New Zealand v Pakistan, Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Pakistan 351/10 & 259/10

New Zealand 690/10

New Zealand won by 80 runs

New Zealand v Pakistan 2014 · 3rd Test Sharjah Cricket Stadium 26–30 Nov 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.28× +28%

New Zealand

0.96× -4%

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

192 +243

BB McCullum New Zealand

202 +243

Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan

221 +210

Asad Shafiq Pakistan

148 +188

MD Craig New Zealand

65 +96

Best bowling

Top match figures

MD Craig7/94

TA Boult4/38

Rahat Ali4/99

Yasir Shah4/193

Top score

202

BB McCullum · New Zealand

Biggest stand

297

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 80 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

351 /10 (125.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c TA Boult b IS Sodhi	197	316	25	3	62.34
Shan Masood	b MD Craig	12	57	1	0	21.05
Azhar Ali	c LRPL Taylor b MD Craig	39	102	4	1	38.24
Younis Khan	lbw b DL Vettori	5	13	0	0	38.46
Misbah-ul-Haq	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	38	120	5	1	31.67
Asad Shafiq	c IS Sodhi b MD Craig	11	39	1	0	28.21
Sarfraz Ahmed	c BJ Watling b MD Craig	15	24	1	0	62.50
Yasir Shah	c LRPL Taylor b MD Craig	25	65	4	0	38.46
Mohammad Talha	c TWM Latham b MD Craig	0	4	0	0	0.00
Rahat Ali	c LRPL Taylor b MD Craig	0	13	0	0	0.00
Zulfiqar Babar*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 4, w 4, nb 1)

Total 351/10 (125.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	21.0	6	54	0	2.57
TG Southee	24.0	4	54	1	2.25
DL Vettori	19.0	5	41	1	2.16
CJ Anderson	12.0	4	28	0	2.33
MD Craig	27.4	5	94	7	3.40
IS Sodhi	22.0	3	76	1	3.45

Fall of wickets

1-44 (Shan Masood, 16.5)·2-131 (Azhar Ali, 45.2)·3-160 (Younis Khan, 50.2)·4-285 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 93.5)·5-311 (Mohammad Hafeez, 106.5)·6-313 (Asad Shafiq, 107.6)·7-336 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 117.4)·8-336 (Mohammad Talha, 119.2)·9-346 (Rahat Ali, 123.6)·10-351 (Yasir Shah, 125.4)

New Zealand

690 /10 (143.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali	13	32	2	0	40.62
BB McCullum	b Yasir Shah	202	188	21	11	107.45
Kane Williamson	c Younis Khan b Rahat Ali	192	244	23	1	78.69
LRPL Taylor	c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah	50	114	3	2	43.86
CJ Anderson	c Yasir Shah b Rahat Ali	50	57	7	2	87.72
DL Vettori	lbw b Rahat Ali	15	15	3	0	100.00
BJ Watling	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	8	22	1	0	36.36
MD Craig	c & b Mohammad Hafeez	65	85	2	3	76.47
TG Southee	c Mohammad Talha b Yasir Shah	50	61	3	2	81.97
IS Sodhi	c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah	22	43	1	1	51.16
TA Boult*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 2, lb 7, w 8, nb 6)

Total 690/10 (143.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Talha	22.0	2	136	0	6.18
Rahat Ali	29.0	2	99	4	3.41
Zulfiqar Babar	23.0	1	135	0	5.87
Yasir Shah	44.1	5	193	4	4.37
Mohammad Hafeez	23.0	2	110	2	4.78
Azhar Ali	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-51 (TWM Latham, 8.4)·2-348 (BB McCullum, 61.3)·3-464 (LRPL Taylor, 93.3)·4-488 (Kane Williamson, 99.1)·5-528 (DL Vettori, 105.6)·6-537 (CJ Anderson, 107.3)·7-546 (BJ Watling, 112.4)·8-637 (TG Southee, 129.6)·9-682 (MD Craig, 140.6)·10-690 (IS Sodhi, 143.1)

Pakistan

259 /10 (63.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c & b MD Craig	24	41	5	0	58.54
Shan Masood	c TG Southee b TA Boult	4	5	1	0	80.00
Azhar Ali	b TA Boult	6	16	1	0	37.50
Younis Khan	lbw b TA Boult	0	1	0	0	0.00
Misbah-ul-Haq	c BJ Watling b MD Craig	12	57	1	0	21.05
Asad Shafiq	c MD Craig b TA Boult	137	148	18	6	92.57
Sarfraz Ahmed	c LRPL Taylor b IS Sodhi	37	39	6	0	94.87
Yasir Shah	lbw b IS Sodhi	10	4	1	1	250.00
Mohammad Talha	lbw b DL Vettori	19	27	3	1	70.37
Rahat Ali	c BB McCullum b MD Craig	6	42	1	0	14.29
Zulfiqar Babar*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 259/10 (63.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	15.0	6	38	4	2.53
TG Southee	11.0	3	20	0	1.82
MD Craig	20.3	3	109	3	5.32
DL Vettori	5.0	2	8	1	1.60
IS Sodhi	12.0	0	82	2	6.83

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Shan Masood, 2.2)·2-20 (Azhar Ali, 6.6)·3-24 (Younis Khan, 8.1)·4-36 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.6)·5-63 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.3)·6-136 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 40.2)·7-146 (Yasir Shah, 40.6)·8-180 (Mohammad Talha, 48.5)·9-258 (Asad Shafiq, 62.2)·10-259 (Rahat Ali, 63.3)