| New Zealand vs Pakistan 2nd Test Live Streaming: | | | | decision was upheld which brought in the tail-enders. |
| The 2nd test match between New Zealand and | | | | Skipper Daniel Vettori and O'Brien set the stage for |
| Pakistan is going to happen on 03 December, 2009 at | | | | New Zealand's victory and Bond reverse swinging the |
| Basin Reserve Stadium, Wellington. | | | | ball off a well-worn fifth day track led Pakistan to fall |
| With none of the senior players keen on batting at | | | | short by 32 runs. His match haul of 8 wickets bagged |
| the number three slot, the Pakistan cricket camp is in | | | | him the Man of the Match award. |
| a quandary over who to send in the crucial position | | | | New Zealand vs Pakistan 2nd Test Match Schedule: |
| during the second Test against New Zealand starting | | | | Match: New Zealand v Pakistan, 2nd Test |
| on Thursday in Wellington. | | | | Date: 03 December, 2009 |
| It was a well-deserved victory for the home team, | | | | Time: 23:00 GMT |
| but that was not a given when play started on the | | | | Venue: Basin Reserve Stadium, Wellington |
| final day in Dunedin with only 126 overs possible after | | | | According to sources in the team, even |
| intermittent rain on the first two days. New Zealand | | | | Misbah-ul-Haq, who has been rushed to reinforce the |
| went into the 2nd innings with a lead of 97 but | | | | team in New Zealand, is not keen to play at the |
| managed to add only 153 to their total. Pakistan fast | | | | number three position. |
| bowler Mohammad Asif, coming off a ban for a | | | | "Who will bat at number three has become a big |
| positive drug test, had match figures of 8 for 151 | | | | talking point in the team meetings as now Faisal Iqbal |
| and 8 Kiwi batsmen failed to post individual scores of | | | | has been asked to play at this position but even he is |
| more than 10. It was Ross Taylor's 59 in addition to | | | | not keen to play at number three," one source said. |
| his first innings' effort of 94 that got New Zealand to | | | | The number three position has been left vacant after |
| a respectable, yet not wholly unassailable, total of | | | | Younus Khan pulled out of the tour. |
| 250. | | | | Younus, who was replaced as captain by Muhammad |
| | | | Yousuf, has been playing at the number three |
| Pakistan's chase got off to a rocky start as they lost | | | | position in Test matches for the last few years with |
| three wickets for just 24 before partnerships | | | | considerable success and scored a triple hundred in |
| between Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, and new | | | | Karachi this year against Sri Lanka. |
| kid on the block Umar Akmal steadied the innings . At | | | | "The problem has arisen because neither Yousuf |
| 195/6, Pakistan seemed to have things under control | | | | himself or Shoaib Malik are willing to volunteer to play |
| until Umar was caught by Shane Bond of his own | | | | at number three and now even Misbah and Faisal are |
| bowling. Two runs later, older brother Kamran was | | | | uncertain about taking up this responsibility," the |
| trapped in front of his stumps by Iain O'Brien's | | | | source said. |
| delivery. Australian umpire Simon Taufel's decision | | | | Pakistan tried young Fawad Alam at this position in |
| was challenged under the new UDRS (Umpire | | | | the first Test in Dunedin but he failed and the team |
| Decision Review System) used in this series. His | | | | also lost the match. |