By: Syed Athar Abbas (Athar G) TN Sports News
New Zealand scored 449 runs in the first innings, and Pakistan 154 runs for 3 wickets A partnership of 100 runs was established between Matt Henry and Ijaz Patel for the tenth wicket.
Pakistan scored 154 runs for 3 wickets at the end of the second day. Pakistan scored 154 runs for 3 wickets on the second day of the Karachi Test, thanks to Imamul Haq’s half-century, while the New Zealand team was bowled out for 449 runs in the first innings.
New Zealand scored 309 runs for 6 wickets thanks to opener Devon Conway’s century on the first day of the Karachi Test. In the second and final Test match of the series, New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and decided to bat.
On the second day of the match, New Zealand started their innings with 309 runs for 6 wickets and Ash Sodhi soon became the victim of Naseem Shah by scoring 11 runs. Tom Blundell was then dismissed by scoring 51 runs. scored 10 runs. New Zealand added 124 runs by the lunch break on the second day, including a brilliant 56 from Matt Henry, who came in to bat at number nine, his third half-century, the tenth between Matt Henry and Ijaz Patel.
A partnership of 100 runs was established on the wicket. Matt Henry remained unbeaten on 68 runs, accompanied by Ijaz Patel, who came in to bat at number 10 and was dismissed for 35 runs, thus the entire New Zealand team was bowled out for 449 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, young spinner Abrar Ahmed took 4 while Agha Salman and Naseem Shah dismissed 3 players each. Pakistan started their first innings and suffered their first loss on 27 when Abdullah Shafiq was dismissed for 19 off Matt Henry. Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood completed half-centuries for the team, but Shan Masood failed once again and got out early.
Shaun Masood faced 11 balls and scored 20 runs with 4 fours before Conway was caught off Ijaz Patel. Captain Babar Azam and Imamul Haq took the innings forward, both the batsmen looked confident but could not show any sense in running between the wickets and gave Pakistan their third loss.
Pakistan’s score reached 99 runs when Babar Azam was run out by the combination of Nicholls and Bracewell. Babar Azam scored 24 runs off 41 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Even after the captain’s dismissal, Imam-ul-Haq maintained a responsible attitude and completed his half-century. From the other end, Saud Shakeel looked in trouble and continued to adopt a very cautious attitude, but Imamul Haq kept up the pace of runs.
When the game ended on the second day, Pakistan scored 154 runs for 3 wickets. Imamul Haque scored 74 and Saud Shakeel scored 13 runs. Matt Henry and Ijaz Patel took one wicket each for New Zealand.
