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- Updated: November 25, 2016
Tea: New Zealand 77 for 2 (Raval 35*, Taylor 29*) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Going into the second Test with an all-seam attack, Pakistan won the toss on a green pitch, under overcast skies, and picked up two New Zealand wickets before rain wiped out the post-lunch session on day one. New Zealand batted positively, going after anything marginally loose, and scored 77 runs in 21 overs before rain forced an early lunch, 15 minutes before schedule. Seddon Park experienced intermittent showers thereafter, ruling out any play before tea.
Carrying on from his impressive debut in Christchurch, Jeet Raval was batting on 35 at lunch, and with him was Ross Taylor, who seemed unbothered by the pterygium in his left eye while rushing to 29 off 20 balls.
Taylor, in fact, looked far more assured than he had done in either South Africa or India, lining up in a more side-on stance than normal, and, perhaps as a consequence, lifting his bat up behind him rather than out towards gully as is usually the case, allowing it to come down straighter in defence while having no adverse effect on his traditional strength, the square-cut. Of the six fours he hit, five came off this shot.
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