Tea Pakistan 62 for 2 (Imam 17, Babar 2*, Ajaz 1-20, Henry 1-23) trail New Zealand 449 (Conway 122, Latham 71, Henry 68*, Blundell 51, Abrar 4-149, Naseem 3-71, Salman 3-75) by 387 runs
Both Shafique and Masood were out trying to play aggressively. Shafique had struck four early boundaries to move to 19, but then tried pulling a rising short ball from Henry while taking his eyes off the delivery. He ended up hitting the shot high up, and to the only outfielder in the deep on the leg side.
Masood then produced a fluent beginning, hitting four fours in his first ten deliveries to race to 20. In fact, he had crunched three boundaries in a single Ajaz over before trying to search for a fourth when he sliced a half-tracker to the fielder at point.
That left Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam looking to start a Pakistan recovery with the hosts still 188 runs away from avoiding the follow-on.
Earlier in the day, both Henry (68) and Ajaz (35) put on their highest individual Test scores while also becoming only the fourth pair in Test history to post a 100+ partnership between a No. 10 and a No. 11. That lifted New Zealand from potentially folding for under 350 to eventually finishing at a run less than 450.
The two came together when New Zealand lost their ninth wicket with the score reading 345. However, Henry took on Abrar early with a four through midwicket before hammering Hasan Ali for four, four and six in consecutive deliveries.
The innings ended when Ajaz attempted to sweep an Abrar Ahmed googly, only to get a top-edge for slip to gobble up. It was Henry who was the more aggressive, smacking eight fours and two sixes in his 81-ball innings.
Ajaz was more circumspect, freeing his arms on rare occasions in his 78-ball stay. He hit three fours and looked quite comfortable on the whole, especially against the short-pitched bowling that Pakistan tested him – unsuccessfully – with.
Henry’s fifty came eight minutes after the scheduled lunch break, and the umpires extended play in the session since New Zealand were nine down. They still survived the session, and after lunch, added 16 before Abrar ended proceedings with his fourth wicket.