
Cricket: Patience the word over shonky batting
New Zealand's penetrative though undermined bowlers have given their shonky batsmen the benefit of some extreme doubt.
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.
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.
The bowlers have given New Zealand the upper hand going into day two of the second test against Pakistan.
Daryl Tuffey did his best Shane Bond impression but Umar Akmal could not replicate his heroics on debut.
NZ enjoy a triple strike aganst Pakistan. Follow all the second test action live from the Bsasin Reserve.