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New Zealand fight back after Saud Shakeel's ton

Updated on: 05 January,2023 09:02 AM IST  |  Karachi
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Shakeel was unbeaten on 124 and Abrar Ahmed yet to score after New Zealand took four wickets in the final session for 70 runs, leaving the hosts 42 runs shy of the tourists’ first innings total of 449. Shakeel has kept his end intact, adding 83 for the fourth wicket with Imam-ul-Haq (83) and 150 for the fifth with Sarfaraz Ahmed (78)

New Zealand fight back after Saud Shakeel's ton

Pakistan's Saud Shakeel plays a shot during the third day of the second cricket Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi. Pic/AFP

Left-hander Saud Shakeel hit a maiden century on Wednesday before New Zealand hit back to keep Pakistan to 407-9 at the close of the third day of the second Test in Karachi. 


Shakeel was unbeaten on 124 and Abrar Ahmed yet to score after New Zealand took four wickets in the final session for 70 runs, leaving the hosts 42 runs shy of the tourists’ first innings total of 449. Shakeel has kept his end intact, adding 83 for the fourth wicket with Imam-ul-Haq (83) and 150 for the fifth with Sarfaraz Ahmed (78). 


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But New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel dismissed Agha Salman (41) and Hasan Ali (four) as Pakistan slumped from 385-5 to 397-9.  Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi took two wickets in as many balls, dismissing Naseem Shah for four and Mir Hamza without scoring before last-man Ahmed saw out the day. 

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