Pakistan barbecue 176 run-chase in thrill-a-minute Abu Dhabi defeat

Mickey Arthur's facial expression plotted against Pakistan's predicament wasn't the only geometry Abu Dhabi had to offer. The fourth day's play was a major throwback to the many run-chases Pakistan have barbecued over the years, and a testament to how they can still manage to, putting the consistency of a clock and the boredom of our lives to shame. Needing 139 with ten wickets in hand at the start of day's play, Pakistan anaesthetised a 82-run partnership between Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali to be bowled out for 171, handing New Zealand a thrilling, even unexpected,