Best performances - Batsmen
KS Williamson
200(395) 21x4 - 1x6
Control %93%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 56 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
Babar Azam
161(280) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %94%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 56 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
26/12Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Dec 26-30 2022
-
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
438 & 311/8d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
612/9d & 61/1 (7.3 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Dec 26-30 2022
-
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
438 & 311/8d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
612/9d & 61/1 (7.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
IS Sodhi
- O36.5
- M10
- R86
- W6
- Eco2.33
| 4W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | 1W | |||
Abrar Ahmed
- O67.5
- M8
- R205
- W5
- Eco3.02
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | 2W | |||
Partnerships
- PAK - 1st
- NZ - 1st
- PAK - 2nd
- NZ - 2nd
Pakistan - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
Pakistan - 2nd - Innings
New Zealand - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsHas Jaydev Unadkat had the longest wait ever for a Test wicket?
And how many times has a team fielded an XI of only players over 30?
New Zealand tee off after Babar declares, but bad light forces stalemate
Fifties from Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel helped Pakistan to safety with Ish Sodhi picking up six, before surprise declaration left NZ with a 138-run target
'We took a chance, you never know. It's cricket' - Babar Azam on unexpected declaration
Captain calls for his side to "be positive and play with aggression" as Pakistan finish 2022 without a Test win at home
Kane Williamson 200* and NZ spinners put Pakistan under pressure
The hosts go into the final day two down and still trailing by 97 runs
Williamson and New Zealand and a throwback to old Test cricket
They were slow, they were steady, they refused to take any risk and they might still end up winning the game
