All's well in the seam bowling department - but for how long? asks David Leggat.

New Zealand may revise their recent policy of playing two spinners in the Napier test.

The only New Zealand batsman fulfilling his job description against Pakistan admits sharing the pressure of his peers.

New Zealand's penetrative though undermined bowlers have given their shonky batsmen the benefit of some extreme doubt.

Knocking their nemesis Mohammad Asif off his stride is a prime consideration for New Zealand's largely timid batting unit in Napier.

Black Cap Peter Fulton has paid the price for a poor run of form.

Depending on which batsmen have most raised the selectors' hackles, three players are in line for the axe.

Pakistan have beaten NZ today to set up a test series decider.

Even without Shane Bond, NZ bowlers do well but the Black caps' embattled batsmen have it all to do.

Iain O'Brien just wanted to slip the announcement out in Napier and depart with little fanfare.