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The Black Caps didn’t get away with it Sunday at Bay Oval, but nevertheless posted an impressive 431 in the opening innings of Test 1 against Pakistan before being fired an hour after tea on the second day.
Captain Kane Williamson led his counterattack on Boxing Day and after taking 25 minutes to add to his 94 total overnight, he brought out his twenty-third century of testing with a coverage of four against Naseem Shah.
Henry Nicholls also regained his half century in the first hour of the second day, but was out for the first ball after the shots under unfortunate circumstances, as he would have been given a breather had he opted for a review.
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Black Cap Henry Nicholls went up in his fifties on the second morning of the first against Pakistan at Bay Oval, then he was wrong not to review his firing.
After consulting with Williamson, Nicholls left the park without asking for one, but replays showed that Naseem’s ball had been shot off one forearm, then the other, before appearing to give Shan Masood a simple catch.
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The captain only lasted four more overs himself, before passing a ball from leg clamp Yasir Shah to Haris Sohail, who took a good catch on the slide and was on his way for 129.
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Black Caps captain Kane Williamson celebrates his 23rd century of testing against Pakistan at Bay Oval.
Williamson and Nicholls teamed up for 133 for the fourth wicket, which, combined with the 120 that Williamson and Taylor put in for the third, had rescued the Black Caps from the dangerous state they were in at 13-2, 11 overs in the match.
When Williamson left, the Black Caps were 281-5, but BJ Watling took on the role of anchor and guided them past the 400 mark, which brought his half-century before tea.
He reached 73 in the final session, but became Shaheen Shah Afridi’s fourth victim in the innings when he was caught by a Yasir Shah plummeting in the ravine region.
Mitchell Santner made 19 on his return to Test XI after five games away before he was caught behind Faheem Ashraf’s pins, while Kyle Jamieson continued his strong start with the bat, making 32 before he walked away from the ball. himself, outside of bowling. by Mohammad Abbas.
Tim Southee came in just before the tea break, but was thrown by Yasir Shah immediately after, by a duck, while Wagner was the last man out, at 19, with Trent Boult without eight.
Rains and thunderstorms had been forecast for the afternoon in the Bay of Plenty, and lightning could sometimes be seen in the distance, but the bad weather seemed to have made a circuit across the ground, rather than affecting the game, although it was getting somber. .
Williamson’s century was his second in as many innings, hot on the heels of 251 he achieved in victory over the West Indies at Seddon Park in Hamilton earlier this month.
Shaheen finished 4-107, one scalp less than a second five-port bag in testing, while Yasir Shah took 3-113.
The Black Caps added 209-7 on the second day after resuming at 202-3, less than they might have hoped for, but enough to make them feel good as they begin to work the field, seeking the victory they need. keep your final hopes of the World Test Championship alive.
