Tim Southee and Ish Sodhi gave New Zealand control of the Second Test at Karachi after reducing Pakistan to 0/2 in a day 4 chase from 319 through the stumps. After a second half match of the century by Tom Blundell and Tom Latham and the first by Michael Bracewell, they declared their second innings at 277/5, with New Zealand three overs remaining with two late strikes. made the most of.
In a dreadful start for the hosts, Southey repulsed Abdullah Shafiq’s second ball of the innings. Inam-ul-Haq survived the girl by her Matt Henry, but the night watchman Mir Hamza was not so lucky. Sodhi cleaned him up with a discarded delivery that turned out to be his defense and left Pakistan with two losses without opening an account so far. Previously, it was Hamza who gave the hosts a similar early breakthrough after Pakistan allowed a narrow lead of 41. The Pacer scored on his first pitch this morning. A long ball tweaked slightly and bounced off Devon his Conway stump pad. A strong opener was eliminated in the second half for The Golden Duck, but the rest of the opening session was marred by some bad reviews from the hosts.
On both sides of the drink break, Abral Ahmed Babar convinced Azam to make an LBW appeal against Williamson at the top, but the Pakistani captain reluctantly did so. But Williamson needn’t worry. Both slipped and at No. 1 he became his fifth man to complete 7000 test runs. 14 days arrival time 3
He teamed with Latham to begin repair work in a cautious 109-run streak. A left-hander who has rarely made mistakes in the series so far, he impressed with his delicious off-drive.Meanwhile, Williamson pushed the boundaries with cuts and pulls when Pakistan fell short.Host switched to spinning from both sides just before lunch, and the duo pulled out sweeps to keep the bizarre boundaries even if the pace didn’t indicate urgency.
When it came time to really push the score, Pakistan conceded three important wickets in quick succession to put New Zealand back down again. Causality included a set batter and Abrar and Revue in the spotlight once again.
New Zealand’s positive start to the afternoon session was caught in the bud when Latham put up his 25th Test 50. Pakistan dropped the first set to 57 and opted not to use the last remaining rating on another unconvincing LBW call of his, but in replays he was confirmed with three reds, Babar and Abrar. was very dissatisfied. But the youngster, after adding one more boundary to his tally, single-handedly impacted with a short mid-wicket with himself to send the batsman back.
Finally, in the next over, Abrar brought in Alex Worf in an LBW call against Williamson, this time the batter checked. A “referee’s call” when the ball hit Stump’s leg ensured the decision stayed on the pitch. Pakistan, with two new batsmen in the crease, turned their tails up and Hasan Ali quickly helped his team forward at the third wicket. Henry Nichols, who used a check to reverse a stuck call and eventually took 17 balls to reach goal, died after passing Babber’s wide center.
Blundell and Bracewell, who escaped an LBW call by a weak inside edge, were promoted at bat due to Darryl Mitchell’s illness and lived up to their trust with a 120 partnership to ditch the hosts. They too started cautiously behind this small dip from 14-3 and rode through the rest of the session without taking any major risks. But Abrar could have had a second scalp to his name had it not been for Sirfraz Ahmed groping behind the stumps and giving Blundell reprieve at the Over Before Tea on the 21st. I have.
Going into the final session, the fifth wicket pair finally gained momentum after Blundell reached Test 50 in the ninth and Test 2 as Latham, just as New Zealand broke the 200-run mark. With their lead well over his 250, Bracewell upped the ante after the drink, his second of back-to-back foursomes against Abrar and the first Test in half a century.
Blundell followed suit, further punishing Leggie with consecutive sixes and fours before finally slamming into Salman in the next over to add to those dangerous runs. Southey made a sporting statement in less than three overs from there.
Early in the morning, Sodhi Abrar caught up straight up front in the first overself, ending Pakistan’s first innings with 408 and giving his side a 41-run lead.
Brief scores: Pakistan 408 & 0/2 (Tim Southee 1-0, Ish Sodhi 1-0) trail New Zealand 449 & 277/5 decl. (Tom Blundell 74, Michael Bracewell 74*, Tom Latham 62) by 319 runs