[ad_1]
Neil Wagner put the pain from his broken fingers behind to help the Black Caps to a thrilling victory over Pakistan at the end of the final day of the first test at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
Tireless left arm, birthday boy Kyle Jamieson, and left arm spinner Mitchell Santner took crucial terrain in Wednesday’s final session to help secure a 101-run win with 4.3 overs to spare that provisionally moved the Black Caps to number. 1 in the ICC rankings and kept alive their hopes of reaching the final of the World Trials Championship.
Wagner threw 11 overs in a row after tea, despite breaking two toes while hitting on the second day, while Jamieson threw nine in a row at the same time and both took a couple of wickets as the visitors quickly went from dreaming of one. victory to fight. – and finally failing – to secure a draw.
Phil Walter / Getty Images
Black Caps closer Neil Wagner celebrates Fawad Alam’s wicket in Pakistan’s second inning.
Jamieson finished 2-35 on his 26th birthday, while Wagner finished 2-55 to help the Black Caps win their fifth consecutive Test, a task completed by left-handed spinner Mitchell Santner, who took the last two wickets and finished with 2-52.
READ MORE:
* Black Caps bowler Kyle Jamieson fined for violating ICC code of conduct
* Black Caps vs Pakistan: ‘Great respect’ for Neil Wagner bowling with two broken fingers
* Black Caps vs Pakistan: ‘special’ 300th test wicket for Tim Southee
* Black Caps vs Pakistan: Tim Southee hits 300 as the hosts head to the final day at the top
In 2016 at Seddon Park in Hamilton, the last time they played on these shores, Pakistan lost nine wickets in the final session on the final day as they collapsed into defeat when a draw seemed inevitable.
Phil Walter / Getty Images
Black Caps closer Kyle Jamieson made crucial breakthroughs in the final session of his 26th birthday.
This time, on the other side of the Kaimais, there were six, as they went from 240-4 to 271 and a marathon partnership of 165 between Fawad Alam, who did 102, and Captain Mohammad Rizwan, who did 60. tested to no avail.
Four hours of hard grafting by that pair had ensured that all three results were still possible in tea.
Pakistan suffered a hit on just nine balls on the day, when Trent Boult fired Azhar Ali for 38 with one that edged goalkeeper BJ Watling, but from there they did not lose another ground by 63.2 overs.
By lunch they had moved to 137-4 and by the time the players got back on the field it was all about the countdown to the new ball, but when Tim Southee and Boult got their hands on it, they couldn’t buy a window.
The Pakistani pair brought out their partnership of 100 runs with 44.1 overs when Alam outpointed one from Boult by four, and at tea they were 215-4, requiring 158 runs of 36 overs at an order rate of just over four for over.
Phil Walter / Getty Images
Pakistani hitters Mohammad Rizwan and Fawad Alam thwarted the Black Caps on the final day of the first test.
Rizwan regained his half century in the first round after tea, with 156 balls, while Alam regained his century with 236 balls, allowing Pakistan to begin dreaming of their first away win since May 2018.
It was Jamieson who finally made the breakthrough, 11 overs in the final 36-over session, catching Rizwan LBW at 60 with one backing up, after reviewing referee Wayne Knights’ original decision.
Wagner was on and off the field all day, handling his fractured pair of fingers, but on the seventh over of his fourth spell, Alam caught the bat on a side-leg pitch and was on his way to 102 when Watling took the catch. and claimed his 250th trial firing as a wicketkeeper.
Any idea of a chase was gone by that time, with Faheem Ashraf and Yasir Shah in the fold, the latter not lasting long before Jamieson caught him by Southee for a duck.
Wagner struck again in the 10th over of his spell, getting Faheem to pass Watling, and when the final hour after drinks began, the Black Caps had 15 overs to get the final two wickets.
Santner came back when Wagner’s long stint ended and struck with his fourth installment, trapping Mohammad Abbas LBW for one, a decision that survived a review.
He came back again with five overs left to play and seven fielders around the bat and claimed the final window – Naseem Shah caught and pitched for one – to finish 2-52 and put him on top of the world next to him – all the way to Australia. -India series, at least.
At Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui: Black Caps 431 and 180 – 5 Dec beat Pakistan 239 and 271 with everything (Alam 102, Rizwan 60) for 101 runs.
