PAK vs NZ LIVE Score: PAK NZ 2nd Test LIVE – New Zealand skipper Tim Southee has won the toss and elected to bat 1st in Karachi. New Zealand has made one change – Matt Henry replaces Neil Wagner while Pakistan has made two changes. Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah replace Mohammad Wasim and Nauman Ali. Out of World Test Championships Final race, two struggling Test teams will be looking to bounce back in 2023. The tame draw in 1st Test stopped a run of defeats for Pakistan and NewZealand. But with PCB promising a better wicket and a result, both teams will aim to bounce back in Karachi. The draw halted Pakistan’s four-Test losing streak while NZ also arrived on the back of a 3-0 drubbing by England. Sony Sports Network will have PAK NZ LIVE Broadcast. Watch PAK NZ LIVE Streaming on SonyLIV & Follow Pakistan vs NewZealand Match Updates With InsideSport.IN.
PAK vs NZ LIVE Score: New Zealand elect to bat 1st, Mohammad Wasim and Nauman Ali make way for Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah, For NZ Matt Henry replaces Neil Wagner: Follow 2nd TEST LIVE Updates
New Zealand batting: 1st innings
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham | 29 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 64.44 | |
| Devon Conway | 31 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 83.78 | |
| Extra | 1 (b 0, w 0, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 61/0 (13.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Kane Williamson, HM Nicholls, DJ Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Michael Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, MJ Henry, AY Patel | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mir Hamza | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 |
| Naseem Shah | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Hasan Ali | 3.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.57 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 |
Pakistan: 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Abdullah Shafique, 3 Shan Masood, 4 Babar Azam (capt), 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), 7 Agha Salman, 8 Hasan Ali, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Mir Hamza, 11 Abrar Ahmed
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Henry Nicholls, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Ajaz Patel
PAK vs NZ LIVE Score: New Zealand elect to bat 1st, Mohammad Wasim and Nauman Ali make way for Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah, For NZ Matt Henry replaces Neil Wagner: Follow 2nd TEST LIVE Updates
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After finishing without a Test win at home in 2022, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam vowed his team will play “positive and aggressive cricket”.
“We need to take things session-by-session and day-by-day. We’re working on it. It’s not that we need to play different cricket,” Babar Azam said.
However, with pitches offering nothing to the bowlers, it has been a dull batter vs batter contest in the last two series. Babar tried to make the last Test interesting by setting a 138 target in 15 overs for NZ. Pakistan declared on 311-8 but a target of 138 in 15 overs under fading light was tough for New Zealand, who finished on 59-1.
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The National Stadium pitch helped slow bowlers as 23 of the 28 wickets in the first Test went to the spinners. At the same venue but on a different pitch, New Zealand will also look for a win after going without in their last five Tests.
“It does look different from the first Test… It has a bit more moisture. The preparations are shorter than normal, obviously, we had just a two-day turnaround. It’s going to be a hard slog to get a result. You have to bat really well and need to take 20 wickets,” NZ batting coach Luke Ronchi on Sunday.
PAK vs NZ LIVE Score: OUT of WTC Finals RACE, Pakistan and NewZealand seek Test turnaround in 2023, PAK NZ 2nd Test starts at 10:30AM, Follow LIVE Updates
PAK vs NZ Team News: Pakistan will look to bring in pacer Naseem Shah or Hasan Ali. NewZealand may consider Matt Henry in place of a spinner if they find the pitch suitable for pace.
PAK vs NZ Playing XI (Probable):
Pakistan Playing XI: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (c), Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Agha Salman, Nauman Ali, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Mir Hamza
New Zealand Playing XI: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee (c), Ish Sodhi, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel
WTC Points Table:
PAK vs NZ 2nd Test: Match Details
- Date: Monday, January 2, 2023
- Time: 10:30 AM IST
- Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
- LIVE Broadcast: Sony Sports Network
- Live Streaming: SonyLIV app and website
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood
NZ Squad: Tim Southee (captain), Michael Bracewell, Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson, Will Young
PAK vs NZ LIVE Score: OUT of WTC Finals RACE, Pakistan and NewZealand seek Test turnaround in 2023, PAK NZ 2nd Test starts at 10:30AM, Follow LIVE Updates
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