New Zealand declared 277 runs for 5 in the second innings of the second Test of the series, giving Pakistan a target of 319 runs to win, while two of the host team’s batsmen were dismissed.
On the fourth day of the second Test match of the series being played in Karachi, Pakistan resumed their first innings incomplete with 407 runs and 9 out, with Abrar Ahmed and Saud Shakeel at the wicket.
It did not take long for New Zealand to wrap up Pakistan’s innings and the entire team returned to the pavilion at 408 runs with only one run added to the previous day’s score. .
Ejaz Patel and Ash Sodhi were the most successful bowlers for New Zealand with 3 and 3 wickets respectively.
New Zealand took a lead of 41 runs in the first innings of the match.
As the visiting team started the second innings, in the second over, Mir Hamza walked Dion Conway without giving them a chance to open the account.
Then came Kane Williamson to support Tom Latham and the duo put their team in a strong position by putting on a 109-run partnership for the second wicket.
At this stage, Naseem Shah got Pakistan’s second win by running out Latham who scored 62 runs.
However, New Zealand suffered a major blow when Abrar Ahmed also ended Williamson’s innings of 41 runs on a total of 114.
New batsman Henry Nicholls also proved to be a late Alex Reed and Hasan Ali dismissed him for just 5 runs to give the team their fourth win.
New Zealand had scored 141 runs for the loss of four wickets by the tea break on the fourth day of the match and had a total lead of 192 runs in the match.
Tom Blundell shared a partnership with Michael Bracewell to take the score to 255 runs and both batsmen also completed their fifties.
Aghasalman got Blendle caught by Imamul Haq and took his first wicket in the second innings.
Blendle, who got out to get New Zealand out of a difficult situation, played an innings of 74 runs.
Michael Bracewell combined with Daryl Mitchell for the sixth wicket to take the score to 277 runs, the total lead was 318 runs and the Kiwi captain announced to declare the innings on this.
Bracewell scored 74 not out and Daryl Mitchell scored 6 runs while Naseem Shah, Mir Hamza, Hasan Ali, Abrar Ahmed and Aghasalman took one wicket each for Pakistan.
New Zealand declared the second innings on 277 runs and thus the total lead increased to 318 runs with 42 runs from the first innings and gave Pakistan a target of 319 runs to win.
New Zealand defended 318 runs in a disastrous manner and reduced Pakistan’s two wickets to nil.
Kiwi captain Tim Southee bowled Abdullah Shafiq on the second ball and gave the team a huge win.
Pakistan had not even opened their account in the second innings when Ash Sudi bowled Mir Hamzah, who came in to bat as the night watchman, to take the second wicket.
When the fourth day of the Karachi Test ended, Pakistan lost 2 wickets for zero and 319 runs are required for victory.
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2024-08-04 08:23:07
