New Zealand v Pakistan, Karachi

New Zealand 449/10 & 277/5

Pakistan 408/10 & 304/9

Match drawn

New Zealand v Pakistan 2022 · 2nd Test National Stadium, Karachi, Karachi 2–6 Jan 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Pakistan.

New Zealand

1.10× +10%

Pakistan

1.39× +39%

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

Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan

196 +240

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

157 +208

TA Blundell New Zealand

125 +177

TWM Latham New Zealand

133 +152

DP Conway New Zealand

122 +134

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Bracewell4/75

Abrar Ahmed4/149

Naseem Shah3/71

Agha Salman3/75

Top score

125*

Saud Shakeel · Pakistan

Biggest stand

150

5th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

New Zealand

449 /10 (131.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	lbw b Naseem Shah	71	100	9	0	71.00
DP Conway	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Agha Salman	122	191	16	1	63.87
Kane Williamson	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah	36	91	5	0	39.56
HM Nicholls	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Agha Salman	26	56	3	0	46.43
DJ Mitchell	b Agha Salman	3	14	0	0	21.43
TA Blundell	b Abrar Ahmed	51	108	6	0	47.22
MG Bracewell	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	0	2	0	0	0.00
IS Sodhi	b Naseem Shah	11	33	2	0	33.33
TG Southee	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Abrar Ahmed	10	37	1	0	27.03
MJ Henry*	not out	68	81	8	2	83.95
AY Patel	c Agha Salman b Abrar Ahmed	35	78	4	0	44.87

Extras 16 (b 5, lb 5, w 1, nb 5)

Total 449/10 (131.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mir Hamza	21.0	3	72	0	3.43
Naseem Shah	24.0	7	71	3	2.96
Hasan Ali	23.0	4	72	0	3.13
Abrar Ahmed	37.0	5	149	4	4.03
Agha Salman	26.0	3	75	3	2.88

Fall of wickets

1-134 (TWM Latham, 35.1)·2-234 (DP Conway, 62.2)·3-240 (Kane Williamson, 63.5)·4-255 (DJ Mitchell, 68.5)·5-278 (HM Nicholls, 78.6)·6-279 (MG Bracewell, 79.3)·7-309 (IS Sodhi, 91.4)·8-340 (TA Blundell, 104.1)·9-345 (TG Southee, 106.1)·10-449 (AY Patel, 130.6)

Pakistan

408 /10 (133.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c AY Patel b MJ Henry	19	32	4	0	59.38
Imam-ul-Haq	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	83	165	10	1	50.30
Shan Masood	c DP Conway b AY Patel	20	11	4	0	181.82
Babar Azam	run out (HM Nicholls)	24	41	3	1	58.54
Saud Shakeel*	not out	125	341	17	0	36.66
Sarfraz Ahmed	st TA Blundell b DJ Mitchell	78	109	10	0	71.56
Agha Salman	c MG Bracewell b AY Patel	41	78	7	0	52.56
Hasan Ali	c DP Conway b AY Patel	4	5	1	0	80.00
Naseem Shah	b IS Sodhi	4	8	1	0	50.00
Mir Hamza	b IS Sodhi	0	1	0	0	0.00
Abrar Ahmed	lbw b IS Sodhi	0	10	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (lb 7, nb 3)

Total 408/10 (133.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	25.0	7	62	1	2.48
MJ Henry	28.0	9	58	1	2.07
AY Patel	17.0	2	88	3	5.18
MG Bracewell	26.0	3	87	0	3.35
IS Sodhi	27.0	3	95	3	3.52
DJ Mitchell	10.0	6	11	1	1.10

Fall of wickets

1-27 (Abdullah Shafique, 7.5)·2-56 (Shan Masood, 10.6)·3-99 (Babar Azam, 24.2)·4-182 (Imam-ul-Haq, 59.5)·5-332 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 99.3)·6-385 (Agha Salman, 124.3)·7-393 (Hasan Ali, 126.2)·8-397 (Naseem Shah, 128.4)·9-397 (Mir Hamza, 128.5)·10-408 (Abrar Ahmed, 132.6)

New Zealand

277 /5 (82.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Abrar Ahmed b Naseem Shah	62	103	11	0	60.19
DP Conway	b Mir Hamza	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	41	107	6	0	38.32
HM Nicholls	c Babar Azam b Hasan Ali	5	21	1	0	23.81
TA Blundell	c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman	74	135	7	1	54.81
MG Bracewell*	not out	74	119	11	0	62.18
DJ Mitchell*	not out	6	8	0	0	75.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 2)

Total 277/5 (82.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Naseem Shah	13.0	3	43	1	3.31
Mir Hamza	11.0	2	38	1	3.45
Abrar Ahmed	33.0	6	103	1	3.12
Hasan Ali	11.0	1	39	1	3.55
Agha Salman	14.0	3	42	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (DP Conway, 1.1)·2-114 (TWM Latham, 34.3)·3-114 (Kane Williamson, 35.3)·4-128 (HM Nicholls, 42.4)·5-255 (TA Blundell, 79.1)

Pakistan

304 /9 (90.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	b TG Southee	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mir Hamza	b IS Sodhi	0	9	0	0	0.00
Imam-ul-Haq	b IS Sodhi	12	26	2	0	46.15
Shan Masood	c Kane Williamson b MG Bracewell	35	66	5	0	53.03
Babar Azam	c TWM Latham b MG Bracewell	27	41	5	0	65.85
Sarfraz Ahmed	c Kane Williamson b MG Bracewell	118	176	9	1	67.05
Saud Shakeel	c DJ Mitchell b MG Bracewell	32	146	4	0	21.92
Agha Salman	b MJ Henry	30	40	4	0	75.00
Hasan Ali	lbw b TG Southee	5	10	1	0	50.00
Naseem Shah*	not out	15	11	2	1	136.36
Abrar Ahmed*	not out	7	13	1	0	53.85

Extras 23 (b 16, lb 5, w 2)

Total 304/9 (90.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	20.0	7	43	2	2.15
MJ Henry	21.0	3	69	1	3.29
IS Sodhi	18.0	2	59	2	3.28
MG Bracewell	20.0	2	75	4	3.75
AY Patel	7.0	1	32	0	4.57
DJ Mitchell	4.0	2	5	0	1.25

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.2)·2-0 (Mir Hamza, 2.5)·3-35 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.1)·4-77 (Babar Azam, 22.4)·5-80 (Shan Masood, 24.3)·6-203 (Saud Shakeel, 67.5)·7-273 (Agha Salman, 81.4)·8-282 (Hasan Ali, 84.4)·9-287 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 86.3)