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Day 5 of 5
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Pakistan

348 & 156

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New Zealand

274 & 353-7

New Zealand win by 123 runs

Pakistan vs New Zealand

Azhar Ali leads Pakistan recovery in deciding Test against New Zealand

By AFP | Last Updated: 08/12/18 11:05am

Azhar Ali led Pakistan's recovery and was 62no at stumps

Azhar Ali struck a fighting half-century to help Pakistan recover to 139-3 at close on the second day of the third Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi.

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It marked a good recovery from 17-2 after Kiwi pace bowler Trent Boult ripped out openers Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammed Hafeez, who later announced his retirement from Test cricket.

Azhar was unbeaten on 62 at the close having shared a dogged, unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 54 with Asad Shafiq, who will resume on 26.

Pakistan are still 135 runs adrift of New Zealand's first-innings total of 274 in which BJ Watling made a gutsy and vital 77 not out.

The three-match series is tied at 1-1 after New Zealand won the first Test in Abu Dhabi by four runs before Pakistan bounced back with an innings-and-16-run win in the second in Dubai.

Azhar remains key for Pakistan if they are to build any kind of first-innings lead.

The 33-year-old dropped anchor and found the boundary just four times as he crawled through to his 32nd Test half-century. His 62 not out was carved painstakingly from 169 deliveries as the Pakistan scoring rate struggled to rise above two an over.

The equally-experienced Shafiq hit the same number of fours in his 26 which has so far occupied 85 balls.

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Match Details

Date
3rd - 7th Dec 2018
Toss
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Venue
Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Umpires
P R Reiffel, I J Gould
TV Umpire
B N J Oxenford
Match Referee
J Srinath
Reserve Umpire
A Raza

pakistan BATTING CARD

Batsman R
I. ul-Haq c Nicholls b Patel 22
M. Hafeez b Southee 8
A. Ali c Watling b de Grandhomme 5
H. Sohail c Taylor b Somerville 9
A. Shafiq c Watling b Somerville 0
M.B. Azam c Southee b Patel 51
S. Ahmed b Somerville 28
M.B. Asif c Watling b Southee 12
Y. Shah c Patel b Southee 4
H. Ali c Williamson b Patel 4
S.S. Afridi Not out 2
Extras 1nb, 4b, 6lb 11
Total All Out, 56.1 Overs 156
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new zealand BOWLING CARD

Bowler O M R W
Southee 12 3 42 3
Boult 6 4 7 0
C. de Grandhomme 4 1 3 1
A.Y. Patel 14.1 4 42 3
W.E.R. Somerville 20 2 52 3
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