Quote from: WatChe on Today at 04:12:49 PM

Quote from: Dubaian on Today at 03:03:10 PM

Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test match was very well played. Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed may not have thought that he will play Tests again. The wicketkeeper-batsman returned to the Pakistan team four years after the tumultuous whitewash against England at home. Such a return may be called a royal change. Along with Babar Azam's century, Pakistan had a good first day of the Karachi Test against New Zealand. At the beginning of the Test, cricket fans got a big shock by seeing the Pakistan 11th. Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been dropped from the team. Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed got a chance to replace him after almost four years. The 35 year-old wicketkeeper-batter wrote Rajsik's comeback story. Captain Babar Azam reached the brink of a century to save Pakistan from disaster in the Karachi Test. Babar Azam, the most successful Test batsman this year, scored a century even though he could not. Pakistan lost the toss and batted in the first Test of the series. At the end of the day, Pakistan lost 5 wickets and accumulated 317 runs. Captain Babar Azam scored a century. Babar Azam scored 161 runs off 277 balls and scored the highest run in the match. And Sarfaraz is leading the run chart with 86 off 153 balls.

It was Sarfraz 50th Test match and after day 1 stumps he told media that he was thinking whether he will be able to play his 50th test or not because of his long absence from international cricket. He was unlucky to miss his hundred by just 14 runs but still its a good come back. Babar Azam no doubt is making record but he has to see that the team is also making records of losing. Its first time in history of Pakistan cricket that they were whitewashed at home ground.

Pakistan finished their first innings very well today, they still have five wickets to spare and Babar Azam is on strike, I think if Pakistan plays like this tomorrow they can easily reach 450 runs. But New Zealand should not be taken lightly either, their batting is still to come, let's see what happens in the next few days. However, Pakistan will benefit a little as the host.