)·9-149 (N Wagner, 65.1)·10-153 (AY Patel, 66.3)

Pakistan

227 /10 (83.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	c Kane Williamson b C de Grandhomme	6	17	0	0	35.29
Mohammad Hafeez	c Kane Williamson b TA Boult	20	31	4	0	64.52
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	22	95	1	0	23.16
Haris Sohail	c TWM Latham b IS Sodhi	38	76	4	0	50.00
Asad Shafiq	b TA Boult	43	93	5	1	46.24
Babar Azam	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	62	109	5	0	56.88
Sarfraz Ahmed	c N Wagner b AY Patel	2	4	0	0	50.00
Bilal Asif	st BJ Watling b AY Patel	11	24	1	0	45.83
Yasir Shah	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	9	38	2	0	23.68
Hasan Ali	c LRPL Taylor b C de Grandhomme	4	10	1	0	40.00
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 227/10 (83.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	18.2	7	54	4	2.95
C de Grandhomme	13.0	6	30	2	2.31
AY Patel	24.0	4	64	2	2.67
N Wagner	18.0	5	30	1	1.67
IS Sodhi	10.0	0	41	1	4.10

Fall of wickets

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

New Zealand

249 /10 (100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali	46	120	5	0	38.33
TWM Latham	b Hasan Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	b Yasir Shah	37	91	3	0	40.66
LRPL Taylor	lbw b Hasan Ali	19	19	3	0	100.00
HM Nicholls	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah	55	171	3	0	32.16
BJ Watling	lbw b Yasir Shah	59	145	5	0	40.69
C de Grandhomme	lbw b Yasir Shah	3	8	0	0	37.50
IS Sodhi	b Hasan Ali	18	27	1	1	66.67
N Wagner	b Yasir Shah	0	4	0	0	0.00
AY Patel*	not out	6	17	0	0	35.29
TA Boult	c Mohammad Hafeez b Hasan Ali	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 249/10 (100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Abbas	22.0	10	31	0	1.41
Hasan Ali	17.4	3	45	5	2.55
Yasir Shah	37.0	6	110	5	2.97
Haris Sohail	7.0	1	12	0	1.71
Bilal Asif	14.0	3	43	0	3.07
Mohammad Hafeez	3.0	1	4	0	1.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (TWM Latham, 1.1)·2-86 (Kane Williamson, 33.4)·3-105 (LRPL Taylor, 38.1)·4-108 (JA Raval, 38.5)·5-220 (HM Nicholls, 89.4)·6-224 (C de Grandhomme, 91.5)·7-227 (BJ Watling, 93.2)·8-227 (N Wagner, 93.6)·9-249 (IS Sodhi, 100.2)·10-249 (TA Boult, 100.4)

Pakistan

171 /10 (58.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b AY Patel	27	33	4	81.82
Mohammad Hafeez	c C de Grandhomme b IS Sodhi	10	44	1	22.73
Azhar Ali	lbw b AY Patel	65	136	5	47.79
Haris Sohail	c & b IS Sodhi	4	3	1	133.33
Asad Shafiq	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	45	81	4	55.56
Babar Azam	run out	13	21	1	61.90
Sarfraz Ahmed	c BJ Watling b AY Patel	3	7	0	42.86
Bilal Asif	b AY Patel	0	2	0	0.00
Yasir Shah	c LRPL Taylor b N Wagner	0	7	0	0.00
Hasan Ali	c TG Southee b AY Patel	0	8	0	0.00
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	0	10	0	0.00

Extras 4 (b 4)

Total 171/10 (58.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	7.0	0	29	0	4.14
C de Grandhomme	3.0	0	15	0	5.00
AY Patel	23.4	5	59	5	2.49
IS Sodhi	12.0	0	37	2	3.08
N Wagner	13.0	4	27	2	2.08

Fall of wickets

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