Williamson & New Zealand team
Having led from the front with a patient 129 that helped New Zealand finish with a sizable total, skipper Kane Williamson was pleased with the application shown by his batsmen in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui. New Zealand finished 431 but it took them 155 overs to reach there, with their scoring rate of 2.78 being their slowest in the first innings of a home Test in the last 10 years. Admitting that it wasn't the easiest of conditions for batting, Williamson said the focus was to spend as much time as possible at the crease. "It was really tough. Obviously, the ball was moving around quite a bit and they asked good questions in good areas. It was also quite difficult to score and to get a rhythm scoring - a lot of the partnerships we built were more around time than a flow of runs. "That was just the nature of the conditions and it's what you expect when you get put into bat - you expect the wicket to offer a bit for the bowlers, ...