Vettori's 99 rallies Black Caps

Daniel Vettori fell for 99 as New Zealand dominated a rain shortened second day against Pakistan in Dunedin.

New Zealand take control on day two of the first Test against Pakistan

First Test Match
Dunedin
New Zealand 404-8 (D L Vettori 99, L R P L Taylor 94, B B McCullum 78, M J Guptill 60) v Pakistan Daniel Vettori fell for 99 as New Zealand dominated a rain shortened second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin. Vettori, resuming on 40, helped the Black Caps advance their overnight position of 276-6 to 381-7 and was closing in on his fifth Test century when play was delayed for more than three-and-a-half hours shortly after lunch. When the teams returned at 6.35pm local time, Vettori moved quickly into the 90s with his 13th boundary coming off an Umar Gul delivery. But he looked tentative thereafter and was lucky not to go when he edged between Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamram Akmal and first slip Imran Farhat in Gul's next over. Gul eventually got his man 10 balls later, enticing the left-hander into a thick edge which Akmal gathered.

Bad light

Just one delivery after Vettori's dismissal New Zealand were offered the light, which they accepted to end the day on 404-8 with Shane Bond unbeaten on eight and Iain O'Brien two not out. Bond survived a referral to the umpire decision review system in the same over Vettori departed when Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf queried Simon Taufel's decision to turn down an lbw appeal. Vettori's wicket was Gul's second scalp of the day after his yorker removed Brendon McCullum's middle stump on the stroke of lunch to leave New Zealand at 375-7. McCullum had added 53 to his overnight score to reach 78 by the time he was dislodged as he and Vettori frustrated the Pakistan bowlers in a dogged seventh-wicket stand of 164.