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Kane Williamson’s tireless quest for runs continued Sunday as he batted New Zealand right into a commanding place on the second day of the second cricket Test towards Pakistan.
Williamson made 129, his twenty third Test hundred, and shared century partnerships with Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls as New Zealand made 431 batting first after dropping the toss.
At stumps Pakistan was 30-1 after 20 overs with Abid Ali 19 not out and nightwatchman Mohammad Abbas 0.
Shan Masood was out for 10 simply earlier than stumps, caught down the leg aspect by wicketkeeper B.J. Watling from the bowling of Kyle Jamieson.
THAT’S STUMPS on DAY TWO right here at @BayOvalOfficial with a solitary wicket to Kyle Jamieson 👏🏽@TheRealPCB 🇵🇰 30/1 | Abbas 0* | Ali 19*#NZvPAK #CricketNation📷 = @PhotosportNZ pic.twitter.com/5TfENG8iEJ
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) December 27, 2020
In his final 10 Tests in New Zealand Williamson has made two double centuries, Sunday’s century and three half-centuries. His solidity has been central to New Zealand’s latest rise to affix Australia on 116 factors atop the official world Test rankings.
Williamson’s toughness, his focus and technical excellence have been evident once more in his efficiency on the primary two days of the present match in maybe the hardest circumstances New Zealand has confronted up to now this summer time.
He got here to the crease when New Zealand misplaced opener Tom Latham to solely the fourth ball of its innings. Williamson batted for the entire remainder of the primary day and was 94 not out in a single day.
He took 13 balls to attain his first runs of the second day, then went to his century with a copybook cowl drive from the bowling of Naseem Shah. When he lastly was out earlier than lunch he had batted 476 minutes or virtually eight hours and once more had been the agency anchor round which New Zealand constructed it’s innings.
Taylor’s 70 in his Tenth-century partnership with Williamson and Nicholls’ 56 in his third offered the substance of the innings. But wicketkeeper Watling made an important contribution together with his 73 late within the innings — his nineteenth half-century achieved on the bottom on which he scored his career-best 205 final 12 months.
Watling’s 66-run partnership with Jamieson, who made 32, took New Zealand close by of 400 and Neil Wagner’s 19 took them previous that mark.
The Pakistan bowling assault was rather more difficult than the West Indies, sustaining constant strains, let down by occasional blemishes within the subject. Shaheen Afridi put in a giant shift, bowling 36 overs and taking 4-109. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took 3-113, together with Williamson’s wicket.
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