New Zealand player Williamson scored a double century in the first innings of the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi. At the end of the first innings, the New Zealand team has taken the lead. Now Pakistan is playing 2nd innings. The New Zealand Test cricket team led by Tim Southee is touring Pakistan. Currently, the first Test cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand teams started last Monday at Karachi National Stadium. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first.
After Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat in the Test series against England, some changes were made in the team for the Test against New Zealand. In the first innings, captain Babar Azam scored the highest score of 161 runs for Pakistan and helped the team’s score to rise. Another player Agha Salman played in action and scored 103 runs. Wicket keeper Sabraz Ahmed formed a good partnership with captain Babar Azam. He added 86 runs in the first innings.
Pakistan scored 438 runs in the first innings after losing all wickets in 130.5 overs. Captain Tim Southee took 3 wickets for New Zealand side. Ajaz Patel, Brace Well and Aish Sodhi took 2 wickets each. The New Zealand team then started their first innings. Latham and Conway took the field as openers. The duo put on a 183-run partnership for the first wicket. Latham was dismissed for 113 and Conway for 92. After this, Williamson played calmly and added runs. Aish Sodhi gave him a great partnership.
Together they put on a partnership of 159 runs for the 7th wicket. Williamson scored a brilliant 200 as Sodhi was bowled out for 65 runs. This is Williamson’s 5th double century in Tests. At the end of 194.5 overs, the New Zealand team had scored 612 runs with the loss of 9 wickets.
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Then Tim Southee, the captain of the New Zealand team, announced that he would declare the match. After this, the Pakistan team started the second innings. Abrar Ahmed took 5 wickets and Nauman Ali took 3 wickets for Pakistan in the first innings.
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New Zealand scored 174 more runs than Pakistan in the first innings. Tomorrow is the 5th and last day of the match. The match is said to have a high chance of ending in a draw.
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