Sohail four-for keeps New Zealand to 271

Innings: New Zealand 271 (Raval 55, Watling 49*, Henry 15*, Sohail 4-99, Imran 3-52) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

A four-wicket haul from Sohail Khan led an improved day-two display from Pakistan’s seamers as they bowled New Zealand out for 271 in the third over after tea. New Zealand got that far thanks to BJ Watling’s unbeaten 49, around which the rest of the lower order counterattacked to help them recover from a precarious 119 for 5.

Colin de Grandhomme began the turnaround with a 55-ball 37 that dominated a sixth-wicket stand of 51 with Watling. Never really moving his feet too much, de Grandhomme showed a pair of quick hands to play some sensational shots, including a shovel-pull off Imran Khan and a pair of back-foot punches between mid-off and extra-cover off Mohammad Amir. He moved to 37 off 54 balls before falling to the first ball after lunch, nicking Imran Khan to the wicketkeeper.

When Sohail slanted one across Mitchell Santner to have him caught at second slip by the feline Younis Khan, New Zealand were 203 for 7, but their resistance was by no means extinguished, as the next two wickets added 67.

For perhaps the first time in the match, Pakistan seemed to miss the legspin of Yasir Shah, with their all-seam attack looking a little one-dimensional as the green Seddon Park pitch eased out under a largely cloudless sky. Southee, backing away from his stumps against Wahab Riaz’s short balls, made a mess of Azhar Ali’s field placements – which at one point included a …

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