Azhar leads Pakistan fightback
Hafeez calls time on Test cricket Pakistan vs New Zealand Scoreboard
ABU DHABI, Dec 4, (AFP): Scoreboard on the second day of the third and final Test between Pakistan and New Zealand at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi:
NEW ZEALAND 1st innings (overnight 229-7) J. Raval lbw b Yasir ................. 45 T. Latham lbw b Shaheen .......... 4 Williamson c Shafiq b Hasan... 89 R. Taylor b Yasir ........................ 0 H. Nicholls b Yasir ..................... 1 B. Watling not out .................... 77 Grandhomme c Shafiq b Asif... 20 T. Southee c Azam b Asif .......... 2 W. Somerville b Asif ................ 12 A. Patel c Shafiq b Asif .............. 6 T. Boult b Asif ............................ 1 Extras: (b11, lb6) ..................... 17 Total: (all out, 116.1 overs) .... 274
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Latham), 2-70 (Raval), 3-70 (Taylor), 4-72 (Nicholls), 5-176 (Williamson),
included four boundaries.
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah, in his 33rd Test, failed to add to his three wickets on Monday, leaving him two short of becoming the fastest man to reach 200 6-203 (de Grandhomme), 7-209 (Southee), 8-254 (Somerville), 9-272 (Patel), 10-274 (Boult)
Bowling: Hasan 20-6-58-1, Shaheen 23-6-52-1, Yasir 41-1175-3, Asif 30.1-4-65-5, Haris 2-07-0
PAKISTAN 1st innings I. ul-Haq c Southee b Boult ........ 9 M. Hafeez c Southee b Boult ..... 0 A. Ali not out ............................ 62 Sohail c Watling b Southee ..... 34 A. Shafiq not out ...................... 26 Extras: (b1, lb6, nb1) ................. 8 Total: (for 3 wkts; 61 overs) ... 139 Still to bat: B. Azam, S. Ahmed, B. Asif, Y. Shah, H. Ali, S. Shah Afridi Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hafeez), 2-17 (Imam), 3-85 (Haris) Bowling: Southee 12-3-27-1, Boult 14-4-39-2, Grandhomme 9-2-17-0 (1nb), Patel 14-3-33-0, Somerville 12-3-16-0
Test scalps.
The current record has stood for 82 years after Australia’s Clarrie Grimmett reached 200 wickets in 36 Tests in 1936.