PAKISTAN have taken charge of the second Test against New Zealand after establishing a 229-run lead at stumps on day two in Wellington.

The tourists resumed on 161-6 but managed to reach 264 all out, Kamran Akmal (70) and Umar Gul adding 64 runs for the eighth wicket.

They then dismissed New Zealand for 99, with paceman Mohammad Asif and spinner Danish Kaneria taking seven wickets.

Pakistan lost Imran Farhat and Salman Butt as they reached 64-2.

It was a fine day for Pakistan, who had Akmal and Gul to thank for a respectable first-innings total after Mohammad Aamer had departed for 21.

Wicketkeeper Akmal, who claimed his 11th Test half-century, survived two umpire reviews before he was dismissed when New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori made a good catch running back from mid-off off the bowling of Daryl Tuffey.

It did not take long for the hosts to wrap up the innings, Asif (four) and Gul (31) falling 20 minutes before lunch.

New Zealand did not start their reply well, with Mohammad Aamer taking the wicket of Martin Guptill for a first-ball duck while Asif dismissed Tim McIntosh for four to leave the home side on 5-2.

Ross Taylor and Daniel Flynn combined for 43 before Taylor was bowled by Gul while the paceman struck again in the next over, Peter Fulton going for a two-ball duck.

Flynn and Grant Elliott added 33 runs either side of tea but the partnership ended with the score on 85 when Flynn became his team’s fifth victim – trapped leg-before by Asif for 29.

Flynn’s wicket sparked a collapse, with New Zealand losing their last five wickets for 14 runs.

Pakistan’s openers took their team’s second innings to 49 before O’Brien claimed the wickets of both.

Salman Butt went for 18, caught by Taylor, then Farhat followed for 35 – which included four fours and a six – when Fulton caught him at second slip. (BBC Sport)
PAKISTAN first innings
I. Farhat c Taylor b Vettori 32
S. Butt c Tuffey b O’Brien 29
U. Akmal b Tuffey 46
M. Yousuf lbw b Vettori 0
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Vettori 21
S. Malik c Vettori b Tuffey 9
K. Akmal c vettori b Tuffey 70
M. Aamer c Tyalor b O’Brien 21
U. Gul c O’brien b Tuffey 31
M. Asif c &b Vettori 4
D. Kaneria not out 0
M. Aamer not out 2
Extras: (w-1) 1
Total: (all out, 88.2 overs) 264
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-66, 3-66, 4-119, 5-131, 6-156, 7-193, 8-257, 9-264.
Bowling: C. Martin 20-2-64-0, D. Tuffey 23.2-5-64-4, I. O’Brien 23-4-78-2 (w-1), D. Vettori 22-6-58-4.

NEW ZEALAND first innings
T. McIntosh c Butt b Asif 4
M. Guptill c wkp. K. Akmal b Aaamer 0
D. Flynn lbw b Asif 29
R.Taylor b Gul 30
P. Fulton lbw b Gul 0
G. Elliott c&b Kaneria 20
B. McCullum c Malik b Asif 0
D. Vettori c Misbah-ul-Haq b Kaneria 6
D. Tuffey c Yousuf b Asif 3
I. O’Brien c Farhat b Kaneria 0
C. Martin not out 0
Extras: (lb-7)
Total: (all out, 36.5 overs) 99
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-5, 3-48, 4-52, 5-85, 6-85, 7-95, 8-96, 9-96.
Bowling: Aamer 11-2-25-1, Asif 12.5-2-40-4, Gul 7-2-21-2, Kaneria 6-2-6-3.

PAKISTAN second innings
I. Farhat c Fulton b O’Brien 35
S. Butt c Taylir b O’Brien 18
M. Yousuf not out 10
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 1
Extras: 0
Total: (2 wickets, 23 overs) 64
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-54.
Bowling: Martin 6-1-21-0, Tuffey 4-0-15-0, Vettori 7-4-12-0. O’Brien 6-1-16-2.