New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs on Wednesday, achieving their third straight win in three home Tests this summer and taking a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
The victory wasn’t the emphatic one New Zealand likely had envisaged when they came to the fifth day of a Test for the first time this season.

Having been set 373 to win, Pakistan were 71 for 3 — still 301 runs behind. Pakistan finally were out for 271 with fewer than five overs left in the day’s play and a draw beckoning.

Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner dismissed No. 11 batsman Naseem Shah to clinch the win after Naseem and Shaheen Afridi defied New Zealand for almost eight overs as the number of balls remaining in the day dwindled.

Brief scores: NZ 431 & 180/5 decl. Pak 239 & 271 (Fawad Alam 102, Md Rizwan 60). NZ won by 101 runs.