Pakistan succumbed to debutant Ajaz Patel and lost the firs🤡t Test against New Zealand🍌 by four runs on Monday.
Needing 139 more runs w𝐆ith all 10 wickets in hand on the fourth day of the match, Pakistan was bowled out for 171 with Patel claiming his maiden five wicket-haul (5-59).
Azhar Ali (65) and Asad Shafiq (45) seemed to have carried the hosts to victory with an 82-run fourth wicket stand before N🌱eil Wagner broke through ju꧅st at the stroke of lunch by having Shafiq caught behind.
Babar Azam’s (10) run out in a mix-up with Azhar triggered the collapse as Pakistan lost its last six wickets for only 24 runs.
Azhar was the last man to be dismissed when Patel trapped him infront of the wickets as🐼 the Kiwis recorded their narrowest Test victory in terms of runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Well done . What a great fightba🍎ck🍒 and a memorable Test match. Test is Best !
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Holy scccchmoly!!!! 😜 What a test match!! 😬👊🏻😎 congrats to & Fabulous entertainment 👏🎉🌴Well done Mr Patel… on debut…. you little rippa!!! 😊👏
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
From 147/4 to lose chasing 176 required a special effort not just from NZ but from Pꦦakistan. Only Pak can provide such thrillers out of easy victories. Well done to NZ and bad luck Pak
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
A test match to 🌊remember for a long time. An outstanding effort from New Zealand to win this after being out of the game for so long. Their never-say- 🐬die attitude is so wonderful and Test Cricket is well and truly alive
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Wow.
— Andre Adams (@AndreAdams)
Who said that test cricket is boring. What a match it was but unfortunately Pakistan lost.
Congratulations— Junaid khan (@JunaidkhanREAL)
Caught the last 30 mins. So tense! Test cricket🌺 at it🧸s best!
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8)
It is not for nothing that Pakistan have the reputation of being unpredictable and fragile in chases. Well on course to winning, then run-outs and slogs…..130-3, then147-4 needing 176 and lose by 4.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
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What an extraordinary display of tenacity and belief🐬 from to defeat Pakistan in Abu Dhabi by 4 runs, especially debutant Ajaz Patel with five for 59. Compelling viewing all evening.
— Andrew Alderson (@aldersonnotes)
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With 29 needed and six wickets in hands to losing the test by 5 runs. Poor show by lower middle order of team Pakistan. But, that’s how they have always behav🔜ed in 4th inni🌃ngs.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani)
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What a Test match win for !!!!!!!!!
— Luke Ronchi (@ronchi04)
Fabulous game Well done on hanging in there 🅰rꦺight through Oh dear Pakistan !!!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Don’t you just love Paki🍰stan Cricket .. so so unpredictable .. 130 for 3 needing a further 45 to win the Test & lose by 4 .. Test cricket is alive & kicking .. We have witnessed some great games over the last few monꦚths .. Pitches are the key ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Not the first time Pakistan has lost chasing on the 4th/5th day – Remember Edgbaston,Hamilton,Melbourne,Barbados,last year tests,mental blocks in chasing on the last day,panicking under pressure situations..
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
Great game of cricket. Test match cricket is a fascinating format. Congratulations New Zealand on a remarkable win! Well fought Pakistan, IA the team will bounce back from here.
✃Well done hassan al💜i and Yasir Shah, great bowling!— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial)
Winning the Test by 4 runs after conceding the first innings lead….and that too away from home. Oh New Zealand…you beauty. Test cricket you rock too 😊🙏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
One of the best Test matches of this decade… What drama, intrigue, fun! Pakistan, without you cricket, wouldn't have been so thrilling & exhilarating! Congrats, Black Caps for holding the nerves…
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra)
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Ajaz Pat﷽el is the Player of the Match on debut for his s🍒econd innings figures of 5/59 👏👏
He helped New Zealand claim a thrilling four run victory ov🐼er Paki🎃stan.
— ICC (@ICC)
