The Pakistan cricket team was initially seen on the backfoot on the first day of the second Test match, but then this team made a comeback in the last session and put New Zealand under pressure.
Devon Conway scored a century. (Blackcaps twitter)
The New Zealand cricket team made a good start on Monday on the first day of the second Test match being played against Pakistan in Karachi, but the hosts made a comeback at the end of the day to put New Zealand under pressure. In the last session, Pakistan’s off-spinner Aga Salman bowled brilliantly and pushed New Zealand on the backfoot. New Zealand ended the day with 309 runs at the loss of six wickets. Devon Conway got New Zealand off to a great start by scoring his fourth Test century.
New Zealand did not lose a single wicket in the first session and its score was 234 for one wicket shortly after the tea break. After this, however, he lost five wickets. Conway faced 191 balls and scored 122 runs, which included 16 fours and a six. For Pakistan, Salman took three wickets for 55 runs while fast bowler Naseem Shah took two wickets for 44 runs. Abrar Ahmed, the only specialist spinner in the team, has taken one wicket for 101 runs.
New Zealand won the toss
After New Zealand decided to bat first after winning the toss, Conway shared a 134-run partnership for the first wicket with his opening partner Tom Latham (71). This is the second consecutive match when he played a century partnership for the first wicket. Conway then shared a 100-run partnership for the second wicket with former captain Kane Williamson (36). Pakistan did not get a single breakthrough in the first session despite there being some grass in the wicket. Naseem Shah got Latham out LBW after lunch.
Looking at the pitch, Pakistan has kept only one specialist spinner, Abrar Ahmed, in its playing XI. His fast bowlers, however, could not leave an impact on the New Zealand batsmen, who took their team’s score to 119 without loss in the first session.
conway’s century
Conway completed his century in 156 balls after lunch. Pakistan captain Babar Azam handed the ball to Salman as a change after the tea break, who had Conway caught by wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed. Salman then sent Henry Nicholls (26) and Daryl Mitchell (3) to the pavilion, while in the meantime Naseem Shah caught Williamson behind the wicket, who scored an unbeaten 200 in the drawn first Test match. Abrar did not allow Michael Bracewell to open his account by getting him out LBW.
At the time of uprooting, Tom Blundell was playing on 30 and Ish Sodhi, who scored his career highest score of 65 in the first Test cricket match, was playing for 11 runs. Both of them did not let the team suffer any setback in the last 10 overs.