De Grandhomme’s six-for skittles Pakistan

Pakistan 133 (Misbah 31, De Grandhomme 6-41, Southee 2-20) v New Zealand Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details

All through a wretched India tour, Kane Williamson couldn’t win a toss. On the first day of New Zealand’s home summer, the second of the Christchurch Test, he had the rub of the green when Misbah-ul-Haq called wrong and elected to bowl on a green Hagley Oval surface. Colin de Grandhomme, on debut, responded by taking 6 for 41 to finish with the best figures on debut by a New Zealander. He was aided by superb slip catching from the other debutant Jeet Raval as Pakistan slipped and slid to 133 all out in 55.5 overs.

For the first hour, New Zealand’s new ball pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult was erratic. Even though they didn’t make the batsmen play as much as they would have liked to – Southee’s first spell read 4-4-0-0 – Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali were content on crease occupation and seeing off the new ball, instead of picking runs. For 12 overs, there was deadbat defense, byes or easy deflections – the first boundary came in the eight over off a leg-stump half-volley – before de Grandhomme, given the ball ahead of Neil Wagner, turned the tide.

As good as New Zealand’s bowling was as the day progressed, a majority of the wickets came due to a succession of poor strokes …

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