New Zealand vs Pakistan, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, full and a hint of width on offer, Babar Azam push-drives to extra cover

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, pitches on a good length and shapes away further outside off, Babar Azam ain't playing that

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, outside off, left alone to the keeper

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, opens the bat face and glides it to backward point

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, follows it up with a length ball. Amir is back in his crease, expecting the short ball, but manages to block

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, short ball from over the wicket. Kicks and hurries Amir to hop down leg

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, just enough width but this cut shot finds point

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, wasted bouncer outside off, Amir ducks

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, now he stays back to a full ball. Plumb if he had missed. Didn't

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, blocked into the off-side

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, opens his stance front-on and Amir blocks it into the leg-side with a crouch

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, goes wide of the crease, aims to angle it in and slips it down leg. Slight appeal as the ball passes Amir's missed glance. No bat there

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, back foot defence

Matt Henry to Amir, no run, full on leg-stump from over the wicket and squeezed out to mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery dipping into the right-hander. Babar Azam blocks it

Matt Henry to Sohail Khan, 1 run, short arm after the shuffle and the whippy stroke gets him a run towards long leg

Matt Henry to Sohail Khan, no run, another shuffle across the sticks, gets behind the line of the ball and defends it under his eyes

Matt Henry to Sohail Khan, no run, a little shuffle and then brings the bat down to nudge it away into the on-side

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, 1 run, back of a length delivery and pushed away into the off-side with a squared up stance. Henry won't mind bowling to Sohail Khan

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery outside off and respectfully done by Babar Azam as he lifts his bat

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, 1 run, inside edges the tap to send the ball away onto the on-side. Before it was swooped on by the fielder, he gets a run

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, extra bounce as he tried riding the bounce. Sarfraz was having a mini-walk down the track before getting into a tangle. The ball pings the shoulder of the blade and dies down into the turf

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, closer to the sticks and defended solidly with a dead bat. The ball dribbles away to mid-on

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, 1 run, puts that away with a dangled bat to sweeper cover for a run

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, full delivery slanting into the batsman a wee bit. Babar Azam drives it back to the bowler, Henry picks it up in his delivery stride and has a shy back at the striker's end

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, drives it away but does not time it, finds the man at mid-off as the ball bobbled away to him

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, just around the off-pole, Babar Azam is happy to get right behind the line of the ball and defend

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, hops back and defends it under his nose off a shortish delivery

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, 1 run, back of a length delivery and clipped away behind square

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, 1 run, getaway delivery as it is on the pads. The batsman knocks it behind square for a run

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, finally the Kiwis have their length sorted to Sarfraz. Around the full zone, closer to the sticks. Sarfraz pushes it away into the off-side with a hesitant willow

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, good channel as he concentrates the delivery just around off, Sarfraz tracks it down with a blocked bat

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, shovels the fuller length delivery out onto the off-side

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, skiddy delivery on a good length and waiting is the call from Babar Azam as the ball was tapped down into the off-side

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, blocked away as the ball was aimed at the sticks

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, that forces the batsman to take the bottom hand off the handle as it creeps on him from a length. The ball dribbles away on the off-side

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, defends it away as the delivery was on middle and leg

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, tucked away off the legs and goes straight to the man at mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, lovely straight drive again. Matt Henry flings his right arm and gets hold of the full blooded drive down the ground to stop the four

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, harmless bumper as it was too short. Enough time for Babar Azam to duck into safety

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery around the fourth stump, Babar Azam solidly stamps it back to the bowler

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, creamed off the front foot with a nonchalant clip but it goes straight to the man at mid-on

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, forceful punch off the backfoot but devoid of timing and it traverses mid-off

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery outside off and kept out with a solid blade

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, 1 run, drifts onto the pads courtesy the heavy breeze, Sarfraz clips it away for a single

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, this time right behind the line of the delivery and defended back to the bowler

Matt Henry to Sarfraz, no run, defends it away on the off-side with soft hands despite the slightly squared up stance

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, 1 run, back of a length delivery and Babar Azam pushes it away into the off-side for a quick single

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, pushed to cover

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, 2 runs, a shot too good to fetch just a couple. Punched off the front foot, on the up, but hunted in the deep

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, back leg kicks across, head bends low and Azam is behind this length ball on off

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, that's crunched. Off the back foot but straight to point

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, shuffles his back leg across and leaves a quick back of a length delivery

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, and again

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, short ball, Azam sways away

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, appeal but inside edge on the pad. And even if it had hit the pad first, that looked outside the line of off. Caught in the crease by the pace there

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, around the off-pole and solidly kept out by Babar Azam

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, solidly behind that goodish length delivery and blunts it out

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery on the pads and Babar Azam shuffles a wee bit to turn it away on the on-side

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, jumps back and grapples the shortish delivery down into the turf

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, just outside off and left alone without any fuss

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, banged in at chest height, Babar Azam sways away from that delivery

Matt Henry to Shafiq, 1 run, too straight and flicked to fine leg

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, left alone outside off

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, tucked off the hips to short fine

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, tag-team work at slip cordon. Looks to close the bat face on a ball too wide, feeds a thick leading edge that's carrying.. and Rawal drops it at first slip. A bit high and to his right, the ball rams the palms and pops out. There's something with first slip this Test. Anyway, now the drama. What should have been a straightforward drop was another chance. The ball almost parried to de Grandhomme at gully. Almost. If taken, this would have been, well, dramatic. Didn't. But good effort with a dive there - from Raval and from de Grandhomme

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, now this is venomous. Short ball jagging away and forcing Shafiq into ducking

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, caught in the crease. Gets a fullish ball and is pinged on the sticker of the bat. Actually misses the bat and hits him flush on the back thigh. Too high

Matt Henry to Shafiq, 1 run, sits deep in the crease and eases one to deepish mid-on. Yes-and-no and they don't go for the second

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, opens the half-forward defence towards slip

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, bends in front and reaches out with his bat to defend towards mid-on

Matt Henry to Shafiq, no run, leaves a gentle outswinger off the front foot

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, slides deeper and blocks this good length delivery

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, he's back and more watchful this time. Gets behind

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, that's a beaut.. as Kevin Pietersen calls it nowadays. Pitches on a length, arresting Azam back in the crease with the pace and then jags away. Matt Henry plain unlucky to not get the edge there

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, bounce outside off, Azam lets it go

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, right behind this full ball on his front foot

Matt Henry to Younis Khan, no run, full length delivery kicking up outside off, left alone

Matt Henry to Younis Khan, no run, and now the fuller length almost has the edge. Younis Khan is forward poking at it but the ball seams away and beats the outside edge

Matt Henry to Younis Khan, no run, that patent Younis shuffle. Bit of nip away, Younis Khan is hanging back and is suctioned across his body to have a poke at this. Close shave

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, 1 run, pushed away through covers for a single

Matt Henry to Babar Azam, no run, slightly short, Azam hauls his bat inside the line. Is late to do so. Half-beaten would be fair

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, hesitant drive into the on-side as the ball was pitched up

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and Azhar Ali decides to let it go

Matt Henry to Sami Aslam, no ball, 1 run, the change of angle, change of length as he drops it short and Sami Aslam hops back to open the face of the bat. To make matters worse, it is a no-ball

Matt Henry to Sami Aslam, no run, full and asking the batsman a luring question. Sami Aslam decides not to answer it

Matt Henry to Sami Aslam, no run, angled across and left alone by Sami Aslam

Matt Henry to Sami Aslam, no run, both the feet close to each other as he was pushed back thanks to a slightly shortish delivery. Put out with a dangled down bat

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, 1 run, again, on the pads, put away, not timed well but good enough for a run

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, outside off and shortish, no business in playing at that

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, stays his crease and defends it in a stout manner

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, my o my! That scissored in and almost cut open the timber but for the height. The ball landed outside off and then snaked back in venomously for Azhar Ali to let it go. Saved by the bounce

Matt Henry to Azhar Ali, no run, stands up and defends it down into the deck