NZ top order slumps again

16 January,2011 07:50 AM IST |   |  AFP

Pakistan again exposed the brittleness of the New Zealand batting line up when they reduced the Black Caps to 246 for six at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Saturday


Pakistan again exposed the brittleness of the New Zealand batting line up when they reduced the Black Caps to 246 for six at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Saturday.


In what has become a familiar pattern in recent Tests, the New Zealand lower order was asked to prop up the innings after the top order had largely failed.

Apart from a stubborn 78 by Ross Taylor there was little of substance in the face of a bowling attack which toiled away on a pitch that held few demons.
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Ross Taylor order slumps Black Caps