New Zealand v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi

Pakistan 566/3 & 175/2

New Zealand 262/10 & 231/10

Pakistan won by 248 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2014 · 1st Test Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 9–13 Nov 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.20× +20%

New Zealand

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Pakistan'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 Hafeez Pakistan

197 +194

TWM Latham New Zealand

123 +179

Ahmed Shehzad Pakistan

176 +176

IS Sodhi New Zealand

88 +169

Younis Khan Pakistan

128 +131

Best bowling

Top match figures

Rahat Ali4/22

Yasir Shah3/74

Zulfiqar Babar3/79

Imran Khan2/37

Top score

176

Ahmed Shehzad · Pakistan

Biggest stand

178

1st wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 248 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

566 /3 (170.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c & b CJ Anderson	96	137	10	0	70.07
Ahmed Shehzad	hit wkt b CJ Anderson	176	371	17	1	47.44
Azhar Ali	b IS Sodhi	87	215	5	0	40.47
Younis Khan*	not out	100	141	10	0	70.92
Misbah-ul-Haq*	not out	102	162	9	1	62.96

Extras 5 (b 2, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 566/3 (170.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	26.0	7	62	0	2.38
TG Southee	23.0	5	62	0	2.70
MD Craig	33.0	1	126	0	3.82
IS Sodhi	43.0	6	162	1	3.77
CJ Anderson	19.0	3	68	2	3.58
JDS Neesham	16.0	0	50	0	3.12
BB McCullum	10.5	1	32	0	2.95

Fall of wickets

1-178 (Mohammad Hafeez, 52.6)·2-347 (Ahmed Shehzad, 115.4)·3-373 (Azhar Ali, 124.4)

New Zealand

262 /10 (87.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	lbw b Rahat Ali	103	222	13	46.40
BB McCullum	c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar	18	45	2	40.00
Kane Williamson	b Rahat Ali	3	4	0	75.00
LRPL Taylor	c Asad Shafiq b Zulfiqar Babar	0	6	0	0.00
CJ Anderson	b Rahat Ali	48	70	8	68.57
JDS Neesham	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Hafeez	11	30	1	36.67
BJ Watling	lbw b Zulfiqar Babar	42	96	4	43.75
MD Craig	run out (Rahat Ali)	1	5	0	20.00
TG Southee	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	0	5	0	0.00
IS Sodhi	b Yasir Shah	25	46	5	54.35

Extras 11 (lb 7, nb 4)

Total 262/10 (87.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rahat Ali	17.0	10	22	4	1.29
Imran Khan	11.0	2	29	0	2.64
Zulfiqar Babar	27.3	6	79	3	2.87
Mohammad Hafeez	15.0	1	60	1	4.00
Yasir Shah	17.0	1	65	1	3.82

Fall of wickets

1-33 (BB McCullum, 17.2)·2-38 (Kane Williamson, 18.3)·3-47 (LRPL Taylor, 21.2)·4-130 (CJ Anderson, 42.6)·5-150 (JDS Neesham, 51.5)·6-215 (TWM Latham, 72.4)·7-219 (MD Craig, 73.5)·8-219 (TG Southee, 74.5)·9-262 (IS Sodhi, 86.6)·10-262 (BJ Watling, 87.3)

Pakistan

175 /2 (39.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez*	not out	101	130	12	2	77.69
Azhar Ali	lbw b IS Sodhi	23	47	0	0	48.94
Younis Khan	lbw b IS Sodhi	28	45	2	0	62.22
Sarfraz Ahmed*	not out	13	14	1	0	92.86

Extras 10 (b 6, lb 2, w 2)

Total 175/2 (39.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	7.0	2	25	0	3.57
TG Southee	9.0	0	33	0	3.67
IS Sodhi	13.0	1	66	2	5.08
CJ Anderson	5.0	1	11	0	2.20
MD Craig	5.0	0	29	0	5.80
BB McCullum	0.2	0	3	0	9.00

Fall of wickets

1-69 (Azhar Ali, 18.4)·2-139 (Younis Khan, 34.2)

New Zealand

231 /10 (70.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Yasir Shah b Zulfiqar Babar	20	35	3	0	57.14
BB McCullum	lbw b Yasir Shah	39	49	7	0	79.59
Kane Williamson	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Hafeez	23	45	3	0	51.11
LRPL Taylor	lbw b Yasir Shah	8	10	1	0	80.00
CJ Anderson	lbw b Imran Khan	23	48	1	0	47.92
JDS Neesham	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	0	2	0	0	0.00
BJ Watling	b Rahat Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00
MD Craig	b Yasir Shah	28	70	3	0	40.00
TG Southee	b Zulfiqar Babar	5	18	1	0	27.78
IS Sodhi	lbw b Imran Khan	63	102	7	1	61.76
TA Boult*	not out	19	43	3	0	44.19

Extras 3 (b 1, lb 2)

Total 231/10 (70.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rahat Ali	11.0	1	48	2	4.36
Imran Khan	10.3	2	37	2	3.52
Zulfiqar Babar	24.0	6	48	2	2.00
Yasir Shah	18.0	1	74	3	4.11
Mohammad Hafeez	7.0	0	21	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-57 (TWM Latham, 13.1)·2-61 (BB McCullum, 14.5)·3-69 (LRPL Taylor, 16.4)·4-111 (Kane Williamson, 29.5)·5-112 (JDS Neesham, 30.2)·6-112 (BJ Watling, 30.3)·7-121 (CJ Anderson, 34.1)·8-138 (TG Southee, 39.1)·9-177 (MD Craig, 55.2)·10-231 (IS Sodhi, 70.3)