KARACHI: Saud Shakeel registered his maiden Test century however Pakistan’s lower-order cave in left the second one Test in opposition to New Zealand similarly poised at Karachi’s National Stadium on Wednesday.
The hosts, replying to New Zealand’s first-innings 449, completed day 3 on 407-9 after shedding 4 fast wickets within the ultimate consultation.
Saud, who cast a 150-run partnership with Sarfaraz Ahmed for the 5th wicket, used to be unbeaten on 124, which integrated 17 fours.
Abrar Ahmed, who denied Ish Sodhi a hat-trick, used to be but to open his account on the different finish.
Saud went into the fit with 5 half-centuries in his first 4 Tests and the hundred duly arrived in his 5th, on his house floor.
Earlier, Pakistan misplaced Imam-ul-Haq, who made 83 sooner than falling stuck in the back of off New Zealand captain Tim Southee in the one dismissal of the morning consultation.
Southee reviewed the unique not-out determination and replays showed the ball had brushed the toe-end of Imam’s bat sooner than nestling in Tom Blundell’s gloves.
Sarfaraz (78) joined Saud in a union of native boys who scored freely after the lunch ruin to slender the deficit.
Sarfaraz introduced up the 3rd successive fifty of his first Test sequence in just about 4 years however the hundred he used to be on the lookout for didn’t materialise.
Two balls after you have an lbw determination in opposition to him overturned, Sarfaraz used to be stumped off Daryl Mitchell.
Saud took a unmarried off Michael Bracewell to convey up his hundred and were given a reprieve on 102 when Tom Latham grassed a easy catch at brief level off Southee.
Bracewell took an excellent catch within the slips to take away Agha Salman for 41, on the other hand, and all of sudden wickets began tumbling.
Sodhi bowled Naseem Shah and Mir Hamza with successive deliveries however Abrar blocked the hat-trick supply.
The opening Test led to a draw.
The hosts, replying to New Zealand’s first-innings 449, completed day 3 on 407-9 after shedding 4 fast wickets within the ultimate consultation.
Saud, who cast a 150-run partnership with Sarfaraz Ahmed for the 5th wicket, used to be unbeaten on 124, which integrated 17 fours.
Abrar Ahmed, who denied Ish Sodhi a hat-trick, used to be but to open his account on the different finish.
Saud went into the fit with 5 half-centuries in his first 4 Tests and the hundred duly arrived in his 5th, on his house floor.
Earlier, Pakistan misplaced Imam-ul-Haq, who made 83 sooner than falling stuck in the back of off New Zealand captain Tim Southee in the one dismissal of the morning consultation.
Southee reviewed the unique not-out determination and replays showed the ball had brushed the toe-end of Imam’s bat sooner than nestling in Tom Blundell’s gloves.
Sarfaraz (78) joined Saud in a union of native boys who scored freely after the lunch ruin to slender the deficit.
Sarfaraz introduced up the 3rd successive fifty of his first Test sequence in just about 4 years however the hundred he used to be on the lookout for didn’t materialise.
Two balls after you have an lbw determination in opposition to him overturned, Sarfaraz used to be stumped off Daryl Mitchell.
Saud took a unmarried off Michael Bracewell to convey up his hundred and were given a reprieve on 102 when Tom Latham grassed a easy catch at brief level off Southee.
Bracewell took an excellent catch within the slips to take away Agha Salman for 41, on the other hand, and all of sudden wickets began tumbling.
Sodhi bowled Naseem Shah and Mir Hamza with successive deliveries however Abrar blocked the hat-trick supply.
The opening Test led to a draw.