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New Zealand bowlers produced a late rise from the final session to lead their team to a tense 101-race victory over Pakistan in the first round at Mount Maunganui and kept their hopes alive of reaching the World Test Championship final. of the next year.
Pakistan was fired for 271, chasing a winning goal of 372, with 4.3 overs remaining in the Test at Bay Oval.
New Zealand had been a huge favorite to win the game when the final day started with the tourists 71-3, but a 165-race partnership between Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan gave the tourists a chance for a draw, if not a win. unlikely.
Kyle Jamieson ended the association when he had Rizwan caught up front, albeit after a review, by 60, and left Pakistan 242-6, still 131 runs away from his target with 25 overs remaining.
He also had Yasir Shah caught in the ravine for a duck, while Neil Wagner, who has played the last three days with two broken toes, had Fawad caught by goalkeeper BJ Watling for 102 and then Faheem Ashraf for 19 to expose the tail.
Mitchell Santner then caught Mohammad Abbas up front for one, before capturing the last wicket when he caught Nassem Shah and pitched for one with 4.3 overs remaining in the test.
The second match of the two-trial series is at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval starting January 3 and New Zealand also needs to win that game to give them any chance of reaching the Trial Championship final at Lord’s.
