Yasir Shah continued his dream form, taking another six wickets on Tuesday to help Pakistan beats New Zealand by an innings and 16 runs in the second Test at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
With this emphatic win, Pakistan have leveled the three-match series after losing the first Test by four runs in Abu Dhabi.
The hero of Pakistan’s victory was Yasir who got 14 wickets in the match.
Yasir, who had 8/41 in the first innings, took six wickets in the second innings to script a memorable win for Sarfraz Ahmed’s team.
Yasir (14/184) was the hero, but Hasan Ali (3/46) and Bilal Asif (1/61) also played key roles in Pakistan’s victory on Tuesday.
The second innings five for was Yasir’s 16th in his 32-match career. And he has now taken 195 wickets in Test cricket, needing five more wickets in three Tests to become the fastest bowler to 200 wickets.
For New Zealand Ross Taylor (82, 128 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) and Henry Nicholls (77, 187 balls, 7 fours, one six) fought hard to take the match into the fifth day, but Pakistan bowlers eventually ended their hopes with some fine bowling.
For long periods on Tuesday, Nicholls remained defiant despite losing BJ Watling (27, 65 balls, 2 fours), Colin de Grandhomme (14, 13 balls, 2 fours) and Ish Sodhi (4) in the post-lunch session.
After toiling hard for wickets in the morning session, Yasir dismissed Watling and Sodhi.
In the morning session, it was Bilal Asif that gave Pakistan the biggest breakthrough when the dangerous Taylor’s sweep ended in the hands of Yasir in the deep square leg.
Taylor, who was unbeaten on 49 off 53 balls at stumps on the third day, was batting very well again on the fourth day despite losing his overnight partner Tom Latham (50, 158 balls, 4 fours).
The left-handed opener was caught behind off Hasan, ending his 80-run partnership with Taylor and bringing Nicholls to the crease.
The 27-year-old middle-order batsman, who had a first innings duck, was in danger of bagging a pair when Pakistan took the DRS after the umpire turned down Hasan’s lbw appeal in the second ball he faced in the second innings.
Nicholls survived as the replays showed the ball was missing leg and went on to bat confidently against the Pakistani bowlers.
Taylor, on the other hand, was looking good to score the 18th century of his career, but Bilal’s bounce caught him by surprise.
