New Zealand v Pakistan, Mount Maunganui

New Zealand 431/10 & 180/5

Pakistan 239/10 & 271/10

New Zealand won by 101 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2020 · 1st Test Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui 26–30 Dec 2020

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than New Zealand.

New Zealand

1.08× +8%

Pakistan

0.89× -11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

New Zealand's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

131 +235

Faheem Ashraf Pakistan

110 +224

Kane Williamson New Zealand

150 +164

Fawad Alam Pakistan

111 +163

BJ Watling New Zealand

78 +98

Best bowling

Top match figures

Shaheen Shah Afridi4/109

KA Jamieson3/35

Naseem Shah3/55

Yasir Shah3/113

Top score

129

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

165

5th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 101 runs

Length5 days

New Zealand

431 /10 (155.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Azhar Ali b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	3	1	0	133.33
Kane Williamson	c Haris Sohail b Yasir Shah	129	297	12	1	43.43
TA Blundell	c Yasir Shah b Shaheen Shah Afridi	5	29	0	0	17.24
LRPL Taylor	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	70	151	10	1	46.36
HM Nicholls	c Shan Masood b Naseem Shah	56	137	5	0	40.88
BJ Watling	c Yasir Shah b Shaheen Shah Afridi	73	145	8	0	50.34
MJ Santner	c Mohammad Rizwan b Faheem Ashraf	19	43	2	1	44.19
KA Jamieson	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	32	69	1	1	46.38
TG Southee	b Yasir Shah	0	9	0	0	0.00
N Wagner	c Shan Masood b Yasir Shah	19	36	2	0	52.78
TA Boult*	not out	8	17	0	0	47.06

Extras 16 (lb 5, w 5, nb 6)

Total 431/10 (155.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	36.0	7	109	4	3.03
Mohammad Abbas	31.0	14	49	1	1.58
Faheem Ashraf	19.0	8	40	1	2.11
Naseem Shah	25.0	3	96	1	3.84
Yasir Shah	37.0	4	113	3	3.05
Shan Masood	2.0	1	2	0	1.00
Haris Sohail	5.0	0	17	0	3.40

Fall of wickets

1-4 (TWM Latham, 0.3)·2-13 (TA Blundell, 10.2)·3-133 (LRPL Taylor, 56.5)·4-266 (HM Nicholls, 100.1)·5-281 (Kane Williamson, 104.3)·6-317 (MJ Santner, 119.2)·7-383 (KA Jamieson, 141.2)·8-388 (TG Southee, 144.1)·9-421 (BJ Watling, 151.2)·10-431 (N Wagner, 154.6)

Pakistan

239 /10 (102.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	10	42	0	0	23.81
Abid Ali	b KA Jamieson	25	104	3	0	24.04
Mohammad Abbas	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	5	55	1	0	9.09
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	5	34	0	0	14.71
Haris Sohail	c HM Nicholls b TG Southee	3	22	0	0	13.64
Fawad Alam	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	9	42	0	0	21.43
Mohammad Rizwan	run out	71	142	8	0	50.00
Faheem Ashraf	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	91	134	15	1	67.91
Yasir Shah	b TA Boult	4	7	1	0	57.14
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	6	30	1	0	20.00
Naseem Shah*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 3, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)

Total 239/10 (102.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	26.0	7	69	2	2.65
TA Boult	26.0	4	71	2	2.73
KA Jamieson	23.2	13	35	3	1.50
N Wagner	21.0	5	50	2	2.38
MJ Santner	6.0	2	7	0	1.17

Fall of wickets

1-28 (Shan Masood, 15.3)·2-39 (Abid Ali, 32.2)·3-43 (Mohammad Abbas, 33.6)·4-51 (Azhar Ali, 42.2)·5-52 (Haris Sohail, 42.6)·6-80 (Fawad Alam, 59.1)·7-187 (Mohammad Rizwan, 88.6)·8-196 (Yasir Shah, 90.6)·9-235 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 101.3)·10-239 (Faheem Ashraf, 102.2)

New Zealand

180 /5 (45.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	c Abid Ali b Naseem Shah	53	112	3	47.32
TA Blundell	b Mohammad Abbas	64	107	7	59.81
Kane Williamson	c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah	21	33	2	63.64
LRPL Taylor*	not out	12	13	1	92.31
HM Nicholls	c Mohammad Abbas b Naseem Shah	11	5	2	220.00
BJ Watling	run out	5	3	1	166.67
MJ Santner*	not out	6	5	1	120.00

Extras 8 (lb 2, w 1, nb 5)

Total 180/5 (45.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	11.0	0	47	0	4.27
Mohammad Abbas	11.0	2	33	1	3.00
Naseem Shah	12.3	1	55	3	4.40
Faheem Ashraf	4.0	1	18	0	4.50
Yasir Shah	6.0	0	21	0	3.50
Shan Masood	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-111 (TA Blundell, 32.4)·2-139 (TWM Latham, 39.5)·3-147 (Kane Williamson, 41.7)·4-165 (HM Nicholls, 43.4)·5-170 (BJ Watling, 43.7)

Pakistan

271 /10 (123.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Shan Masood	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	0	8	0	0.00
Abid Ali	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	0	2	0	0.00
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	38	120	5	31.67
Haris Sohail	c MJ Santner b TG Southee	9	46	0	19.57
Fawad Alam	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	102	269	14	37.92
Mohammad Rizwan	lbw b KA Jamieson	60	191	6	31.41
Faheem Ashraf	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	19	28	4	67.86
Yasir Shah	c TG Southee b KA Jamieson	0	5	0	0.00
Mohammad Abbas	lbw b MJ Santner	1	26	0	3.85
Shaheen Shah Afridi*	not out	8	30	2	26.67
Naseem Shah	c & b MJ Santner	1	24	0	4.17

Extras 33 (b 16, lb 7, w 2, nb 8)

Total 271/10 (123.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	23.0	8	33	2	1.43
TA Boult	25.0	9	72	2	2.88
KA Jamieson	26.0	13	35	2	1.35
N Wagner	28.0	9	55	2	1.96
MJ Santner	19.3	4	52	2	2.67
Kane Williamson	2.0	1	1	0	0.50

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Abid Ali, 1.2)·2-0 (Shan Masood, 2.2)·3-37 (Haris Sohail, 17.5)·4-75 (Azhar Ali, 39.3)·5-240 (Mohammad Rizwan, 102.5)·6-242 (Fawad Alam, 105.6)·7-251 (Yasir Shah, 108.3)·8-259 (Faheem Ashraf, 111.5)·9-261 (Mohammad Abbas, 115.5)·10-271 (Naseem Shah, 123.3)