Pakistan impressive upfront but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 recover
Pakistan had a positive start to their Test series against New Zealand, as their bowlers managed to trouble the hosts batting. However, the home side recovered from 177 for seven, to end the day on 260 runs for seven wickets.
The pitch seemed to have a lot of runs in it, but the Kiwis could not improvise and lost wickets at regular intervals. Brendon McCullum started the host’s innings with confidence, but the rest of the batting line up could not support the initial stand. Pakistan
struck with some impressive bowling, but Tim Southee made sure that New Zealand did not collapse completely.
Pakistan won the toss at Seddon Park in Hamilton and decided to bowl first. This did not seem a wise decision at first because the pitch looked quite dry. This meant that a lot of runs were embedded in the pitch and Pakistan could be on the field for a long
time. However, the Kiwis did not put up an impressive batting display and the line up fell swiftly. The overcast conditions soon gave way to the sun, which meant that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 would have to work hard to secure a wicket. McCullum started with sheer confidence,
and took the attack to Umar Gul early on. However, he soon got out, and after that no one could pitch in with a big score.
Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman did well to stop the onslaught from the Kiwis, and helped his team’s get back into the game. Martin Guptill also pitched in with an impressive half-century, but could not convert it into a considerable individual contribution.
Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 remained provided some resistance but eventually ended up edging one to the keeper off Abdur Rehman. Jesse Ryder got out in an unfortunate manner, run out off Wahab Riaz, who got a hand to Ryder’s straight drive.
At one time, the score depicted a sorry state of affairs for the Kiwi team. The score stood at 170 for seven wickets down, but Southee and Williamson held their ground well and managed to take the score past the 250-run mark. Both players batted responsibly
with Southee completing his half century and Williamson supporting him well. They made sure that at stumps, the Kiwis could get to a decent first innings total. Despite Pakistan’s brilliant start, the New Zealand team recovered well from the slump to end the
first day’s play at 260 runs for seven wickets.
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