New Zealand v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi

New Zealand 274/10 & 353/7

Pakistan 348/10 & 156/10

New Zealand won by 123 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2018 · 3rd Test Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 3–7 Dec 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Pakistan.

New Zealand

0.90× -10%

Pakistan

1.09× +9%

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

228 +464

HM Nicholls New Zealand

127 +266

Azhar Ali Pakistan

139 +177

BJ Watling New Zealand

77 +174

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

104 +138

Best bowling

Top match figures

Bilal Asif5/65

WER Somerville4/75

Yasir Shah4/129

TG Southee3/42

Top score

139

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

212

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 123 runs

Length5 days

New Zealand

274 /10 (116.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	lbw b Yasir Shah	45	82	4	0	54.88
TWM Latham	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	11	1	0	36.36
Kane Williamson	c Asad Shafiq b Hasan Ali	89	176	7	0	50.57
LRPL Taylor	b Yasir Shah	0	1	0	0	0.00
HM Nicholls	b Yasir Shah	1	13	0	0	7.69
BJ Watling*	not out	77	250	4	0	30.80
C de Grandhomme	c Asad Shafiq b Bilal Asif	20	22	1	1	90.91
TG Southee	c Babar Azam b Bilal Asif	2	9	0	0	22.22
WER Somerville	b Bilal Asif	12	99	0	0	12.12
AY Patel	c Asad Shafiq b Bilal Asif	6	25	1	0	24.00
TA Boult	b Bilal Asif	1	9	0	0	11.11

Extras 17 (b 11, lb 6)

Total 274/10 (116.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Hasan Ali	20.0	6	58	1	2.90
Shaheen Shah Afridi	23.0	6	52	1	2.26
Yasir Shah	41.0	11	75	3	1.83
Bilal Asif	30.1	5	65	5	2.15
Haris Sohail	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-24 (TWM Latham, 5.4)·2-70 (JA Raval, 22.2)·3-70 (LRPL Taylor, 22.3)·4-72 (HM Nicholls, 26.3)·5-176 (Kane Williamson, 67.6)·6-203 (C de Grandhomme, 76.2)·7-209 (TG Southee, 78.2)·8-254 (WER Somerville, 106.5)·9-272 (AY Patel, 114.2)·10-274 (TA Boult, 116.1)

Pakistan

348 /10 (135.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	c TG Southee b TA Boult	9	18	2	50.00
Mohammad Hafeez	c TG Southee b TA Boult	0	4	0	0.00
Azhar Ali	c AY Patel b WER Somerville	134	297	12	45.12
Haris Sohail	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	34	91	2	37.36
Asad Shafiq	lbw b AY Patel	104	259	14	40.15
Babar Azam	b WER Somerville	14	25	2	56.00
Sarfraz Ahmed	c JA Raval b WER Somerville	25	60	2	41.67
Bilal Asif	c LRPL Taylor b AY Patel	11	28	1	39.29
Yasir Shah	run out	1	25	0	4.00
Hasan Ali	b WER Somerville	0	2	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 6, lb 9, nb 1)

Total 348/10 (135.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	25.0	5	56	1	2.24
TA Boult	26.0	7	66	2	2.54
C de Grandhomme	13.0	2	36	0	2.77
AY Patel	35.0	5	100	2	2.86
WER Somerville	36.0	8	75	4	2.08

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.4)·2-17 (Imam-ul-Haq, 5.2)·3-85 (Haris Sohail, 34.5)·4-286 (Azhar Ali, 106.5)·5-304 (Asad Shafiq, 113.4)·6-312 (Babar Azam, 118.3)·7-333 (Bilal Asif, 125.5)·8-346 (Yasir Shah, 132.1)·9-347 (Hasan Ali, 132.6)·10-348 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 134.6)

New Zealand

353 /7 (113.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	15	0	0	0.00
TWM Latham	c Haris Sohail b Yasir Shah	10	37	0	0	27.03
Kane Williamson	lbw b Hasan Ali	139	283	14	0	49.12
WER Somerville	lbw b Yasir Shah	4	34	0	0	11.76
LRPL Taylor	c Bilal Asif b Shaheen Shah Afridi	22	14	4	0	157.14
HM Nicholls*	not out	126	266	13	0	47.37
C de Grandhomme	c Bilal Asif b Yasir Shah	26	19	2	2	136.84
BJ Watling	b Yasir Shah	0	1	0	0	0.00
TG Southee*	not out	15	10	0	1	150.00

Extras 11 (b 9, lb 1, nb 1)

Total 353/7 (113.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Hasan Ali	16.0	5	62	1	3.88
Shaheen Shah Afridi	20.0	5	85	2	4.25
Yasir Shah	39.0	8	129	4	3.31
Bilal Asif	36.0	6	62	0	1.72
Azhar Ali	1.0	0	2	0	2.00
Mohammad Hafeez	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (JA Raval, 3.4)·2-24 (TWM Latham, 11.4)·3-37 (WER Somerville, 20.1)·4-60 (LRPL Taylor, 23.5)·5-272 (Kane Williamson, 104.1)·6-334 (C de Grandhomme, 110.4)·7-334 (BJ Watling, 110.5)

Pakistan

156 /10 (56.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imam-ul-Haq	c HM Nicholls b AY Patel	22	54	4	0	40.74
Mohammad Hafeez	b TG Southee	8	20	1	0	40.00
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	5	14	0	0	35.71
Haris Sohail	c LRPL Taylor b WER Somerville	9	28	0	1	32.14
Asad Shafiq	c BJ Watling b WER Somerville	0	1	0	0	0.00
Babar Azam	c TG Southee b AY Patel	51	114	5	0	44.74
Sarfraz Ahmed	b WER Somerville	28	41	4	0	68.29
Bilal Asif	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	12	48	0	0	25.00
Yasir Shah	c AY Patel b TG Southee	4	5	1	0	80.00
Hasan Ali	c Kane Williamson b AY Patel	4	7	1	0	57.14
Shaheen Shah Afridi*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 6, nb 1)

Total 156/10 (56.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	12.0	3	42	3	3.50
TA Boult	6.0	4	7	0	1.17
C de Grandhomme	4.0	1	3	1	0.75
AY Patel	14.1	5	42	3	2.96
WER Somerville	20.0	2	52	3	2.60

Fall of wickets

1-19 (Mohammad Hafeez, 6.4)·2-32 (Azhar Ali, 11.3)·3-43 (Haris Sohail, 17.3)·4-43 (Asad Shafiq, 17.4)·5-55 (Imam-ul-Haq, 20.4)·6-98 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 35.4)·7-131 (Bilal Asif, 48.6)·8-137 (Yasir Shah, 50.5)·9-150 (Babar Azam, 54.5)·10-156 (Hasan Ali, 56.1)