Pakistan Seal 248-run Victory Against Kiwis

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan beat New Zealand in the first Test by 248 runs on the fifth and final day in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

New Zealand, set a daunting 480-run target, were bowled out for 231 in 70.3 overs after resuming at 174-8.

Mark Craig was out for 28 but Ish Sodhi went on to hit a career-best 63 before he was the last man out, leg-before to paceman Imran Khan.

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah finished with 3-74 while Rahat Ali and Zulfiqar Babar took two wickets for 48 apiece. Khan took 2-37.

The second Test starts in Dubai on November 17.

Brief scores
Pakistan - 566/3 dec (Shehzad 176, Misbah 102*, Younis 100*, Hafeez 96, Azhar 87) and 175/2d (Hafeez 101*)
New Zealand - 262 (Latham 103, Rahat 4-22, Babar 3-79) and 231 (Sodhi 63, Yasir 3-74)
Result - Pakistan won by 248 runs

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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