McCullum, Craig floor Pakistan
Opener Brendon McCullum smashed the fastest century by a New Zealand batsman to give his team an upper hand in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sharjah on Friday.
The Kiwi skipper completed his tenth hundred off 78 balls and went on to reach 145-ball 153 when bad light ended play seven overs earlier with New Zealand 249-1, a strong position with just 102 runs away from Pakistan's first innings total of 351.
Earlier off-spinner Mark Craig took a career best 7-94 as Pakistan lost their last seven wickets for 70 runs to get bowled out for 351 after resuming at 281-3, with Mohammad Hafeez hitting a career best 197.
SCORES IN BRIEF
PAKISTAN: First innings 351 all out (Hafeez 197, Azhar 39, Misbah 38, Yasir 25; Craig 7-94)
NEW ZEALAND: First innings 249 for 1 (McCullum 153 not out, Williamson 76 not out; Rahat 1-24)
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