Best performances - Batsmen
Azhar Ali
65(136) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 14 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
KS Williamson
63(112) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %96%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 23 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
16/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Nov 16-19 2018
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
153 & 249 -
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
227 & 171 (58.4 ov)
Player of the Match
16/11Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Nov 16-19 2018
-
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
153 & 249 -
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
227 & 171 (58.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- NZ - 1st
- PAK - 1st
- NZ - 2nd
- PAK - 2nd
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
Pakistan - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 2nd - Innings
Pakistan - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsArthur confident of Pakistan channeling Abu Dhabi hurt
Pakistan coach believes time off after the shock loss will help side refocus ahead of the Dubai Test
'That last hour was freakish' - Neil Wagner on New Zealand's four-run win over Pakistan
He was so focused on his role in securing New Zealand a famous four-run victory in Abu Dhabi that he barely realised he had produced a marathon 13-over spell
Abu Dhabi win ranks as 'one of our best' - Williamson
Kane Williamson was delighted with the fighting spirit his charges showed as they snatched a dramatic four-run win in the first Test in Abu Dhabi against Pakistan
Struggling Sarfraz laments "soft, cheap dismissals"
The Pakistan captain pointed to Babar Azam's run out as the turning point, while admitting to being disappointed with the shot he himself played to get out
The fifth-narrowest win in Test cricket
New Zealand won by four runs, handing Pakistan their narrowest defeat in Test cricket
