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Pakistan 30/1
Abbas 0, Abid 19
Blackcaps 431 - Williamson 129, Watling 73, Taylor 70, Shaheen 4/109
End of play: At Pakistan have done very well to survive the 20 overs they faced from the New Zealand bowlers with the loss of just one wicket.
Earlier in the day, an classy century from Kane Williamson, and half-centuries by Henry Nicholls and BJ Watling took New Zealand to an above par 431. The home side will be hoping for early wickets in the morning session on Monday. Shan Masood will feel disappointed at a soft dismisal, but Abid Ali has batted really well.
20th over - Jamieson to bowl the final over of the days play.
The nightwatchman Abbas has done it, he has survived the final 15 minutes of play.
The last over is a maiden. (PAK 30/1)
19th over - Wagner to continue this could be the final over of the day, if the Blackcaps are quick they could get two overs in.
After a dot ball to start the over, Abid cuts Wagner away through point for two runs. (PAK 30/1)
18th over - Jamieson to continue.
Abbas has done well and survived the over. (PAK 28/1)
17th over - Wagner to continue with 13 minutes of play left in the day.
A great over from Wagner who is going with the short ball plan and it's a maiden. (PAK 28/1)
16th over - Jamieson to continue.
OUT - Shan is so unlucky, Jamieson has strangled him down the leg side. Jamieson goes on a shortish length but it's down the leg side. Shan tries to flick him away but can only edge it through to the keeper.
Shan Masood c †Watling b Jamieson 10 (42b 0x4 0x6)
The nightwatchman Mohammad Abbas is in next to protect the No.3 batsman from the final 14 minutes of play.
Abbas survives the final three balls of the over. (PAK 28/1)
15th over - A change of the bowling for the Blackcaps with Neil Wagner into the attack.
The first ball has seen Wagner overstep so it's a no ball.
The next ball sees Wagner goes short and Shan pulls him away down to fine leg for a single. (PAK 28/0)
14th over - Jamieson to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Jamieson goes short and Abid goes back on his toes and cuts it past point for four. (PAK 26/0)
13th over - Southee to continue.
The first ball of the over sees Abid drive Southee through the covers for four.
After two dot balls, Abid cuts Southee through point for two runs.
The last ball of the over sees Abid turn Southee into the leg side for a single. (PAK 22/0)
12th over - Jamieson to continue looking for the Blackcaps third maiden in a row.
After 20 dot balls in a row Abid skews one down to fine leg for a single. (PAK 15/0)
11th over - Southee to continue with his sixth over.
Another tight over from New Zealand and it's another maiden their second in a row. (PAK 14/0)
10th over - A change of the bowling for the Blackcaps with Kyle Jamieson into the attack.
A good tight over from Jamieson first up and it's a maiden. (PAK 14/0)
Ninth over - Southee to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Shan skews one off the outisde edge down to fine leg for a single.
The next ball sees Abid skew Southee down to fine leg for a single. (PAK 14/0)
Eighth over - Boult to continue.
A good tight over from Boult and it's a maiden. (PAK 12/0)
Seventh over - Southee to continue.
After two dot balls, Shan pushes Southee down the ground for two runs. (PAK 12/0)
Sixth over - Boult to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Shan flicks Boult off the pads down the ground for three runs.
The fourth ball of the over sees Abid cut Boult away and it flies down to the third man boundary for four. (PAK 10/0)
Fifth over - Southee to continue.
After three dot balls, Shan turns Southee into the leg side for a single. (PAK 3/0)
Fourth over - Boult to continue.
After four dot balls, Shan turns Boult down to fine leg for a single. (PAK 2/0)
Third over - Southee to continue.
After two dot balls, Shan drives at a full ball. It catches the edge and flies low to sub fielder Daryl Mitchell who can't reel it in. Mitchell is on for Wagner who inured himself batting and now Mitchell has to go off as he has dislocated his finger. (PAK 1/0)
Second over - Trent Boult to bowl the second over.
Another good over from New Zealand and they start with two maidens. (PAK 0/0)
First over - Shan Masood and Abid Ali make their way to the middle for Pakistan with Tim Southee with ball in hand.
A good first over from Southee and it's a maiden. (PAK 0/0)
5:06pm - The players are making their way back out onto the field and the Blackcaps will have 20 over to bowl at the Pakistan batsamn.
End of Blackcaps innings
155th over - Yasir to continue.
After two dot balls, Boult skews one out to square leg for a single.
The next ball sees Wagner try to smash Yasir down the ground but it's only a single.
Boult keeps scoreboard ticking over with a single down the ground.
OUT - Wagner goes for an attacking sweep shot but it goes straight up and Masood takes the easy catch to end the New Zealand innings
Wagner c Shan Masood b Yasir Shah 19 (36b 2x4 0x6)
154th over - Shaheen to continue.
After two dot balls, Wagner skews one out to midwicket for a single.
The last ball of the over sees Boult guide Shaheen down the ground for a single. (NZ 428/9)
153rd over - Yasir to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Boult turns Yasir into the leg side for two runs. (NZ 426/9)
152nd over - Shaheen to continue.
The first ball of the over sees Watling clip Shaheen off his pads for four through midwicket.
OUT - Watling tries to ramp Shaheen over the slips but can't get enough elevation and it goes straight to Yasir at third slip who takes a good diving catch.
Watling c Yasir Shah b Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 (145b 8x4 0x6)
Trent Boult is the last man in.
The fifth ball of the over is a full toss and Boult punches Shaheen down the ground for two runs.
The last ball of the over sees Boult guide Shaheen into the covers for a single. (NZ 424/9)
151st over - Yasir to continue.
Watling starts with a drive down the ground for a single. (NZ 417/8)
150th over - Shaheen to continue.
After two dot balls, Wagner flicks Shaheen down the ground for four.
Wagner drives Shaheen down the ground again this time for three runs.
The last ball of the over sees Watling take a quick single to mid-on. (NZ 416/8)
149th over - Yasir to continue.
After two dot balls, Wagner goes with a reverse sweep and it goes out to cover for a single.
The next ball sees Watling drive Yasir down the ground for a single.
The last ball of the over sees Wagner slog sweep Yasir out to deep midwicket for a single. (NZ 408/8)
148th over - Shaheen to continue.
Watling takes a single down the ground off the first ball of the over.
An absolute peach from Shaheen but it's called a no ball. Shaheen goes full and straight and knocks over Wagner's stumps but Shaheen won't get the reward as it's a no ball.
The next ball sees Shaheen go short and Wagner has pulled him down to fine leg for four. That won't make Shaheen happy.
The last ball of the over sees a big shout for lbw but it's given not out. Shaheen goes with the full yorker and Wagner falls over and the ball crashes into the foot of Wagner. Pakistan have decided to review. Replays show it was going down leg so it will stay not out. (NZ 405/8)
147th over - Yasir to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Wagner rocks onto the back foot and punches him through the covers for two runs.
The fourth ball sees Wagner turn Yasir down to fine leg for two more runs. (NZ 398/8)
146th over - Shaheen Afridi to bowl second over after tea.
After three dot balls, Watling turns Shaheen into the leg side for two runs.
The last ball of the over sees Watling drive Shaheen through the covers for four great shot. (NZ 394/8)
145th over - Yasir Shah to bowl the first over after tea.
OUT - The first ball after tea sees Southee walking back to the sheds. It's a shortish ball from Yasir and it stays low and Southee can't make contact and it cannons into the stumps.
Southee b Yasir Shah 0 (9b 0x4 0x6)
Neil Wagner is the next man in and sees out the final five balls. (NZ 388/8)
4:00pm - Players are making their way back out onto the field for the final session of the day. New Zealand will look to continue pilling on the runs before looking to declare.
144th over - Abbas to bowl the final over before tea.
After four dot balls, Watling flicks Abbas through midwicket for four.
That will be tea. New Zealand scored 87 runs for the loss of two wickets off 32 overs. (NZ 388/7)
143rd over - A change in the bowling for Pakistan with Yasir Shah into the attack with three minutes till tea.
After a dot ball Watling cuts Yasir away for a single. (NZ 384/7)
142nd over - Abbas to continue.
OUT - Abbas goes on a shortish length and it gets a bit of extra bounce. Jamieson tries to defend it but it catches the edge and the keeper takes the easy catch.
Jamieson c †Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas 32 (69b 1x4 1x6)
Tim Southee is the next man in.
Southee sees out the final four balls of the over. (NZ 383/7)
141st over - Haris to continue with just 10 minutes till tea.
After a dot ball, Watling punches Haris down the ground for a single.
Jamieson keeps scoreboard ticking over with a single down the ground.
Watling turns Haris down to fine leg for a single.
Jamieson finishes the over with a single down the ground. (NZ 383/6)
140th over - Abbas to continue.
After three dot balls, Watling turns Abbas into the leg side for a single. (NZ 379/6)
139th over - Haris to continue.
After two dot balls, Jamieson cuts Haris down the ground for a single.
The last ball of the over sees Watling turn Haris to point for a single. (NZ 378/6)
138th over - Abbas to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Jamieson flicks Abbas to mid-on for a single. (NZ 376/6)
137th over - Haris to continue.
After three dot balls, Watling cuts Haris away for a single.
Jamieson keeps scoreboard ticking over with a single down the ground.
The last ball of the over sees Watling sweep Haris down to fine leg for two runs to bring up his 50. A great innings fro the New Zealand wicketkeeper who has worked super hard for that milestone. (NZ 375/6)
136th over - A change in the bowling with Mohammad Abbas into the attack.
After a dot ball to start the over, Jamieson gets an inside edge and it goes to sqaure leg for a single.
Watling turns Abbas into the leg side for two runs.
The last ball of the over sees Watling guide one to cover for a single. (NZ 371/6)
135th over - Haris to continue.
Jamieson punches Haris into the covers for a single.
The next ball sees Watling turn Haris into the leg side for a single.
Jamieson keeps the scoreboard ticking over with a single down the ground to bring up the 50 partnership. (NZ 367/6)
134th over - Naseem to continue.
The first ball of the over sees Jamieson punch Naseem through the covers for two runs.
The fourth ball of the over sees Jamieson pull Naseem away for two runs.
Naseem goes short again and Jamieson pulls him through midwicket for two runs. (NZ 363/6)
133rd over - A change in the bowling for Pakistan wth Haris Sohail into the attack.
The first ball sees Jamieson turn Haris down to fine leg for a single.
After a dot ball, Watling turns Hairs into midwicket for a single.
The last ball of the over sees Jamieson turn Haris into the leg side for a single. (NZ 357/6)
132nd over - Naseem to continue.
A good over from Naseem and it's a miaden. (NZ 354/6)
131st over - Yasir to continue with his 30th over.
The first ball of the over sees Watling turn Yasir to square leg for a single.
After a dot ball, Jamieson punches Yasir down the ground for a single.
The next ball sees Watling sweep Yasir down to fine leg for a single. (NZ 354/6)
130th over - Naseem to continue with the first over after drinks.
After four dot balls, Watling drops the ball at his feet and Jamieson scampers through for a quick single. (NZ 351/6)
129th over - Yasir to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Jamieson turns Yasir into the leg side for a single.
Watling turns Yasir down to fine leg for a single.
Jamieson sees out the final two balls of the over and that will be drinks. (NZ 350/6)
128th over - Naseem to continue.
After two dot balls, Naseem goes short and Watling cuts him away through point and it races away for four.
The last ball of the over sees Naseem go short and wide and Watling smashes him point for four. (NZ 348/6)
127th over - Yasir to continue.
The last ball of the over sees Jamieson go back to a full delivery and he just gets a piece of bat on it and it skews down to fine leg for two runs. (NZ 340/6)
126th over - A change of bowling for Pakistan with Naseem Shah into the attack.
A good tight over from Naseem and it's a maiden. (NZ 338/6)
125th over - Yasir to continue.
What a shot from Jamieson. Yasir goes full and Jamieson dances slightly down the wicket and smashes Yasir down the ground and it bounces once before going for four.
This one is even better. Yasir goes full again but this time wider. Jamieson comes forward and smashes down the ground for six more.
What an over from Jamieson who really put the foot down. (NZ 338/6)
124th over - Faheem to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over Jamieson gets a slight edge and it rolls out to midwicket for a single.
The fourth ball of the over sees Watling punches Faheem back down the ground for four. (NZ 328/6)
123rd over - Yasir to continue.
The first ball of the over sees Watling sweep Yasir down to fine leg for a single.
The fifth ball of the over sees Jamieson come forward to try to defend Yasir it gets the edge and just misses the fielder in close and Jamieson gets a single.
The last ball of the over sees Watling punch Yasir through the covers for two runs. (NZ 323/6)
122nd over - Faheem to continue.
A good tight over from Faheem and it's a miaden. (NZ 319/6)
121st over - Yasir to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Watling punches Yasir into the covers for a single.
Off the last ball of the over, Jamieson pushes Yasir away off the back foot to point for a single to get off the mark. (NZ 319/6)
120th over - A change in the bowling for Pakistan with Faheem Ashraf into the attack.
OUT - Faheem has got the breakthrough. Faheem goes on a shortish length and gives Santner width. The New Zealand batsman flashes at it but can only edge it through to the keeper who takes the easy catch. A soft dismissal from Santner.
Santner c †Mohammad Rizwan b Faheem Ashraf 19 (43b 2x4 1x6)
Kyle Jamieson is the next man in.
He survives the last four balls of the over and it's a wicket maiden. (NZ 317/6)
119th over - Yasir to continue.
After five dot balls, Santner pushes Yasir to mid-off and takes a quick single. (NZ 317/5)
118th over - Shaheen to continue with his 31st over.
A good over from Shaheen and it's a maiden. (NZ 316/5)
117th over - Yasir to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Watling sweeps Yasir down to fine leg for a single.
Santner guides Yasir into the leg side for a single.
Yasir drops short and Watling places him into the covers for a single. (NZ 316/5)
116th over - Shaheen to continue.
After a dot ball to start the over, Watling flicks Shaheen through midwicket where Abid Ali misfields and lets Watling come through for a single. (NZ 313/5)
115th over - Yasir to continue.
After three dot balls, Watling punches Yasir away through the covers for a single.
It has started drizzling in Tauranga.
Santner sees out the last two balls of the over. (NZ 312/5)
114th over - Shaheen Afridi to bowl second over after lunch.
After a dot ball to start the over, Shaheen goes short and Santner gets a top edge and it flies over the keeper and away for four.
The fifth ball of the over sees Santner get an edge and it flies just short of second slip and Watling comes through for a single.
The last ball of the over sees Watling clip Shaheen away through mid-on for three runs. (NZ 311/5)
113th over - Yasir Shah to bowl the first over after lunch.
After three dot balls, Watling sweeps Yasir down to fine leg for a single.
The next ball sees Santner punch Yasir to cover but there is a mis-field and Watling scampers through for a single. (NZ 303/5)
1:40pm - Players are making their way back out for the afternoon session. It should be an interesting session.
Can the Blackcaps continue powering towards a big first innings total or can Pakistan run through New Zealand's lower order. Join us for live updates.
LUNCH
112th over - Faheem sees us through to lunch with a maiden.
111th over - Maiden over from Yasir. The spinner has been effective today.
109th over - Watling works Yasir to fine leg, grabs two to bring up the NZ 300 as we edge towards lunch.
108th over - Watling drives squarely and aggresively for four. The two new batsmen looking to assert themselves before lunch.
107th over - Santner earns a roar from the Oval crowd as he blasts Yasir back over the spinner's head for six.
105th over - Yasir takes the ball for the day's first over of spin. WICKET - The bowling change does the trick for the tourists, as Sohail takes a brilliant one-handed slip catch just before the ball hit the turf to send the dangerman packing. Massive blow for the Pakistanis and this contest has suddenly become very interesting.
KS Williamson c Haris Sohail b Yasir Shah 129 (297b 12x4 1x6)
Santner off the mark with a settling cut shot for four.
103rd over - Williamson pulls Naseem for two, then works one of his pads for two more.
102nd over - Williamson deals with a full toss off Shaheen, they come back for three.
101st over - WICKET - Nicholls mistimes a ball that was far too full to pull and balloons it for an easy lob catch in the slips. There's the break through the Pakistanis needed.
HM Nicholls c Shan Masood b Naseem Shah 56 (137b 5x4 0x6)
Watling immediately off the mark in style, perfect straight drive for four.
Wow, another review of the Nicholls dismissal shows the ball clearly only hit his forearm. He hung around in the middle after the catch and must've got the nod from the skipper at the other end that a review wasn't worthwhile. How livid would you be?
99th over - Naseem into the attack. Lovely back-foot drive from Williamson finds the boundary rope, then cuts for three.
98th over - Pakistan desperately need to snap this partnership if they're to have any hope of a win here. One from the Shaheen over.
96th over - Williamson times a glorious square drive for four. Follows that up with another one, this time through the covers to the fence. You get the sense he's keen for a few more here.
95th over - HUNDRED - There it is! Number 23 for the magnificent Kiwi skipper. Williamson drives through the covers in typical textbook fashion and raises his bat in front of his hometown crowd. It comes off 261 balls, the most he's ever faced to score 100.
94th over - Abbas again. Nicholls sees out the over.
93rd over - Williamson glances Shaheen for two to bring up the 100-run partnership with Nicholls.
92nd over - Abbas keeping Nicholls honest. Beats him all ends up to finish a maiden.
91st over - Shaheen back on the money, hitting that ideal line and length.
90th over - Abbas to the bowling crease. Williamson on the defensive, maiden over.
89th over - Shaheen takes the ball. He was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers yesterday, with all three NZ wickets to his name. Nicholls gets some width and pounds a late cut to the fence for four. FIFTY - Nicholls drives for two to bring up his half century. Another dogged and determined innings from the in-form batsman.
88th over - Nicholls wastes no time opening the day two account, plays off the hip for two off Abbas.
10:55am - Another sunny belter in the Bay - at least for the start of play - on day two. Thunderstorms are forecast for later this afternoon, fingers crossed they bypass the Oval.
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Kia ora and welcome to live updates of day two of the opening match of the test series between the Blackaps and Pakistan in Tauranga.
Captain Kane Williamson will resume just six runs shy of his 23rd test century - part of an 89-run stand with Henry Nicholls (42) - as the Blackcaps steadily work their way to what threatens to be another challenging total for the tourists.
We'll have coverage from the first delivery at Bay Oval, which is scheduled for 11am.
TAB betting odds:
New Zealand - $1.16 Pakistan - $18
Pre-match banter
Williamson leads Blackcaps fightback on Boxing Day
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was within sight of his 23rd test century after he rebuilt the home side's innings and guided them to a solid 222-3 at the end of the opening day of the first test against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui on Saturday.
Williamson, who missed the last test against West Indies as he awaited the birth of his first child, was on 94 at Bay Oval with Henry Nichols on 42 as New Zealand battled for much of the day against Pakistan's disciplined and accurate bowling attack.
The 30-year-old Williamson combined with Ross Taylor (70) in a 120-run partnership to resurrect the innings after Shaheen Afridi vindicated stand-in captain Mohammad Rizwan's decision to bowl first on the grassy wicket.
Shaheen snapped up Tom Latham (four) and Tom Blundell (five) to reduce the hosts to 13/2 inside the first 45 minutes.
New Zealand's batsmen were unable to get into their comfort zone as the bowlers constantly challenged them, inducing false shots and edges that flew agonisingly close to fielders.
"Shaheen bowled fantastically well," Blackcaps batsman Ross Taylor says. "And (Mohammad) Abbas you feel like he's not giving you anything," he added of the veteran's figures of 0-25 from 21 overs.
"To get through to 222-3 after those early wickets, we definitely would have taken that at the start of the day."
Williamson and Taylor, who became New Zealand's most capped player on Saturday, were able to take their side through to 55 for two at lunch then dominated the middle session.
Taylor marked his 438th international match across all three formats with his 34th test half century when he swept legspinner Yasir Shah fine for his eighth boundary.
But just as he was starting to accelerate the run rate after tea and looking well set for his 20th test century, the veteran became Shaheen's third wicket.
Williamson and Nicholls, who was dropped on six at fine leg, then drove the side through to stumps with their unbroken 89-run partnership, although the captain had a slice of luck when dropped on 86 by Haris Sohail in the slips off Shaheen.
Pakistan were without injured regular test captain Babar Azam, opener Imam-Ul-Haq and all-rounder Shadab Khan, who has now been ruled out of the second test in Christchurch and the home series against South Africa.
Reuters.
