Black Caps get late pay on day 3 of second test against Pakistan

Karachi National Stadium: New Zealand 449 versus Pakistan 407-9 (Saud Shaq 124 out, Imam Ul Haq 83, Sarfaraz Ahmed 78, Aga Salman 41, Ajaz Patel 3-88).

It was as if Pakistan was bored with its stupidity.

A bit harsh for day 3 New Zealand applications second cricket testI saw 7 hours of boredom covered in 20 minutes of madness.

However, other accounts were difficult to understand as the hosts lost four wickets for 12 runs under the falling sun of Karachi.

In the stumps, the hosts were 407-9 in the first innings, but when a catch on Michael Bracewell’s sharp second try to eliminate Aga Salman in the final hour ignited a fuse. It responded to Grindday’s Black Cap 449 given a late spark.

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Following that, Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah’s two wild swipes weren’t quite in line with everything that came before. It seemed as if Pakistan were fed up with their own approach that saw her score 2.26 runs in the final session. .

However, it is possible that one of the combatants would have to create more unusual moments in the remaining two days to break each test run without winning.

The hosts were back on par with what had been a desperately boring day with a desperately boring wicket for the majority. batted all day to finish undefeated with 124 off 336 balls after dropping at .

Pakistan resumed on day 3 154-3 with Imam Ul-Haq going undefeated with 74. A century.

He chased a delivery from Tim Southey when he again approached triple digits on Wednesday. This intentionally provided width on the outside of the stumps and caught behind the bat’s toes following a rare DRS request in favor of Southey.

Southey and Matt Henry had less luck, but leg spinner Ish Sodi got a little past the bat as the hosts crawled up to 224-4 at lunch.

After the break, vivacious wicket-keeper batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed plunged into attacking mode, partially removing Shaquille as the New Zealand bowler lost a bit of discipline and accuracy while using his second new ball. dragged.

Part-time medium-paced Darryl Mitchell appeared to hit the first ball after Shaquille scored his first ton, and was recognized for his forehead-vein-popping lbw appeal against the Sulfurs, but only slightly. The decision was overturned by DRS on an inside edge. It was detected, but an unrewarded ball chase may have also revealed that the ball may have missed a foot stump.

However, just two balls later, Sarfaraz died behind a stump to great glovework on the other side, as Tom Blundell produced a smooth-legged side stump that televised referee Ahsan Raza finally found the batter off balance. After taking too many, he decided there was air between the spike and the turf.His second attempt to safety.

Sodi, who nearly led New Zealand to victory on the final day of the first Test, was less effective without the help of his bowler’s footmarks, making him more of a threat until he picked up consecutive ball wickets in the tail. Ajaz Patel, the first-choice slow bowler, was again disappointed before taking the second and third wickets of the innings thanks to juggling efforts by Bracewell and Devon Conway.

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The best chance New Zealand had for a decent advantage hit the ground when Tom Latham dropped the maker of the century.

Shaquille calmed down after turning 100 and offered Latham the easiest chance at short point from Southey, but the ball bounced hard from Reverse Cup’s hands and landed on the grass.

The hosts at that stage were still trailing by 100 when wickets were opening unpredictable lower.

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Shaquille seems like an unruffled character, ideally suited to the calm nature that most people have wicketed in this series.

After showing already a difficult ability to dismiss early in his innings, this time the lefty distanced himself from 240 deliveries to bring up his first Test century.

But if the criticism was directed at the day’s best performer, he seemed reluctant to put the hosts in a position where they could put additional pressure on Day 4.

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The visitor took 6 wickets on the third day. One of his was legside stamping and two of his were clunky heaves from below.

But the new skipper has not shied away from the challenge of becoming a swing-seam bowler at a venue that offers neither. should have been

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Both teams must be desperate to win the test. Pakistan has been nearly winless at home in his two years, and NZ’s last win was in Christchurch last February.