ABU DHABI: Debutant off-spinner Will Somerville took two wickets off progressive balls to bring New Zealand inside sight of an arrangement securing triumph as Pakistan drooped to 55-5 in the third and last Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Somerville rejected Haris Sohail (9) with the third bundle of his first finished and afterward had Asad Shafiq gotten off the by leave Pakistan tottering at lunch on the fifth day, pursuing a 280-run target.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq was rejected for 22 in the last over before lunch by spinner Ajaz Patel. Babar Azam was not out on four as Pakistan were shaken.
New Zealand currently require another five wickets in the staying 58.2 overs to secure the arrangement, their first away arrangement win against Pakistan since 1969.
The arrangement is as of now tied at 1-1.
Pakistan were headed toward another shocking begin when Mohammad Hafeez was rocked the bowling alley by quick bowler Tim Southee for eight, his last innings in Test cricket.
Hafeez had reported he will resign from Tests after this match.
Medium pacer Colin de Grandhomme had first-innings centurion Azhar Ali got behind for five preceding Somerville's twofold strike pushed Pakistan to the edge.
Somerville has figures of 2-4 out of two overs.
Prior, New Zealand announced their second innings on 353-7 after somewhere in the range of 45 minutes of batting with Henry Nicholls staying unbeaten on 126 and Kane Williamson expelled at his medium-term score of 139.
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah completed with 4-129, 29 wickets in the arrangement.
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