Akmal brothers to decide Pakistan's fate

It seems that this series is going to be career maker for the younger of the Akmal brothers, as he and Kamran are now the last pair at the crease as they try to take their team past the line with just about 85 more runs needed. You would have to say that O'Brien's bowling has been pretty ordinary throughout the test match and with NZ having very few part-time bowlers who can keep the run-scoring under check, his inability to take wickets or keep-up one end tightly screwed for Vettori to work his stuff from the other end is becoming the weak-link as NZ try and stop Pakistan from running away with the first test match. It was nice to see Asif bowl a McGrath-like line, blowing away the NZ top-order.