New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway received off to a assured begin within the first Test towards Pakistan Tuesday, reaching 41 with out loss after the house facet scored 438.

Latham and Conway had been unbeaten on 20 and 17 respectively at tea on day two, after Pakistan added 121 runs to their in a single day complete of 317-5.

The spotlight of Pakistan’s batting was 103 by Agha Salman, who anchored the innings after skipper Babar Azam fell within the first over of the day with out including to his in a single day rating of 161.

Fast bowler Tim Southee pressured an edge off Azam’s bat off the fourth ball of the day to wicketkeeper Tom Blundell to provide a kickstart to New Zealand.

Azam struck 16 boundariesand a six in his 365-minute knock.

Pakistan additionally misplaced Nauman Ali (seven) and Mohammad Wasim (two) within the first session, which produced simply 60 runs.

Salman added 54 runs for the seventh wicket earlier than New Zealand took two wickets within the house of three runs.

Pacer Neil Wagner had Nauman caught off a short-pitched supply earlier than Wasim was caught behind off spinner Ish Sodhi.

Salman then minimize unfastened, hitting two successive boundaries off Sodhi to finish three figures. His earlier better of 62 was towards Sri Lanka at Galle in July.

Southee, who completed with 3-69, lastly ended the innings by trapping Salman leg earlier than, finishing 350 wickets in his 89th Test.

He is the third New Zealand bowler behind Richard Hadlee (431 in 86 Tests) and Daniel Vettori (362 in 113) to take 350 or extra wickets in Tests. 

Salman hit 17 boundaries throughout his 155-ball knock.

Ajaz Patel, Michael Bracewell and Sodhi took two wickets apiece. 

The two-match Test sequence is New Zealand’s first in Pakistan since 2002. 

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