Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2633dThe Bulletin by Nitin Sundar

Misbah, Younis set up drawn match and series win

Pakistan weathered a hostile spell from the seamers that reduced them to 42 for 3 in the first hour, worked their way to safety in the second session, and made a half-hearted attempt to win the match before settling for a draw

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DL Vettori
DL Vettori
110(166) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 33 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
15 5 17 16 26 15 12 4
Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq
99(207) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 27 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
14 0 24 18 14 4 8 17

Best performances - Bowlers

Umar Gul
Umar Gul
O20.5
M4
R61
W4
Eco2.92
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Umar Gul
Umar Gul
O32
M3
R87
W4
Eco2.71
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorecard Summary

NEW ZEALAND 356(127.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

PAKISTAN 376(133 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 293(90.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

PAKISTAN 226/5(92 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
92 | (maiden) | PAK: 226/5

  • Misbah-ul-Haq70 (226b)
  • Adnan Akmal2 (17b)
  • Daniel Vettori34-13-57-1
  • Chris Martin24-6-63-2

Pakistan have won their first Test series since 2006, and deservedly so since they have been the better team throughout the series. It was perhaps a bit strange that they did not make more of an effort to try and win the series 2-0 given that coach Waqar Younis said they would push for two wins, but ultimately they opted for the safety-first approach and they were able to do that because of the ascendancy they claimed after the 1st Test in Hamilton. New Zealand would be disappointed but would realise that their batting let them down in both Tests, while today they were on top after the first hour with 3 wickets but couldn't dislodge Younis and Shafiq until after they had batted for substantial periods. Stick around for the presentations shortly.

New Zealand Cricket CEO and former international Justin Vaughan congratulates Pakistan and offers commiserations to the home side, which Shane Bond also does.

Daniel Vettori: We really enjoyed this Test, a great ground and a good pitch. We couldn't quite play catch-up in this Test and that is because Pakistan were on top after Hamilton. We now focus on getting our combinations right for the one-dayers and the World Cup.

Misbah ul-Haq, who is also Man of the Match: The team played really well and fought hard, in this Test everybody did their role and we saw the series as more important than this Test. Younis Khan batted well in both innings and Umar Gul did well in the last Test, but everybody's contributing and that's really good to see.

Misbah collects the series trophy and the team pose for the obligatory photos and are understandably fairly chuffed.

That concludes our coverage of this Test match, hope you have enjoyed it. Thanks for all your mails which often overwhelmed us in terms of volume, always interesting to read. Don't forget to join us for the one-day leg of this series, which begins on Saturday here in Wellington but at the Westpac Stadium. Nitin and Andrew will have their end-of-game pieces up shortly, but for now this is Avi Singh signing off on behalf of Sanjay Murari and everyone else here at ESPNcricinfo. Adios!

91.6
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, and he defends this full ball on middle back down the pitch, they shake hands and that is that, the Test is drawn
91.5
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, defends this on middle and leg
91.4
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, goes straight onto off and he defends
91.3
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, leaves it alone outside off
91.2
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, is forward to defend down
91.1
0
Vettori to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, outside off and he pushes it away into the off side

Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4Taufeeq UmarMohammad Hafeez
2nd31Azhar AliMohammad Hafeez
3rd7Younis KhanMohammad Hafeez
4th118Younis KhanMisbah-ul-Haq
5th55Misbah-ul-HaqAsad Shafiq
6th11Adnan AkmalMisbah-ul-Haq