Hope Pakistan will draw this test.

Except Pakistan., NZ would have never set ths target and time for anyone els. They know how goods PAK team in 4th Inn.

Match will finish by tea.

Players were busy celebrating yasir shah's success forget the fact that test match is yet to be finished.

Pakistan gets defeated in their Home ground. What to say now.

Even Zimbabwe could have played better than Pakistan in this series.

These pitches need to be dug up and setup to take spin on 1st day. The pitches are not coducive to home team. Pakistan may as well play may to september (summer) tests in England and play winter tests in uae (october - February)

Our world class batsmen will destroy kiwis...

@Ash2000, Even before that! Sarfraz role is to fill up the playing 11. Just doing nothing!!

NZ didn't need to labor for that lead as we can't even score 100 in a 4th innings of a home test.

NZ have all the chance of winning. Desperately missing Misbah and Younus.

55/5....gasping to save face!

I did predict yesterday and a day before, that Pakistan is going to loose. I said, if NZ sets a target of around 250, Pakistani batting would crumble under the pressure.

Yasir dint deliver when it mattered the most, even when the ball was turning square on a 4th day pitch. How come NZ spinners are able to take wickets on the same pitch? But it's okay, he is still learning. And other bowlers dint deliver too. And Sarfaraz's unimaginative captaincy dint help either.

I have observed one thing about current Pakistani bowling lineup - unlike in the past, this bowling line up bowls within the stumps - be it in any format. Once you get used to it, you can easily play them.

boyz played well

Seems like they only needed 29 overs.

@rafeeq, yes, boys from New Zealand

Pakistan is best team in world. This final test will definitely win by Pakistan 209runs is not big target. All need hard hitting like T-20 match

A great test of nerves, traits and cricketing skills for the greenshirts batsmen related to endurance, dedication and perseverance on the last day of the on-going third and final est match against the Kiwis at the famous and historic Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in the island capital city of Dubai, U.A.E. As per the centuries old adage, " when the going gets tough, only the toughs get going."

NZ deserve winning the series, better led, better tactics, and they have the best batsman.

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, Yes the thought get going from the crease to the pavilion

It will be achievement if Pak can save the test

One thing I have observed throughout the test series - empty stands. Earlier I was sad. But today after seeing Pakistani batting, I guess most did the right thing by saving their money. May be time to focus more on other sports.

137/8 with still 28 overs to go! Writing on the wall for Pak unless Babar Azam can do a miracle!

You loose a test series to NZ who doesn't know how to play spin? We had given them whitewash. And you dream of playing against India? India will defeat you by a margin of 2 innings and give you a silver-wash.

My prediction - both Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi will score tons and Pakistan will win this series.

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, and they have failed the test in home conditions..

Sad, Shaheens couldn't save this match.

All over...final rites performed. NZ win the test series 2-1 in the historical stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE! :)

Kane Williams alone - 139 (283) with 13 fours Entire Pakistan team - 156 (337) with 16 fours

Unbelievable...I am out of words....how many times we will see pakistan collapsing so bad? This was supposed to be a draw match but batsmen simply couldn't take the pressure and failed miserably. Most unpredictable cricket team in the world is pakistan.

@ashok, very harsh..NZ captain is one of the best player of spin

@Karachiwala, Please note NZ bowlers are even more rookie and inexperience than yasir shah. Still they won the match, that is what count.

Long time ago a famous Australian cricketer said Pakistan has some of the best players in the world but as a team they are among the worst Is it still true ?

Any team winning the toss in a test match against Pakistan and opts to bat first has already won the 50 percent of the match mentally keeping in mind that they can bundle-up Pakistan by leaving them with a target between 150 - 200 in the second innings regardless of it to be either seaming, turning or a flat track.

Lack of mental strenght and belief are the causes behind this fragility. Poor show to say the least.

Lack of mental strenght and belief are the causes behind this fragility. Poor show to say the least.

@ashok, come out and play then.

Congratulations, New Zealand Cricket Team !

Good performance by Patel.

No consistency and perseverance from the Pak batsmen!The bowling in the second innings was of a very low standard which allowed NZ to pile runs today morning!

bravo to Kane, his batting, and captaincy. a well earned win.

Same old story repeated - crumpling under pressure and NO guts to fight! This is the dilemma that our team and management face!

As I indicated earlier that keep Hafeez focused on T20 only but he was included in the 3rd test just to make him scapegoat. To my mind, there are few areas which cost Pk 1. If someone to pick out of the lot who wad responsible for this series loss is Azhar Ali. Though he scored most of the runs in the series but he was responsible for the loss in first test and couldn't score those meagre four runs. In the finsl test, having scored a century at 134 and Pakistan having just 10 runs lead, he should have stayed at the wicket more time. The shot he played looked as if Pakistan was 100 runs ahead. His dismissal opened the gate and Pakistan couldn't get enough lead. In the second innings, as i have mentioned earlier lack of proper technique to cope with swing. 2. Asad Shafiq's attitude looks complacent ever since Sarfaraz has taken up the captaincy for the reasons best known to him. Though technically a good batsman but loses his concentration. He was much better performer under Misbah.

Winning test is not like winning t20. There's huge difference and requires lot of temperament which is lacking in current batsman. All the best for next tournament.

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, It's time you start writing some sensible comments and stop glorifying your cricket team. Lesson to learn for you is your team is not tough and it certainly did not get going. So calm down.

@ashok, Cricket in a game of Glorious uncertainties. The team the plays best on the day wins. Today was NZ day but that does not mean pakistan is a pushover for any side. They can suprise any team anywhere anytime

Bring fawad alam back

Captaincy and pressure handling were the difference between both the teams. Well deserved series win for NZ.

Oh what a disappointing game. !!! 10 batsmen can’t even stand on the ground for 70 overs. Couldn’t get wickets yesterday. What a shame. No fight. Just surrendered.

The main difference between the two teams is the calibre and approach of the captains. Kane Williamson is such a great player and gentleman that nobody wants him to loose the test. 2-1 score card in favour of Williamson is a welcome one.

It is shame to see player playing reckless shots in the cricket. Most of the team try to draw the match and play sensibly. Pakistani team is in hurry to get the score. They donot realize it is test match. play every ball on their merit . But players are in hurry either go home or go to hotel. What a shameful batting.

Ik came to the power with a promise that he will end nepotism from every institution but alas despite him being a cricketer and patron of PCB he has failed to check nepotism and parchi system in PCB. Despite failing Imam has again been selected for South African series, is this naya Pakistan? Kindly bring meritocracy back and see the results.

The result was known a day in advance ; chasing a meagre total is beyond the reach of our batsmen. I hope and pray that we rise quickly. Sarfaraz has to improve his batting. Plus a search committee be asked to unearth new talent - a brittle batting line-up is something which disturbs us.

The fact that Pakistan have now started losing games in UAE, once their fortress, is proof that our test batting is not of international standard. Only 1 or 2 players are performing. Bowling also looked off colour in NZ’s second innings but where the game was lost was in the first innings when our late middle order failed to take a first innings lead of 150-200 having surpassed the NZ score with 7 wickets remaining. We are a mediocre test and ODI side right now, only good in T20Is where again it is the bowlers that win us games. Perhaps time to relieve Sarfraz of test captaincy duties.

@Sam, Dont blame IK for everything. The chief selector Inzamam is to blame here

Any team can beat this Pakistani team if they take lead of over 100 runs and have Pakistan bat in 4th innings.

Big difference in the composure, skills, caliber and professionalism between Sarfraz and Kane. NZ deserved a win against this team, congrats Yasir!

Alas! this is Sarfaraz's last test match as Test Team Captain !!!

Actually we are not just losing games in UAE...we have started losing series as well. Pakistan just not producing any test quality batsmen

Does anyone miss tuk tuk now. All the critics of Misbah should apologize to him now. This is the second series Pakistan has lost in UAE against the weaker side(first we lost to Srilanka). I have always said that no matter who the captain is, if batsmen are not going to score you will loose. Misbah was atleast consistently scoring . Face it nation, we dont have talent in batting like we have in bowling. I am sure same people will try to make Sarfraz responsible for the lost who were the critics of Misbah.

Fire captain, fire coach, fire selector Inzy, his nephew Imam, bring new young boys on MERIT only

11 men cannot stay on the wicket for 2.5 session 75 overs? How did the New Zealanders did it yesterday against a much better bowling attack? The will of winnng is always lacking in Pakistan team. They lack how to manage and craft their innings.

Congrats team NZ for series win, they wanted it more than Pakistan team as displayed by thief fighting performances. Pakistan needs to find a new opener. Hafeez is history while Imam is unreliable for any format and too slow for OFIs and T20s. This team is not much a factor in ODI either without an in-form Fakhar Zaman, prospects for WC 2019 doesn’t look too good.

Yasir Shah can not win you all the time. Else are completely inconsistent in the test team. The team showed it's real weakness in all areas comparing the opposite side in this match.Retired Mesbah is still relevant than any other batsmen and of course as a captain for me.Unfortunate that there is no dependable and consistent player in this team anymore.The management should do atleast something positive rather than talking philosophical and flattering.

@Umar Makhdumi, If you go back to our past cricket history even in the presence of Misbah ul Haq and Younus Khan we have seen such debacles.

Boys played well, win/loss is part of the game. All the best green shirts!

@Faisal Naqvi: Pak team consist of 6 batsmen, 1 w/k and 4 bowlers. You cannot blame bowling or w/k failures on batsmen neither other way round (though, many Pakistani retards do that). Sarfraz in NOT in team as batsman, he is Captain and w/k who can bat. Reason for Pakistan misery is not bowling, captaincy or w/k, it is 'batting failures', and that is due to corruption, biases and nepotism in selection. Is it not surprising that ONLY batsman with good FC ave in team is Haris (50.1)? If Pakistan lacks good batsmen in country and selected ones are best, than there was no blame on Selectors for this misery, but selectors have selected the worst batsmen in team. For instance, Fawad (FC batting ave 56.1), Osman (ave 47.7) and Saad (ave 46.8) are not in team 'BUT' Hafeez (Ave 34.7), Imam (ave 34.7), Babar (ave 37.4), Azhar (ave 40) and Asad (ave 40.4) are in team. Sarfraz as W.K has good batting ave (40.4), but his being in team is public pressure and Luck, not selection committee.

Good players of Pakistani origin are now playing for other countries : Imran Tahir, Sikandar Raza, Usman Khawaja .... Why is that ?

Be prepared for a complete whitewash in SA in all three formats.

The crux of the batting Azhar, Shafiq, Haris, and Baber are not consistent batsmen. They also lack mental toughness and professionalism required in the test cricket. SL, WI, and PAK are in a downward spiral in tests and ODI. The only bright side for PAK is T20I record for last 2 years, but that is about to be shattered as well in SA.

Not a problem. Yasir Shah got a world record

NZ came to UAE to prove and on the contrary Pak had nothing to prove. They were expected to win. That's why such a result

Pakistan had lost the series when they lost their first match with poor shot selection. They then didn't score 450+ runs in the 1st innings of the 3rd test and then they dropped catches. NZ simply needed a few chances to come back and they did.

Sarfaraz must go. 100% Pakistan will lose against south Africa & WORLD cup under him.

Congrats New Zealand!

Immaul Haq and Hafeez both need to retire.Inzimamul Haq have little shame in selecting Immaul Haq ahead of Shadab Khan,Faheem Ashraf,Imaad Wasim.That guy has ensured that Pakistan lost top order as complete failure in entire series.They don't even play Test matches regularly and yet they are not available for 1-2 Test matches.

Oh dear what happened? We don’t need individual performers - we need a team effort

hiring an expensive foreign administrator, when there is no system, and Test players play recklessly is a waste of money and talent. no batsman assumed responsibility in NZ tests 1 and 3, the bowlers even lost the plot, giving away over 80 runs in 9 overs in a test match. the selectors, coaches, and the irresponsible captain are all responsible for the losses. and, to their credit, NZ played responsibly, as a team with a singular purpose, kudos. they deserved to win.

The echo of this defeat will be heard very loud and clear as Pakistan will tour South Africa this month. Not the kind of confidence that any team would like carry before going there. Selectors could have waited to end this series before announcing the squad for SA. I think one can remove Sarfaraz and Arthur from the team without any further discussion, both the guys have no clue whatsoever is happening around them. A further defeat in SA will permanently wipe-out whatsoever cricketing skills are left in Sarfaraz.

Poor Captaincy by Sarfraz, poor bating is the sole reason for Pakistani failure. Only Sarfraz can lose from a winning position. Both the first test and the third could have been won with better performance by the Captain. There is no excuse for keeping him in the team let alone as a Captain. He continues to shout and insult affection team performance, a poor substitute for good decisions as a captain. Why did he not use Hafeez or Sohail when the regulars were not taking wickets? Resign Sarfraz!

you go NZ weak side lost

@citizen, what happened? you said Kiwis were going to be destroyed

A familiar scenario: Over 200 target in the fourth innings on the fifth day of a Test Match, which was a decider, and Pakistan slump very early on without putting up a real fight to eventually lose by a big margin. If one tries to put the blame, it squarely falls on the captain and the coach(es) without a second thought. Sarfaraz looked like he had already given up from the time he lost the toss. Having been sent to field, he became defensive, and as the game progressed, he toed the same line even when the chips were down for the Kiwis, who not only capitalized on that but went on to score at a blistering pace on the fifth day to set a daunting target of 280 for a team like Pakistan, who could not even last 79 overs. The management must take serious note of this mentality and try to come up with a better combination and Plan A or Plan B for the forthcoming series in South Africa. Replacement of the captain takes the center-stage from now onwards.

@ashok, Not sooooo fast, man! It's a different ball game when these two teams play each other. The spirit of rivalry comes into play and, if playing in the UAE, the supporter will be coming from both sides of the aisle. Never underestimate Pakistan, be it sports or politics!

[@Kumar - India, 'Good players of Pakistani origin are now playing for other countries : Imran Tahir, Sikandar Raza, Usman Khawaja .... Why is that ?'] Well, if these players had not left Pakistan, you would not have heard their name, as Pakistan is such a great country that all these players would never have got a place even in first class cricket, forget them playing test matches.

@ashok - Very well said!

Well done NZ. You are my all time favorite.

Its time for Pakistan to play home games at home. Playing in empty stadiums out of the country as if it were home doesn't make sense anymore. The boys need the crowds backing especially when their backs are against the wall. They need all the encouragement they can get. Where is the home advantage. Just friendly pitch conditions is not a good enough advantage anymore. Other teams have become more competitive and adapt well.

But CT 2017.....never mind....we never learn... good luck for SAF tour, go shaheens!

Let us accept both teams played well. NZ just snatched the series if you consider the 4 - run margin in one of the test matches. All said and done, it was a fair chance to improve their stats on their home grounds and hot weather conditions (NZ ranked 4th and Pak ranked 7th). But you have to appreciate the great improvement in the NZ team over the years. Pakistan needs to work hard but they are not the top league yet! Period.

@ashok, like India defeated us in champions trophy.. see the record pal.. check how many tests are played between the two nations. I guarantee that you will be disappointed to know which side has lost more...

Beaten by rookie bowlers.....but brilliant captain! Pakistan players don’t have a leader! Simple, Captain is unable to lead with example! I would keep him as a captain until SA, which we will loose unless it rains every day of the test match. Rabada amd co are waiting! I would remove him and look for other another captain straight after, one who can communicate...Shan Masood looks ok, but his place is not guaranteed.

dawood bookie made huge amount of money in the series.... unimaginative lot, suspect foul play

Again. shows Pakistan team are the T20 expert. as that's how they are raised playing cricket. Every one want to be " boom boom" no one wants to play sensible cricket. and this start from the Captain

@cricketlover, There was a cricket rivalry but now no more..You can clearly see the difference between India and Pakistan team......Indian team is ranked in top 2 in every aspect of the game..whereas Pak team is nowhere near......Yes your team is consistent in T20s..but Test cricket is the test of technique and temperament.....Yes Indian team lost test series in SA and Eng but those test were close fought tests. let's see what Pak team will do in SA...If Pak continues to play like this..defeat by an innings in every single test is on cards

I am afraid it is clear to see Pakistan team is suffering from quality leadership a leader who can lead from the front...just see other nations captain yiu will note the difference. Naturally it is not the only issue, but will go a long way from creating a fighting unit...we also lack batsmen with fighting skills..azahar, Sohail, Asad, all lack body language that portrays confidence..batting major over haul required.

@Shazad, Imran Farhat, Taufeeq Umer, Ahmed Shahzad, Shan Masood, Umer Ameen, Umar Akmal and many others given more than enough chances to make a place in the team. All failed. Now Imam and Fakhar are also struggling. Shafiq,Azhar and Babar are not in the league of great modern test batsmen. My point is when selectors are getting one after another bowling champion(Abbas,shaheen,shadab,Hasan to name a few) why are they struggling to get one champion test batsman. Maybe it is not the selectors,maybe it lack of batsmen with test temperament.

@Juggernaut, why you are jealous of Yasir Shah

@Cricketer, This is not home ground

T20 cricket hides technical weaknesses of a batsman, which will get exposed when u play test match, which is ultimate test of ur skills, patience and preservation

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmed, "Boys played well, win/loss is part of the game. All the best green shirts!",that is the spirit,lump it even though painful..

Sarfaraz didn’t even thank Hafeez in the post match show. New Zealand captain did. Shows how much players don’t care about each other in Pakistan team. Sad.

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, : Capital city of Dubai ?????

What ????

@Faisal Naqvi , what makes you think new zealand and sri lanka is weaker than pakistan

@rafeeq, Here we go. conspiracy theories team on work.

Dear all. Don't blame the team. It happens in sports. Don't forget team won the world championship. Pray they get better. Support them not criticize..No one is perfect..

@Faisal Naqvi , --yeah always live in the past.

@Arif, Not soooo fast, man! Did you forget Pakistan's performance in England? Just bear in mind that Pakistan has been playing multiple series back to back, and this has taken its toll on the players. It's not really an excuse but that's a big factor in putting up formidable and consistent performances against tough teams unlike India who has recently been playing in home conditions against mediocre teams. A five match Test series at neutral venues will, once and for all, decide the better side.

Pakistan batting is weak. They are not a good test batting side. They need innings builders which they do not have

@Arif, You will fail also in T20 against tough opponent like India...Now a days no Team is even near to India in any aspect...India bowlers are better then Pak bowlers too...Look at afghan ..they will beat you..they have dangerous batsman...

@harish, reality bro

@sourav ghosh, get the context... Weaker than Australia, south afria and England .

@Masood abro, It is not fair to hold Azhar Ali responsible for our defeat in the first test. His strategy was to score the required runs in singles and keep Abbas as much as possible at the non striker’s end. Regarding Asad Shafiq, I would say they have over rated him. He still lacks the quality of a matured batsman. His batting record shows he has never performed well under difficult situations. Lastly , the main reasons of our debacle in the final test is the failure of our bowlers to break the fifth wicket partnership between Williamson and Nicholls.

I watched the first 45 odd minutes of the 5th day's play. It was truly bizarre to see New Zealand get 81 runs in 9 overs against what is a good bowling attack.

Pakistan lost due to lower order batting.Atleast tailenders should play well in their home conditions.

Well played New Zealand..congratulations !!

@Indusonian, and Imran Farhat.

@Veer Singh, how is it well said. In cricketing terms it doesn't even make sense.

@ashok, nonsense.

Well played NZ.

Was it fixed.???

@Faisal Naqvi: I gave you the answer, that is nepotism, corruption, provincialism and personal like/dislike that PCB officials and Selectors use to select players is the cause that is destroying Pak Cricket, just like Hockey, Squash and is destroyed. For instance: Cricket is game of numbers. In domestic cricket, where everything is equal, it is obvious that better player would post better performance and should be selected in national team. Unfortunately in Pakistan, we have top batsmen like Fawad (Ave 56 - Only 25 batsmen in entire cricket history around the world have/had better or equal average than Fawad - no Pakistani ever had average better than Fawad), Saad Ali (Ave 47), Osman (Ave 47), etc with high averages are not selected, but selectors selects thrid class batsmen with pathetic averages like Hafeez (Ave 34.7), Imam (ave 34.7), Babar (ave 37.4), Azhar (ave 40) and Asad (ave 40.4) and so on as batsmen, than things become too obvious and we know where fault lies.

@Faisal Naqvi: Can you see the names what you quoted? ... Pakistan had some failed, some Ave and some successful batsmen. Now let see the difference, hidden in their FC average. Failed or Ave batsmen: U Akmal (FC Ave 43.6), Imran F (Ave 42.4), Shahzad (Ave 42.0), U Amin (Ave 40.0), Taufeeq (Ave 36.4), Shan (Ave 33.8) Successful: Miandad (Ave 53.4), Hanif (Ave 52.3), Zaheer (Ave 51.5), Inzamam (Ave 50.1), Yunis K (Ave 49.9), M Yousuf (Ave 48.0) ... Difference: Successful batsmen had FC ave above 48. Failed or Ave batsmen had FC ave below 44. Present team: Shan (Ave 33.8), Imam (Ave 34.7), Hafeez (Ave 34.8), Babar (Ave 37.4), Azhar (Ave 40), Asad (Ave 40.4), Fakhar (Ave 43.2) ... Ignored: Fawad (Ave 56), Saad Ali (Ave 47), Osman (Ave 47) - So, why? When all batsmen had equal opportunity to score in FC and perform better than each others, why ignore better batsmen and select low performer? When player could not perform in domestic cricket, why expect them to perform in Tests?