Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, 1st Test Day 5: Follow live updates, commentary and score from Karachi.
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FirstCricket Staff
- December 30th, 2022
- 11:23:12 IST
PAK vs NZ Live Score Updates 1st Test. AP
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 4 Report: Pakistan will need to bat-out the last day to avoid defeat in the first Test after New Zealand gained the upper hand Thursday through a masterly undefeated double-hundred by Kane Williamson in Karachi.
Trailing by 174 runs after the first innings, Pakistan finished the fourth day on a precarious 77-2, with Imam-ul-Haq on 45 and nightwatchman Nauman Ali four.
Pakistan have lost their last four Tests — including a first-ever 3-0 whitewash at the hands of England — and are now 97 runs behind with eight wickets intact.
The home team’s task of salvaging a draw shouldn’t ordinarily be onerous on a National Stadium pitch that has not so far taken sharp turn, but their propensity for middle-order collapses recently has given New Zealand the sniff of victory.
Williamson’s unbeaten double century enabled the visitors to declare their first innings on 612-9 — a good 174-run lead over Pakistan’s 438.
New Zealand are playing their first Test series in Pakistan for 20 years.
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Updated Date: December 30, 2022 11:23:12 IST
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