First Test, Dunedin, day four (close):
New Zealand 429 & 147-8 v Pakistan 332
Coverage: Regular score updates plus daily reports on BBC Sport website
Match scorecard
Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif took four wickets in New Zealand's second innings to leave the first Test finely balanced going into the final day.
Asif took 4-41 to reduce the Black Caps to 147-8, a lead of 244, after the hosts had dismissed Pakistan for 332.
New Zealand's innings started poorly as Martin Guptill and Daniel Flynn were out for ducks to leave them 0-2.
Ross Taylor steadied things with 59 but Peter Fulton inexplicably failed to call for a review to overturn his lbw.
Fulton was the third Black Cap to go without scoring, after being adjudged leg before to Umar Gul.
But he did not challenge the umpire's decision despite knowing that he had got an inside edge - a fact that was backed up by replays.
The series is being played under the Decision Review System that allows contentious decisions to be referred to the third umpire, who will use TV replays to analyse whether or not they were correct.
Mohammad Aamer accounted for Guptill and Flynn in his first two overs as New Zealand's second innings got off to the worst possible start.
But Taylor, who scored his second half century of the match, and Tim McIntosh put on 68 for the third wicket before the former ran himself out trying for a quick single.
His dismissal sparked a collapse as Fulton, McIntosh and Brendon McCullum followed in quick succession.
Asif trapped McIntosh leg before for 31 and had McCullum caught behind by Kamran Akmal without scoring.
That left the home side 115-6 when rain forced the players off for an early tea.
Asif produced another aggressive spell after the break and had Daniel Vettori caught by Fawad Alam for eight, the ball after he had been dropped by Umar Akmal.
Shane Bond then played on after shouldering arms to hand Asif his fourth wicket.
Earlier, Bond, making his Test comeback at the age of 34, took one of the two remaining Pakistan wickets to complete his fifth five-wicket Test haul as New Zealand mopped up the tourists' tail inside the first 30 minutes.
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