Last Updated: January 02, 2023, 21:34 IST
Off-spinner Agha Salman and pacer Naseem Shah helped Pakistan derail New Zealand to 309-6 Monday after opener Devon Conway scored a superb hundred on the primary day within the second Test in Karachi.
Salman grabbed 3-55 and Naseem took 2-44 to set off a New Zealand center order stoop which noticed the vacationers lose 5 wickets for 45 runs throughout the last session, slumping from 234-1 to 279-6.
At shut, Tom Blundell and Ish Sodhi have been batting on 30 and 11 respectively as they attempt to revive New Zealand’s innings.
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Conway, who scored 122, placed on 134 for the opening wicket with Tom Latham (71) after New Zealand received the toss on a National Stadium pitch that had traces of grass however didn’t initially assist bowlers.
Conway steadied the innings with one other 100-run stand for the second wicket with Kane Williamson who made 36, however Pakistan pulled again after the guests have been 226-1 at tea.
Salman had Conway caught behind by Sarfaraz Ahmed quickly after tea to make it 2-234 earlier than six runs later Naseem dismissed Williamson in the identical method.
Conway struck 16 boundaries and a six in his 257-minute keep on the crease.
Salman then struck twice, beating Daryl Mitchell’s defence for 3 and had Henry Nicholls caught behind with a turning supply for 26.
Abrar Ahmed took his solely wicket by trapping Michael Bracewell for nought.
The two-match sequence is tied at 0-0 after the primary Test — additionally in Karachi — resulted in a tame draw.
In the morning, Pakistan’s three-pronged tempo assault appeared helpless till Naseem struck within the sixth over after lunch, trapping Latham leg-before with a pointy incoming supply.
Latham, who scored 113 within the first match, hit 9 boundaries in his 100-ball knock, his twenty fourth Test half-century.
Conway was fortunate to outlive a pointy likelihood when Saud Shakeel failed to carry on to a miscued drive off Hasan Ali on 89.
Pakistan introduced on Abrar Ahmed within the ninth over, however there was no signal of flip as Conway smashed a boundary and a six off the spinner’s second over.
The hosts picked Naseem and Hasan instead of spinner Nauman Ali and fast-bowler Mohammad Wasim after the primary Test, whereas New Zealand picked pacer Matt Henry over Neil Wagner.
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