New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st Test at Abu Dhabi, 16 Nov, 2018

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat
New Zealand won by 4 runs
W
New Zealand, who chose to bat
Pakistan 171/10 in 58.4 Overs
Current Run rate: 2.91

New Zealand 153/10 (66.3) & 249/10 (100.4)

Pakistan 227/10 (83.2) & 171/10 (58.4)

Player of the Match: Ajaz Patel
Batsman
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
S/R
Mat
Runs
HS
Avg
0
10
0
0
0
20
99
29
6.60
Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Mat
Wkts
BBI
Avg
23.4
4
59
5
2.49
8
22
5/59
33.31
13
4
27
2
2.08
50
215
7/39
26.33
Recent Overs:
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
W
Last Wicket: Azhar Ali 65(136)

Over 59.0  

Kane Williamson (NZ): Real fighting effort. The surface wasn't the easiest - it offered a good turn on day one and all the spinners did a fantastic job. A great advertisement for Test cricket, it went on only for three days but went all the way to the wire. We need to go back and work on areas, Pakistan are a superb team and we should be proud of ourselves. The attitude throughout the game was outstanding. We saw through the game that wickets fell in crumbs and that was reflective of the way the game ended. Those two bowlers [Ajaz and Wagner] were fantastic, they just kept bowling. There are so many small margins, and when you have such games where you win or lose closely, you can find things that you need to improve on.
Sarfraz Ahmed (PAK): Obviously it is disappointing. The start today wasn't good, but the way Azhar and Asad played, we should have finished it off. We need to give credit to Ajaz here, the pitch has changed and he bowled well. Our batsmen should have handled it better, but we just didn't. The batsmen should have scored the runs itself in the first place, but some of the shots played by the tail were quite disappointing. We had opportunities right through the game, first to score big runs in the first innings and then to finish off the game; the fact that we couldn't do it is very disappointing.
Ajaz Patel  (Man of the Match): For me, my gameplan was pretty simple. Obviously the scoreboard didn't look simple but we just kept plugging away. It is a very relaxed environment we have and we don't try to overdo anything. In terms of pressure on my debut, I have put in a lot of hard work and just leave the rest to the Almighty. It is a great feeling to pull off such wins in the final innings; just a great feeling. At any point, the game could have gone either way, but we just kept sticking in.
New Zealand won by 4 runs and lead the series with 1-0
58.4
W
Over 58.4 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Azhar Ali, out Lbw!! It was drifting on leg, nicely looped slowly up too. Azhar ends up defending all around it and is pinned on his back foot. The Umpire raises the finger.
58.3
0
Over 58.3 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Azhar Ali, no run, backs away, slices and runs it down to a deep backward point.
58.2
0
Over 58.2 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, goes on to the back foot and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side.
58.1
0
Over 58.1 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.
End of Over 58 (1 runs)   Pakistan 171/9

Mohammad Abbas 0/10 Neil Wagner 13-4-27-2
Azhar Ali 65/132

57.6
0
Over 57.6 Neil Wagner bangs it short onto the pitch to Mohammad Abbas, no run, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.
57.5
1
Over 57.5 Neil Wagner bowls a back of length delivery to Azhar Ali,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and dabs it down to the third man and picks up a single.
57.4
0
Over 57.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, goes well across the stumps and tries to play the scoop shot but misses it.
57.3
0
Over 57.3 Neil Wagner bowls it short of length to Azhar Ali, no run, rocks back in the crease and pulls it straight to deep mid-wicket.
57.2
0
Over 57.2 Neil Wagner bowls it short of length to Azhar Ali, no run, moves across in the crease and tucks it behind square on the onside.
57.1
0
Over 57.1 Neil Wagner bowls it short of length to Azhar Ali, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it towards square leg.
End of Over 57 (1 runs)   Pakistan 170/9

Azhar Ali 64/127 Ajaz Patel 23-4-59-4
Mohammad Abbas 0/9

56.6
1
Over 56.6 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali,1 run, walk down the pitch and strokes it calmly to the man out there.
56.5
0
Over 56.5 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, goes down on his knee and plays a reverse sweep towards point region.
56.4
0
Over 56.4 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, gets wait for the ball and defends it back to the bowler.
56.3
0
Over 56.3 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Azhar Ali, no run, gets forward and driven along the ground to long-off.
56.2
0
Over 56.2 Ajaz Patel bowls it short of length to Azhar Ali, no run, rocks back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at the short third man.