Sohail Khan four-for keeps New Zealand to 271 at Hamilton

Pakistan tour of New Zealand 2016

2nd Test: New Zealand vs Pakistan Played at Seddon Park, Hamilton 25,26,27,28,29 November 2016 (5-day match)

Umpires - SD Fry (Australia) and S Ravi (India)

TV umpire - IJ Gould (England)

Match referee - RB Richardson (West Indies)

Reserve umpire - SB Haig

Test debut - Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

Toss - Pakistan, who chose to field

Scorecard:

New Zealand search for first series win against Pakistan since 1985

"Most of our players have been to New Zealand before, and they know how these conditions can be different from what we are used to. We need to make sure that we bat with discipline and put good scores on the board. Our bowling is very much capable of performing well in any sort of conditions." - Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan skipper.

"Home advantage is a good thing, I think, but it provides opportunities for both sides, and a side like Pakistan who have toured well for a while now will know that. A side that has shown they can adapt well all over the world. They've got a good seam attack, a very good spinner in Yasir Shah, and their batsmen are very experienced." - Kane Williamson, New Zealand skipper.

Pakistan attack can exploit NZ conditions

49 Tests in which Misbah-ul-Haq has captained Pakistan. The first Test of the New Zealand series will be his 50th as captain, the most for Pakistan. Pakistan have won 24 Tests under Misbah, which is ten more than they have won under any other captain - they had 14 wins when Imran Khan and Javed Miandad led the team.
Misbah also has more runs and hundreds as captain than any other Pakistan player. SIX Players from the current Pakistan squad who have played Tests in New Zealand. The last time Pakistan toured New Zealand for a Test series was back in 2011. 65.28 Younis Khan's average in Tests in New Zealand, which is his best in any country outside Asia. In eight innings he has scored 457 runs with a century and three fifties.

Ross Taylor average in the last three home series

20.33 Ross Taylor's average in the last three home series he has played in - he has scored 183 runs in 10 innings, with a highest of 41. Also, since the tour to Zimbabwe earlier this year he hasn't made a half-century in nine innings, averaging 11.50.

Neil Wagner has 99 wickets from 25 Tests

28.21 Pakistan's bowling average in New Zealand in the last 10 years. They have the second-best bowling average in New Zealand during this period, next only to South Africa. 32 Wickets for Neil Wagner in 2016. He has been New Zealand's best bowler with a strike rate of 48.9 and three five-wicket hauls.
No other New Zealand bowler has taken a five-wicket haul this year. Wagner has 99 wickets from 25 Tests, and is set to become the second-fastest to 100 Test wickets for New Zealand after Richard Hadlee, who reached the mark in 25 matches.

Kane Williamson test average at home against Pakistan

21.75 Kane Williamson's average at home against Pakistan: He has a highest of 50 in four innings; among all countries
against whom he has played more than one home Test, his average against Pakistan is the lowest. His overall home average is 57.51, with four hundreds in 19 Tests.

Pakistan have not lost a series since 1985

12 Consecutive undefeated Test series for Pakistan against New Zealand (including one-off Tests) - they have won seven and drawn five. The only ongoing streak of undefeated
Test series between two of the top eight teams is South Africa's run of 15 unbeaten series against New Zealand. Australia also have an ongoing streak of 12 unbeaten series against New Zealand.