Butt and Farhat Halve Large NZ Lead
NAPIER: Butt and Farhat Halve Large NZ Lead, Pakistan’s batsmen openers scored 128 runs without loss at third day stumps as Salman Butt 66 and Imran Farhat 55 holding crease still 120 runs behind New Zealand’s 471 runs in first innings.
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Captain Vettori 134, was the top scorer of the home side.
Pakistan opening pair applied themselves and with a determined performance cut the first-innings deficit by more than half though still trailing by 120 runs with two days remaining.
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Earlier New Zealand was all out at 471 runs in their first innings. Daryl Tuffey, whose previous best was 35, almost reached his maiden Test hundred as New Zealand gained control of the deciding Test in Napier. It took a special catch to dismiss Daniel Vettori, and Tuffey was eventually left stranded on 80, but by then they had given New Zealand a first-innings lead of 248. Danish Kaneria took three wickets to complete a seven-wicket haul.


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