Misbah, Younis set up drawn match and series win

Pakistan weathered a hostile opening spell that reduced them to 42 for 3 in the first hour, worked their way to safety in the second session, and made a half-hearted attempt to win the Test before settling for a draw that gave them the series 1-0. It was theirfirst series victory outside the subcontinent since the triumph in New Zealand in 2003-04, and their first anywhere since 2006-07. It was another impressive result for a team that has managed to hold its own on the field - with Test wins against England and Australia, and a drawn series against South Africa - despite facing a mountain of problems off it.

• • Test no. 1991 | 2010/11 season
  • Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington
  • 15,16,17,18,19 January 2011 (5-day match)

  	New Zealand 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
  	MJ Guptill	c †Adnan Akmal b Tanvir Ahmed	29	143	97	5	0	29.89
  	BB McCullum	lbw b Umar Gul	2	4	3	0	0	66.66
  	KS Williamson	c †Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	21	53	34	2	0	61.76
  	LRPL Taylor	c †Adnan Akmal b Wahab Riaz	78	251	168	6	1	46.42
  	JD Ryder	c †Adnan Akmal b Tanvir Ahmed	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
  	JEC Franklin	c †Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman	33	130	97	5	0	34.02
  	RA Young†	c †Adnan Akmal b Tanvir Ahmed	57	221	162	6	0	35.18
  	DL Vettori*	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rehman	110	248	166	10	1	66.26
  	TG Southee	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	1	13	9	0	0	11.11
  	BJ Arnel	lbw b Umar Gul	1	14	12	0	0	8.33
  	CS Martin	not out	4	30	16	1	0	25.00
  	Extras	(b 7, lb 1, w 10, nb 2)	20
  	Total	(all out; 127.1 overs; 559 mins)	356	(2.79 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	32	3	87	4	2.71	(1w)
	Tanvir Ahmed	25	5	93	3	3.72	(1nb, 2w)
	Younis Khan	1	0	9	0	9.00
	Wahab Riaz	16	3	46	1	2.87	(3w)
	Abdur Rehman	45.1	11	96	2	2.12	(1nb)
	Mohammad Hafeez	8	0	17	0	2.12

Fall of wickets1-3 (McCullum, 0.6 ov), 2-46 (Williamson, 12.1 ov), 3-98 (Guptill, 32.5 ov), 4-98 (Ryder, 32.6 ov),5-166 (Franklin, 63.6 ov), 6-180 (Taylor, 71.1 ov), 7-318 (Young, 114.3 ov) 8-322 (Southee, 116.6 ov),9-338 (Arnel, 120.3 ov), 10-356 (Vettori, 127.1 ov)

	Pakistan 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Taufeeq Umar	c Guptill b Vettori	70	200	143	12	0	48.95
	Mohammad Hafeez	c †Young b Southee	1	7	8	0	0	12.50
	Azhar Ali	c Taylor b Martin	67	210	169	7	1	39.64
	Younis Khan	c Ryder b Vettori	73	238	161	10	0	45.34
	Misbah-ul-Haq*	lbw b Martin	99	310	207	16	0	47.82
	Asad Shafiq	c Taylor b Vettori	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
	Adnan Akmal†	c Martin b Vettori	22	32	34	3	0	64.70
	Abdur Rehman	c McCullum b Martin	5	19	13	1	0	38.46
	Umar Gul	c McCullum b Martin	19	38	26	4	0	73.07
	Tanvir Ahmed	c Taylor b Southee	7	26	19	0	0	36.84
	Wahab Riaz	not out	7	17	14	1	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	6
	Total	(all out; 133 overs; 556 mins)	376	(2.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.5 ov), 2-134 (Taufeeq Umar, 49.5 ov), 3-144 (Azhar Ali, 54.4 ov),4-286 (Younis Khan, 105.6 ov), 5-294 (Asad Shafiq, 107.5 ov), 6-324 (Adnan Akmal, 115.5 ov),7-333 (Abdur Rehman, 120.2 ov), 8-360 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 126.3 ov), 9-363 (Umar Gul, 128.2 ov),10-376 (Tanvir Ahmed, 132.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	32	7	91	4	2.84	(1nb, 2w)
	TG Southee	28	7	102	2	3.64
	BJ Arnel	16	4	50	0	3.12
	JEC Franklin	9	1	30	0	3.33
	DL Vettori	47	11	100	4	2.12
	MJ Guptill	1	1	0	0	0.00

	New Zealand 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Guptill	lbw b Abdur Rehman	73	246	178	9	1	41.01
	BB McCullum	c Tanvir Ahmed b Abdur Rehman	64	167	111	6	1	57.65
	KS Williamson	c †Adnan Akmal b Tanvir Ahmed	15	73	43	2	0	34.88
	LRPL Taylor	lbw b Umar Gul	52	135	101	4	1	51.48
	JD Ryder	b Mohammad Hafeez	17	29	25	2	1	68.00
	JEC Franklin	c Younis Khan b Mohammad Hafeez	6	16	12	1	0	50.00
	RA Young†	c Azhar Ali b Abdur Rehman	20	79	57	1	0	35.08
	DL Vettori*	b Umar Gul	1	13	5	0	0	20.00
	TG Southee	not out	22	25	21	1	2	104.76
	BJ Arnel	lbw b Umar Gul	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	CS Martin	c †Adnan Akmal b Umar Gul	1	13	4	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 13)	22
	Total	(all out; 90.5 overs; 403 mins)	293	(3.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-120 (McCullum, 35.3 ov), 2-166 (Williamson, 52.4 ov), 3-166 (Guptill, 53.3 ov), 4-192 (Ryder, 61.1 ov),5-208 (Franklin, 65.6 ov), 6-268 (Young, 85.3 ov), 7-268 (Taylor, 86.1 ov), 8-275 (Vettori, 88.1 ov), 9-275 (Arnel, 88.2 ov),10-293 (Martin, 90.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	20.5	4	61	4	2.92	(4nb, 1w)
	Tanvir Ahmed	10	0	36	1	3.60	(3nb)
	Abdur Rehman	39	6	119	3	3.05
	Wahab Riaz	8	1	38	0	4.75	(6nb)
	Mohammad Hafeez	13	3	31	2	2.38

	Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 274 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Mohammad Hafeez	c Taylor b Martin	32	61	46	5	0	69.56
	Taufeeq Umar	lbw b Southee	0	6	1	0	0	0.00
	Azhar Ali	lbw b Martin	10	41	22	1	0	45.45
	Younis Khan	c †Young b Southee	81	191	155	10	0	52.25
	Misbah-ul-Haq*	not out	70	312	226	7	0	30.97
	Asad Shafiq	lbw b Vettori	24	101	85	4	1	28.23
	Adnan Akmal	not out	2	32	17	0	0	11.76
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)	7
	Total	(5 wickets; 92 overs; 374 mins)	226	(2.45 runs per over)

Did not bat Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz

Fall of wickets1-4 (Taufeeq Umar, 1.1 ov), 2-35 (Azhar Ali, 10.1 ov), 3-42 (Mohammad Hafeez, 12.6 ov),4-160 (Younis Khan, 57.4 ov), 5-215 (Asad Shafiq, 83.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	24	6	63	2	2.62
	TG Southee	15	2	49	2	3.26
	DL Vettori	34	13	57	1	1.67	(1nb)
	BJ Arnel	9	5	17	0	1.88
	JEC Franklin	5	1	6	0	1.20
	MJ Guptill	3	0	16	0	5.33
	JD Ryder	2	0	12	0	6.00

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Series Pakistan won the 2-match series 1-0

Player of the match Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and RJ Tucker (Australia) TV umpire CB Gaffaney Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire PD Jones

Close of play 15 Jan day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 246/6 (RA Young 28*, DL Vettori 38*, 90 ov) 16 Jan day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 134/2 (Azhar Ali 62*, 49.5 ov) 17 Jan day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 9/0 (MJ Guptill 1*, BB McCullum 6*, 5 ov) 18 Jan day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 293 19 Jan day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 226/5 (92 ov) - end of match

New Zealand marginally ahead after riveting day

The Basin Reserve Test sparked into life on a fourth day filled with twists, turns and momentum shifts, as one side inadvertently pushed the other to swap game-plans several times. Pakistan began with unimaginative bowling at unacceptable over-rates, spread-out fields, and sloppy fielding. New Zealand cashed in, with their openers adding 120 enterprising runs, before Pakistan's spinners rallied to reduce them to 208 for 5. For the second time in the match, though, Ross Taylor responded with a composed innings to help his side recover despite an inspired sortie from Umar Gul before stumps.

With 273 to defend, New Zealand will begin as favourites on the last day, but Pakistan can take heart from the fact that seven years ago, they successfully chased the same target at this very ground. If they fall short, they will have their lacklustre start to the day to blame, a period when Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill were allowed to dictate terms.

Pakistan's fast bowlers came out without intent, spraying the ball around and gifting easy boundaries as McCullum and Guptill settled in before Abdur Rehman came on. Rehman attacked the rough with a slip, silly point and short leg, with Adnan Akmal imploring him to bowl the 'magic ball'. One forceful shot from Guptill, a crunched back-foot cover drive, was enough for silly point to be removed. An over later, the magic ball came, stopping and turning sharply from leg stump to take Guptill's edge before landing in the now vacant silly-point region. Pakistan had paid for their lack of proactivity.

McCullum's eagerness to dominate was counterbalanced by the state of the match and New Zealand's recent batting woes. Rehman tossed them up, inviting the drive over mid-off, with men waiting close in for the edge. McCullum resisted, lunging forward to the flight, and working the odd arm-ball off the back foot to the leg side. Rehman almost broke through, getting McCullum to prod with hard hands, but Asad Shafiq dropped the chance, again at silly point. McCullum ran down the track to the next ball and clattered a flat six over long-off, before pulling a short ball for four more. Pakistan's best bowler had been negated, with some luck, but he was not done for the day.

Worried by the opening session, Pakistan came out with a plan in the second. Gul harried Guptill with bounce and movement, clunking his helmet with a bouncer in the first over after the break, and getting him to edge a legcutter in his second, but Adnan spilled the opportunity. Guptill altered his approach, hanging back in the crease, but resisting the impulse to pull.

Rehman eventually found a way past McCullum, luring him to miscue to long-off after beating him in the flight. The run-rate dropped and Pakistan finally found their voice as Guptill got into a tangle against some well-directed bouncers from Wahab Riaz, the biggest culprit in the day's no-ball stakes. Guptill barely survived the spell and then attacked Rehman, slicing an off-drive past a diving Tanvir Ahmed at mid-off, and teeing off down the ground for six. Rehman was not to be denied, though, and he eventually pinned Guptill in front with a skidder, an over after Kane Williamson had perished to an ungainly drive against Tanvir.

Jesse Ryder avoided a third successive first-ball duck but was bowled by Mohammad Hafeez off the first ball following a brief rain interruption. New Zealand suddenly were in strife, at what was effectively 172 for 4. For a brief while, Hafeez transformed into Muttiah Muralitharan, producing a few unplayable deliveries that had New Zealand befuddled and Pakistan worried. Taylor survived one that turned in a mile, and James Franklin wasn't good enough to edge another than turned across him and jumped over his stumps. He didn't last long, nicking Hafeez to Younis Khan at slip before Shafiq dropped another crucial chance, lunging late from short leg as Reece Young poked nervously.

Having taken a close look at Hafeez's fare, Taylor dug deep to reverse the momentum once again. He negated the spinners with assured feet, late shots and soft hands, frustrating them into drifting onto his legs. When they did, he moved his front pad decisively across to flick and sweep into his favourite scoring areas. His first boundary came after 45 balls of caution, by which time his discipline had tired Rehman into errors. Hafeez also lost his sting, and Taylor asserted himself with a trademark slog-sweep over midwicket. Young held his own with a straight bat and a steady head for the second time in the game, and the 60-run stand turned the tide once again in New Zealand's favour, but the day had some more surprise in store.

Azhar Ali took a blinder close in to end Young's effort before Gul charged in with an 86-overs-old ball and resorted to his most loyal weapon - reverse swing. He struck Taylor in front with an inswinger before rearranging Daniel Vettori's stumps with a yorker. Brent Arnel came and went first ball, barely seeing a laser beam that pinged his toes. Chris Martin got the wildest applause of the day when he kept out the hat-trick ball, and Tim Southee connected with a couple of swings before becoming Gul's fourth scalp as New Zealand were bowled out.