Colin de Grandhomme taking six for 41 as Pakistan collapsed for 133
Colin de Grandhomme taking six for 41 as Pakistan collapsed for 133
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Colin de Grandhomme turned out to be New Zealand's best debutant bowler today, taking six for 41 as Pakistan collapsed for 133 in their first innings of the initial cricket Test.

The 30-year-old slow developer was an amaze incorporation in the New Zealand side, however completely supported his determination, swinging and seaming medium pace conveyances which the Pakistan batsmen discovered hard to handle. Just seven other New Zealand bowlers have taken at least five wickets on introduction with the past best figures having a place with Tim Southee at five for 55.
The New Zealand's set up new-ball match Southee and Trent Boult in the primary hour. In any case, their innings started to disentangle when all-rounder de Grandhomme went ahead as an astonish first-change bowler. He expelled Azhar (15) in his third over and after that represented Babar Azam (7) and Younis Khan (2) with hardly a pause in between. Southee, knocking down some pins with more train in his second spell, had Aslam gotten by New Zealand's second debutant Jeet Raval for 15 and Pakistan went to lunch at 88 for 4.

Four balls after lunch, de Grandhomme packed away his fourth wicket as he enticed Asad Shafiq to jab at a full conveyance that was swinging without end and Raval trapped his third catch at second slip. The captain Misbah-ul-Haq (42-year-old), playing a record 50th Test as Pakistan skipper, was the encapsulation of tolerance in achieving 31 off 108 conveyances before he cut at a Boult flyer and was gotten by Kane Williamson.

De Grandhomme picking the bulk of wickets in the session as Southee discarded Sarfraz Ahmed (seven) and evacuated Sohail Khan (nine) and Rahat Ali without scoring. Notwithstanding de Grandhomme's 6-41, Southee took two for 20 while Boult had figures of two for 39.

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