ABU DHABI – New Zealand has won the nail-biting first Test in Abu Dhabi onMonday.

Pakistan were just four runs away from victory when their last manstanding, Azhar Ali, failed to take the team to the other side and fell lbw.

He scored 65 runs off 136 balls, the highest scorer in Pakistan’s wobblysecond innings on the fourth day of play.

Set 176 to chase, Pakistan required only 139 runs to win with 10 wicketsremaining when they resumed batting today. The match, however, was spunaround by New Zealand’s Aijaz Patel, who took a five-for to cap a brilliantdebut performance and win Man of the Match award.