One Test Only.

Pakistan flew across the Tasman for an interlude; their first innings, though, was no cruise. They made only 216, relying on 92 by Javed Miandad. Murphy Su'a, left-arm fast-medium, took five wickets that day. It would not be easy for the New Zealand batsmen on a green grass pitch which favoured the seamers. Their opener, Mark Greatbatch, batted cautiously to make 133 in 427 minutes, of 264 in the Black Caps'reply. I saw Pakistan score only 174 in the second innings, Inzamam-ul-Haq making 75 elegant, vital runs. New Zealand were set 127 runs to win on the fourth day; though sometimes a low score can be hard to get... New Zealand made just 93, losing by 33 runs, all wickets falling to the fast bowlers, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. -28 June,2016.