Pakistan v New Zealand, Christchurch

Pakistan 297/10 & 186/10

New Zealand 659/6

New Zealand won by 176 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2020 · 2nd Test Hagley Oval, Christchurch 3–6 Jan 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than New Zealand.

Pakistan

0.92× -8%

New Zealand

1.08× +8%

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

Kane Williamson New Zealand

238 +286

HM Nicholls New Zealand

157 +191

Azhar Ali Pakistan

130 +185

DJ Mitchell New Zealand

102 +106

Faheem Ashraf Pakistan

76 +100

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Jamieson6/48

KA Jamieson5/69

TA Boult3/43

TG Southee2/61

Top score

238

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

369

4th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–37

3 wkts for 37 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 176 runs

Length4 days

Pakistan

297 /10 (83.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Shan Masood	lbw b TG Southee	0	8	0	0.00
Abid Ali	c TG Southee b KA Jamieson	25	53	3	47.17
Azhar Ali	c LRPL Taylor b MJ Henry	93	172	12	54.07
Haris Sohail	c HM Nicholls b KA Jamieson	1	4	0	25.00
Fawad Alam	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	2	8	0	25.00
Mohammad Rizwan	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	61	71	11	85.92
Faheem Ashraf	c LRPL Taylor b KA Jamieson	48	88	8	54.55
Zafar Gohar	c KA Jamieson b TG Southee	34	62	6	54.84
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c HM Nicholls b TA Boult	4	21	0	19.05
Mohammad Abbas*	not out	0	7	0	0.00
Naseem Shah	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	12	9	3	133.33

Extras 17 (b 2, lb 9, w 6)

Total 297/10 (83.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	23.0	7	61	2	2.65
TA Boult	20.5	3	82	2	3.94
KA Jamieson	21.0	8	69	5	3.29
MJ Henry	17.0	2	68	1	4.00
DJ Mitchell	2.0	1	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (Shan Masood, 2.3)·2-66 (Abid Ali, 19.6)·3-70 (Haris Sohail, 21.2)·4-83 (Fawad Alam, 23.6)·5-171 (Mohammad Rizwan, 45.6)·6-227 (Azhar Ali, 62.2)·7-260 (Faheem Ashraf, 71.6)·8-282 (Zafar Gohar, 80.4)·9-285 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 81.2)·10-297 (Naseem Shah, 83.5)

New Zealand

659 /6 (158.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Haris Sohail b Shaheen Shah Afridi	33	71	4	0	46.48
TA Blundell	lbw b Faheem Ashraf	16	54	3	0	29.63
Kane Williamson	c Shan Masood b Faheem Ashraf	238	364	28	0	65.38
LRPL Taylor	c Shan Masood b Mohammad Abbas	12	33	1	0	36.36
HM Nicholls	c Naseem Shah b Mohammad Abbas	157	291	18	1	53.95
BJ Watling	c Haris Sohail b Shaheen Shah Afridi	7	18	1	0	38.89
DJ Mitchell*	not out	102	112	8	2	91.07
KA Jamieson*	not out	30	22	2	2	136.36

Extras 64 (b 27, lb 8, w 17, nb 12)

Total 659/6 (158.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	35.5	8	101	2	2.82
Mohammad Abbas	34.0	11	98	2	2.88
Naseem Shah	26.0	2	141	0	5.42
Faheem Ashraf	28.0	4	106	2	3.79
Shan Masood	2.0	0	17	0	8.50
Zafar Gohar	32.0	0	159	0	4.97
Haris Sohail	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-52 (TA Blundell, 19.5)·2-52 (TWM Latham, 20.4)·3-71 (LRPL Taylor, 29.6)·4-440 (HM Nicholls, 119.4)·5-452 (BJ Watling, 123.6)·6-585 (Kane Williamson, 150.4)

Pakistan

186 /10 (81.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Shan Masood	c TG Southee b KA Jamieson	0	25	0	0.00
Abid Ali	c WA Young b KA Jamieson	26	77	3	33.77
Mohammad Abbas	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	3	29	0	10.34
Azhar Ali	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	37	98	6	37.76
Haris Sohail	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	15	45	2	33.33
Fawad Alam	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	16	44	2	36.36
Mohammad Rizwan	b KA Jamieson	10	18	2	55.56
Faheem Ashraf	c BJ Watling b KA Jamieson	28	65	3	43.08
Zafar Gohar	c MJ Henry b TA Boult	37	64	7	57.81
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c LRPL Taylor b Kane Williamson	7	26	1	26.92
Naseem Shah*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, w 4, nb 2)

Total 186/10 (81.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	20.0	8	45	0	2.25
TA Boult	18.4	6	43	3	2.30
KA Jamieson	20.0	6	48	6	2.40
MJ Henry	15.0	5	25	0	1.67
DJ Mitchell	5.0	1	8	0	1.60
Kane Williamson	3.0	0	16	1	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-3 (Shan Masood, 7.2)·2-17 (Mohammad Abbas, 15.6)·3-46 (Abid Ali, 29.2)·4-79 (Haris Sohail, 43.5)·5-88 (Azhar Ali, 47.2)·6-98 (Mohammad Rizwan, 51.5)·7-126 (Fawad Alam, 61.4)·8-145 (Faheem Ashraf, 71.1)·9-171 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 79.5)·10-186 (Zafar Gohar, 81.4)