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Pakistan romped to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test at Hamilton after the hosts were skittled for just 110 in their second innings.

Wahab Riaz, Abdul Rehman and Umar Gul set up victory for the tourists as they claimed three wickets apiece to bundle out the home team inside 38.2 overs.

With Pakistan having registered a lead of 92 runs earlier in the day, that meant they required just 19 to complete victory and openers Mohammed Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar knocked off the runs with ease.

At the start of day three the tourists resumed on 235-4 and they went on to secure a handy first innings lead of 91 despite losing the overnight pair Misbah-ul-Haq (62) and Asad Shafiq (83) early on.

Adnan Akmal (44) and Rehman (28) then defied the Kiwi bowlers and added 76 for the seventh wicket before Tim Southee sparked a rush of wickets by dismissing wicketkeeper Akmal.

Umar Gul (17) and Tanvir Ahmed (18) added useful runs for the ninth wicket and took the lead past 90 before Brent Arnel, Daniel Vettori and Chris Martin shared the remaining three wickets, as Pakistan were all out for 367.

Arnel was the pick of the home bowlers with 4-94 while Martin finished with 3-86, claiming his 500th first-class wicket in the process.

In reply, New Zealand openers Brendon McCullum and Tim McIntosh made a decent start to their second innings and had reached 33-0 by tea.

Wickets tumble
But wickets tumbled on the resumption with McIntosh, who struggled throughout his short stay at the crease, the first to go after being stumped off left-arm spinner Rehman.

McCullum attempted to unsettle the Pakistan bowlers through counter-attack, but departed five overs later to a dubious decision, when umpire Rod Tucker adjudged he had got a tickle on a leg-side delivery when it appeared to have clipped his thigh pad.

The fall of McCullum triggered a mass collapse as the next four New Zealand wickets fell for just two runs inside six overs.

Martin Guptill's struggles against Rehman saw him attempt a big heave, but the top edge went straight to mid-wicket to leave New Zealand on 60-3.

Jesse Ryder departed soon after, trapped in front by a fine yorker from Riaz, and Ross Taylor joined him back in the pavilion after being run out by a direct hit from Misbah following a quick single.

The woes of New Zealand, still trailing by 32, continued as Williamson departed amid a mini-drama as the 20-year-old batsman was ruled out after a bat-pad appeal, though the initial shout for lbw had been turned down.

Rehman then trapped Vettori lbw to leave New Zealand in deep trouble at 71-7 and, while wicket-keeper Reece Young and Southee stood firm for a while and wiped out the deficit, but both fell to Gul in his successive overs.

Martin and Arnel took the team past the 100-run mark but did not survive for much longer as Martin became Gul's third victim after adding 10 more.

Chasing a paltry victory target of just 19, Hafeez and Taufeeq obliged to complete a spectacular victory in the first of the two Test matches against the Black Caps.