All results remain possible as New Zealand and Pakistan head into the final day of their three-Test series.
All results remain possible as New Zealand and Pakistan head into the final day of their three-Test series.
The hosts appeared to have taken control of the decider in Napier when they took a 248-run first-innings lead.
But a patient display saw Pakistan’s top four all make half-centuries as they reached 347 for four by the close of a rain-hit day four – 99 runs ahead with six wickets intact.
Openers Imran Farhat – who carried his bat for 117 not out in his side’s first innings of 223 – and Salman Butt resumed on an unbroken stand of 128. (more…)
Danish Kaneria spun a web around the New Zealand batsmen to leave the Test hanging in the balance at tea on the second day in Napier. New Zealand’s progress was slow, at times it was painstaking, but for a team that collapsed for 99 last week, they had done well to reach 88 for 2 at lunch before Pakistan roared back into the game.
Iain O’Brien and Daryl Tuffey bowled New Zealand into a dominant position in the deciding Test against Pakistan in Napier.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori will bat at No.6 to accommodate an extra bowler on a pitch that is likely to offer some assistance to the seamers.