The New Zealand strike bowler produced a great spell of fast bowling, claiming the key wicket of Mohammad Yousuf with a brilliant return catch, and blasting out Fawad Alam with a brute of ball which fizzed off the deck and brushed the batsman's gloves on its way through to the keeper.
He got a touch fortunate when Shoaib Malik made a poor decision to cut and chopped on.
And, late in the day, he picked up a fourth when Pakistan whizz Umar Akmal made a mistake.
The teenager blazed a fabulous ton on debut but found Peter Fulton in the deep on 129.
"I think we all got a bit of a shock how flat the wicket was when we first went out there with the new ball," Bond said.
"We just had to make a conscious effort to run in hard and bowl aggressively."
If Bond's first spell was a warm-up, he graduated in his second spell, taking three for 25 from seven hostile overs.
He could have picked up two more wickets had Daniel Flynn not dropped a tough chance in the gully, and an edge or two carried a little further.
For Bond it was an emotional return.
He is playing in his first test since November 2007 and had wondered if he would ever play for his country again.
"It was sort of surreal in some aspects. It is weird that I'm here playing a test match."
His decision to join the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2008 resulted in his being ruled ineligible to play international cricket.
However, an amnesty was offered to ICL players, which paved the way for Bond to return to international cricket.
His four for 93 at the University Oval yesterday highlighted what New Zealand has been missing for the past 20 tests.
There could be more wickets today.
Pakistan will resume on 307 for eight, trailing by 122.
Bond believes New Zealand is in a good position to push on and win the test and he would like to help his side by capping off his return with a five-wicket bag.
"I was pretty keen to get that [last night] but I'll be wanting the ball first thing [this morning] to try and finish it off."
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment