Abu Dhabi: Ahmed Shehzad hit a career-best 176 before being rushed to hospital with a fractured skull as Pakistan's batsmen smashed New Zealand around the ground in the first Test yesterday.


1. Pakistan's opener Ahmed Shehzad is hit by a delivery from Corey Anderson on Day Two of the first Test against NZ in Abu Dhabi yesterday. 2. Shehzad's bat falls on the stumps as the batsman loses his balance 3. Shehzad lies in pain on the ground. Pics/Getty Images 

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul Haq also hit dominant tons to put Pakistan in control on 566 for three declared. But Shehzad's injury briefly set alarm bells ringing. In the final over before lunch, Shehzad was hit on the side of the head trying to hook a short ball by New Zealand seamer Corey Anderson on the hard Abu Dhabi wicket.