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Day 3: Kiwis To Begin Second Inning With 9 Wickets in Hand

Abu Dhabi (November 18, 2018): New Zealand to begin its second inning in the first test match against Pakistan with nine wickets in hand. 

Earlier, New Zealand, trailing by 74 runs in the first innings, were 56-1 at close on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Skipper Kane Williamson was batting on 27 and with him opener Jeet Raval on 26 not out as New Zealand still trail by 18 runs with nine second innings wickets intact.

Earlier Pakistani team was dismissed for 227 in their first innings.

Babar Azam top-scored with 62 while Asad Shafiq (43) and Haris Sohail (38) were other contributors, helping Pakistan to a 72-run lead over New Zealand´s first innings total of 153.Trent Boult finished with 4-54 while debutant spinner Ajaz Patel and medium pacer Coiln de Grandhomme took two wickets apiece.

At lunch, Pakistan were 144-4 with Asad Shafiq (25) and Babar Azam (24) at the crease, trailing New Zealand’s first innings total of 153 by just nine runs.

The two added 53 runs for the unbroken fifth wicket stand to bolster Pakistan’s bid for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

However, after play resumed, Ajaz Patel removed slipper Sarfraz Ahmed for his maiden Test wicket.

Sarfraz went back to the pavilion after scoring just two runs. Earlier, Shafiq became another one of Boult’s victims after scoring 43 runs.

The second Test is in Dubai (November 24-28) and third in Abu Dhabi (December 3-7).

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