Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd Test match ended in a draw after being a very closely-fought affair. Both teams fought till the very end but unfortunately, it ended in a draw due to bad light. Eventually, the 2-match series also ended without a clear winner, ending on a 0-0 margin. New Zealand posted a big total of 449 runs with the help of a brilliant century from Devon Conway and brisk innings of 68 from 81 balls from Matt Henry.
Pakistan in reply posted 408 runs on board with the help of Saud Shakeel's gritty century and brilliant fifties from Imam-ul-Haq and Sarfaraz Ahmed. New Zealand set a huge total of 319 runs for the Pakistan team to chase and they almost managed to do it with the help of Sarfaraz Ahmed's century in the 4th innings but they fell short of the target by just 15 runs with 1 wicket in hand, thus the game had to end in a draw.
Numbers and Stats from PAK vs NZ 2nd Test match:
0 - 2021 WTC champions New Zealand have failed to win a single Test series in this WTC'21-23 Cycle so far.
NZ Test Series results in WTC'21-23 Cycle:
Lost 0-1 vs India, 2021 (Away)
Drawn 1-1 vs Bangladesh, 2022 (Home)
Drawn 1-1 vs South Africa, 2022 (Home)
Lost 0-3 vs England, 2022 (Away)
Drawn 0-0 vs Pakistan, 2022/23 (Away)
0 - Pakistan team hasn't won a single Test match on home soil in WTC'21-23 Cycle. They lost the home Test series to AUS by a 0-1 (3) margin, to ENG by a 0-3 (3) margin and drew the series by a 0-0 (2) margin against NZ.
1 - Devon Conway became the first batsman to smash an international century in 2023.
2 - Only for the 2nd time, a Test match has ended in a draw, despite the Pakistan team losing 9 wickets in the 4th innings of the Test.
Test matches ending in a draw after Pakistan were 9 down in 4th innings:
vs WI in Port of Spain, 1988
vs NZ in Karachi, 2023
4 - Sarfaraz Ahmed has smashed 4 centuries in Test cricket as a wicket-keeper.
Most Centuries as wicket-keeper for Pakistan:
Kamran Akmal - 6
Moin Khan - 4
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 4
Pakistan wicket-keeper to smash a century in 4th innings of Test match:
Moin Khan vs SL in Sialkot, 1995
Mohammad Rizwan vs AUS in Karachi, 2022
Sarfaraz Ahmed vs NZ in Karachi, 2023
5 - Pakistan haven't won a single series of the recently concluded last five Test series against New Zealand.
Last five-Test series results between PAK-NZ:
Drawn by a 1-1 margin in 2014
NZ won by a 2-0 margin in 2016
NZ won by a 2-1 margin in 2018
NZ won by a 2-0 margin in 2020/21
Drawn by a 0-0 margin in 2022/23
28 - Abrar Ahmed has taken 28 wickets in his Test career so far.
Most wickets for Pakistan in Tests after first four career games:
Abrar Ahmed - 28
Danish Kaneria - 25
Shabbir Ahmed / Yasir Shah - 23
68 - Matt Henry recorded his highest score (68) in Test cricket.
Matt Henry's highest score in Tests:
68* vs PAK in Karachi, 2023
66 vs AUS in Christchurch, 2016
58* vs SA in Christchurch, 2022
74 - Michael Bracewell recorded his highest score (74*) in Test cricket. It was his maiden fifty-plus score in Test cricket
75 - Saud Shakeel became the 75th Pakistani batsman to smash a century in Test cricket. Saud Shakeel knocked 125 off 341 balls and recorded his maiden ton in Test cricket.
