Tail wags as New Zealand post 449 against Pakistan

New Zealand were finally dismissed for 449 in the post-lunch session of day two of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi.

Last wicket partnership between Matt Henry (68 not out) and Ajaz Patel (35) added 104 runs to frustrate the Pakistan bowlers. 

Earlier, resuming on 309-6, New Zealand added 124 runs in an extended first session by lunch.

The two-match series is tied after the first Test, also in Karachi, ended in a draw.

Naseem took the day´s first wicket when he bowled Ish Sodhi for 11 — a ball that cut through sharply and beat the batter completely.

Blundell, who was 30 overnight, reached his fifty with a boundary and a single off Abrar Ahmed. He hit six boundaries in his 51 before he was bowled by Ahmed.

The spinner then had Tim Southee stumped for ten, before Henry and Patel prolonged the innings, helping New Zealand cross the 400-mark.

Agha Salman (3-75), Naseem (3-71) and Ahmed (4-149) were the main wicket-takers.

On day one, off-spinner Agha Salman and pacer Naseem Shah helped Pakistan derail New Zealand to 309-6 Monday after opener Devon Conway scored a brilliant hundred on the first day of the second Test in Karachi.

Salman grabbed 3-55 and Naseem took 2-44 to trigger a New Zealand middle order slump which saw the tourists lose five wickets for 45 runs during the final session, slumping from 234-1 to 279-6.

Conway, who scored 122, put on 134 for the opening wicket with Tom Latham (71) after New Zealand won the toss on a pitch that had traces of grass but did not initially support bowlers.

He steadied the innings with another 100-run stand for the second wicket with Kane Williamson who made 36, but Pakistan pulled back after the visitors were 226-1 at tea.

Salman had Conway caught behind by Sarfaraz Ahmed soon after, to make it 2-234 before six runs later Naseem dismissed Williamson in the same manner.

Conway struck 16 boundaries and a six in his 257-minute stay at the crease.

Salman then struck twice, beating Daryl Mitchell´s defence for three and had Henry Nicholls caught behind with a turning delivery for 26.

"Whenever I get to bowl I want to contribute," said Salman, who completed 100 wickets.

"This pitch is different from the one used in the first Test and once it dried it took more turn."

Abrar Ahmed took his first wicket by trapping Michael Bracewell for nought.

In the morning, Pakistan´s three-pronged pace attack looked helpless until Naseem struck in the sixth over after lunch, trapping Latham leg-before with a sharp incoming delivery.

Latham, who scored 113 in the first match, hit nine boundaries in his 100-ball knock, his 24th Test half-century.

Conway was lucky to survive a sharp chance when Saud Shakeel failed to hold on to a miscued drive off Hasan Ali on 89.

The hosts picked Naseem and Hasan in place of spinner Nauman Ali and fast-bowler Mohammad Wasim after the first Test, while New Zealand picked pacer Matt Henry over Neil Wagner.

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